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CONTEST: Win 2 Tickets to Elrow @ Avant Gardner

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Photo Courtesy of Elrow If Valentine’s Day didn’t make your heart explode into a flurry of confetti, perhaps this giveaway will do the trick. Spain’s renowned international party brand, Elrow, continues their Brooklyn residence next week with another high-energy extravaganza at Avant Gardner. On February 23rd, music lovers will be transported to an enchanted forest […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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Since we last spoke, we all survived a day dedicated to a groundhog, another Pats Super Bowl win, and a false spring. In other words, you’ve earned a catharsis, and hopefully we here in the TOGTE Metal and Mental Wellness Department can help to provide it.  

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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After a typically slow January, the ol’ metal skillet is starting to heat up with a fistful of new and notable releases. Lock on and dig in, because this is where the year truly begins.

CONTEST: Win Tickets to Life and Death x Sónar @ Avant Gardner

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Do your winter weekends need a pick me up? On February 8th, the lineup at Avant Gardner will bring some much needed light into your life when the renowned label of DJ Tennis, Life and Death, teams up with the pioneering European festival, Sónar. Boundary pushing names like Daedelus, DJ Koze, Nosaj Thing and many more will invade […]

Nas, Gesaffelstein and The 1975 to Play Governors Ball

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Another stacked Governors Ball lineup is here… and it’s awesome! The 9th annual installment of the independent, three-day music festival will feature a variety of hip-hop, rock, electronic and country acts. Names like Nas, Lil Wayne, Tyler the Creator and SZA will rep for the rap fans. French techno visionary Gesaffelstein ends a four-year hiatus with […]

This One Goes to Eleven: Weekly metal roundup

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Finally, after more than three weeks of nothing much to write about/too much shit to do, we are back with the first This One Goes to Eleven of 2019. If you’re a regular visitor, welcome back. If you’re new to the section, please make sure to fill out your waiver. You’re gonna need it.

This One Goes to Eleven Presents: Moon Tooth, Vaureen, and more at Saint Vitus

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New year, new you, new resolutions—like seeing more shows or broadening your musical horizons or just getting to Vitus once more time before, well, you know things go for independent venues in North Brooklyn these days. Are we on the right track? If so, FREEWilliamsburg and This One Goes to Eleven are psyched to announce […]

Escape from HelL, the L Train shutdown board game

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Two Brooklynites, Hunter and Gil, have created a board game called Escape from HelL to bring a little levity to our pain. There’s a Kickstarter for the project and if you pledge $26 you can get your own game: This board game lets players experience the hell of trying to get to Manhattan from Williamsburg […]