Public Assembly

& Dominick Mastrangelo Brooklyn's own Hunters can be found headlining a local show at Death By Audio tonight (10/26) with Slutever and These Days...

On Friday night (10/19) during CMJ, Panache Booking threw their showcase at Public Assembly and we stopped by to catch some of their roster, specifically Dent May, Mac DeMarco, Turbo Fruits, (three of the more consistently entertaining acts who played constantly this year) plus the sweet retro-fueled rock of The Paperhead and Gap Dream...

, Chris La Putt & Nate "Igor" Smith The second free 2012 BrooklynVegan not-CMJ party went down on Saturday (10/20) at Public Assembly after our Friday party, which happened at the same venue the day earl...

Our Friday not-CMJ day party (10/19) at Public Assembly, our first of two day-long, two-stage shows at the venue over the weekend, had my favorite one-two punch of the entire 2012 CMJ week: Savages followed both of whose performances we wrote about already (click the links)...

Caveman played the BrooklynVegan day party on Saturday (10/20) at Public Assembly (their third BV-booked show in 2 years), headlining the front room right after Miguel played...

and Dominick Mastrangelo NYC rap crew Ratking and funky synth pop project Sinkane both played a number of CMJ shows last week, including the BrooklynVegan day party on Saturday (10/20) which they were both on...

Pop ingenue Sky Ferreira played a handful of shows during CMJ week, including a sold out show at Union Hall and the BrooklynVegan day party on Friday (10/19) at Public Assembly where she impressed the still bleary-eyed with her pop smarts, vocal chops and undeniable charisma...

& Dominick Mastrangelo While much of the BV team has already seen and been sold on METZ a bunch in the last couple years, I didn't get around to it until this year's CMJ at the BrooklynVegan day party on Friday (10/19) (they went on right after Savages)...

& Dominick Mastrangelo As Bill pointed out in his review of their live debut at the Stereogum showcase, London post-punk band Savages were probably the most hyped band at CMJ 2012...

and Chris La Putt "Miguel is worth the wait #swoonme @brooklynvegan" - Mayuri Reddy "Miguel's set @PublicAssembly was brief but chisel-sh...