Brooklyn-based Kayrock Screenprinting has multiple programs aimed at producing silkscreen prints, paper prints and books of art; however, the 100-year-old coverted rope factory is much more than the home of a studio offering printing services. Founded by Karl LaRocca in 1998, Kayrock is an artists’ collective that collaborates with…
Tory Van Wey pulls organic material from her daily life through a stream of consciousness process that lays mechanical pencil to paper as the impetus for visually stunning digital compositions. Exploring the aesthetic impulses that lead her to draw one direction and not another, Van Wey incorporates clear metaphoric…
These fifteen 3,000-pound works of art on display in the New York City Ballet’s David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York were created by the Brooklyn-based Dustin Yellin as the first part of his “Psychogeographies” series, which will soon be on display across the nation. While…
With great experience comes great passion, which can make for great music. Such is the case for the New Jersey based Spanish punk rock band Bodega Satellite, which formed five years ago in 2010. Their music carries with it the experience of three hard working individuals who know how…
What happens when the routine, the lights, the sing-alongs all become too much for the pop artist? When Glasgow musician Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit spent the last two songs of a show in Ireland singing in the fetal position, it became the priority of his label to take…
As an album, ‘Awake’ feels like a breathe of fresh air. The drums and guitar serve to host the subtle arrangements that Tycho brings to the table. This being his first album with a full band, the experience is bound to be fresh. But this album feels more like…
The consistent glue of this outing is vocalist/guitarist Teri Gender Bender (Bosnian Rainbows, Le Bucherettes) and percussionist/bassist/vocalist Nicole Turley (Swahili Blonde, WEAVE!). Swahili Blonde members Dante White and Laena Geronimo round out the cast of characters, providing bass and extra instrumentation, also on separate songs. Got it? Good. The…
Taking the sound of the saxophone itself, recorded at a variety of angles, and manipulated to the point where a new sound emerges, Sleepers Work (William Flynn) produced a glowing dream of a track. More of a sci-fi ambient trip than a remix per se, the track serves as…
It’s all there: syncopated sixteenth notes, the blending of awkward time signatures, low end bass-lines meandering, all set to that bewildered haze that made Flying Lotus a household name. He IS a household name, right? It will always depend on who you ask but Samiyam’s Wish You Were Here…
Check out my interview on IPaintMyMind.org with director Randy Moore who discusses the art of obsession and how important creating music is to him as a filmmaker. Many more photos at the link.