December 2011
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CXXVI
CXXVI is a New York based clothing line inspired by NYC’s old sea-port days. Co-owned by Jon Contino, who is famous in his own right as a graphic designer, these guys keep expanding their brand of Americana-themed clothes and accessories, and it keeps getting better and better. You can shop their stock online, or at Odin in the West Village.
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WatchOut of all the Girl Walk // All Day videos we’ve seen, Part 5 may be my favorite. Featuring: Grateful Dead samples, Chinatown break downs, amazing moped rides, and b-girls on the Williamsburg Bridge. Gauranteed to make you smile like an idiot.
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WatchBilly Bragg covering Joanna Newsom’s “On a Good Day” for The Voice Project, which features amazing musicians covering amazing musicians, and uses the proceeds to go towards programs promoting peace and women’s rights in Uganda. The covers work in a sort of chain pattern, with one artist covering the next, featuring performances by Dawes, Peter Gabriel, Andrew Bird, Deer...
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High Line Sound Walk
For those of you still in the City, tomorrow, Dec 20th, there will be an interactive “sound walk” held on the High Line. Participants will meet at 5:15 at the downtown entrance and activate a free iPhone app that “uses the phone’s accelerometer to turn your footsteps into twinkling metallic sounds, electric guitar chords, dulcimer notes, water splashes, car horns, and...
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WatchPresenting the “Jumbletron”, an audio-visual project created by the Black Dice for Animal Collective to use for their Coachella set. It’s currently on display in NYC.
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WatchHere’s the Talking Heads performing “Psycho Killer” live at CBGB in 1975. This footage is also found in the new documentary Chronology, (which is at the top of my holiday wishlist), following the band from their early days opening for the Ramones to their 2002 induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. The DVD comes with a hard cover book, which includes this lengthy essay by...
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Brooklyn Night Bazaar
Clear your schedules: December 15th-17th, Brooklyn Night Bazaar is taking over your evening plans. From 5pm to 1am each night, there will be music, food, art, and drinks in a giant warehouse over in Williamsburg, featuring performances by JAMES MURPHY, Fucked Up, Frankie Rose, Titus Andronicus, Dom and more, and tons of independent food and crafts vendors. Looks amazing. Grab tix to the...
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earle/van zandt/dylan
“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” - Steve Earle
Amen brother, and respect to all the fine men mentioned in this quote
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WatchMwahaha (real name) is a new band out of Oakland playing ridiculous post-rock/noise pop full of analog synths and drum machines. They look like great dudes. Here’s a new tune of theirs “Love” that they recorded with Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. She makes any song awesome!
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