For those who experienced and loved ATP America’s festivals in Monticello, NY, it may have been difficult to imagine how a change of location, from upstate New York to the New Jersey shore, could possibly improve and enhance the unique and uncanny event that it was known to be. Well, it has. Friday afternoon the [...]
Author Archives: Vanessa Ceia
In Conversation With Friendly Antelope: Tame Impala
November 20, 2010 – 12:04 pm
Just a few doors away from the Rockefeller Center, four young musicians from Perth dodge up Sixth Avenue amidst heavy Midtown people traffic to meet with us for a quick word. Each band member seems to have a very marked personality: Kevin Parker (vocals) being the more serious type, interjecting here and there when he [...]
Coffee and Cigarettes with Mike Bones
October 8, 2010 – 11:20 am
We had a coffee with Mike Bones at Ninth Street Espresso in the heart of NYC’s Alphabet City. It turns out that this tongue-in-cheek musician is nothing less than a romantic at heart. Vanessa: What’s your birth name? Mike: My real last name is Strallow, which is a sort of bastardized Italian. Vanessa: And Bones? [...]
Popping Glocks with Uffie
July 24, 2010 – 6:57 am
Nearly four years after tearing onto the underground music scene with her 2006 EP “Pop The Glock,” Uffie gets us into a groove with the mixed-beat, genre-bending tracks of her recently released album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. In the dressing room, just before performing at SOS Music Festival in Murcia, Spain, we managed to [...]
Controversial M.I.A. Video Banned From YouTube
April 27, 2010 – 8:01 pm
The graphic video for M.I.A.’s most recent single, “Born Free,” prompted its controversial ban by YouTube earlier today due to excessive violence. The unexpected decision to debar the video from what is generally considered a relatively open space for video and image sharing has brought on the circulation of a surge of comments and varying [...]
A Moment with Christina Rosenvinge
March 16, 2010 – 11:18 am
Photo by Fran Kiko With Tulsa performing their soundcheck in the background we had the chance to catch up with musical artist Christina Rosenvinge. Blonde, graceful, and approachable. After exchanging a few pleasantries with her we became instant fans; not just of the music, but of Christina herself. Vanessa Ceia: Tell us a little about [...]
Swatch Colour Code Party, Madrid
March 16, 2010 – 10:49 am
Photos by Javier Garceche Last week in Madrid, Swatch threw one of the most entertaining and original parties we’ve ever been to. By invitation only, guests received a package in the mail containing a white hooded monkey suit, goggles, a face mask, a water gun, a bottle of paint and an invitation reading “You Are [...]
