Review by Sasha Maese. Follow her on Twitter @Sasha_Dove. You’ve probably walked past the James Farley Post Office a million times; it’s that enormous building
Indie-Lit Pop Quiz, our new weekly interview series, gets the skinny on independent writers, from their creative process and views on pop culture to their
Every week or so, we’ll be offering a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you with a
Reading, right? I know, it takes forever, you can’t cheat your way through it, and you have to read all by yourself. Something we often
If I were to describe Dinosaur Jr.’s album You’re Living All Over Me anecdotally, it would sound like this: Once upon a time, a fair-haired
Movies are a great source of information. They teach us about science and love and drugs, and grant us access to other worlds. And by
Sub-zero temperatures, break-ups, cold and flu season, spending time with family, blizzards, people talking about sports: these are all reasons to abandon society, lock yourself
Congratulations, you have reached the dead of winter. You have survived the underwhelming “Snowpocalypse” and that calls for an artistic revolution. Fuel your imagination with
QUARTERBACKS are definitely not just some high-school jocks reliving their glory days — far from it. Hailing from New Paltz, NY — the artsy, hippy
After two albums that were financial failures, and darkness brewing from long stints of isolation, folk singer Nick Drake returned to the studio to record
Oh my, winter is here — and it sucks. I mean, it really, really, sucks. I almost froze to death buying dumplings three days ago.
Every December and January the blogosphere bursts with the best songs, albums, artists, tracks, etc. and it’s really, sort of, exciting. If you’re on your
It’s been 20 years since one of hip hop’s greatest albums was released. It’s an album a lot of people have never heard and even
I’d first heard of Lynch during my freshman year of college when a friend of mine, who was really big into “cult classics,” mentioned the
2014 has been one hell of a year. For one, we graduated from being only a blog to throwing parties and producing a quarterly print zine. We
Photos by Cheryl Art Basel, an immense, international showcase of modern and contemporary works, is the premiere pilgrimage of the art world. With shows in
Curated by Tim I have watched a lot of movies this year. Probably too many. Especially for someone who is basically broke (my mother would
Deep Purple’s “Highway Star” is the opening track of the band’s sixth studio album Machine Head, and it’s a propulsive precursor to what heavy metal
Curated by Nicole 2014 has been an interesting year for film music. All the usual suspects — Hans Zimmer (Interstellar and The Amazing Spider-Man 2),
Curated by Eva 2014 was an exciting year for film. I’ve recently been brought into a Sunday afternoon tradition of taking a trip to the movies.
The Slits were a gritty, British punk from the ’70s, now recognized as one of the foremother’s of the riot grrl movement. Their combination of
Curated by Nasa, Justin, and Shea. With the new year on the horizon, looking back on the past year is inevitable — everyone gets swept up
Curated by Danielle Everyone had their eyes on Hip Hop in 2014: how the world would react to the “Anaconda“ cover (and how Nicki would react to
Photographed by Cheryl Georgette Arent | MUA Robert Reyes | Hair Gloria Espinoza | Samantha wears jewelry by Rittuals Samantha Urbani, the creator of and
In an obvious ode / parody of Beatles mania, Babes in Toyland open their video for their grungy, bottom-heavy single “Sweet ’69” with a gaggle
Princess is a drums-and-guitar duo hailing from Dublin, comprised of Aoife Frances and Liam Mesbur, two teenage friends who only began writing, performing, and producing
Effie Liu, AKA Bebe Panthere, writes dance-inducing electro pop tunes that capitalize on bubblegum sweet vocal melodies, hip-hop cadences, and the spoken word playfulness of
Going home for the holidays is cool because you get to spend time with your family and the friends you may not see on a
Here’s a quick dose of ’80s New York City, pst-punk nostalgia. Bush Tetras was an all girl, post-punk/no wave band that was part of the
We’re digging into the past — in search of inspiration and ideas, highlighting both songs that have stood the test of time and those that never
Low Fat Getting High are a noisy, post-punk trio driven by grungy bass lines, frenzied drum work, and scratchy scream-sing vocals. Between all of the
Mike Wojciechowski goes by the moniker Thick Red Wine, which is apt, seeing as his noisy, sing along style of punk is at once honest,
