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struggling venue Barbes launches crowdfunding campaign ++ benefit show

Park Slope venue Barbes just celebrated its 15th birthday, and continues to bring live music — from tropicalia and Slavic soul, to jazz, afrobeat, and more — seven nights a week. Barbes has been struggling to stay open, though, in the current, never-ending NYC real estate boom…

'Rock VS. Cancer' doc w/ Steve Albini & Teeth/John Grabski raising money via Indiegogo

Back in 2012, musician John Grabski released his first and only album as Teeth. The Strain, recorded with Steve Albini is a scorcher of a record, an unflinching look at the cancer that would soon take Grabski’s life. If you’ve never heard the album, it’s well worth a listen, and Albini often cites it as […]