Born and raised in New York, Jeffrey Lewis leads a double-life, as both an illustrator and a singer songwriter. Both his music and comics are permeated by earnest storytelling and often self-depreciating confessions of his many adventures in the world, from heartbreaks to homeless nights on tour. In his self-published comic book series “Fuff” he [...]
Watermelon Mouse was created by Oliver Clark and is product his complex, insightful and inspired brain. Tune in regularly for instalments of this by-product of our society.
It was the evening when Venus and Jupiter were perfectly aligned and reached its closest point to the human eye. I was getting ready for dinner with the “godfather” of American avant-garde cinema – Jonas Mekas. Filmmaker, poet and curator, Mekas is a living monument. He fled his native Lithuania at age 22, trying to [...]
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Tagged andy warhol, Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, Anthology Film Archives, avant-garde cinema, Barbara Anastacio, fragments of paradise, holy madness, Jackie Kennedy, Jonas Mekas, Marcelo Oliveira, Warhol Factory
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When I heard that our friend Alex Niemetz’s band was scheduled to drop a video for their single, I was stoked. Just in time for summer and pizza, Grand Rapids are a young, downtown New York-based country-garage band, and watching this today reminded me that, “yes, I do like rock and roll.” The band formed in 2009 and [...]
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Tagged Adam Abada, Alex Niemetz, alternative, Chris Warren, Clara Balzary, country, Dan Lardner, East Village, Eric Baumann, Feels Like a Lifetime, garage, Grand Rapids, Mercury Lounge, New York, Peter Baumann, rock, Rough Trade, the virgins, Too Pure
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New York-based photographer Weston Wells presents Outings, a seventeen-panel collage piece that examines the places and characters he has captured between his travels and day-to-day encounters. Shot entirely on film, each saturated plate delivers a tableau with loose narrative. The collages’ often bucolic and adventurous spirit reflect the photographer’s wanderings, both near and far. Click [...]
Ana Roman and Barbara Anastacio Keep it Mellow with some behind the sceens from the Dossier In Conversation interview. With her album, Even Assassins Have Lovers And Romance out this summer, an EP out now, and numerous shows on the near horizon, we were lucky to catch up with her when we did.
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Tagged Ana Lola Roman, Barbara Anastacio, brooklyn, dance, electro, electronic, electronica, Even Assassins Have Lovers And Romance, Keep It Mellow, minimal, pop, Ryan Richmond, soul
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Who is Eleanor Friedberger? A musician, we think. More importantly, who was Eleanor Friedberger’s miniature on-stage ingenue-companion during her March 24 performance at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Texas? (Ballroom Marfa invited Eleanor to partake in a weeklong residency and recording session at the Marfa Recording Company which culminated in the performance at the Crowley). [...]
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Tagged 24 March 2012, Alberto Halpern, Ballroom Marfa, Crowley Theater, Dan Chamberlin, Eleanor Friedberger, Gory Smelley, Jennifer Bell, Josh Wise, Marfa, Marfa Book Company, Marfa Public Radio, Marfa Recording Company, Olive Leiss, Rob Crowley, Ryann Bosetti, Texas, The Big Bend Sentinel, the Crowley Theater, The Fiery Furnaces, The French Kicks, Thumb Project, Tim Crowley, Tim Johnson
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It’s Friday the 13th. Why not celebrate by playing in traffic or painting something black? Or you can always get killed by this new video from our friend Tezo. Have a miserable day and see you in hell.
February 20, 2012 – 6:38 pm
Negative Pleasure is a band comprised of visual artists who are currently making music in Queens. Its members are Lionel Guzman, Ed Shawn Herrera, and Emily Wroe. The band combines all of their inspirations, and yet don’t always know why they are doing it; the band therefor bears the qualities of smoke and mirrors, as well [...]
January 30, 2012 – 11:47 am
Molly Donahue, formerly of the band Love Story, recorded her first solo album this year, entitled Metal Alvin, which is due out at the end of this month. In addition to this, Molly also has a photo blog where she records her life separated into different segments- namely, “eats,”(food) “out of doors,”(nature) “animalia,”(animal friends) “noir”(spooky [...]
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Tagged Dolores O’Riordan, Frances Tulk-Hart, ive long and prosper, Kurt Cobain, liz phair, Love story, Metal Alvin, Molly Donahue, Siouxsie
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