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Savage at Sundown

A Parquet Courts frontman fills up a DIY spot in Ridgewood.

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Savage at Sundown

A Parquet Courts frontman fills up a DIY spot in Ridgewood.

Savage at Sundown

For the past year, a quiet cocktail bar in Ridgewood has been filling its basement with small DIY shows and the weekly low–key karaoke sesh. This week, the makeshift club (called ‘Sundown…stairs’) booked its biggest show in its still-recent history: a set of songs, on a weeknight, from Andrew Savage, one of the singer in the successful punk band Parquet Courts. (per New York magazine: “a quintessential American rock band for the 21st century.”)

“Thank you for standing here and listening to my songs,” Savage told the assembled basement crowd. Earlier, they had been brought to a confused silence by an ambient band called…

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