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Southpaw is located on 125 Fifth Avenue, between Sterling Place and St. Johns Place in Brooklyn’s Park Slope. It lays only a few blocks from Union Hall, another Brooklyn venue. It’s a (relative) ‘veteran’ venue in New York, having been open since June 2002. The entrance to Southpaw is a hallway that leads past downstairs to the bar and stage floor, to the immediate house-right of the stage. The bar lays on the house right, an elevated couch and table area lies to the back house-left, behind a railing. There are a number of games at the back area, include two pin ball games, an arcade Duck Hunter, dart board, and, in the elevated area, a pool table (also, a photo booth lies to the front house-left). Down the stairs lies an ATM (just beneath the stairs), and the bathrooms, with a couched waiting area in between. The bathrooms share a separate sink area. To the house-left is ‘DownSouth’, a second bar designed for private parties. Other than the odd ‘Vietnam War/Korean War/Pacific Theater of WWII-esque cantina’ look of DownSouth, the rest of Southpaw is actually rather skuzzy-looking, in a ‘punk rock club’ way pioneered by the late CBGB’s. The walls on the main floor are covered with fliers from prior shows, while the downstairs walls feature non-contemporary baseball cards (the bathroom, of course, is covered with stickers). The whole place gives off a bit of a ‘dive bar’ feel, darker, with less of a light show. However, the sound is perfectly good, the long bar has a wide selection. The acts tend a little more towards the harder rock, but hardly exclusively. Similar-wise to Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey, Southpaw’s Park Slope location (not even in trendy Williamsburg) means the club bats a bit below its size, but often serves as a good ‘Brooklyn locale’ for bands that are also playing Manhattan, playing Music Hall in Williamsburg to the Bowery Ballroom of such slightly smaller Manhattan venues as Mercury Lounge.
Capacity: 400
Address: 125 Fifth Avenue, between Sterling Place and St. Johns Place By Subway: D, M, N, or R to Union Street – walk one block east on Union Street, four blocks north on East side of 5th Avenue
2, 3, or 4, or 5 to Bergen Street – walk one block west on Bergen Street, five blocks south on East side of 5th Avenue
QRO Coverage: -Jaguar Love, August 19th, 2008 - live review, photos -Constantines, with Bear In Heaven, April 19th, 2008 – Constantines photos, Bear In Heaven photos -Electric Six, with Earl Greyhound, December 12th, 2007 – Electric Six photos, Earl Greyhound photos 
Live Videos:
Jaguar Love - "My Organ Sounds Like...", Brooklyn, NY, 8/19/08
Jaguar Love - "Vagabond Ballroom", Brooklyn, NY, 8/19/08
Jaguar Love - "Jaguar Pirates", Brooklyn, NY, 8/19/08
Constantines - "Trans Canada", Brooklyn, NY, 4/19/08
Constantines - "Credit River", Brooklyn, NY, 4/19/08
Constantines - "Our Age", Brooklyn, NY, 4/19/08
Constantines - "Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)", Brooklyn, NY, 4/19/08
Constantines - "Hard Feelings", Brooklyn, NY, 4/19/08
Electric Six - "Germans In Mexico", Brooklyn, NY, 12/12/07
Electric Six - "Danger! High Voltage", Brooklyn, NY, 12/12/07
Electric Six - "Dance Pattern", Brooklyn, NY, 12/12/07
Electric Six - "Randy's Hot Tonight", Brooklyn, NY, 12/12/07
Electric Six - "Rock and Roll Evacuation", Brooklyn, NY, 12/12/07
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