club culture

NYC club Sway closing this month (two Smiths Nights left)

West Side downtown club Sway, one of NYC’s it clubs in the late-’90s/early-’00s (when nearby Don Hill’s was going strong) will close on December 27…

Michael Musto's open letter to Michael Alig (who DJ Scotto is implying already did drugs since leaving jail)

Michael Alig‘s so called friend Scotto was there to pick the released murderer up from jail and to accompany him to dinner that night, selfieng and getting press for himself all along the way…

Michael Alig is out of jail (they let Freeze out years ago)

More than 17 years after being sentenced to jail for killing Angel Melendez, Michael Alig is a free man. Psychecyberadiant Scotto went to pick him up at the prison today with club kid Astro Erle and he’s documenting the whole thing on Instagram, the video you can watch below of his first words out of jail included…

Verboten opens Williamsburg dance club tonight

Itinerant dance party Verboten opens its permanent Williamsburg home tonight at N 11th St between Kent Ave and Wythe Ave. The space joins an already buzzy area of the neighborhood, around the corner from Output and Brooklyn Bowl…

The Year in Dance: David Bruno's Musings

Looking back at 2007, it most certainly can be said electronic music is alive and thriving in America and across the globe. The meteoric rise of rave rockers Justice and the electrifying resurgence of Daft Punk have undoubtedly spread a wide net introducing millions (most importantly young aspiring musicians) to the power of the beat and the excitement, democracy of participation, and borderless history of dance music and club culture…