When I moved to Brooklyn (Windsor Terrace then) in 1986, my answer to the question “what’s the night life like in Brooklyn” was “there isn’t any.”  Clearly things have changed a great deal.  Over the years Park Slope has acquired a number of places to see live music: Southpaw, Barbes, Union Hall, The Bell House (technically Gowanus but I can still walk there from my place in the center Slope), Bar 4 (which being on the south side of 15th Street is probably Windsor Terrace) as well as Perch and Two Boots.

Tonight, The Rock Shop (their website is still under construction, check them out on Twitter here), a club which opened a few months back on 4th Avenue, begins presenting music.  The booker for the club is Skippy McFadden, who until recently was the booker for Union Hall and The Bell House.  Tonight The Rondelles and friends show up to play.  There will be a “Grand Opening” on August 2nd with a band whose name will not be announced until that day.

–Eliot Wagner