‘Dada Bomb’: An Evening of Artistic Absurdity on the Lower East Side

Filed Under: ArtMay 19, 2014 by Coral Silverman

Artist Clarina Bezzola greets guests entering the Whitebox Art Center: Dada Bomb (Photo by Vitor P Teixeira)

On Saturday, May 17th, the ‘Zurich Meets New York Festival’ presented an amusing evening of absurdist artwork and performances that played homage to the founders of the Dada movement.

ATOMIC BOMB! The Music of William Onyeabor

Filed Under: EventsApril 27, 2014 by Culture Crux

BAM, Luaka Bop, and Red Bull Music Academy present an amazing, not-to-be missed lineup of musicians at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 2 and 3 to celebrate the music of the elusive Nigerian synth-funk pioneer William Onyeabor.

Unsound Festival Review: Demdike Stare and Michael England’s Haunting ‘Concealed’

Filed Under: MusicApril 7, 2014 by Coral Silverman

It was fitting that the Unsound Festival’s “The Long Tone” concert was held at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn on Friday, as the evening was more akin to a religious experience, a narcotic intoxication, or a sexual awakening, than a mere music show.

Unsound Festival NY April 2–6

Filed Under: EventsApril 2, 2014 by Culture Crux

Based in Krakow, Poland, Unsound brings its fourth festival of electronic ambient weirdness to New York with five days of programming featuring exploratory music from an international network of cities and scenes.

Mondays this April, The Hum, Manhattan Inn

Hypnocraft presents a Monday night residency dedicated to creating new music and video art, featuring first time collaborations across various genres with some of New York’s best musicians and video artists.

Music Review: Modest Mouse’s “Strangers to Ourselves”

Modest Mouse’s long-awaited sixth studio album interweaves the crudity of their early recordings and the polish of their recent work into a powerfully eccentric opus.

Music Review: of Montreal’s “Aureate Gloom”

Recorded in a span of three weeks after the divorce of its front man, Of Montreals’ thirteenth album safely stays within their previously charted sonic territory while often sliding into conceptual schizophrenia.

Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn-March 6 in The Greene Space

WNYC and WQXR’s Battle of Boroughs pits bands from each of the city’s boroughs against each other for a chance to compete in the final Ultimate Battle. One of our favorite Brooklyn bands, Teletextile will be one of the acts representing the fair county of Kings in the Battle’s Brooklyn edition.

Music Review: Father John Misty’s “I Love You, Honeybear”

Father John Misty’s sophomore release is a startling investigation into the possibility of love enduring in our contemporary, inhospitable social climate.