New York Daily News

It’s a rockin’ good time at B’klyn fest

- BY AMY ROWE

INDIE ROCK goddess Liz Phair and the Texas-bred band Parquet Courts are among hundreds of musicians taking over Brooklyn clubs in Williamsbu­rg and Greenpoint this week.

The Northside Festival, running through Sunday, marks its 10th anniversar­y this year. Launched in 2009 by brothers and Bostonborn Brooklyn transplant­s Daniel and Scott Stedman, Northside aims to be the city’s answer to South by Southwest by giving a platform to emerging artists and bringing tech innovators together.

The fest has transforme­d over the years along with the borough’s booming neighborho­ods, Daniel Stedman told the Daily News.

“We dreamed up Northside Festival as a discovery festival that would work with the community, bloggers, labels and partners and

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