Just a quick reminder that Gothamist House is open again today (3 to 8 p.m.)! We've really enjoyed spending so much time this week and in absolutely gorgeous Gowanus venue, so come join us at the Bell House for the final show, which includes sets by: Hayes Peebles, The Muggabears, The Depreciation Guild, PWRFL Power, The Forms and Neckbeard Telecaster. All of the details you need are right here. Bonus: 2-for-1 drink specials (we've been ordering up some bloody mary's made with McClure's Pickles)! Whole Foods reusable grocery gift bags are still being doled out, with items from: Babeland, Embittermints, the Humane Society, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, RightRides, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Penguin and Insound, and Brooklyn Tattoo's owner even donated some "Brooklyn Love" pins and stickers. And for the gamers, there's a FaceBreaker video game demo in there for you. And be sure to take a gander at the artwork on display from Sam Horine, Paula DiGioia and Shai Dahan. See you there! more ›

Every year at CMJ, there's one band that toiled around the day parties and smaller showcases the year before, only to triumphantly return with a major headlining gig. That award this year goes to Crystal Castles, who headlined a sold-out, packed to the brim Webster Hall Thursday night to an enthusiastic crowd. Without trying to sound too obvious, the popularity suits these guys well. It's not necessary the most accessible, easy listening band out there, and would be a tough sell at a scattershot, brightly lit afternoon party. But when the band controls the environment, with all attention properly directed on them, they create quite a scene, Lead "singer" Alice Glass shrieks and hollers over the 8-bit bleeps and bloops, and while her contribution musically can be a bit off-putting, she is quite the show woman. The crowd was completely entranced, providing the necessary feedback a band like this needs to put on a stellar show. A bit of a told ya so for their naysayers from last year's fest. more ›

The Physics of Meaning played our Gothamist House show on Wednesday, and have been one of our favorite bands this CMJ by far. They're a self-described "chamber rock band" from North Carolina headed up by Daniel Hart, a multi-instrumentalist who you may recognize from another lil band called St. Vincent. This week another band, Wild Sweet Orange, interviewed them for us--today you can check out the latter at our show (they play at 4:30 p.m.), and tomorrow put yourself in front of the Physics of Meaning at their final CMJ show at Rehab. more ›

It's your daily reminder: Come on over to Gothamist House! We're open and we've got delicious Bloody Mary's (2 for 1!) being poured with McClure's Pickles. Coming up next are sets by Reggie Watts, Fatula, Marnie Stern, Bad Veins and Twi the Humble Feather. There are still gift bags left as well, so come and get 'em! Tip for tomorrow: we'll have free PBR all day long. More details here. more ›

A few hours ago we opened the doors to Gothamist House. So far there have been some great sets by Emmy the Great, Gabriel Kahane and Bell, with more to come from Nat Baldwin, Physics of Meaning, Pattern is Movement and Extra Life. We'll be open every day through Saturday from 2:30 to 8 p.m. We're located at The Bell House, at 149 7th Street in the beautiful Gowanus section of Brooklyn (map), and you can take the M, R or F train to the 4th and 9th stop. more ›

Charlie Looker has created music under many names, and with some familiar names as well (you can hear him on the Dirty Projectors "Rise Above" album). Now, as Extra Life, Looker creates what Stereogum calls "a mesmerizing form of avant-rock raga." Today he plays at our Gothamist House show, and we highly recommend coming to check the set out. This week one of the artists showing work at our House, Paula DiGioia, interviewed Looker for us. more ›

This year we're bringing some art into Gothamist House. We'll have oil pastels by Paula DiGioia, photographs from Sam Horine, and painted skateboard decks from Shai Dahan (he even made us a Gothamist one, pictured above). more ›

As you might have heard by now, we're opening up Gothamist House this Wednesday through Saturday for CMJ. Bands, art, and gift bags will all be part of the (totally free) deal; the four day event is taking place at the new Brooklyn venue The Bell House. We wanted to invite others to drop goodies in our (250) gift bags, which have a little bit of extra room left that we'd rather not waste. Are you a company, artist or small business of some kind that has something you think people might want to find in our reusable grocery gift bags? Email us at jencarlson(AT)gothamist(DOT)com. So far the bags (pictured), which were donated by Whole Foods, contain items from: Babeland, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Penguin and Insound. Act Now to join them! more ›

We have some more details about Gothamist House (there's even a Facebook page!), open during CMJ next week (October 22nd through 25th). The shows will run from 2:30 to 8 p.m. daily...and you'll want to get there early because we'll have a limited amount of gift bags each day (a reusable grocery bag from Whole Foods with goodies from Babeland, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Penguin and others). more ›

Gothamist House will be back for CMJ this year...and we've moved! Our new home is at the Bell House in Brooklyn, and we'll be there starting next Wednesday October 22nd through Saturday October 25th, from 3 to 8 p.m. each day. More details, and more band announcements to come, but here's what we can tell you right now... more ›