High-fashion thrusts tattoo art onto the runway and into the spotlight
First it was Ari Marcopoulos’s short film “No Way Back” for Yves Saint Laurent men’s spring/summer ‘11 collection, featuring famed tattoo artist Mark Mahoney in action. Then – or perhaps simultaneously – it was tattooist-to-the-fashion-elite Scott Campbell’s SS’11 collaboration with Louis Vuitton, and the accompanying “video diptych” part one and part two.
Conjoined – a superdimensional art show curated by supreme monster painter, Chet Zar, is currently up at Copro Nason gallery, and it is not to be missed.
Conjoined is a collection of work from the cream of the pop surrealism and lowbrow crops, alongside rare work by renowned special effects creators, some of whom have never exhibited in a gallery setting before.
Asher Roth is 25 years old as of this writing. He marks Caucasian on the census. Looks a bit like Jesus presently. And he suggests that, “When it comes to condoms put two on.” No, he’s not some drunken frat boy prophet…anymore.
He just might be the next Eminem, on Wellbutrin.
I sat down with him recently in the Red Bull Recording studios as he worked on his new album…
Oceanic Awareness Collaboration and Andi Campognone Projects are proud to present the 1st annual Art for Awareness Benefit. A one night event Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 6 – 11pm, featuring art work by 50 artists from around the country and as far away as the UK and Indonesia.
Google unleashed its ambitious Art Project this week – a visual library of more than 1,000 images of art from 17 major museums from around the world. The paintings, sculptures and installations are rendered in such detail – around 7 billion pixels each – that you can zoom up to the brushstrokes of the individual strands of hair on Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
This week, it’s Melbourne’s own Cut Copy that deserves most of the praise — their new album, Zonoscope, proves they’re getting better and bigger. And You Will Know Us By the Trail blah blah have a new one out; the perennial metallers Motorhead release The World is Yours…BBC/Pitchfork media darlings Esben and the Witch continue to merge a bit of the gothy, and the indie, on Violet Cries. And also Greek God Yanni returns with his smooth jazz lightning rod, aw yeah. See ya next week!
Dave Hause - (The Loved Ones) Resolutions
And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead… - Tao of the Dead
Motorhead - The World Is Yours
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Lionize - Destruction Manual
Esben & The Witch - Violet Cries
Emily Arin - Patch Of Land
Crowbar - Sever the Wicked Hand
Nicole Atkins - Mondo Amore
Thompson Square - Thomson Square
Teddy Thompson - Bella
Yanni - Truth Of Touch
Sometimes I absolutely love Los Angeles. Where else can you catch a band as big as the Foo Fighters playing a legendary theater such as the Roxy on a Monday night? Lately if you are in the “know” and following the Foo tweets you can find yourself at one of their secret shows. Let me put this into some kind of perspective for you kids out there who maybe don’t get how big this is (that’s right my nephews…I’m glaring at you).
With Valentine’s Day arriving next week, love is on people’s mind – including record labels. So, Atlantic Records and Elektra Records are teaming to release The Love EP, which is due in stores February 8 and features songs from Bruno Mars, Musiq Soulchild, Tank, Cee Lo Green and Trey Songz. Each artist will also have their own digital Valentine’s Day card.
As you prepare for the day that celebrates love and affection, here’s a breakdown of each artist featured on The Love EP, their history and the type of man/woman you may attract by playing their music.
Brighton MA shared the road on Red Bull’s Rock the Route with Young Jesus. The Chicago-based band enjoyed a week of having a camera crew in their face capturing every minute of their experience. From taking shots out of a stiletto shoe to homemade Halloween costumes and feedback from guest celebrity judges, the guys consider it to be one of the best weeks of their lives.
I caught up with Brighton MA as they were cashing in their awarded studio time at Red Bull Studios. While sitting on the couch chatting over lunch, the fire alarm went off, causing everyone to scamper outside in the name of preserving their hearing. That was definitely a first but it didn’t stop the band from regrouping and sharing stories from Red Bull’s Rock the Route with ChinaShop:
Anyone who has been to a Lyrics Born show knows that simply standing around quietly enjoying his funk-heavy style of hip-hop won’t cut it—this innovative Bay Area MC and producer demands a visible response.
LB’s recent stop at the Abbey Pub was his first show performing in Chicago in a few years and his return didn’t disappoint. Currently on tour in support of his new album As U Were, the MC kept throwing out declarations of his set being a party as he performed 30-plus songs with his band and wife, vocalist Joyo Velarde. Lyrics Born assured the Chicago crowd that they’re one of the best audiences that he plays for in between igniting the synthy future funk of the cuts “Callin’ Out,” “I’m A Phreak,” and “I Like It, I Love It.”