As part of the Creators Project (coming to DUMBO this weekend), Karen O is bringing her first ever opera to St. Ann's Warehouse, starting tonight. The project, titled Stop The Virgens, has been pretty under wraps, with only a few details released so far... but now a video shows a glimpse at what's in store. Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmate Nick Zinner says: "It's gonna blow people's minds." more ›

The Creators Project is coming back for another year, and this time they'll be setting up shop in DUMBO, as previously hinted at with the announcement of the Karen O psycho-opera at St. Ann's Warehouse. The "colossal two-day arts and technology festival" will take place all over the neighborhood on October 15th and 16th, and they've just announced more details. more ›

You've read the book. You've seen the Swedish movie. Now, it's David Fincher's turn to offer up The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. A red band trailer has turned up on YouTube and it features Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander, Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist, the tagline "The Feel-Bad Movie Of Christmas" and Karen O's cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song." more ›

Out of the blue, Karen O announced late last week that she was going to play two shows at Union Pool on Monday night. Not as her normal role as front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but with a new band called Native Korean Rock & The Fishnets. The two back-to-back sets contained all new material and a fresh new sailorsuit-clad backing band plucked from other local bands like the Mooney Suzuki and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. There's no word on anything coming up for these guys, but this likely won't be the last we hear from NKR. Likely any upcoming shows will spring up as suddenly as these two did. more ›

Everyone has abandoned an air conditioner or left condiments in the fridge when rushing to move out of an apartment. The NY Times goes behind closed doors to find out what is most commonly left behind when people move out. more ›

This just in from Stereogum, Karen O recordings were found in TV on the Radio guitarist, Dave Sitek's, old Brooklyn apartment. This seems like an indie rock time capsule to us, opened a little bit too soon. The inscription, written by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer, on the cd cover reads: more ›

READINGS: Sebastian Junger (co-owner of the Half King) will be reading there tonight from his latest book, A Death in Belmont. The book ties into Junger's own life eerily - back in 1963 when Junger was a small boy growing up in Belmont, Massachusetts, Bessie Goldberg was murdered down the street from his home. Following the stories of the two different men suspected of committing the crime (and one of them working at Junger's family home the very day of the murder), Junger brings his inquisitive eye to the story, and its unsolved ending. Junger is a fascinating writer and the Half King is fast becoming one of the city's best reading venues, so it should be a great night. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras more ›

Last weekend the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played their first shows in the New York area since opening for Devo at Summerstage in 2004. They have a new album on the horizon and scheduled a few small and quickly sold out club dates to showcase the new material. I was fortunate to snag tickets to see them at Maxwells in Hoboken on Thursday and the Bowery Ballroom on Friday. more ›

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CONTEST ALERT: We're part of a joint blog contest thing that we don't completely understand, but here's what you need to know: FREE iPod Nano! Filled up with the soundtrack from Elizabethtown. You can enter here, and you should. Seriously. Do it. more ›

Forget spring fever - it's summer fever in the city, with the Daily News and Post giving their pick-up suggestions for New York singles. The Daily News lets women know where to pick up certain kinds of guys with 25 bars: Jocks and wanna-bes (places with TVs); young professionals (Pastis, Whisky Blue); firefighters (ale houses); alterna boys (Sweet & Vicious, Baraza); prepsters (Automatic Slims); muscle men (go outerborough). The Daily News is trying to help those girls who are not models find guys who are not looking to date models - i.e., normal girls looking for normal guys. Gothamist just wants to say, ladies, just don't run around the city clutching this list. more ›