No frills. No gimmicks. When you’re Alabama Shakes, a band led by the ferociously voiced Brittany Howard, add-ons aren’t necessary. As the video for the first single off of upcoming debut album Boys and Girls, “Hold On” plays like a snippet of the live shows that have been garnering performance nominations for the band and [...]

To commemorate the 47th anniversary of Malcolm X’s death, Yasiin Bey – formerly known as Mos Def – released a video for his remix of “N****s in Paris,” a hit single off of the Jay-Z/Kanye West album, Watch the Throne. Titled “N****s in Poorest,” Bey’s version paints a picture far darker than the original.  Known [...]

On a recent episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart lambasted Time Magazine over a “fluff” cover story used for a recent U.S. issue. While European, Asian, and South Pacific editions led with a piece on Italy’s new prime minister and his struggles to stabilize the country’s economy, the American edition led with a story [...]

Belgian-Australian Gotye, otherwise known as Wally De Backer, has been a well-regarded artist for over a decade.  Having released four albums with his band The Basics – as well as solo albums Boardface and Like Drawing Blood – to great reviews, it’s a wonder international success has taken so long to arrive… but arrive it [...]

Who: Shannon Walker Where: New York City What she does: Co-creator of the LES Film Festival, Writer, and Actress What’s on your mind today? Candy. What are you currently working on? Everything related to the LES Film Festival, and a sexy screenplay about a 20-something female who blackmails her philandering boss. What do you think [...]

After all the New Year’s Eve festivities, let’s take a moment to look back at 2011: In the midst of all it brought to us, a few things popped out to our editors as their favorite 2011 discoveries, check them out! Diana Cenat The film Drive and 90.7 WFUV “What can I say about Drive? [...]

Who: Nicholas Grosso What he does: Co-founder and Editor of Curbside Quotidian, Writer Where: New York City, by way of Italy and Cuba What’s on his mind today: Oh, man. So many things have been on my mind. It’s the holiday season, that’s something. Making my list and check it twice — you know, that whole [...]

A recently released case study from Friends of the Earth International, the world’s leading grassroots environmental organization, has exposed energy giant Sasol as having done much to undermine the recent climate talks in South Africa. Established as a state-owned venture in 1950 and privatized in 1979, Sasol has become a global company with operations in [...]

Who: Lauren Moffatt What she does: Designer Where: Her NYC studio Photo of Lauren, daughter Stella, and Gertie the dog: The Glow Magazine What she’s currently working on: Reading Yahoo News when I should be working on our Fall 2012 collection. What inspired her to become a designer: I couldn’t pass math. If I became [...]

If Kristen Christian has a say, the Fifth of November will be remembered not only for Guy Fawkes, but for a stand taken against “companies with unethical business practices.” Photo by Eddie Colla Bank Transfer Day, taking place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on November 5th, 2011, will see participants move their funds to [...]

“I know it’ll need to go from good to worse/living in the past begins the ending first” Thus begins The Circle Married the Line, a gem among many off of Feist’s latest LP, Metals. For me, living in the past has done nothing more than immortalized an amazing talent. Standing in front of the Prospect [...]