Live Music Brooklyn: The Best Bars for a Show and a Cocktail | Condé Nast Traveler

"Gold Sounds is a classic venue on the Brooklyn indie music scene: a dive bar in Bushwick with a dark, decent-sized back room for shows. Bands run the gamut, from alt-folk, punk, and cumbia, to all-female garage rockers like The Darts, or the five-piece hip-hop band Quarter Water, who blend taut lyrics with winning grooves. Come on a weeknight and you might be one of a dozen people listening to some seriously experimental stuff (think white noise and projections); on weekends it can get busy, as the place descends into chaotic hedonism. Every Tuesday is their Aggressively Chill Comedy Show, best enjoyed with a beer and something off the plant-based menu (vegan hot dogs, fried chick’n sandos). And if it gets to be too much in the back room, there’s a red-felt pool table in the bar, and TVs playing movies (Spirited Away, Grey Gardens, Bad Boys) from the bar’s extensive DVD collection."