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128 River St. Brooklyn, NY 11211

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128 River St. Brooklyn NY 11211

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The trek to Monster Island, past abandoned factories and construction sites, is a little unnerving, but eventually you'll turn the corner on River Street and find a scene of people dressed all silly and chatting it up in front of a wall of Technicolor graffiti. Everything is going to be okay; Monster Island is part of the Todd P canon of DIY venues. Thus, you are guaranteed a meticulously curated cast of musicians as scuzzy and endearingly punk-rock as Monster Island's own feedback-incubating basement space.








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