Brooklyn
Video Home Syndrome
Advocate of VHS, videographer John Kelley, documents Brooklyn band, Total Slacker.
Trailer Tales
Generally speaking, you’re not getting tattooed in a trailer unless you’re out in the sticks.
Branches And Roots And... Pinecones
Tall Firs are a Brooklyn band that has really calming vibes but also a low-level heaviness sort of thing going on. If I were a really lazy writer who relied on clichés, I would say that Tall Firs' music has a "sense of hushed intensity."
Mental Overdrive
Bands tend to treat the "Influences" column on their MySpace page like their own personal peacock parade. A chance to puff their chest, display their plumage, and concoct the most eclectic, obscure and populist list possible.
Vice Fashion - Gangs Of Old New York
We had a gang that started in high school. We called ourselves the Italian Dukes. We were so fuckin' broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys.
Brooklyn's Da Bomb
New York City gets over 40 million visitors a year but only 12 percent of them ever end up checking out Brooklyn. Why is that?