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It seems like everyone who visits Austin’s SXSW festival has a complaint about how it has become too big and too commercial.

Brooklyn’s Northside Festival may be the antidote, although it’s growing too.
Now in its fourth year, the festival is an eight-day affair that brings up-and-coming bands, filmmakers and entrepreneurs to Williamsburg and Greenpoint. But unlike in Texas, you won’t see Justin Timberlake here.

Here’s a look at some of the bands playing instead:

Drama off-screen at Cinema Arts Centre ... LI Works: Selling comic books ... Look ahead at weather Credit: Newsday

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Drama off-screen at Cinema Arts Centre ... LI Works: Selling comic books ... Look ahead at weather Credit: Newsday

Surveillance or safety? License plate camera debate ... Progess in 'Asian Doe' case ... Drama off-screen at Cinema Arts Centre ... LI Works: Selling comic books

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