“Because it’s Northside!”
More or less, the phrase became a mantra of sorts over this past weekend, when the multi-venue Northside Festival enveloped Brooklyn for the sixth year in a row. As I, Loren, your trusty narrator, chased bands around Williamsburg, Bushwick, and everywhere in between, the sentence was repeated often. Another beer? Why not, it’s Northside! Multiple skips across the borough for must-see shows with overlapping set times? Uber, please! Out past midnight on a school night? Whatever, work can wait. One dollar mystery slush? Unfortunately, it all went down way too easy. Northside was a musical whirlwind, yes, but as per usual, a total blast; let’s recap what we saw, shall we?
