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The Knitting Factory has officially left Manhattan for Brooklyn, taking over the old Luna Lounge space on Metropolitan in Williamsburg. And it looks fly. They completely overhauled the unnecessarily vast room that served as Luna's main space, and split it into two spaces: the live room and the bar (from which you can see the stage). The design playfully evokes a low-budget basement recording studio, with classic pegboard walls backing the stage, and a glass window embedded stage left, where the sound engineer's room would be. The venue officially opens tonight with Les Savy Fav; and here's their upcoming lineup. How will they fare in such a venue-heavy neighborhood?
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Happy to hear that they split it into two rooms. "Unnecessarily vast" says it well as most weekday nights the Luna Lounge crowd would number about 35. The worst thing about that was that the room sounded completely different (that is, bad) when it was that empty compared to what it did crowded; unfortunately their sound staff couldn't figure out how to make what appeared to be a great system work right under any conditions. You see it too often... spend big money and even go as far as having SmaartLive running on a laptop next to the board, but if you don't know how to use it it's just a waste.
Knitting Factory can do well in the venue-heavy neighborhood if they get that right and keep the prices reasonable.
I am not that super-thrilled with the upcoming show calendar, but the place does look awesome and I cannot wait to check it out.
I'd love to check it out tonight. Anyone have extras?
I think it'll be awesome. It looks great! I've been walking past the space and watching the construction for the past few weeks but I didn't know what it was.
as a longtime Williamsburgher and a lover of live music, we cannot have too many venues. I'll also say that I couldn't stand Luna Lounge, and have great hopes for this space, as the bookers at the Knitting Factory are both tasteful and inventive. Rock on! Also: keep door fees cheap, especially on weeknights!
Please, Wburg will never have enough shitty local bands.