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...
NYFW A/W ’12: Deep, Unkempt and Minimalist
Several collections regally curtsied the 90′s grunge and goth milieu. The departure from plaid pointed to a minimalist palette of maroon shades, deep charcoals and “thermal” creams. There was a more lax, subdued, constrained, yet unrestrained mood. Oversize tops were even looser with softer poncho shapes and trousers demanded a wider and shapely silhouette with...
Dynamic Urban Natura
C.A.V.E. Gallery recently opened an untitled group show that features works by Chris Stain, Taka Sudo and H. Veng Smith – three very distinct talents with varying technique and style. The theme of the show was unclear upon first glance but a deeper investigation reveals each series embodying urgent contemporary messages of social, spiritual and...
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,...
Sonic Dissonance – A NYFW A/W ’12 Playlist
Colleen Nika is a music nerd turned writer, fashion editor of Rolling Stone, and burgeoning DJ who has several bylines in noteworthy publications like Interview, Style.com, Paper, and recently Popjustice, to name a few. This fashion and music maven curated a NYFW A/W ’12 Playlist for YouTube. The correlation between these two disciplines for her is very...
Godard Jump-Cuts in the Lower East Side
Anthology Film Archives is presenting four of Amos Poe’s 16mm films from 2/3-5. The filmmaker at the helm of No Wave Cinema will be at the Friday and Saturday screening for the introduction and Q&A. The late 70s in New York City was a time when there was nothing to lose. To many artists, that attitude became...
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...
First Weekend of 2012
Still full from the holidays and starving for visual culture? A few New York City galleries have enticing offerings on video installations, vintage film, the monochrome, politics, time, space, graffiti, street art, and a Hans Hoffman alumni. This weekend also marks a few museum exhibition closings that highlight Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, and the Harlem Renaissance....
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...
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