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TEMPORARILY CLOSED. Sweaty hotbed of plastic cups and man shorts. D.I.Y. music venue spans Brooklyn indie gauntlet—from shoe- to navel-gazing. Catch that new hardcore⁄doo-wop⁄math rock band before they implode. Tucked under the JMZ tracks in headband-happy Bushwick and up some shady stairs. No frills triangular performance space vast enough to get crunk, not cramped, yet sufficiently intimate to throw your beer on the drummer. All-ages all the time. Hit unisex bathroom with that girl in the Japanther tee at your own risk.
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