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Sure you get off of work for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and alternate side parking is suspended, but there are way better ways to honor the legacy of America’s most famous Civil Rights leader in Brooklyn than by sleeping late and not having to move your car for a few [...]
Honor the dream with free MLK Day events
Music for Misers, Jan 11-13: Murder Mystery, Sinkane & more
Murder Mystery, free at BK Bowl on Tuesday
This week’s free and cheap music listings give you reasons to leave your apartment and slog through the foot of snow predicted for the city. From New York’s own Murder Mystery at Brooklyn Bowl to Brooklyn’s Steel Phantoms at Bruar Falls, you’ll find something to sate your musical appetite. [...]
Music for Misers, Dec. 20-23: Chairlift, Food Stamps, more
Chairlift, Wednesday at the Knitting Factory
Twis the week before Christmas and all through the borough there are cheap shows to be seen. Commence your pre-holiday week with a comedic jaunt led by MC Mr. Napkins at Littlefield. Sojourn on with Kelli Scarr at Zebulon on Tuesday and then continue to Bruar Falls on Wednesday for [...]
$25 and under gift No. 11: Psycho shower curtain
Never had a chance to fulfill your stabbing desire to decorate your home with Psycho-inspired memorabilia? Well, whether you’re a life-long Hitchcockian or not, the time has come to experience one of the most horrifically suspenseful scenes in cinematic history each and every time you take a shower. Available at Exit 9, Brooklyn’s quirky gift emporium, this blood-red [...]
Music for Misers, Dec. 13-16: Bow Ribbons & Constellations
The Constellations, Wednesday night at BK Bowl
If you missed Body Language last week, they’re getting down and electric for another free show tonight at Brooklyn Bowl. Bow Ribbons is popping off with a record release show at Zebulon on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday, the Constellations will bring you back to BK Bowl or head to [...]
Music for Misers Dec. 6-9: Body Language, Blarvuster, more
Body Language, Monday at BK Bowl
Hungry? Make some totally non-sexually-suggestive metaphorical sandwiches with Body Language tonight at Brooklyn Bowl. Or go folk yourself with some classical guitar melodies and ambient keyboards at the Issue Project Room on the Gowanus waterfront. Stroke your bagpipe urge with the caterwauling Celtic/South East Asian ensemble group that is Blarvuster. [...]
Music for Misers, Nov 22-24: Dan Friel, Hank & Cupcakes, more
Hank and Cupcakes, Tuesday at BK Bowl
Start your week off strong with a hot cupful of musically ambiguous electronica by Dan Friel. Mmm, fresh. If that doesn’t sate your appetite, bite your way through Hank & Cupcakes Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Bowl. And if all this splurging leaves you feeling out [...]
Music for Misers, Nov. 15-18: Oars, Feather and Folly, more
Feather and Folly, tonight at Zebulon
If you missed your chance last week, check out Superhuman Happiness at Coco 66 tonight. They’re playing along with Oars, a sufficiently psychedelic rock band. Beyond that, there’s Feather and Folly, a couple of dance parties, sexy stuff and a few Ms: Megafortress, Mokaad, Miwa Gemini and [...]
Saturday, The Zero Film Fest’s opening night indie fiesta
You gotta perk your ears up when an indie film fest promises “something different” from all the other indie film fests out there these days. And, of course, it’s in Brooklyn. The Zero Film Festival kicks off its annual NY week Saturday with an opening night fiesta of live music, [...]
Music for Misers, Nov. 1-4: Shark?, Forgotten by Friday, more
Shark? Thursday night a Bruar Falls
Halloween hangover? Wake up with Superhuman Happiness, Pistolera y Banda De Los Muertos and a Brooklyn country showcase with Forgotten by Friday and more. This week in cheap music is brought to you by Zebulon Café. Coco 66 and Bruar Falls are also reppin’ shows in the [...]
