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• The Front Bottoms release new song in support of immigrant communities

  06-06-2017 19:35
  
  The Front Bottoms have released a new single, "Get Numb," which was released in support of immigrant and working class communities. It's up for sale on TFB's Bandcamp, along with an exclusive shirt, and proceeds will benefit Make The Road New Jersey...
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• INVSN (Dennis from Refused) made a new video, touring North America

  06-06-2017 19:05
  
  Refused/(International) Noise Conspiracy frontman Dennis Lyxzén's band INVSN are releasing their new album The Beautiful Stories this Friday (6/9) via Dine Alone (pre-order). Ahead of its release, we're premiering the video for "This Constant War"...
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• Afropunk Brooklyn adds Anderson Paak, Raphael Saadiq, Burn, & more

  06-06-2017 19:03
  Some additions have been made to Brooklyn's 2017 Afropunk Festival lineup...
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• Ghost Ship leaseholder & tenant charged with involuntary manslaughter

  06-06-2017 18:48
  
  This past December, a horrific fire at Oakland DIY space Ghost Ship left 36 dead. Now, leaseholder Derick Almena and tenant Max Harris were each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter...
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• The Fall playing 5 nights at Baby's All Right in September (first NYC shows in 10 years)

  06-06-2017 18:36
  
  It will be the Manchester icons' first NYC shows in over 10 years.
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• Bjork releases new video for "notget"

  06-06-2017 18:30
  
  Bjork released a new video for 'Vulnicura' track "notget," a followup to the existing virtual reality video for the song.
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• Boutros Gives a Boost to Brooklyn’s Little Syria

  06-06-2017 18:23 via bkmag.com
  
  Positioned next to the seminal Sahadi’s and Damascus on Atlantic Avenue (also more recently occupied by Urban Market and Barney’s New York), Boutros is the ultimate meeting ground between old neighborhood and new.
  A debut venture for Bay Ridge native Allen Dabagh, the wood, moss and metal-furbished restaurant fuses his Lebanese/Syrian heritage with a modernist aesthetic and technique (the chef previously worked under Jean-Georges Vongerichten).
  So while you’ll find hummus
  
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• Com Truise contributes new song to synthwave doc 'Rise of the Synths' (listen)

  06-06-2017 18:12
  
  The Rise of the Synths is a new documentary on synthwave, and it has two companion EPs featuring Giorgio Moroder, Carpenter Brut, Com Truise, and more.
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• heavy metal string quartet and DEP collaborators Seven)Suns releasing LP

  06-06-2017 17:59
  
  The Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman discovered Seven)Suns after they did a cover of DEP's "43% Burnt," and he since had them play on DEP's 2016 album Dissociation and signed them to his Party Smasher Inc label...
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• dancefloor from 'Saturday Night Fever' up for auction

  06-06-2017 17:39
  
  The iconic, light up dancefloor is expected to fetch over $1 million at the auction.
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• Killer’s brother dead, found bound in basement closet of family home

  06-06-2017 17:19
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThe brother of a Brooklyn man convicted of murdering an eight-year-old boy was found bound in duct tape and dead in a basement closet at his family home late last week.
  Tzvi Aron, 29, was found by another brother, Yerachmiel Aron, shortly before 3 pm on Friday inside the Kensington home on E. Second Street between Avenue C and Courtelyou Road.
  The cause of Aron’s death is unknown, according to a police spokesman, who said the
  
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• Alvvays announce new LP 'Antisocialites' & tour, share "In Undertow"

  06-06-2017 17:05
  
  Alvvays have announced the followup to their 2014 self-titled debut LP. It's called Antisocialites, and it comes out on September 8 via Polyvinyl...
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• Shoddy potty! Locals demand removal of agency shed that has become a public toilet

  06-06-2017 16:08
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about being pee-ved.
  The city must move a storage shed that passers-by with busy bladders use as an outdoor urinal, according to area residents who said the seasonal warm weather exacerbates the foul stench of human waste outside their homes.
  “It’s right outside my window so on hot days it smells,” said Diana Dietrich, who lives on South Elliott Place near DeKalb Avenue and shares her block with the stinky str
  
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• Get Organized For Northside Festival With This Map

  06-06-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Northside Festival, and all the innovation & music fun and excitement that invades North Brooklyn is almost among us. The festivities get under way on Wednesday, and with such a wide-spanning radius of events, it’s important to know where, exactly, you’re going. That’s why we’re sharing this map with you now, one that’s easy to read and even easier to navigate.
  Whether you’re looking for a talk at the William Vale, a show at Warsaw or McCarren Park, or any
  
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• Telecom can’t stage upset, falls in city semis

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyFinally, the clock struck midnight.The No. 14-ranked High School of Telecommunication Arts & Technology baseball team fell 3–2 in eight innings to James Monroe in the Public Schools Athletic League semifinals on June 3.The Yellowjackets managed a late rally to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Cinderella squad couldn’t muster one more upset. The team was disappointed with the finish, but still
  
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• Prince of our hearts: Brooklyn celebrates Purple One’s birthday

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Matt JohnBrooklyn DailyThe County of Kings needs its Prince!Brooklyn will celebrate the musical icon eternally known as Prince at four different events during June, his birthday month. The Purple One, born on June 7, 1958, passed away in April of 2016, but we can still honor his legacy, his music, and fabulous style by gathering together to get through this thing called life. Let’s go crazy!The Prince of charityThe Brooklyn Music School will commemora
  
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• Police officer in critical condition after being dragged by car

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA 15-year-old suspect allegedly dragged police officer Dalsh Veve behind a stolen car for two blocks in East Flatbush late Saturday night, before the officer fell off and onto the street and was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he remains in critical condition, police said.
  Six plainclothes officers from the 67th precinct — including Veve, 9-year police veteran who is married and has a 2-year-old daughter — respo
  
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• Piss poor! Locals demand removal of agency shed that has become a public toilet

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about being pee-ved.
  The city must move a storage shed that passers-by with busy bladders use as an outdoor urinal, according to area residents who said the seasonal warm weather exacerbates the foul stench of human waste outside their homes.
  “It’s right outside my window so on hot days it smells,” said Diana Dietrich, who lives on South Elliott Place near DeKalb Avenue and shares her block with the stinky str
  
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• New York’s Bravest trim dangerous branch in Marine Park when city fails to act

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey wanted the city to branch out.The city should have moved faster to snip off a dangerously dangling branch from a Kimball Street tree that neighbors repeatedly warned the Parks Department about for more than a month, locals charge.
  “There’s children on that side of the street — that’s where they play,” said Kimball Street resident Barbara Wagner. “But they never came.”Wagner’s ne
  
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• Killer’s brother dead, found bound in closet of Kensington home

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperA brother of Levi Aron, the man convicted of senselessly murdering and dismembering an eight-year-old Brooklyn boy in 2011, was found dead at his Kensington home on Friday.Tzvi Aron, 29, was discovered bound in duck tape and stuffed into a basement closet at his family home on E. Second Street between Avenue C and Courtelyou Road by a third brother, Yerachmiel Aron, at 2:46 pm, a police source said.The cause of Tzvi Aron’s de
  
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• Immersive reporting: Our writer takes the ferry to work

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it a ferry-tale commute.
  The Southern Brooklyn ferry route launched from Bay Ridge Thursday morning and I was among the smattering of commuters who boarded a vessel and cruised to work in style.
  Travelers can now voyage from Bay Ridge to Sunset Park, Red Hook (with a weekend detour to Governors Island), Brooklyn Heights, and Dumbo all in a mere 42 minutes, before shoving off to the distant isle of Manhattan.
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• Immersive reporting: Our reporter takes the ferry to work

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn PaperCall it a ferry-tale commute.
  The Southern Brooklyn ferry route launched from Bay Ridge Thursday morning and I was among the smattering of commuters who boarded a vessel and cruised to work in style.
  Travelers can now voyage from Bay Ridge to Sunset Park, Red Hook (with a weekend detour to Governors Island), Brooklyn Heights, and Dumbo all in a mere 42 minutes, before shoving off to the distant isle of Manhattan.
  Billed as a wa
  
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• Immersive reporting: Journo takes the ferry to work

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyCall it a ferry-tale commute.
  The Southern Brooklyn ferry route launched from Bay Ridge Thursday morning and I was among the smattering of commuters who boarded a vessel and cruised to work in style.
  Travelers can now voyage from Bay Ridge to Sunset Park, Red Hook (with a weekend detour to Governors Island), Brooklyn Heights, and Dumbo all in a mere 42 minutes, before shoving off to the distant isle of Manhattan.
  Billed as a wa
  
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• Ferry vs. Subway: Tale of the tape

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyComment on this story.
  
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• Coming up short: Nazareth falls in title game

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Matt JohnBrooklyn DailyGood season, bad day.The Nazareth baseball squad lost 9-3 to LaSalle in the Catholic High School Athletic Association “A” division championship game on June 2, falling short of their championship aspirations. The Kingsmen lost both games in the two-game series.A terrific season didn’t end the way hoped it would, but there was no one in particular to blame; Nazareth just didn’t have it when it mattered the most.&ld
  
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• Bay Ridgites flock to Fifth Avenue Fest

  06-06-2017 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Caroline SpivackBrooklyn DailyYou could say they like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain.
  Bay Ridgites braved the misty weather and flocked to Fifth Avenue’s annual festival where locals mingled over sausage subs and crafty cocktails on June 4. It was more than just a good time — it showcased the hood’s tight-knit community, said one festival-goer.“It shows the sense of community in Bay Ridge which I feel doesn’
  
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