Zipper Factory

words & The 1st Brooklyn Soul Festival was a great success. Sell out crowd on the 1st night and nearly so on the second. The crowd was a nice mix of the soul intelligentsia, older music fans and twenty-somethings out to hear some good music…

DOWNLOAD: Deep Red – Fun Girl (MP3) Deep Red is a collaboration that includes Hercules & Love Affair keyboardist Morgan Wiley, bassist Andrew Raposo, and vocalist Nomi Ruiz who met while on the 2008 Hercules & Love Affair Tour…

Zipper Factory (more by Chris La Putt)The Zipper Factory, a theater and tavern, has closed, its owner, Lee Z. Davis, said. The theater, which opened in 2001, was home to such productions as “The Sensuous Woman” by Margaret Cho, “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” “Jesus Is Magic” by Sarah Silverman, “Betty Rules” and Alan Cumming’s adaptation of Jean Genet’s “Elle…

For fans of Shoegaze/Dreampop/etc, the Bell House is where you want to be tonight (1/8) for a free show with locals The Depreciation Guild, Dead Leaf Echo, and Luxa…

Nomi, now best know as a singing member of Hercules & Love Affair, played solo at the Zipper Factory in NYC on Tuesday night (September 30)…

DOWNLOAD: Damon & Naomi – E.T.A. (MP3) Dean & Britta‘s Zipper Factory residency continues tonight (August 21) (tix). Expect to hear some songs from one of Dean’s Old bands…

Dean & Britta are playing The Zipper Factory in NYC tonight (July 24) and again on August 21 and again on September 20th. They’re also playing that benefit show coming up at Bowery Ballroom with Nada Surf…