Tagged: Brooklyn
Video: BLKKATHY, “Fake B**ch”
Brooklyn-based female duo—sometimes trio—BLKKATHY put out a music video for ”Fake B**ch” last month, but it’s still worth a look in case you missed it. The video features the emerging musicians drifting aimlessly through their … read more »
The Things I Carry: Samantha Urbani of Friends
Samantha Urbani of Brooklyn band Friends stopped by our office yesterday, clutching a big, subway-ready tote bag under her arm. We asked her to empty the contents, and it seemed like she had every essential … read more »
The Tripwire: On Friends and the Grounded Love Song
Sometimes it takes a music festival with an international draw like CMJ to get around to seeing that band from down the block you’ve been meaning to catch. Thus was the case with Bushwick, Brooklyn-based … read more »
The Tripwire: On the (Possible) End of an Era for Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor
Drummer Christopher Weingarten once summed up the unique mission that stellar Brooklyn noise-rock outfit Parts & Labor embarked upon for the past decade, saying, “Make the world a noisier place. Remind the noisy places what … read more »
Video: Growing Natural Dyes at Brooklyn’s Textile Arts Center
We headed over to the Textile Arts Center in Gowanus, Brooklyn to check out their workspace and learn a little bit more about what they do. Studio manager Isa Rodrigues talked to us about the … read more »
Kanye West and Q-Tip Bug Out for “Award Tour” at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
Over the weekend, Kanye West made a surprise appearance at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. Before performing a three song solo set, he joined scheduled headliner Q-Tip onstage to perform “Award Tour,” a song Q-Tip … read more »
The Tripwire: On Shark?, Black Lips and Good Music Hidden Behind Novelty
The new Mark Ronson-produced Black Lips album, Arabia Mountain, came out last week. I’m comfortable saying it’s quite good. It’s less conflicted and contradictory than usual, or at least conflicted in a different sense than … read more »
Live: Zola Jesus at Glasslands
Nika Roza Danilova, better known to the world as Zola Jesus, is notoriously petite, possibly standing under five feet tall barefoot. And so, when she sings, there is a tinge of dissonance at first, incredulity … read more »
Olivia f. Maino, "Take It Off (Remix)" MP3
All R&B should have harp. Just straight harp joints for the summer. It’s like the most underrated instrument after the xylophone. It helps that most imagery associated with harps includes super-sexy people feeding each other … read more »
Gordon Voidwell, "Disco Afternoon" MP3
The joke’s on you if you believed there’s nothing but emptiness in the world of Gordon Voidwell. There’s plenty of synths, guitars, and other noisemakers to comb through on the Brooklynite’s new song “Disco Afternoon.” … read more »
