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Stylee Fridays: Agentur V Brings Wood Wood, Henrik Vibskov and More to NYC

Chioma Nnadi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:10:05 +0000

Agentur V are based in Berlin so we usually only get the pleasure of riffling through their wares twice a year. Luckily the fashion agency that handles the likes of Henrik Vibskov, Wood Wood and Christian Wijnants have opened a New York outpost in SoHo and Sarah, pictured here in a lovely green Henrik V [...]

Premiere Stream: El Guincho, “Antillas (Prins Thomas Remix)”

Matthew Schnipper — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:56 +0000

In his feature about El Guincho in FADER 54, Jace Clayton (aka fellow collage artist DJ /Rupture) outlined their shared nerd-out: After 15 minutes shooting the shit about Dilla and Guinean label Sylliphone and how focused Dr Dre was when NWA first dropped, I’m outclassed when he starts talking about Frank Sinatra’s use of spring reverb. [...]

Premiere Stream: DM Stith, “Thanksgiving Moon (Michna Remix)”

Peter Macia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:34 +0000

With Turkey Day less than a week away, you may already be thinking about how you’re going to burn off a gallon of egg nog and three pounds of green bean casserole so that you still look good for holiday spooning season. We might have a remedy here in the form of Michna’s heavy duty [...]

Busy Signal, “Nuh Fraid of Them” MP3

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:37 +0000

Busy’s take on Drake’s all-star monster “Forever” cites many vessels of technology, but mostly it just got us wondering who was the first person to namedrop Twitter in a song. Pretty sure Nore was early in the cut with his verse on Cassie’s “Must Be Love” remix in first quarter ‘09 (She hit me on [...]

The Let Out: G-Side in the EVR Studio

THE FADER — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:24 +0000

This week on the Let Out, The FADER’s weekly East Village Radio show, Huntsville’s very own G-Side are rolling through to play us some new jams, talk about what they’ve been up to and break down what’s been going on musically in Huntsville. Listen live to the Let Out this and every Friday from 6-8 [...]

Slideshow: No Place Like Home: Catherine Kim

THE FADER — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:31 +0000

It’s said that one million people have left New York City since the economic meltdown of last fall, a mind-boggling and sadly awe-inspiring moment in the city’s constant flux. For the fashion story in our current issue, we followed eight New Yorkers—some brand new and others who’ve made the city their home for a lifetime. [...]

Holiday Shores, “Your Motion Says” (Arthur Russell Cover) MP3

Sam Hockley-Smith — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:44 +0000

This is not an invitation for every band to cover the immensely coverable Arthur Russell, but we will say that the majority of reworks we’ve heard lately have been pretty solid. Next in line is Holiday Shores‘ cover of “Your Motion Says,” which actually benefits from the fact that it originally came from a super [...]

Alley Boy f. Pill, Yung Ralph & Big Bank Black, “Heavy in the Street” MP3

Sam Hockley-Smith — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:56 +0000

This is a little too full-bodied to be an actual snap song, but Big Bank Black’s growl-sung chorus is giving us crazy visions of when it looked like Fabo was going to ride the funk wave to argyle-socked superstardom (we can still hope). Plus you also get Alley Boy nimbly bouncing over the track, Pill [...]

Live: Diesel U:Music Miami (Santigold Lives!)

Felipe Delerme — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:31 +0000

It’s been about two years since we put Santigold on the cover of F51, but since she played Studio B for the issue’s release party she’s been harder to find than someone willing to love us for us, and not just because we can score them tickets to Wild Yaks shows. Sure, Santi put on [...]

Agnès Varda Makes the Academy Shortlist

Chioma Nnadi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:15:39 +0000

Sadly, we missed the play dates for Agnès Varda’s latest movie, The Beaches of Agnès, when the film came to town this summer. The French director made her first feature in the early ’50s, and at the ripe old age of 81 still manages to produce films that stand up to cult classics like [...]

Sia, “You’ve Changed” MP3

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:50 +0000

Last year Lauren Flax made one of our favorite songs of the last ten years in “You’ve Changed” featuring her friend Sia, who happened to be in town when Flax was composing it and came by her apartment to lay down some tracks. We are clearly not alone in our admiration because Sia decided to [...]

Stream: Animal Collective, “Graze” (Zamfir Jam)

Peter Macia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:12 +0000

In a few weeks, Animal Collective will release the Fall Be Kind EP on Domino but as usual the internet released it for them already. One of the previously mysterious tracks from the EP, “Graze,” was picked up by Stereogum on YouTube, and starts out with a few minutes of wavy atmospherics and Avey Tare [...]

Chief, “Mighty Proud” MP3

Matthew Schnipper — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:56:35 +0000

Every once in a while, Levon Helm of The Band opens his upstate New York home to friends and family (and those with about a hundred bucks) and has a Midnight Ramble, an open group session of riffs and trills. We have not been, unfortunately, but friends who’ve attended describe the communal twang as universally [...]

Human Tetris, “People” MP3

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:51:19 +0000

As a goth and/or existentialist band names go Human Tetris is up there with Crash Worship and Sisters of Mercy, the latter of which is clearly some kind of influence, as Tetris vocalist Arvid Kriger has a long-faced Andrew Eldritch crow. They’ve also got that perfect goth forlorn futility steez whilst singing an apocalyptic tale [...]

AC Bros, Crack Box Ltd Ed Prints Now Available!

Peter Macia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:17:45 +0000

How many million jokes could we make about what Animal Collective fans would be willing to do to get their hands on one of the brand spanking new, limited to 150 Crack Box screenprinted posters? Several million. But we won’t because we actually really want one too. One the best things about the Crack Box [...]

Staff Affections

Alex Frank — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:35 +0000

Every Thursday, FADER style assistant Alex Frank asks employees and employers at our favorite shops around the world what their most cherished in-store item is at that exact moment. This week, we caught up with New York’s INA. Squirrelly, INA, New York This dress is daring, divine and dramatic, and most importantly, perfect for dancing—it’s animal [...]

Keep X Ooga Booga Minishop Opens This Friday

Chioma Nnadi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:04 +0000

Keep Company and Ooga Booga have put together a store-within-a-store for the holidays with a little help from their friends like Humberto Leon from Opening Ceremony, Dean Spunt of No Age and Rodarte sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, who curated the art, fashion and music gift ideas. The grand minishop opening happens tomorrow evening at [...]

Kevin Greenspon, “Softened” + Two More MP3s

Sam Hockley-Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:58:18 +0000

Since we sent Dee Dee of Mayfair Set/Dum Dum Girls to talk to bands all over the California coast for a story in FADER 62, you’ve probably been wondering what’s up with the dudes at Family Time Records. If your initial thought was, not much is up with the dudes at Family Time Records, you’d [...]

Pharrell Makes “Pacifist” Bulletproof Jacket For Moncler

Chioma Nnadi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:18 +0000

The first picture from Pharrell’s new collection for Moncler were released into the internet wild today, by WWD. He’s designed what’s been dubbed the “pacifist” bulletproof jacket, a bodywarmer lined with sweet and serene rainforest images, a series of photos that were shot by Japanese artist Keita Sugiura. This entire collection is, in fact, made [...]

Justin Maxon, “In God We Trust”

THE FADER — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:30:43 +0000

In conjunction with our annual photo issue, we are publishing photo essays of long term, in-progress, personal work by contributing FADER photographers about the people and changing landscape of America. More photos from Justin Maxon’s “In God We Trust,” along with his personal statement about the project, are after the jump. Some people say since we [...]

Video: Several Dudes from Minnesota Rapping

Sam Hockley-Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:16 +0000

At first it was like, The last thing we need in our lives is a six-minute posse cut featuring a grip of rappers we’ve mostly never heard of, but it turns out that is exactly what we never knew we wanted. Every dude on this song raps like this is his big moment, and maybe [...]

Interview With The BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:31:19 +0000

On a breezy day in September, before her DJ set at NYC’s renowned dubstep/dark bass staple party Dub War, we sat down with DJ/journalist Mary Anne Hobbs. She is, as you may know, the woman credited with introducing the world to dubstep in the first place, and who continues to warpspeed the sound forward with [...]

Premiere: Weekend, “Youth Haunts” MP3

Sam Hockley-Smith — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:23:24 +0000

Weekend’s “Youth Haunts” is what happens if No Age traded in good vibes and instead got real angry from the depths of a muffled cavern. It’s about four minutes of build up, windy moans and plodding drums giving way to a balls to the wall freakout as the whole song collapses on itself. Kinda like [...]

Fan Death, “Cannibal” MP3

Matthew Schnipper — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:56:33 +0000

For all you New Yorkers and people who may one day visit New York, please make your way to Brooklyn’s Bedouin Tent on Atlantic Avenue between Bond and Nevins (closer to Bond). They make the most sumptuous pita you’ll ever eat. They also bump major Arabic jams while you eat off wooden plates, many of [...]

Vampire Weekend, “Cousins”

Peter Macia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:39:53 +0000

Just judging by their previous videography, you could’ve guessed Hammer & Tongs would become the Winston Churchill to Vampire Weekend’s Franklin Roosevelt (they were bros, right?). After a decade of directing high concept videos for erudite Anglos such as Pulp, Blur, Badly Drawn Boy, Radiohead and Hot Chip, and adapting A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the [...]

Washed Out is Going to Call You Back Soon

Matthew Schnipper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:41:24 +0000

Sorry, he’s been away and he just got married and things got really busy. But, seriously, he’ll call you back really soon, sorry to keep you waiting.

G-Side, Huntsville International Mixtape

Sam Hockley-Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:24:23 +0000

After spending a couple days in Huntsville, Alabama, a couple years ago, we discovered that their music scene is even larger than we could have anticipated. As the artists began to get some shine, an entire secret rap history emerged, and we get the impression we’re only now scratching the surface of its scene. Huntsville [...]

Video: Bushwick Bill, “Testimony of Redemption”

Sam Hockley-Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:49:22 +0000

In the scheme of things, this isn’t one of Bushwick Bill’s best songs. Not even close. Instead it works as a primer to those who might not know what his deal is (there is a lot to recap). If we’re judging it by that, it’s pretty good. If we’re judging it by the final scenes, [...]

Harlem, “Sometimes” MP3

Sam Hockley-Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:07 +0000

Harlem’s “Sometimes” wins our new “Cover of the Month” award, a song which was originally by Gene Thomas, then Paul Revere and the Raiders, then The Kingsmen, before finally landing at the Flamin’ Groovies version. Okay! Harlem changed this from a pretty sweet love song into something darker, just by virtue of being so [...]

Theophilus London, “Humdrum Town” MP3

Peter Macia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:34:31 +0000

If you live in New York City, Theophilus London is one of those people you run into that remind why you moved here in the first place: he hustles, he stays out late, he’s talented and still on some level doesn’t seem to think any of it is that big of a deal. Maybe that’s [...]

Stream: FADER Radio on EVR 11/13/09

THE FADER — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:14:04 +0000

Last Friday on The Let Out (our weekly show on East Village Radio) we played a bunch of Gucci, a little Small Black and a bunch of other great new jams. Listen live to East Village Radio this and every Friday from 6-8pm EST, stream last week’s audio podcast below and check out the tracklist [...]

Premiere: Alex Bleeker and The Freaks, “Animal Tracks” MP3

Peter Macia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:56:54 +0000

Alex Bleeker and The Freaks are undeniably indebted to a certain shakey-voiced, chord-slamming Canadian on this first single from their self-titled debut LP, but instead of doing impersonations it’s like they’ve extracted dopamine from his brain and dripped it into their beers, the sonic tension numbed by Bleeker’s simple short tale about drinking soda on [...]

Video: Charlotte Gainsbourg f. Beck, “Heaven Can Wait”

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:46:57 +0000

In a way, the waify offspring of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin is a perfect match for the vagabond scientologist Beck, and this video shows why: they can have lazing-around Boho slumber parties where they muse about philosophy, art and making love while cuddling; or they can meet odd new people doing extraordinary things, like [...]

Boxing Kitten Fall 2009

Chioma Nnadi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:41:39 +0000

The feline/fashion alliance gets deeper this week with a new line of women’s wear out of New York. Maya A Lake named her label after a super-powered cat that came to her in a dream, a fighter kitty with knitted boxing gloves who serves as muse, mascot and all around style sparring partner. Boxing Kitten [...]

Gil Scott-Heron, “Where Did the Night Go” MP3

Matthew Schnipper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:02:49 +0000

The beat for this track by the legendary (check the Wiki) Gil Scott-Heron sounds like a collaboration with Burial. Not that it’s actually Burial (XL head Richard Russell produced the forthcoming album), but it has the same night flair and downtrodden synth buzz. We experienced some shock when XL nonchalantly put up clips from Scott-Heron’s [...]

Food Thyme: Inside The Cardinal Club

Rosemary Simon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:36 +0000

For a “clandestine dining club,” the Cardinal Club isn’t much of a secret these days (you can read all about it here, here, and here). However, getting a reservation to this secret garden is a whole different story. Back in August, when we found a way to get an advanced peak into the club, the [...]

Ghetto Palms 80: DJ Rekha / RajStar / Exclusive Major Lazer Bhangra Refix

Eddie "Stats" Houghton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:04:15 +0000

I’m not sure if this is Desihall III or Indocrunk Part Few, but any way you chop it its been a banner week for weird fusions of Bollywood dancehall and Bhangra-more club, aftershocks from the eruption of daku-consciousness into First World brainspace that was Slumdog Millionaire. First, the reigning queen of bhangra DJ Rekha (full [...]

Small Black, “Pleasant Experience” MP3

Peter Macia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:41:50 +0000

If you don’t yet know who Small Black is, first go here, let that be your favorite song for a few minutes, then come back and listen to this song, maybe take a power nap while it glides through your synapses and then go buy the new EP from whence both songs come. After that, [...]

Schnipper’s Slept On

Matthew Schnipper — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:15:42 +0000

Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week it’s Black to Comm’s Alphabet 1968 album. Listen to the entire album, buy it and read Schnipper’s thoughts after the jump. My friend Simon’s favorite piece of music is a solo piano album played by an [...]

Video Premiere: Dragon Turtle, “Island of Broken Glass”

Sam Hockley-Smith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:29:52 +0000

Terrible band name aside (sorry dudes! If we saw a real Dragon Turtle we’d probably be pretty psyched though), Dragon Turtle’s “Island of Broken Glass” works because even as it’s going balls to the wall and throwing all sorts of guitar lines everywhere, those hand drums keep everything centered and in control. It’s a full-on [...]

Michael Stipe Sculpts Microcassette for Maison Martin Margiela

Chioma Nnadi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:25:59 +0000

There are only 199 pieces in the limited-edition Michael Stipe x Margiela collaboration, and at least 32 ways to style the tiny microcassette, according to the press images released earlier today. Although there’s a fair amount of good times in playing around with the sartorial possibilities (cassette sculpture as eye patch, knuckle duster, and our [...]

CFCF, “Big Love” MP3

Peter Macia — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:49:10 +0000

If you follow The FADER you know that on one of our favorite dudes in the world is New York writer and bon vivant T Cole Rachel. Cole has a DJ night where he almost exclusively plays Fleetwood Mac (and we get kinda drunk), but we also know him to like some dance music. So [...]

Itemized: Bjorn Copeland’s Silk Scarf for United Bamboo

Matthew Schnipper — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:44 +0000

Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter to it. We would’ve done a column on who we’re dating but that seemed a little bit much. This week [...]

Beach House, “Norway” MP3

Peter Macia — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:21:03 +0000

Beach House has a new record named Teen Dream ready to come out on January 26th of next year, which seems like a long time, at least for us because we’ve had the pleasure of hearing it and are ready to play it in public whenever the opportunity presents itself. But the fact of the [...]

Stream: That Ghost, Get It And Get Out EP

Sam Hockley-Smith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:58:36 +0000

We have a tendency to gravitate towards music that promotes good vibes, good times and feeling complete or whole and content. It’s not that we aren’t listening to downer music, because we are, it’s just that it’s nice to spread the love around, you know? For right now, or at least for the duration of [...]

Video Premiere: Christy and Emily, “105 & Rising”

Matthew Schnipper — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:46:15 +0000

This video by Christy Edwards of Brooklyn folk duo Christy and Emily is an eloquently composed silhouette animation, interspersed briefly, but frighteningly, but a lot of people running from something ominous. “105 & Rising” has an Apocalypse Now feel, both in sound and in vision, the latter made explicit by use of images from the [...]

Video: Beyonce f. Lady Gaga, “Videophone”

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:20:12 +0000

TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO. First Beyonce is Rihanna complete with bleached-blonde Misfits lock, then she is a robot from a Bjork video, then she’s a Bond girl, Bettie Page, Neneh Cherry/Monie Love (in a Gerlan tee!) and like, the hottest/cattiest tranny since Amanda Lepore. Never mind that she looks HOT AS SHIT [...]

Pill, 4075: The Refill Mixtape

Sam Hockley-Smith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:16 +0000

Not sure what it says about the rap industry, but we’ve been anticipating this free mixtape more than most actual albums, and that’s a testament to Pill’s power as a rapper. Sure, in a lot of ways he’s a rapper’s rapper—throwing punchlines out faster than we’re able to catch them—but he’s not robotic or boring. [...]

Dominic Nahr, “In This Forgotten City”

THE FADER — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:58:59 +0000

In conjunction with our annual photo issue, we are publishing photo essays of long term, in-progress, personal work by contributing FADER photographers about the people and changing landscape of America. More photos from Dominic Nahr’s “In This Forgotten City,” along with his personal statement about the project, are after the jump. It is no surprise to [...]

Video: Zomby, “Aquarium”

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:22:44 +0000

Here is what this video says to us: A. Zomby keeps mitochondria as pets B. Zomby is down with French-Polish experimental filmmaker Piotr Kamler C. Zomby’s musical palette is consistently more extensive D. Someone maybe dosed our morning coffee? (via Zomby Twitter)

Mavado, “War is in the Air (Israel Riddim)” MP3

Erin Hansen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:18 +0000

If you don’t know dancehall, naming a riddim “Israel” to spite your arch nemesis and his “Gaza” empire might be so politically mind-boggling that you disregard it as a minor slap on the wrist. For those in the crossfire of the Gaza vs. Gully feud, the Alliance’s Israel Riddim is symptomatic of something much bigger [...]

Freak Scene #47: Sex Church, The Mantles and Aran Ruth

Jamie Johns — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:02 +0000

In this week’s Freak Scene, Jamie Johns goes back to covering some new and some not new releases from the weird (pop) underground. Click below for Sex Church, The Mantles, and Aran Ruth. Sex Church, “Dead End” 7-inch (Sweet Rot) The band name and logo is a bit misleading. On the surface, Sex Church would appear to [...]

Lindstrom FACT Mix

Sam Hockley-Smith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:47:52 +0000

Looking back, Lindstrom has become a kind of soundtrack to our lives. We’ve blasted his laid back work with Prins Thomas on a roof in the summer, we’ve listened to Schnipper talk about how, when he slowed down Where You Go I Go Too, it might have jammed even more, and we’ve passed his [...]

Video: Crystal Fighters, “I Love London”

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:06:45 +0000

We would love London too if we were there and saw this nouveau Rayanne Graff gonking the hell out on some real personal rave wave. Then we would be her friend and run around and giggle cause we’re so fragile and astute but, like, READY TO BREAK FREE, you know, like Angela. Only we’re in [...]

Live: DJ/Rupture, Maluca, Matt Shadetek & Jahdan Blakkamoore, Sonido Martines at One Step Beyond

THE FADER — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:30 +0000

Though lacking a cameo from Jason Voorhees, every DJ killed it (wokka wokka) at our One Step Beyond series this past Friday the 13th. FADER friends DJ/Rupture, Matt Shadetek and Jahdan Blakkamoore, Maluca and Sonido Martines took turns hijacking the makeshift dance floor at the planetarium. Whether you were way up front or sneaking into [...]

Outlier Launch the Khaki OG

Chioma Nnadi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:15:56 +0000

After months of research and several design modifications, bicycle clothiers Outlier have finally launched the khaki OG, a pair of pants designed to repel coffee/wine/dirt or any other trouser-destroying substance known to man. More impressive than the fancy nanosphere technology though is the fit—sharp, comfy and flexi enough to ride about in without the usual [...]

Stream: Girls Live on Minnesota Public Radio

Matthew Schnipper — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:56 +0000

No better place to have a sad song in your sweet heart than the cold top of America. Girls played new song “Heartbreaker” along with insta-classics “Ghost Mouth” and “Lauren Marie.” Wish we were there, amongst the only times we ever envied Minnesota from New York. Girls vs Kirby Puckett (RIP). /*

Video: Crookers f. Kelis, “No Security”

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:46:32 +0000

When our Milanese partystarters Crookers came through about a month ago, they did a drop for our show on East Village Radio that may have set a world record for longest and most random drop of the decade. It consisted of them talking about how much they love animals, and then making interpretive animal noises [...]

Crystal Antlers, “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” MP3

Sam Hockley-Smith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:03:55 +0000

Crystal Antlers are known mainly for repeatedly smacking people around in a musical whirlwind of ragged-voiced yelps and guitar fury rather than easing them into lovelorn peace, so this cover of Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” came as somewhat of a quiet surprise. Of course, considering everyone and their mom has covered [...]

Confettisystem Makes Piñatas For Urban Outfitters

Chioma Nnadi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:25:27 +0000

Unless you got an invite to Karen O’s birthday this year, then you probably haven’t had the pleasure of demolishing one of Confettisystem’s gorgeous piñatas just yet. Nicholas Anderson and Julie Ho are the Brooklyn-based artists behind the label, a system which according to them, sits in that happy place between the permanent and the [...]