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Interview: Black Dice
Fifteen years in, Black Dice have known many names. Band that picks fights with audience members. Pillar of early 2000s New York noise. Those fucking guys who always open for Animal Collective. Mindbending, confounding, mindbending, … read more »
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Personal History: Ethan Greene
A young composer navigates the murky zone between making difficult music and easy listening. The life of a classical music composer is, by and large, an unglamorous one. Take, for example, the case of Philip … read more »
Look: 112 Greene Street
Jessamyn Fiore’s new book revisits a pioneering art space. The artists that emerged from New York’s avant-garde scene in the 1970s often talk about SoHo before it was SoHo: a burned-out low rent district with … read more »
Five Experts Explain How They Discover the Best of New Art, Film, Literature, Comedy and Design
As a magazine devoted to talking about what is most current and most vital in the music world, we have infinite respect for those outlets that do the same in other arenas and genres. We … read more »
Beat Construction: CFCF
Preview: This story will appear in FADER #79, on stands soon. CFCF’s Exercises is out now on Paper Bag. Mike Silver weaves utopian architecture and Glassian minimalism into an atmospheric suite of songs. By the … read more »
Beat Construction: OG Ron C
One of Houston’s finest finds a second life for screwed and chopped music with help from a famous friend. For the past two decades, Houston’s OG Ron C has been releasing mixes of chopped and … read more »
Personal History: Sam McPheeters
Sam McPheeters is finally a writer. As the singer for the seminal groups Born Against, Men’s Recovery Project and Wrangler Brutes, Sam McPheeters was responsible for writing such confusing and awesome songs as “I Am … read more »
Yayoi Kusama: The Priestess of Polka Dots
Yayoi Kusama’s captivating autobiography, Infinity Net. Yayoi Kusama has been making conceptual, “obsessive” art for well over a half-century. Since emigrating from Japan in the late ’50s and bursting quietly onto the New York avant-garde … read more »
Interview: K8 Hardy
K8 Hardy brings “fashion” to the Whitney Biennial. K8 Hardy describes herself as a “producer” as much as an artist, conceptualizing, directing and starring in a variety of disparate, dynamic projects ranging from camp, faux … read more »
Five Spring Treats to Make Right Now
The Jewels of New York refresh spring refreshments. Diana Yen runs The Jewels of New York, a food consulting and styling company, which basically means she applies her killer design sense to all kinds of … read more »
