Northside Festival

Northside Fest announces 2018 dates (badges on sale)

This is the 10th anniversary of the Brooklyn festival.

Lower Dens played ABBA @ Rough Trade during Northside Fest (pics)

Anyone hoping for a modernist deconstruction of the Swedish group’s greatest hits by the Baltimore band…was probably not in attendance on Saturday night. That included Lower Dens themselves.

Big Thief celebrated new LP w/ 2 Northside shows (pics from Park Church Co-Op)

Brooklyn’s Big Thief had a big weekend with the release of their much-lauded new album, Capacity, and two release shows that were part of Northside Fest in their hometown….

Kristin Kontrol played Park Church Co-Op (pics, video), scoring new Nicolas Cage film

Kristin Kontrol, who’s now living in Los Angeles, came back to NYC this past weekend for the Northside Festival where she played Park Church Co-op on Friday night…

Miguel @ McCarren Park (pics & setlist)

After Dirty Projectors, Kamasi Washington, and Jay Som played McCarren Park during Northside Festival but before Thursday, PUP, The Hotelier, Jeff Rosenstock, and Tony Molina did, Miguel headlined the outdoor Brooklyn venue…

Thursday, PUP, Hotelier, Jeff Rosenstock & Tony Molina @ McCarren Park (pics, setlist, review)

Before the band even played a single note, Geoff Rickly talked about how he loves living in a place where everyone is welcome — the band once again had their “Protect Immigrant Communities” and “Refugees Are Welcome” banners hanging behind them — and then the band went right into their cutting critique of America, “Autobiography of a Nation,” off 2001’s Full Collapse…

Aldous Harding, Tiny Hazard & M Lamar in a Greenpoint church (pics)

New Zealand’s Aldous Harding released her great 4AD debut Party last month, and we were thrilled to have her headline the BrooklynVegan x AdHoc Northside showcase last night (6/8) at Greenpoint’s Park Church Co-Op, a truly gorgeous setting to see her in…

Northside Fest begins: key shows, panels & other info

Panels include NYC mayor Bill de Blasio, rapper Young M.A, Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit, a performance by Heems, and more. There’s also the big McCarren Park shows, the BV showcase with Aldous Harding, and much more…

Big Thief share song, expand tour, including a church show in Brooklyn

Big Thief’s new album ‘Capacity’ is out next week, and their upcoming tour now includes three NYC shows.
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