Adorned Surgical Soundscape
Heidi Gardner’s “Chop Shop” at the Hôtel Americano shed a darker light into the underlying opulence of 90′s grunge and goth class, prevalent in Autumn/Winter 2012. The surgical theme was mixed with a nostalgia for the eerie, dark industrial sounds from Nine Inch Nails’, Closer and Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence that evoked disturbance and trauma. The...
Pulp Lab x Maison Française Presents: Ampersand as Apostrophe & Funk Royal Optics NYFW Party
Join us on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 10PM, as Pulp Lab & Maison Française closes out New York Fashion Week with an Ampersand as Apostrophe & Funk Royal Optics party at subMercer, 147.5 Mercer Street. Arrive early for a rum open bar for the first hour, stay late for DJ sets by Midnight Magic, Home Video,...
CMYK by hamansutra
Created by Persian-German avant-garde fashion designer, graffiti writer, graphic artist, and internationally acclaimed DJ, Haman Alimardani’s CMYK by hamansutra combines the aforementioned artistic disciplines into beautiful and simple male and female specific footwear. This New York City-based designer’s eclectic background consists of being born in Tehran, Iran, being a citizen of Germany and a New Yorker all...
Win Tickets to See Snowmine
Snowmine’s residency at Piano’s is rapidly approaching, and we’re thrilled to have the line-up confirmed. For our curated night on February 23, we’ve got Awning, Decades, and Tiny Victories supporting. Check out what people are saying about these noteworthy acts. Snowmine, a Brooklyn five-piece with haunting vocals by the incredibly inspiring Grayson Sanders is a mystical...
Snowmine Piano’s Residency, Coming this February
Brooklyn-based Snowmine is curating & headlining four nights at Piano’s in New York City’s Lower East Side. Kicking off February 2, 2012, each night will feature three supporting acts and be co-presented by a different partner including ExFm (2/2), The Wild Honey Pie (2/9), The Deli NYC (2/16), and Pulp Lab (2/23). This residency is...
Upcoming Albums of 2012
2012 has been a bustling scene for us with New York Fashion Week, SXSW, and Coachella all on the horizon. As we’re preparing for fashion and festival season, we’d like to share our picks of newly released and upcoming albums for this year in video format. This is what the future sounds like and we can’t get...
PopGun Presents Snowmine This Thursday
After closing out 2011 being featured by Weathervane music, Snowmine is gearing up for their PopGun presents debut this Thursday, 8:30PM at Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn. Also performing that night will be Conveyor, Illuminator, and Teletextile. This Thursday…the headlining band is Snowmine, one of my personal favorites from 2011. Snowmine consists of five handsome men with...
Top Global New Year’s Eve Parties
2011 was certainly an impressionable year. Iconic figures like Elizabeth Taylor and Steve Jobs left behind legacies greater than most dream about, major achievements were made for civil rights, and the world was occupied. On the eve of December 31, 2011, the options for welcoming 2012 are nearly limitless. While NYC may be positioned as the city...
Top 15 Albums of 2011
There are only four days left in 2011; what a great year it's been in music! Electronic music has stepped up its game, and indie rock is more popular than ever. In compiling our list of the top 15 albums of 2011, we took into consideration the explosion of sub-genres that's been happening. If...
NYC: Gizmodo Gallery 2011, Friday (12/9) x White Box
Presented by MA.P.S (Media Arts Performance Sound) Friday, December 9 | 9-11 PM | White Box Gallery, NYC Featuring Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Project Noah, Betaville, Ourboros, Digidrench, Richard Garet. Paul Miller uses photographs and film stills from his journey to the bottom of the world, along with original artworks and re-appropriated archival materials....
Philly: NoseGo’s Catball Eats It All Launch Party
This past Saturday we hit the launch party for rising Philly-based artist Yis Goodwin a.k.a. NoseGo, who was celebrating the release of his new video game Catball Eats It All at Masthead Print Studio. NoseGo mixes fine art with a contemporary style to create imaginative pieces of work. He holds a B.F.A. in Film and...
2011: The Year of the ForceField
We’ll officially release our top 20 albums of 2011 soon. In the meantime check out selections from the rockin list that ForceField PR sent us. It includes many of our favorites from this year and we hope you enjoy what we’ve picked out. La Sera – Devils Hearts Grow Old Toro Y Moi –...
For the Spring: Oversized Jumpers, Native American Prints, Modern 90′s R&B, & Dayglo
(Ann Demeulemeester Spring Summer 2012). We’re two months away from yet another Fashion Week, and it’s safe to report on what the streets of NYC will be dishing out come springtime. (Although, we’re not entirely sure how the weather will differ with this fall heatwave going on). It appears that baggy, over sized tops are...
Fleet Foxes “Grown Ocean” & “The Shrine / An Argument”
Ever since hearing “Grown Ocean” performed live at Pitchfork Music Festival and then seeing it used for video footage of the Thieves 5 in 1 dress, we’ve been closely watching the rapidly growing career of Fleet Foxes. While they’re currently touring Europe, Australia, and Asia, the Seattle folk band released an interesting video for “The...
Beacon Shines at Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival
This year’s Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival brought in acts from all over the world. We experienced Toronto’s Doldrums, who’s energy filled the entire Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday night. Check out our earlier coverage of Eric Asher’s experimental project. Babe Rainbow’s DJ Set at Cameo was punchy, and full of emotion and mystery. The...
