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New book featuring photographs of 1990s Williamsburg, opening reception at Sideshow Gallery

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Don’t miss the opening reception for I Can Be Pretty Too Friday, March 29th at Sideshow Gallery (319 Bedford Avenue).  We love what we see so far on the Brooklyn Social Club Instagram. From the Brooklyn Social Club website, run by brothers Damian and Dominic Bielak: Brooklyn Social Club is a group of friends from […]

PHOTOS: A View from BangOn!NYC’s Elements Lakewood

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All photos by Alive Coverage Our Memorial Day weekend trip has left us feeling young again. This sense of refreshment is all thanks to Brooklyn’s BangOn!NYC, who brought their expanded Elements Lakewood Festival back to a Pennsylvania summer camp for a second time. In between sets from scene heavyweights like Claude VonStroke, Maceo Plex, REZZ, Shpongle and […]

The 4th annual Taste of Bushwick was beautiful and amazing

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Wow, Bushwick! I’ve never see you look as good as you did yesterday at The Taste of Bushwick event. Hundreds flocked to this 4th annual food festival, hosted by The Bushwick Starr, held on a private street within the Boar’s Head distribution facility off the Morgan stop. And it was a beautiful scene, let me […]

REVIEW: BangOn!NYC’s Elements Changed the Game

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Intimate crowds. Squeaky clean port-a-potties. Cheap craft beer. Minimal security checkpoints. Underground headliners. Functional pirate ships. If these concepts are unfamiliar to you, it’s because you’ve been wasting time at the wrong music festivals.

This “Day Zero” Jungle Party Looks Insane

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BK club favorite Damien Lazarus at Day Zero 2016 (Photo Credit: Here & Now, instagram: @wearehereandnow) If you’re a fan of techno visionary Damian Lazarus, then you already know he played a three-hour set at Output earlier this month. The sound was impressive thanks to the Funktion One sound system, the vibes were chill because the […]

Electric Zoo Interview: Gone Goldfishin’

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Photo by Ross Hillier After a rare performance at Webster Hall in March, New York had the special pleasure of hosting Goldfish this year at Electric Zoo on Randall’s Island. While members David Poole and Dominic Peters often find themselves performing in these environments, they admit it’s not really their scene on a typical day […]

Best dressed exhibitors at this year’s Comic Arts Brooklyn

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This year’s Comic Arts Brooklyn festival, presented by Desert Island, brought together the best comic artists in the world with the best locals-only vibe you could ever ask for. Sure, there were a ton of awesome comics, and prints, and shirts, and patches and buttons and all sorts of special happenings and mingles. And I’m […]

REVIEW: Surprise! The Meadows Wasn’t All That Basic

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Kanye West returned to NYC to play The Meadows (Photo Credit: SamAlive) When I exited the 7 train at Mets-Willets Point in Corona, Queens to the distant sounds of rock music rolling over asphalt, I’ll admit my expectations for The Meadows had been set low. Despite the rare use of the CitiField/Flushing Meadows Park venue […]

REVIEW: BangOnNYC's Elements Festival Keeps Its Cool

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Photo by Chris Lazzarro, Freedom Film LLC Brooklyn may have reached sweltering temperatures of over 100 degrees last Saturday, but organizers and attendees of the second annual Elements Music and Arts Festival managed to keep their cool. This year’s event was an expanded version of the 2015 debut, featuring four larger stages, more fanfare and […]