My Brightest Diamond is a Brooklyn band headed up by Shara Worden—"granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a classical organist." Her music and sound are as eclectic as her personal biography, and she delves into nearly every genre that's been given a name, creating a new one that hasn't. Tomorrow night her and the band will end a long tour in her hometown, New York, with a show at (Le) Poisson Rouge. more ›

FOOD: Take a few beer and food bloggers, mix them up with an eclectic menu and and extensive beer list and you've got Bloggers and Beer. Four panelists will be selecting food and beer pairings, and the price of admission entitles you to a mini-meal of the four pairings. Pairings by Nick Fauchald, Food & Wine's "Mouthing Off," Samuel Merritt, Civilization of Beer, our own Laren Spirer and Jeff Gorlechen, Six Points Brewing Company. more ›

Stereogum has raised the bar with their latest endeavor, a tribute to Radiohead's OK Computer on the album's 10th anniversary. Musicians from all over have contributed, some of the New York bands you may recognize: Vampire Weekend, My Brightest Diamond, Doveman and...who's this Samson Dalonoga? more ›

One of the Brooklyn-based bands down in Austin for SXSW this week is My Brightest Diamond. Nate from the band has been keeping a tour diary for us, check out his first installment below. more ›

This morning we woke up to an email saying: "Sufjan played at Union Hall tonight. Pretty cool." more ›

In 2004 we asked a bunch of New York bloggers to suggest sonic stocking stuffers. This year, we asked New York bloggers, bookers, musicians and more, what they'd give as a gift this holiday season. Here you go...commence shopping! more ›

DISCUSSION: Tonight Dirty Dancing author Eleanor Bergstein will discuss the similarities between Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and her own masterpiece, which starred Patrick Swayze. Shakespearian scholars will be in attendence to agree or, most likely, refute the argument. This discussion may have been a bit more relevant in, say, 1987 - when the film came out. more ›