Monster Island (CLOSED)

If you're looking for a taste of funky Williamsburg, this sprawling, multipurpose space will do the trick. Any number of local art-punk bands use the building as a practice facility—not to mention a graffiti canvas—but the basement show space is really where the action is. Mingle with the unwashed hipster elite as you wig out to the latest Todd P–approved buzz band and swig cheap beer out of a Dixie cup.