Tonight San Francisco rockers with the middle class rasp, Two Gallants, come to Bowery Ballroom. We interviewed them last week, and you should really check them out while they're in town. For serious. Opening up for them are Sam Champion (the actual NY weatherman still comes up first in a Google search) and Cold War Kids. Elsewhere in the city, Pela is playing with Project Jenny/Project Jan (at the Delancey). There's already ex-Art Bruter's and......

This should be a surprise to nobody who has ever read Gothamist before, but so you know, we've got a thing about skylines. Namely, we really, really, really like 'em. So again, it really shouldn't surprise anyone that we found ourselves digging Luigi Di Serio's list of the Top 15 skylines in the world (he also includes three semi-honorable mentions). New York comes in fourth in Serio's opinion and we at least understand his......

Gothamist is feeling a bit under the weather today, literally and figuratively, so we'll just get straight to it, if you don't mind: Monday it's singer-songwriter night at Bowery Ballroom, with Vic Chesnutt, David Bazan (of Pedro The Lion), Mark Eitzel, and Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic) all playing each other's songs together, as the Undertow Orchestra. That's a lot of emoting on one stage, folks. For the ultimate in lameness, check out INXS at Avery......

EVENT: The Tank is the latest in New York club casualties. This weekend they're trying to raise money for a new venue, so head over to one of these events or donate online here. Tonight at 7pm / $10 Air America's The Majority Report with Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder will broadcast live from The Tank, which it also did during the Republican National Convention. This time the broadcast includes a live studio audience and......

The New York Times reports that The Hong Kong government recently issued a report that eating certain kinds of dim sum, particularly those fried or cooked with copious amounts of fat and oil, should be avoided for health reasons. While this may seem like somewhat of a no-brainer, many are ignoring the warnings and eating the same dim sum they've been eating for years, arteries be damned. This got us thinking. Even when we're trying......

Often compared to Stereolab, The Hong Kong have come onto the scene with a unique brand of synth rock. They are like Stereolab, if Stereolab exploded, sped up and cross-pollinated with a member of the Go-Go's. Live, they pull the audience in immediately, which is often a tough feat for the hard to impress hipsters that crowd their shows. We should mention here that this band can also kick your bands ass when it......