Market Hotel, the beloved indie music venue on the edge of the Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods in Brooklyn, closed in 2010 after police raided the building during a concert and found the DIY venue was selling alcohol without a license. It has taken owner Todd Patrick and other organizers behind the…

Other Music—the modestly sized East Village enclave that, for over twenty years, served as a cultural hub for independent music buffs in New York City—shut its doors last week for good. According to the store’s co-owner, Josh Madell, “it just didn’t make sense to keep the store running,” a sad but familiar truth for…