Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn
Gentrification is just one of those inescapable beasts when it comes to the NYC housing market (but hey, it got us an organic market in Bushwick!) That said, few developments cause enough stir to...
View ArticleChrisette Michele's New Video Got Game
The making of Chrisette Michele's forthcoming video, featuring Pooch Hall of "The Game." read more »
View ArticleNorah Jones To Fight For Her (Brownstone) Rights
She has nine Grammy and will not hesitate to use them on you... read more »
View ArticleNOFX's Fat Mike Is A Restaurateur, Park Slope Makes Play For Punk Cred
Park Slope, Brooklyn has recently been in the news for a few things. One, they have a kind of elitist food co-op that occasionally kicks people out. Two, stroller giant Maclaren recently recalled huge...
View ArticleBrooklyn Gets Michael Jackson Subway Station, Manhattan Scoffs
Brooklyn has a lot of odd attractions, but this may take the cake in terms of sheer potential cult attraction: the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop in downtown Brooklyn will soon officially become a Michael...
View ArticleGordon 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...
View ArticleOlivia 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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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....
View ArticleClik here to view.
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,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stream: Phony Ppl, “Baby, Meet My Lover”
FADER PREMIERE Phony Ppl, the six-man Brooklyn funk group, ask a main girl and side chick to get a along on new fireside jam “Baby, Meet My Lover.” It’s their contribution to DJ Kitty Cash’s … read more »
View Article
