Monday, November 9th, 2009
Until we heard Tomorrow, In A Year, an opera about Darwin staged by Hotel Pro Forma, we were pretty sure that the phantom of the opera had evaporated into a cloud of White Shoulders (or whatever perfume your grandma wears to the opera).
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009
LUIS VUITTON/TIM HAMILTON
THE TINY MASTERS OF TODAY SHOW OFF FOR THE BLOCK’S FALL LOOK BOOK
Words Lucy Madison Images Ryan Pfluger
Ivan, age 15, and Ada, age 13, may have started their band as a joke, but the Brooklyn-based brother-sister duo Tiny Masters of Today has never had to ask to be taken seriously: the band’s first gig (at an open-mic night for kids in Brooklyn) was covered in the pages of Newsweek, their first single, “Stickin’ it to the Man” was praised as “genius” by David Bowie, and their first album (which came out in 2007 – you do the math for how old they were then) earned them fans like Karen O and Nick Zinner. And that was just the beginning.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
You Say Party! We Say Die! are infamously known for “playing anything, anywhere, anytime.” With lead vocalist Becky Ninkovic being thrown out of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Herberge hostel after a performance in Berlin, to bassist Stephen O’Shea’s ban in the U.S, the Canadian quintet were able to find plenty of bad-kid inspiration for the aptly-named third album XXXX.
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Forget spending your summer break doing Jager bombs with MTV in Los Cabos: partying hard with musicians is how the cool kids roll in the Mediterranean. (Even Leo DiCaprio was spotted at a Dizzee Rascal performance.) Now in its fifth year, the Ibiza Rocks concert series has teamed up with Bench to bring fourth four months of hot acts to the island of San Antonio, Spain.
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
THERE’S SOME BIG THEORY BEHIND SEBASTIEN TELLIER’S ODES TO SEX
Words Paula Ayer Image Eduardo Hernandez Vaca
You might be forgiven for having certain preconceptions about Sébastien Tellier. The French singer and multi-instrumentalist first attracted attention with his gorgeous piano and synth-string masterpiece “La Ritournelle,” which had a series of successful remixes and even turned up on the soundtrack of Gossip Girl. But ever since the release of Tellier’s third album, Sexuality, his sleek electronic pop has been almost overshadowed by his reputation as a modern Serge Gainsbourg. Maybe that’s what happens when you create a themed album about sex that includes your girlfriend’s actual bedroom moans. Or when your Dionysian onstage behaviour involves swilling champagne, mounting pianos, and extolling bisexuality. Or maybe it’s that Spinal Tap-worthy album cover, which features the artist perched on a tiny horse atop the breast of a naked, reclining woman.
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
One thing’s for sure, this ain’t your parents’ Woodstock. But chances are New Jersey will have its share of broken hearts and unplanned pregnancies. All Points West Music & Arts Festival is set to take place at Liberty State Park, in Jersey City, July 31.
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