Month: October 2013
Swedish documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten‘s newest project focuses on the cultural and corporate wars between bikes and cars. The international doc focuses on commuters already relying on bicycles for their daily commute — like 40% of Copenhagen. The film investigates the world-wide automotive production business, tracking its evolution into a multi-billion dollar industry that relies on […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week’s Listen In comes from the minimal electronic duo Mount Kimbie, who compiled a playlist full of hip-hop, vocal jazz, and dance music of all kinds. The closer, Prince Far I’s “Plant […]
Banksy was a little later than usual in posting his Better Out Than In piece today, but a few minutes ago, his website confirmed that it’s in Greenpoint. Not much to go on this time: just a light blue door with some bricks next to it, and the text of the piece itself: I have a theory […]
David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision” has been enjoying an unlikely second life as an advertising jingle in recent years, featuring both in traditional TV spots and big interactive spectacles. One of those ads, for Sony’s Xperia line of smartphones, featured a skeletal remix of the original track, stripping it down to just its vocals and adding a […]
If you ever find yourself far too busy on the internet, you may be in need of Noisli. The minimally-designed website works like a personal noise and color generator, creating a soothing backdrop to your day. Toggle the levers to adjust sound effects — waves, wind, crackling of a fire, chattering a busy coffee shop, […]
I’ll be upfront here. Posting this video is mostly an excuse to get you to listen to “You Got Me Wonderin’ Now,” Parquet Courts’ 100% rad new single. It comes from Tally All the Things That You Broke, their forthcoming EP, which you can stream here, and it is smart and scrappy and catchy and the best […]
Yesterday, we told you that a crane at the seemingly cursed One57 luxury high rise had collapsed (again), leading to the closure of 57th betwen Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Authorities told us at the time that they’d attempt to fix the crane while it stood rather than bring it down like they did in the […]
2×1, a forthcoming documentary currently funding on Kickstarter, takes its name from two places: two miles by one mile, the dimensions of Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood where it’s set, and the two distinct communities–Caribbean people and Hasidic Jews–that make up the area’s one whole population. Filmmaker Mendy Seldowitz, a Crown Heights native, hoped to get away […]
Reginald, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Funnily named artist Christian Hooker embellished a Williamsburg rooftop with one of his signature bills, but you have to see the piece from afar to truly appreciate it. (Photo: Jeff Owens) […]
