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Screaming Females Begin Fourth LP, Set to Tour with Ted Leo
Once you’ve seen the way of Marissa Paternoster, it’s hard to forget her. The mop of hair, the feminine dresses,…the face-melting shredding that erupts off of her fingers on the frets, and your expression afterward when your jaw meets the floor.
Older Woman Still Has Ears, Recognizes Hot Music
This older lady is all the rage in the All House All The Time clubs of Paris. She goes under the monikerDJ Ruth Flowers, from what I can tell so far that is her real name. Isn’t that the quintessential sitcom grandmother name? Click through for this curiosity of a fist pumping vid.
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 to [...]
NIN’s Trent Reznor Promises New Music in the Upcoming Year
The official Nine Inch Nails Website posted a pre-holiday promise from Trent Reznor that 2010 will bring some new tunes from his studio-only project, or less specifically, he says, music “including new material from Nine Inch Nails and something else that isn’t Nine Inch Nails.” To amp fans up for the new work to come, [...]
Coachella Dates Announced for 2010
April dates for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have officially been announced. The California festival will take place April 16-18 2010, once again to be held at the sprawling Empire Polo Club in Indio. There is no official lineup or artists announced as yet, but we’ve heard from a few bands, such [...]
Harvard Lampoon to Honor Peaches
The Harvard Lampoon, “the world’s oldest humor magazine” has chosen electro-minx Peaches to be an Honorary Member of The Harvard Lampoon, and are set to honor the former school teacher known to her family as Merrill Nisker at their Annual Canadian Synthpunk/Glam Rock Awards Dinner tomorrow night.
In Praise of Costume, The Garment as Sculpture to Open at Et Derivé in Brooklyn
Fashion should never feel dated, as they say, so why not take the best of vintage fashion and re-contextualize it, while combining it with narrative, pop culture themes and works of contemporary art? …
Dan Deacon Fall Tour and Prize-Filled Contest
Dan Deacon, fun-loving Baltimore wünderkind, is boarding his veggie-fueled bus and heading back out on tour next week with his pals Nuclear Power Pants (how we love that band name!) To celebrate this tour, Post Typography designed an amazing new poster, but it needs your help. For those with the skills, please ID all of [...]
The Kills Go Back to Work
Not that there has been a dearth of Alison Mosshart coverage thanks to a certain Horehound she’s been chewing on as of late, but for all you Kills fans out there hoping for a sign that a creature stirs – news broke Tuesday via a blog post on the band’s official website that Mosshart and Jamie Hince have indeed reconvened to lay the framework for their next, and fourth, album.
The Fiery Furnaces to Play Shows in the Name of Health Care Reform
Leave it to the Friedlanders to call their shows anything but a rock show, and all for the good of the people. They are anything but conventional, after all. This month, The Fiery Furnaces will be “re-branding” all of their shows as Pro-Health Care Reform rallies. More information about why they’re doing this can be [...]
