Category: Features
“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 us from Naveed Mir, leader of the dark psych-surf outfit The […]
Antonio, Soho. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Monday evening, the MTA held public hearings in the Bronx and Manhattan on fare hike proposals (PDF doc), one of which would raise the $2.50 base fare to $2.75. The transit agency, which is currently sitting on a $34.4 billion mountain of debt, seems to be in the habit of raising fares nearly every […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Tony DePew. His psychedelic work is unmistakable with its vibrant colors and trippy illustrative style that can be found on the streets of the city by way of hand embellished stickers, wheatpasted posters and painted gates/walls. Name/Alias: Tony […]
Zazu, Midtown. (Photo: Matt Lancashire) […]
Quaaludes (methaqualone), the wiggliest sedative-hypnotic staple of ‘70’s discotheques, might be making a retro comeback in Britain. VICE News has obtained statistics of drug seizures by British law enforcement and found an important precursor chemical used to make Quaaludes. Precursors are chemicals needed in the production of another compound. In 2012, British authorities seized a […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, artist Aaron Graham talks about his recent installation at Croton Point Park, forces of nature and the mobile gallery that he founded with his mom. Last year, my mother and I bought a […]
Cyrus, Central Park. (Photo: Mark Wyman) […]
Shaw, East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Phenibut (brand name Noofen) is an anxiety-relieving drug that feels sort of like GHB or alcohol, and has been gaining attention recently because it’s 100% legal and has chillaxative properties. It’s a derivative of the GABA neurotransmitter that mediates the effects of drugs like alcohol, GHB, and benzos. Widely sold on the internet as a […]
