See the poster children of Brooklyn sound, Dirty Projectors, at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), 718-486-540; 8, $15

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They’re still creepy and they’re still kooky. The upcoming Addams Family musical shared backstage interviews and a cast photo with Vanity Fair, proving that the actors will stay true to the undead hilarity of Charles Addams’s original New Yorker cartoons.

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In the coolest crowd-sourcing project we’ve heard of lately, The Huffington Post is asking music lovers to pinpoint songs about New York City on an interactive map.

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Apparently, you need higher than a 14 percent rating on rottentomatoes.com for your movie to play nationwide. Who’d have guessed films have to be coherent before they reach us? Fox Searchlight yanked Gentlemen Broncos from theaters beyond the two in L.A. and New York where it debuted after reviewers creamed the film. Here’s a sample of the carnage: “If you didn't know otherwise, you'd swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student — and not a particularly talented one,” writes Claudia Puig in USA Today.

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This year's (Saturday!) Halloween bashes ask you don costumes ranging from 1994 cliches to macabre Victorian garb. They'll have you dance to The Very Best and The Monster Mash. Start sewing—it's only a day away!

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Director Glenn Silber created a victory dance out of his latest documentary, Labor Day, which will open tomorrow at Quad Cinemas. He wanted to show how the Service Employment International Union (SEIU) played a crucial role in securing President Obama’s campaign victory.

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Take a long drag of your Warm Mocha Mint Cigar - it might be the last you buy in the city. Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the ban on flavored tobacco into law yesterday. But before you hyperventilate, read the fine print: the ban doesn’t include clove or menthol cigarettes or even flavored hookah.

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In case anyone doubted Tim Burton’s trippiness, the latest Alice in Wonderland trailer oozes with opium-hazed hallucinations and acid-saturated colors that stay true to Lewis Carroll’s, ahem, inspirations. The trailer is released just weeks before MoMa’s Burton retrospective will show how the artist and storyteller became the goth darling he is today.

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If Halloween’s goblins and zombies aren’t brutal enough to fuel your bloodlust, consider this your lucky week. Converge, the legendary hardcore-metal band, is coming to town for two nights—Oct. 29 and 30 at Hammerstein Ballroom—in support of its new record Axe To Fall. Rebecca Huval checked in with singer Jacob Bannon, who schools her on mathcore, side projects and the charm of aggressive music.

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Sean Tillman has been a sex god for years. Whether performing as Har Mar Superstar—as he will tonight at Mercury Lounge in support of his new record, Dark Touches—as Sean Na Na or in his former band Calvin Krime, Tillman always puts on a show. And it’s not always just with music; just recently it was announced that he would be working with actor pal Ellen Page to pen a new HBO comedy. Rebecca Huval caught up with Tillman to talk Ron Jeremy, Minnesota and, um, nipple hair.

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