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Alex Frank

Alex Frank

Alex Frank is a Gemini (Virgo Rising), loves most divas and lives in Brooklyn.
sliink

Download DJ Sliink’s LFTF Mix

A couple of weeks after we posted an exclusive mix made by his record label Body High, DJ Sliink has put out a mix that’s all about him, 30-odd minutes of Sliink’s now-classic fast-paced stuttering … read more »

POSTED May 14, 2012 6:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: ,
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TMI Interviews from Telfar, Hood By Air and Cassette Playa

We’re obsessed with a new V Files video series that asks some of our favorite people dumb/genius questions like “What’s Hot and What’s Not?” in 2012 and for the exact definition of the word “Swaggot,” … read more »

POSTED May 14, 2012 5:30PM IN STYLE VIDEO 0 Comments TAGS: , , , ,
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Video: Mykki Blanco, “Join My Militia”

Mykki Blanco gets attention for the pretty dresses and chic wigs she wears in drag, but people too often miss the point or get distracted because she’s also doing some weird-ass, innovative things to rap. … read more »

POSTED May 14, 2012 12:38PM IN MUSIC VIDEO Comments (5) TAGS: , ,
dearprudence

Dear Prudence, “Valentine” (Blood Diamonds Remix) MP3

Sam wrote this really great post about the best places to listen to Blood Diamonds and confirmed that his particular high/low tempo and beat is great for a lot of places, both dance-friendly and lazy. … read more »

POSTED May 10, 2012 3:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
schier

Schier’s Neon-Capped Vellie Shoes

Schier Shoes is a Namibian company that makes a contemporary version of the vellie, a type of shoe that’s been around since the 1600s in southern African and was adapted hundreds of years later by … read more »

POSTED May 9, 2012 12:30PM IN STYLE NEWS 0 Comments TAGS: ,
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Our Favorite Looks from the Met Ball

Every May, Anna Wintour rounds up the biggest celebrities in the world for the annual Met Ball, a gala in honor of New York’s Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute. It’s like the Oscars for fashion, and … read more »

POSTED May 8, 2012 11:45AM IN STYLE NEWS 0 Comments TAGS: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
bestcoast

Stream Best Coast’s Album The Only Place

Finally, just in time for the warmer months, Bobb Bruno and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast are streaming their new record The Only Place, out next week on Mexican Summer. With clean production from Jon … read more »

POSTED May 7, 2012 11:15AM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: ,
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Interview: Teengirl Fantasy at the FADER FORT Presented by Converse

Somehow, amidst the madness of playing a really good set at The FADER Fort Presented by Converse and being busy with all kinds of music festival distractions, Nick Weiss, one half of Teengirl Fantasy, told … read more »

POSTED May 4, 2012 3:30PM IN Featured - FADERFORT, Fort Video 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
emma

Emma Mulholland Models Play Basketball in Mini-Skirts

Though Emma Mulholland told us recently that her clothes are heavily influenced by staring into the ocean and wondering what’s swimming around, it looks more like that ocean is one that exists on Mars, and … read more »

POSTED May 4, 2012 12:15PM IN STYLE NEWS Comments (1) TAGS: ,
tanlines

Best Button Ever: Tanlines’ Winky Sad

From reading their GEN F in the recent FADER #78, you now know that the winky sad emoticon “;(” is something of a mascot for Tanlines, a symbol of their music’s mix of euphoria and … read more »

POSTED May 3, 2012 4:45PM IN STYLE NEWS 0 Comments TAGS: