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When Southpaw opened in 2002, it filled a gaping hole in the area's music scene. Park Slope had lost out to Williamsburg and the Lower East Side for the top mid-level music shows due to a lack of  venue aside from the band shell in Prospect Park. Enter Southpaw—and now the 'hood is almost mandatory as major acts blow through. Showcasing everything from indie rock to rockabilly to hip-hop, with the occasional burlesque show and DJ, there's always something going down. On busier nights, the downstairs lounge (the Downsouth) offers up couches, a plasma TV and a projector, plus a second full bar where you can escape the madness upstairs and chill out, in a space laid out not unlike an old-time bomb shelter.

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