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Friday Night Picks: Trail of Dead, Big Plastic Finger, Who’s Taylor Swift, Anyway?

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Tonight in the hood: Austin’s Trail of Dead at Music Hall of Williamburg, Big Plastic Finger’s psych noisecore at The Firehouse Space, opening reception for Who’s Taylor Swift Anyway? at Fowler Project Space.

and you will know us by the trail of deadAnd You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead performing their 2002 Interscope debut Source Tags & Codes with openers La Femme, Midnight Masses. Music Hall of Williamburg at 9:00pm. Tickets.

BIG PLASTIC FINGER: Like nachos at sunrise, when you really need them, Big Plastic Finger is here to give you something to believe in. Psych noisecore at 9:00 p.m. READ MORE

Thursday Night Picks: The Allah-Las, Old Rugged Sauce, Morgan O’Kane, NO TOKENS

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“The Allah-Las sound like the Old, Weird Los Angeles: Strains of true surfing music, American harmonies, Sunset Strip backbeat, desert ramble filtered through Goldstar Sessioneers…like bungalows in canyons; hidden deco stairsteps peeking from leafy hillsides; kustom kars and dovetails and chicks in OP shorts with long, long hair, like a Dennis Hopper photo come to life. You look at their well worn Fender guitars, their real surfer tans, their dusty suede boots – and you see it’s a sound natural to them. This is ’60s pop psych / surf rock at it’s best.” – by Nick Waterhouse for Rough Trade // Rough Trade NYC, 64 North 9th St. Williamsburg.

old rugged sauce calendarHear the booze-soaked standards of Old Rugged Sauce at Brooklyn Rod & Gun.

Opera OGGI’s production of The Magic Flute at Greenpoint Reformed Church at 8:00 p.m.

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No Fun Film Club with Emily Kai Block at Wythe Cinema

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No Fun Film Club is will showcase the work of director Emily Kai Block (Grimes, Grizzly Bear, and Sebastian Schuller) at Wythe Cinema on Sunday, March 30.

The screening is free, with cash bar – doors open at 4pm and the screening begins at 6pm. There will be a Q+A / discussion after.

Emily is the brilliance behind Grime’s “Oblivion” video. Check it out and mark your calendar.

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Reminder—GWAPP Orientation Meeting Tonight, Volunteers Needed

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gwapp logoPlease join us March 26th at 7:00 p.m. at the BIP Parks Building Community Room (North 9th St. / Kent Ave) for an orientation about GWAPP.

Our nominating committee is eager to meet anyone who is interested in joining this dynamic and active community organization. We’re looking for neighbors who are committed to the issues of parks, open space and the environment in Greenpoint and Williamsburg. There are a number of ways to get involved with GWAPP on many different commitment levels.

GWAPP won a small grant from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund, and we’re looking for people to help us implement our proposal. We also need volunteers to help maintain our website and social media accounts, attend and report on local meetings, and write grants and fundraise.

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