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• Follow My Footsteps: Liars, Back in Brooklyn

  21-09-2017 17:26 via bkmag.com
  
  On the cover of the latest Liars record, TFCF, Angus Andrew sits alone in a wedding dress, looking like he left himself at the altar, and just in the nick of time. The sort of silly, semi-sinister image makes fine thematic sense. It fronts the first record in the band’s 17-year art-pop career made without the help of founding member Aaron Hemphill, or anyone other than Angus. Wanderlust—sonic, geographic, personal—has come to define Andrew’s songwriting and creative proce
  
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• Bushwick Open Studios is back

  21-09-2017 16:54
  Bushwick Open Studios, which is New York’s largest open studios event, is back this weekend, giving you the opportunity to explore the neighborhood and immerse yourself in its thriving arts community. From 11am-7pm on both Saturday and Sunday, thousands of Bushwick-based artists will be opening their doors and sharing their work with the public, for free! It’s a hands-on way to support local creatives and who knows, you might find the perfect piece you’ve been looking for to ad
  
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• Eat your way through Saturday

  21-09-2017 16:46
  Saturday presents two pretty enticing opportunities to eat amazing food and enjoy perfect September weather (fingers crossed!) in the Five Boro Pizza Challenge and the Mister Dips First Anniversary Block Party. Love pizza so much that you’re willing to travel AND have 1000% of your recommended daily calorie allotment be delivered in the form of hot-out-of-the-oven slices? Meet with similar-minded folk at Washington Square Park at 11am to receive your assignment: Each participant has to eat
  
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• Antics return to Atlantic Avenue

  21-09-2017 16:40
  Brooklyn’s oldest, biggest, and most well-known street fair—the Atlantic Antic–is taking over Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue all the way to the East River this Sunday from noon to 6pm. Sure, it’s crowded and a tad overwhelming, but it’s an energetic, frenetic reminder of the vast spectrum of food, shopping, art, music, and fun that our borough has to offer! Take a stroll through at some point–odds are you’ll bump into someone you know–and take it
  
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• A deli dinner feast at Mile End

  21-09-2017 16:35
  Anyone who has ever tried to get a seat at Mile End Deli for dinner knows that the opportunity to reserve a slot in advance is one that should be taken advantage of. You can do just that for Monday night’s family style feast showcasing Mile End’s delicious Jewish-with-a-Montreal-twist deli food alongside a special array of limited and unreleased beers from Brooklyn Brewery’s secret stash. The menu includes five courses of delicacies like chopped liver mousse with schmaltz pumpe
  
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• The Lovely Eggs prep Dave Fridmann-produced LP (listen to 1st single)

  21-09-2017 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Featuring buzzsaw guitars, bashing drums and buckets of sneery attitude, "I Shouldn't Have Said That" is a real ripper from this resolutely DIY indie punk duo.
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• Stephen and Owen King launch “Sleeping Beauties” in Brooklyn

  21-09-2017 16:30
  On Tuesday night, join beloved and astoundingly prolific writer Stephen King and his son Owen at the St. Ann’s and the Holy Trinity Church for a special presentation and Q&A about Sleeping Beauties, the book written by the father-son duo. This is the first event of the North American tour for the collaborative novel, which is set to be released the same day. Each $40 ticket includes a hardcover copy of the book, a limited number of which will be signed and distributed at random, and en
  
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• “The Secret Lives of Muslims” screening and discussion

  21-09-2017 16:22
  On Wednesday evening at 6:30pm, the New Women Space will be screening The Secret Life of Muslims, a funny, informative, and acclaimed web series that is aimed at providing a counter-narrative to the insidious Islamophobia that is increasingly present in our discourse and media. The piece focuses on the accomplishments, careers, and diverse contributions of Muslim Americans and it sounds like it should be required viewing for everyone in these increasingly xenophobic times. Series co-producer Ja
  
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• Corbin shares "Hunker Down" video, on tour with Shlohmo & D33J

  21-09-2017 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  D33J also recently released his debut album on Anticon, which features Deradoorian and Baths.
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• A beauty pageant for transit nerds

  21-09-2017 16:10
  This sounds weird and kind of awesome: On Thursday night, The City Reliquary Museum will host the 2017 Miss Subways Extravaganza, a pageant-style competition (open to all genders) that gives MTA enthusiasts the opportunity to showcase their love for their favorite subway line for a panel of local celebrity judges like Janeane Garofalo, Roger Clark, and Reverend Jen Miller. The goal is to go home with the illustrious “transit tiara,” and competitors will attempt to do so by performing
  
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• Designing Brooklyn: Good Thing

  21-09-2017 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s common knowledge that you know a good thing when you see it. But would you know a Good Thing? The Greenpoint-based manufacturing studio spins designers’ visions into egalitarian products, taking ideas (and seeds of ideas) through development and fabrication then markets the final outcomes for purchase by consumers attracted to the quirky utilitarianism and attractive price-points.
  Good Thing was founded by Jamie Wolfond in 2014. Then a recent Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
  
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• Exodus, Obituary, and Power Trip decimated MHOW (pics, review)

  21-09-2017 15:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg was a festival of ear-splitting heviosity last night (9/19) as it played host to an unbelievable triple bill featuring Bay area thrash metal icons Exodus, death metal behemoths Obituary, and thrash metal wunderkinds Power Trip.
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• Charlotte Gainsbourg shares "Deadly Valentine" video ft. Blood Orange

  21-09-2017 15:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  "This song mixes wedding vows with an offbeat tone. I wanted to express the idea of a lifetime engagement; a couple running to church, from childhood to old age, a lifetime path. I asked my friend Dev Hynes if he would play my partner, and he very graciously agreed." - Charlotte Gainsbourg
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• J Bannon curating Roadburn 2018; Converge playing 'You Fail Me' & more

  21-09-2017 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  The initial Roadburn 2018 lineup includes Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Bell Witch, Panopticon, Ex Eye, and more
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• Strange Ranger releasing 'Daymoon' (stream "Hydration Is Key")

  21-09-2017 15:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Portland, OR via Montana indie rockers Strange Ranger (fka Sioux Falls) recently signed to Tiny Engines for their new album Daymoon, and we're now premiering its new single "Hydration Is Key." The song brings together a handful of classic indie rock influences...
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• Young Jesus streaming 'S/T,' touring

  21-09-2017 14:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  LA indie rockers Young Jesus recently followed 2015's Grow / Decompose (and 2016's Void As Lob EP) with a new album, S/T. You can stream the whole thing and catch them on tour...
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• Taco time! Bushwick festival celebrates the Mexican treat

  21-09-2017 06:00
  Dining: It’s a folded fiesta! Read more.
  
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• Pulling an all-nighter: Mayor signs bill for nightlife office into law

  21-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperHe’s taking you to funky town!Mayor DeBlasio signed a bill establishing the city’s Office of Nightlife on Tuesday, creating the first agency of its kind in the country. And Hizzoner admitted the night mayor that will head the office will be far more beloved than he is.“It will be led — I’m not going to announce any names yet, there is a massive competition going in — but the office will be led by
  
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• Paying a premium: Officials’ push for Amazon HQ could make boro less affordable, experts say

  21-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperNot everyone will save on this deal.Local officials’ push to bring Amazon’s second world headquarters to Brooklyn could have disastrous consequences for affordability in the borough, according to a real estate expert.
  “It would definitely put upward pressure on the housing market and make things less affordable,” said Jakub Nowak, a broker with Marcus and Millichap.
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• One lucky dog: Bay Ridgites rally to save abandoned pooch

  21-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn PaperHis dog days of summer are behind him!A kind-hearted pack of Bay Ridgites rallied around a forsaken pooch who was left tied to a fence in the pouring rain last month, bringing him from abandoned to adopted in a matter of weeks. The man who originally found the pup said he felt a connection from the moment he saw him.“I saw the sadness and the pain in this dog, and it really did hit me on some type of personal level,&rdquo
  
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• Family harmony: Brothers band sings of the city

  21-09-2017 06:00
  Art: It’s a double-take on Americana! Read more.
  
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• Delayed destruction: Officials postpone Sept. 24 demolition of old Kosciuszko Bridge

  21-09-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThere’s life in the old span yet.Plans to blast away the remaining chunks of the former Kosciuszko Bridge on Sunday are postponed, according to police.
  Officials were going to blow up the old span’s approaches in Greenpoint and Queens on Sept. 24, but the detonation was cancelled, according to Officer David Molina of the 94th Precinct, which covers Greenpoint.Molina didn’t know why the date — which was origin
  
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• Sneak swipes woman’s phone from her hands

  21-09-2017 03:05
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownPhone plunderSome filcher snatched a woman’s phone from her hand while she was standing on the Coney Island-bound D train platform at Atlantic Avenue Terminal on Sept. 13.
  The lady was standing with her mobile device in her hand in the station by Pacific Street at 12:15 am when the jerk grabbed it from behind and fled, authorities said.
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• Screwdriver-wielding goon shatters car window

  21-09-2017 03:05
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  ScrewedSome jerk broke the window of a man’s car parked on Second Avenue on Sept. 6 with a screwdriver.The victim told police that the suspect smashed up the vehicle near Sixth Street at 1:25 am, destroying the driver’s-side window.Peddling crimeA thief rode off with a man’s bike he locked up outside a Ninth Street pharmacy on Sept. 4.The victim told police he used a “flimsy lock&rdqu
  
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• pics: Front 242 & Severed Heads @ Irving Plaza

  21-09-2017 00:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was a double dose of classic EBM at NYC's Irving Plaza on Tuesday night (9/19) with Belgian vets Front 242 and Australian duo Severed Heads...
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