Category: Takeover
As far as tattoo shops go, Williamsburg’s Saved Tattoo is about as famous as you can get. Many associate that fame with its founder, Scott Campbell, who has inked Heath Ledger, Sting and Courtney Love, among others, and is married to actress Lake Bell. But for some of the city’s top feminist writers, it’s co-owner […]
“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. Nick Thorburn is a versatile musician. He broke out with the Unicorns, a […]
Osvaldo “OJ” Jimenez, aka SLUTLUST, is the co-owner of La Petite Mort, a Lower East Side lifestyle shop that sells, among other things, vintage rap t-shirts from the ‘80s and ‘90s. On June 3rd, OJ got a weird surprise in his email inbox: a cease-and-desist from the legal team of ’90s R&B group Jodeci, a […]
Salvador, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti artist TAEKS continues his bus shelter hijacking campaign in Long Island City. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
You may not have heard of Falside, but if you live in New York City, chances are you’ve heard his music without even realizing it. The 26-year-old music producer, named Kevin Fallon, has worked with the best of the best, including Action Bronson, Jeru the Damaja, Vast Aire (Cannibal Ox), and others. (He’s also behind […]
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 Damjan Mravunac of Croteam, the Croatian studio behind indie first-person puzzler The Talos Principle. The Talos Principle is an oddity of a game, both for […]
Rachel, Washington Square Park. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
CEY Adams works on his contribution to the 6th annual Welling Court Murals Project in Queens. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Scores of urban artists from across several generations took part in Ad Hoc Art’s 6th Annual Welling Court Mural Project this weekend. Located in Astoria, Queens, the walls stretch for blocks and feature a diverse array of talent, such as Abe Lincoln, Jr., AM, Bishop203, Chris RWK, Chris Stain, Col Wallnuts, Dan Witz, Ellis Gallagher, […]
