We're floating live this Wednesday night, christening the maiden voyage of an essential new party at R Bar: the launch of ANTIGRAVITY, a weekly fete dedicated to electronic, post-punk, synth and industrial music. Captain Bruce X. Wells pilots us into the beyond, curating a stellar mix of acts with both feet planted in the future while nodding fondly to the past.

The launch event sees us join The Mystic Underground, Living Days, and Autodrone onstage with DJ Joey Nova providing your transmissions and complimentary Svedka vodka and wine served for purposes of transportation. We leave dock at 8pm, $6, 21+.

Join us for the trip...place your reservations on the official event page here!

We're rounding out the summer in jubilantly depressive style at the 2nd annual HAPPINESS IS NO FUN celebration Thursday August 26. We'll join indie superheroes and party hosts The Secret History, the idiosyncratic cultpop of My Teenage Stride, and the fearsome and mighty KRISTEENYOUNG on the stage of Brooklyn's Knitting Factory for a celebration of all things toe-tappingly misanthropic.

Brilliant smorgasbord lineups like this don't come along very often, so come out for a twilight-of-summer evening that will have you sobbing happily into your drink for the duration. We're anchoring at 8pm, so get there early and settle in!

Like you we've spent the last few months watching havoc wreaked on the Gulf Coast, and while the human and environmental toll is obviously devastating, even more disturbing is the impact on the region's wildlife. It's particularly frustrating to view from afar and feel so helpless--which is why we're pleased to participate in an event that contributes to the Audobon Society's efforts to provide aid and oil cleanup for the animals effected.

The Electronica4Life events are a series of nationwide benefits taking place in August with the New York City evening slated for Friday August 13 at The Sullivan Room. We'll be appearing alongside electronic acts Sonik Foundry and Level 2.0 along with special guests and DJs--full details can be found on the event's Facebook page. We hope you'll mark your calendar and come out to lend a hand to the effort!