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January 14, 2015 Rhett Jones

“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. This week’s playlist comes to you from Italo and The Passions, a band […]

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Bucky Turco

Giacomo, Jamaica Station. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 13, 2015 Aymann Ismail

ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Roycer, a native New Yorker whose signature “monsters” pepper the cityscape. In addition to promoting himself on the streets, Roycer is a curator and has organized exhibits featuring graffiti and street artists. Name/Alias: Royce Bannon, Roycer, Choice Royce. […]

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Bucky Turco

Sinclair, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 12, 2015 Rhett Jones

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, Loney Abrams and Johnny Tragedy talk about their tattoo-themed multi-disciplinary project There There. We watch a lot of reality television. And a lot of our ideas start there. In general we’re interested in how […]

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Bucky Turco

Ramana, Midtown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 9, 2015 Bucky Turco

Jørn, East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 8, 2015 Rhett Jones

After months of speculation, the Wu-Tang Clan has decided what to do with its album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, of which only one copy will be produced. The group is auctioning it via online art space Paddle8. Back in March, RZA floated the idea that the album would be sold to a single private […]

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Michael Rougeau

ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Lucas Johnson, Claris Cyarron and ceMelusine of Silverstring Media about Glitchhikers, a game about “the kinds of things you end up thinking about when you’re […]

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Bucky Turco

Katniss, East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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