The guys from Guster were in town this week for, among other things, a photo shoot with Vanity Fair. They chose my new favorite neighborhood hang, Hot Bird, as a location (I happen to live three blocks away).

VF’s Justin Bishop – who also snapped these amazing shots of the National – photographed Guster, and I can’t wait to see the results on the printed page.

Brooklyn, I’m here to tell you, if you haven’t checked out Hot Bird you need to. It’s in a former auto garage (you can still smell the oil), decked out with old gas station signs ($.35/gallon!) and industrial machinery that I’m not near man enough to be able to identify. There’s a sizable courtyard with a food truck too. And the folks who work there couldn’t be nicer. They even supplied free beer for the band. Go.