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Time Out
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The Four Horsemen is finally getting a follow-up restaurant, a whole acclaimed decade later
Ten years after James Murphy and crew quietly revolutionized the wine bar scene with The Four Horsemen, the team is finally ready for their sophomore act—and they're not straying far. I Cavallini, a 70-seat Italian(ish) restaurant, opens Wednesday, July 16 just across the street from their Williamsburg cult classic, with chef Nick Curtola again at the helm. If The Four Horsemen is a cozy vinyl-spun whisper of a restaurant, I Cavallini is its roomier, moodier sibling with a passport full of Italian stamps and just enough swagger to pull off eel toast. (Yes, that's a thing—crispy-fried with pine nuts and golden raisins.) The name translates to 'the little horses' and the vibe lands somewhere between Florentine trattoria and downtown wine haunt with vintage glassware, reclaimed ceiling beams and an actual sculpture nicknamed Randy. While the initial vision leaned entirely Italian, Curtola and his team wisely zagged. 'A lot of that food works because you're in Italy and you're in some beautiful city in some beautiful old restaurant and there's a nonna in back doing the cooking,' Curtola told Grub Street. 'It felt weird being in Brooklyn trying to re-create that.' So instead of rigid authenticity, I Cavallini channels Italy's soul with a Brooklyn filter: mussel panzanella with lovage and pickled green tomatoes, nervetti salad tossed with chive-blossom vinegar and a bluefin tuna dish with chervil gremolata and rare risina beans imported from Umbria. On the drinks side, it's a full pour: a 100-bottle all-Italian natural wine list (assembled with a wink to late partner and wine savant Justin Chearno) and original cocktails by JoJo Colonna of Attaboy. Think: a Prosecco-meets-absinthe Milo Spritz, a tomato-gin Pomozoni and the mezcal-soaked Cavallo Giallo. Desserts are anything but an afterthought. Honey gelato and melon sorbet get served in Depression-era glassware, while the tiramisu, inspired by Florence's famed Trattoria Cammillo, gets built to order with overnight-soaked ladyfingers and espresso from cult roaster Maru. Many Four Horsemen day-ones are crossing the street to help bring this new vision to life—chef de cuisine Ben Zook, sous-chefs Jonathan Vogt and Max Baez and wine director Flo Barth among them. And with music-geek-worthy acoustics, a menu that sidesteps clichés and just enough sentimental detail, I Cavallini already feels like more than just a sequel.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Erik Karlsson-Maple Leafs Link ‘More Than Just Hearsay,' Claims NHL Insider
Erik Karlsson-Maple Leafs Link 'More Than Just Hearsay,' Claims NHL Insider originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Pittsburgh Penguins are actively exploring trade possibilities for star defenseman Erik Karlsson, and his next destination could reignite a longtime rivalry in the Atlantic Division. Advertisement According to RG's James Murphy, the Toronto Maple Leafs are interested in the former Ottawa Senators blueliner and have emerged as a potential landing spot for the 35-year-old. 'There's more than just hearsay when it comes to the Leafs and Erik Karlsson right now,' Murphy wrote, quoting an NHL source. 'There's probably going to be salary retained, but the thought that there's some kind of bad blood between Dubas and the Leafs still that would prevent something like this is crazy.' Karlsson spent nine seasons with the Senators, won two Norris Trophies in that span, and remains popular among fans in Canada's capital. Advertisement The Leafs are coming off losing a star of their own in forward Mitch Marner, who departed for the Vegas Golden Knights in a sign-and-trade just before the start of free agency. While not a forward, Karlsson's offensive prowess from the blue line could provide some offensive help to the Leafs next season. Murphy touches on another report linking the Maple Leafs to other potential trade targets, such as New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton, because of his power-play skillset. Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Erik Karlsson (65) skates during Frid-Imagn Images The Maple Leafs have around $5.3 million in cap space, which means landing Karlsson's current $10 million cap hit—after the San Jose Sharks retained roughly 13% in his last move—would require Pittsburgh to retain additional salary. Advertisement The source told RG that if both sides can agree on financial terms, 'this is a business' and past history between Kyle Dubas and Toronto management 'doesn't matter.' Karlsson is under contract for two more seasons as part of the eight-year, $92 million contract that he signed with the Sharks in 2019. He appeared in all 82 games last season scoring 54 points, including 11 goals for the Penguins. Related: Red Wings-Penguins Talks on $92 Million Player 'Intensifying,' Per Report Related: Penguins and Erik Karlsson Reportedly Open to Trade Under Clear Conditions This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 11, 2025, where it first appeared.
Telegraph
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Giddy joy from dance pioneers LCD Soundsystem
Rather than play a one-off festival or two nights at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena, New York dance music pioneers LCD Soundsystem have taken a different approach to entertaining their UK fans this summer: an eight-night residency at the relatively intimate 5,000-capacity Brixton Academy in south London. The numbers work out the same: eight Brixtons equal two O2s or one muddy field. And the cosy setting worked a treat (as it should have done with the cheapest tickets costing upwards of £60). This was a broiling two-hour set of scrupulously constructed and life-affirming music. The band have always felt like a cult concern, even when they're playing Glastonbury 's Pyramid stage or Victoria Park's All Points East festival (both of which they did last year). The 18 indie-synth anthems that they played here provoked a giddy sense of up-close-and-personal joy among the raving faithful, who ranged from middle-aged down to Gen Z (with a fair few of the former's teenage offspring brought along for the ride). Led by record label boss and producer James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem and their stage set-up were a sight to behold. Eight musicians, including Hot Chip's wonderfully frenzied Al Doyle on guitar, were surrounded by a cornucopia of vintage equipment – consoles, percussion, synths, glockenspiels and speakers. It looked like the madcap secret lair of sonic pioneers Bob Moog and Jim Marshall. Songs like Get Innocuous, Dance Yrself Clean and Someone Great are built on feet-shuffling polyrhythms and addictive hooks, and here – as with every track – they incrementally and almost imperceptibly came to the boil, like the proverbial frog in the pan, until Brixton erupted. Talking of boiling, it was a sweatbox in there. 'Wear shorts!' a friend said before. I should have listened. Murphy has said he formed LCD in 2002 as 'kind of a lark'. Genre-agnostic, they rose to prominence as Napster culture blew apart music's silos, allowing them to combine punk and indie with dance music and bone-dry lyrics, just as New York's music scene was itself exploding with bands like The Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Debut single Losing My Edge – sadly not played here – was about the transience of pick 'n' mix culture (or it was a dig at scenesters, still not sure). We got flashes of these influences here – Kraftwerk's The Model segued into a stunning I Can Change, while punky Movement could have come out of CBGB in 1976. This fantastic gig was only let down by some surprise omissions (All I Want, Daft Punk Is Playing at My House) and sound that wasn't always as crystal clear as this music demanded. But as final track All My Friends, a song built around a repetitive piano motif, reached its blistering crescendo, none of this mattered. It was electrifying.
South Wales Guardian
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
LCD Soundsystem honour Brian Wilson and Sly Stone at residency's opening night
The New York group danced on to the stage to the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations, followed by deadpan leader James Murphy, who was dressed in a Brat green luminous T-shirt, before bursting into opener You Wanted A Hit from 2010's This Is Happening album. The track was followed by Tribulations from their 2005 self-titled debut album, which provoked mass dancing across the close to sell-out crowd, with Murphy attending to his trademark tinkering with amps and giving instructions Mark E Smith style. Fans were treated to a rendition of Yr City's A Sucker, from the band's first album, with Murphy informing the audience 'your city's a sucker, my city's a creep'. A post shared by LCD Soundsystem (@lcdsoundsystem) At the track's end, the 55-year-old singer told the audience: 'We played here a few years ago and we really liked it, and now we're back, and we really appreciate that you came to see us, we don't take it for granted.' The band began to cover Kraftwerk's The Model, before transforming it into I Can Change, prompting the first mass singalong of the night, while Time To Get Away and Get Innocuous! from Grammy-nominated second album Sound Of Silver (2007) went down a storm with the crowd. LCD Soundsystem exited the stage for an intermission to Sly And The Family Stone's Everyday People, paying tribute after Stone died on Monday aged 82. They returned with 2007 single North American Scum. The track, which is about the band being mistaken for an English group by fans due to their popularity in the country, was the highlight of the evening, with the crowd drowning out keyboard player Nancy Whang's cheerleader backing vocals with their own. Murphy later added: 'This is the first city we played in, somehow it was 23 years ago, and some of you weren't even born.' The band's most recent singles, New Body Rhumba and X-Ray Eyes, released in 2022 and 2024 respectively, got an airing before Murphy said of the upcoming run of dates: 'This is the first of many of these, we like to play in rooms that have some character and some love in. 'Thank you all for being excellent to us.' The band then hit the crowd with a triple whammy of fan favourites in Dance Yrself Clean, New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, and All My Friends, which saw the venue erupt with dancing. They may not have been the most popular band during the 2000s indie explosion, but as they now see their influence in upcoming artists such as The Dare and Fcukers, along with a young crowd at Thursday's gig, LCD Soundsystem may be the scene's most influential and remembered. The band played a similar residency in June 2022, and they will return to the stage on Friday, before further performances on June 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
Rhyl Journal
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
LCD Soundsystem honour Brian Wilson and Sly Stone at residency's opening night
The New York group danced on to the stage to the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations, followed by deadpan leader James Murphy, who was dressed in a Brat green luminous T-shirt, before bursting into opener You Wanted A Hit from 2010's This Is Happening album. The track was followed by Tribulations from their 2005 self-titled debut album, which provoked mass dancing across the close to sell-out crowd, with Murphy attending to his trademark tinkering with amps and giving instructions Mark E Smith style. Fans were treated to a rendition of Yr City's A Sucker, from the band's first album, with Murphy informing the audience 'your city's a sucker, my city's a creep'. A post shared by LCD Soundsystem (@lcdsoundsystem) At the track's end, the 55-year-old singer told the audience: 'We played here a few years ago and we really liked it, and now we're back, and we really appreciate that you came to see us, we don't take it for granted.' The band began to cover Kraftwerk's The Model, before transforming it into I Can Change, prompting the first mass singalong of the night, while Time To Get Away and Get Innocuous! from Grammy-nominated second album Sound Of Silver (2007) went down a storm with the crowd. LCD Soundsystem exited the stage for an intermission to Sly And The Family Stone's Everyday People, paying tribute after Stone died on Monday aged 82. They returned with 2007 single North American Scum. The track, which is about the band being mistaken for an English group by fans due to their popularity in the country, was the highlight of the evening, with the crowd drowning out keyboard player Nancy Whang's cheerleader backing vocals with their own. Murphy later added: 'This is the first city we played in, somehow it was 23 years ago, and some of you weren't even born.' The band's most recent singles, New Body Rhumba and X-Ray Eyes, released in 2022 and 2024 respectively, got an airing before Murphy said of the upcoming run of dates: 'This is the first of many of these, we like to play in rooms that have some character and some love in. 'Thank you all for being excellent to us.' The band then hit the crowd with a triple whammy of fan favourites in Dance Yrself Clean, New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, and All My Friends, which saw the venue erupt with dancing. They may not have been the most popular band during the 2000s indie explosion, but as they now see their influence in upcoming artists such as The Dare and Fcukers, along with a young crowd at Thursday's gig, LCD Soundsystem may be the scene's most influential and remembered. The band played a similar residency in June 2022, and they will return to the stage on Friday, before further performances on June 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
