Archives

Filter 

  • Original Dreamgirl Mary Wilson

    Wilson performed last June at Feinstein’s Cabaret in New York. She put together the show, Up Close, by herself, singing songs that covered a range of artis...

  • Nada Surf

    Over the Brooklyn band’s 12-year existence, they have yet to match the success of their first single, but this doesn’t seem to faze them. “It’s better to have one hit, than no hits at all,” says drummer Ira Elliot.

    Hi-Tek

    Tek himself is a self-described lab rat, relishing in long hours at the studio, ever-developing his "Hi-Tek" sound. "i don't think kids ...

  • Kat Von D: Tattoo’s First Lady

    Kat Von D gained notoriety as the odd one out on the TV show Miami Ink. After a very public split with the Miami guys, she ...

  • Bob Mould

    Nowadays, although writing takes longer and touring gets physically harder with age, the 47-year old shows no signs of slowing down with the re...

  • Frank Lucas; Original American Gangster

    Frank Lucas is not a hero or a role model. His role in the drug trade of the 1960s and 70s indirectly and directly lead to the destruction of countless lives...

  • Johannes Weiland: A Darker Art

    As a young ballet dancer in his native Berlin, Weiland was abruptly thrown out of his first dance school for being too old. Doubtful that he was destined to dance—Wieland originally wanted to be a painter—he stayed in the field long...

  • The Project

    On the track “Home Sweet Home,” off their recently released debut album, The Truth Today, the New York based hip-hop group The Project t...

  • Jim Norton; “I’m A Hooker’s Dream”

    As a stand up comic, Jim Norton is notorious for being one of the most brutal around. That’s exactly what attracted radio hosts Opi...
  • Penny Arcade: A Woman in Revolt

    After a three-hour conversation in a café on the lower east side, there is no other way of describing Susana Ventura aka Penny Arcade but as a bomb, ...

  • Jim Power (and Bloomberg the Scrooge who Stole our Culture)

    For over 20 years, Power has dedicated himself, his artistic skills, his own money and his time to make the city and public spaces of NYC more hu...

  • Imani Coppola

    The Black & White Album is a diverse disc of hip-hop, rock and R&B sprinkled with sexual innuendo and Coppola’s distinct, ...

  • The American Pain of Timothy Kreider


    by Igor Kossov

    When it comes to editorial cartoons in the Bush era, one in particular pops up on your radar, especi...

  • Mac Lethal Delivers a Dose of Red State Hip-hop

    Indie rap has arrived at a place where a melanin-deficient mc no longer feels the need to hide his affliction, nor is it any longer even re...

  • Butoh: A Dance of Distortion

    As an experimental, underground movement, the CAVE New York Butoh Festival celebrates the origins and international evolution of butoh—a cont...

  • Plenty Of Time For Celebration

    Describing Celebration would make them seem pretty ordinary—a rock/post-punk band that makes music you can dance to—but, in reality, they are anything but....

  • Serena Ryder

    Once upon a time, in a music market not yet familiar with MySpace or American Idol, a musician had to create their own fan base through extensiv...

  • Reverend Horton Heat

    rev"Reverend" Jim Heath, frontman of legendary cult group Reverend Horton Heat, resides in a strange and feral world. Usually, he...

  • Goes Cube

    goes cube They're louder than loud, pounding out song after song, and amplifying their sound with immense distortion, ferocious percussion, and ...

  • Smart Vests and Dinosaurs: Mark Wilson And His Band

    With a voice you cannot forget and the gorgeous composition of his songs, twenty-two year old Canadian musician, Mark Wilson, is one to look o...

Banner