SXSW 2010: BANDS TO WATCH
March 11, 2010 – 8:44 am | One Comment

With SXSW 2010 creeping up,  Discosalt has a preview of this years bands to watch. There are some amazing bands to check out, so clear the rest of your schedule for the afternoon and comb through our list:

MINUS THE BEAR

Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, OMNI, [...]

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2010 ATP FESTIVAL NY:CURATED BY JIM JARMUSCH
February 11, 2010 – 2:49 pm | No Comment
2010 ATP FESTIVAL NY:CURATED BY JIM JARMUSCH

If you can look this far ahead into your calendar,  Labor day weekend, September 3-5, ATP (All Tomorrow’s Parties) will host the third annual ATP Festival at Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, NY. Three days of unbelievable bands performing, with Sunday’s acts selected by indie director Jim Jarmusch.
Here are the details so far:
Friday- Dont Look [...]

WHO SHOT ROCK AND ROLL: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1955 TO THE PRESENT
October 29, 2009 – 8:19 am | One Comment
WHO SHOT ROCK AND ROLL: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, 1955 TO THE PRESENT

As part of The Brooklyn Museum’s exhibit this month “Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present”, are several photographs from painter and photographer Laura Levine. Not only can you check out a rare live opening reception performance on Oct 29th from Blondie but you can peep into the unique world [...]

AAKASH NIHALANI @ VIENNA’S BLACK RIVER FESTIVAL
October 26, 2009 – 12:54 pm | No Comment
AAKASH NIHALANI @ VIENNA’S BLACK RIVER FESTIVAL

“Der Zeit ihre Kunst – der Kunst ihr Festival”
Street art is getting some real recognition and appreciation in the Imperial City this month. The “Black River” festival is Vienna’s first Street Art Festival and features the work of NYC local and Discosalt favorite Aakash Nihalani.  On my trip to Vienna this past July, I had [...]

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS IN NYC
October 13, 2009 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS IN NYC

What: Halloween Movie Marathon
If you want a cheap scare that doesnt involve water birth or getting drunk in Canarsie, check out some freaky flicks at the Brooklyn Lyceum where they will be screening classic horror movies like Dracula, Night of the Living Dead and the Rocky Horror Picture show on two 25-foot projection screens.
Where: Brooklyn [...]

COMPILATION: DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
October 8, 2009 – 1:04 am | No Comment
COMPILATION: DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

The much anticipated and mysterious multi-media project/album involving Danger Mouse , Mark Linkous , and David Lynch entitled “Dark Night of the Soul ” featuring Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse along with the Flaming Lips, Iggy Pop, Frank Black, the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, Jason Lytle, and James Mercer of the Shins, has apparently been canned.
Teaser below:

Dark [...]

D.U.M.B.O. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE
September 25, 2009 – 9:19 am | No Comment
D.U.M.B.O. ART UNDER THE BRIDGE

What:13th Annual D.U.M.B.O. Art Under The Bridge Festival
Where: D.U.M.B.O …duh
When: September 25 – 27, 2009
Damage: FREE
You might not see Anthony Keidis running around with his shirt off,  but at the now teenage D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, you will see touchable, accessible, and interactive art, on a scale that makes it the nation’s largest [...]

PANDEMIC GALLERY X ABZTRACT
September 24, 2009 – 7:31 am | No Comment
PANDEMIC GALLERY X ABZTRACT

What: Pandemic Gallery X Abztract
Where: 37 Broadway (In Brooklyn)
When: September 25th, 2009
Damage: Free
A pandemic is a world wide epidemic. The Pandemic Gallery seeks to create a showcase for artists, friends, and patrons to meet, collaborate, and present their work…. expanding the global awareness of a new breed of art and artists. Now with the self-titled, [...]

SECRET WOLFMOTHER SHOW @ BOWERY ELECTRIC
September 3, 2009 – 3:22 pm | No Comment
SECRET WOLFMOTHER SHOW @ BOWERY ELECTRIC

Tonight, September 3, Australian hard rock trio Wolfmother are getting the led out,  playing a secret show at The Bowery Electric after The Depreciation Guild go on stage at 10:30 PM. The Zeppelinesc/Ozzy ’70s-drenched rock  harkens back to the days when rock bands had serious balls, big hair, attitude to burn, and seven-minute opuses about [...]

TROLL 2: WORST MOVIE EVER
July 28, 2009 – 10:36 am | No Comment
TROLL 2: WORST MOVIE EVER

On Thursday, July 30th Rooftop films will be showing midnight movie cult classic TROLL 2 on the lawn of the Automotive High School in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. One was clearly not enough… It Horrifies You In Your Sleep, And Haunts You For Life.  Seriously the worst movie ever. So bad its brilliant.
Then on Friday, July 31st [...]

JellyNYC Pool Party Schedule Announced
July 2, 2009 – 8:56 am | No Comment
JellyNYC Pool Party Schedule Announced

What: Sunday “Pool Parties”
When: Sundays July 12-Aug 30 2PM
Where: The Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY
Damage: Free
JellyNYC has officially announced the “Pool Party” band lineup for this summer on the Williamsburg Waterfront (the 6,000 capacity waterfront strip along the East River between North 8th and 9th Streets) and Discosalt is more excited than Jessie Spano to [...]

DISCOSALT ON FLICKR
May 24, 2009 – 1:37 am | No Comment
DISCOSALT ON FLICKR

Discosalt.com is on Flickr.

UNDERGROUND MOVIES OUTDOORS
May 16, 2009 – 10:40 am | No Comment
UNDERGROUND MOVIES OUTDOORS

$9.00 indie flicks from a rooftop with hooch and live bands. Find a better way to spend a weekend in New York this summer and Discosalt will buy you a taco. Now in its 13th year, Rooftop Films “Underground Movies Outdoors” has announced its summer film lineup for May and June.  The Summer series includes [...]