An opinionated directory of bands whose founding address was one of the five boroughs — from CBGB punk and Bowery new wave to Brooklyn dream pop, Queens hip-hop, and whatever's playing Market Hotel next weekend.
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The band that single-handedly rebooted New York rock after 2001 — Julian Casablancas and co., from the Upper East Side via the Lower.
James Murphy's Brooklyn project — the sound of DFA Records, of knowing your record collection too well, of "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down."
Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth, Harrison — formed at RISD, perfected on CBGB's stage. The most art-school band in American rock.