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Ten Top Do/See’s at SXSW 2010
Any of the bands from various cities/countries (Liverpool, Wales, Scotland) at the British Embassy at Latitude 30, along with the comp’d margaritas, courtesy of that esteemed British empire. The Crookes of Yorkshire sound promising… Melissa Auf der Maur, hosting a pre-release, absinthe-laden party for her latest multimedia-project, Out of Our Minds, on Thursday, March 18th at Péché (above Cedar Street Courtyard).
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend: Sixth Season Takes Place at Glasslands, Brooklyn on February 20th and 21st
Tired of the luxury-obsessed peacocks and peahens preening all around town during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, just wrapping up tonight? Craving an unabashedly edgy catwalk not afraid of letting loose with some true renegade spirit? Look no further…Williamsburg Fashion Weekend is here again, presenting its sixth season of fashion shows featuring designers “not afraid [...]
London’s Gloomy Friday Party Hits NYC Shores Again Saturday, December 5
Feeling Gloomy Returns To Fontana’s in NYC, Saturday, December 5th, 2009. As you may remember from their last outing at Glasslands in October, misery loves company! Come and see where Londoners go to indulge their more dark and syrupy side. One of Britain’s (and indeed the world’s) favorite club nights, playing anthems of doom, will [...]
Feeling Gloomy Dance Party Comes to Brooklyn, Thursday, 10.29.09
Misery loves company, so they say. A few days before Halloween, come and dance like a Londoner, or at least those who like to indulge their more introspective side. Feeling Gloomy, one of Britain’s (and the world’s) premier dance nights is coming to Glasslands in Williamsburg for its first monthly party on Thursday, October 29th.
To [...]
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend: Accept No Substitutions Sept. 18th and 19th
Williamsburg Fashion Weekend shows its sinister head this weekend, September 18th and 19th 2009, a mere few work days beyond the NYC glitterati fashion world’s pompous presentations. WFW may seem like the deviant teens on the scene, but make no bones about it, this fashion event is in its sixth season and still going [...]
NYC Apartment Complexes Offer Free Concerts This Summer
STUYVESANT TOWN AND PETER COOPER VILLAGE PRESENT MUSIC ON THE OVAL
These two NYC downtown apartment complexes will bring a Summer Concert Series sponsored by Verizon, and will feature local and international acts starting Wednesday, June 10th. Music on the Oval, a unique outdoor summer concert series, will bring an eclectic billing of rock, funk, reggae, [...]
Jarvis Cocker Attempts to Answer “What is Music For?” By Playing in a Paris Art Gallery
What is life? What is art? What is music for? The last question was one asked of former Pulp frontman, now solo fellow, Jarvis Cocker, when he guest edited an issue of UK’s The Observer Music Monthly back in October 2006. Apparently, the question is one that’s stuck with him and he’s been attempting to [...]
Larry T to Launch Club Badd May 8th, Album Drops May 5th
Perhaps this is a case of “it’s so bad, it’s good.” Downtown denizen Larry T will be hosting The Official Launch Party for his debut album, Club Badd on May 8th, 2009.
You’ll have a firsthand chance to experience Club Badd in all its good/bad brilliance, with hosts GBH, Ultra Records and the master himself, Larry [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 4: Saturday, 3.21.09, Austin TX
We woke up early on an overcast Austin Saturday morning to meet with Silversun Pickups and shoot them for our feature in a friend’s nearby loft. The setting: the Silversuns lounging on a luxurious, Victorian carved bed, was quite cozy indeed, but it was too bad there wasn’t time to chat about their new [...]
SXSW 2009 Day 3: Friday, 3.20.09, Austin TX
Friday afternoons at SXSW are the most party-packed, but why pussyfoot around when Spin Magazine takes over Stubb’s, bringing on their annual bash just past noon, with a lineup more mouthwatering than the BBQ and slaw?
This year, the unstoppable Crystal Method spun for the lunch crowd, (which included Bloody Social singer/Calvin Klein model Jamie Burke, [...]
