Best things in life hardly ever start before midnight. Nickel and Dime OPS album release party kicked off right around that time at The Cutting Room – a nice venue with a theatrical, subdued atmosphere. This dynamic group of insanely…
It’s not very often that I find indie artists from India. Actually, David Abraham is the very first one. Spawning all the way from Bombay under a stage name The Koniac Net, David creates sensual and smart alternative rock that…
I first heard about LiLi Roquelin from my friend Ken Arcara, who did some gorgeous shoots of her. I love piano. Actually I’ve always wanted to learn to play it and I had one at my house growing up… but…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on The Partizan Song: Песня Партизана
Brothers and Sisters here is an epic tale like no other! This is a dark love story between an American paramedic and a Russian debutante on the eve of a global revolution against the iron heel of the oligarchy. A…
#012: Muse of the Brighton Bathhouse I interrogated you with Newport cigarettes pursed at my lips. And you sized me up like a slave on the market block. Emergently my covered wagon has been jettisoned and set ablaze by a…
by Mart Kawaii • • Comments Off on Vivienne Youel – Something about the city
British singer-songwriter Vivienne Youel’s new single “Something about the city” can accompany lovely a gray day like today. According to the artist “Something About the City” is a song firstly about the way memory can affect your experience of certain…
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London-based singer-songwriter Phildel staged a highly acclaimed show at Joe’s Pub on a Wednesday night. The singer-songwriter, known for a neo-classical style of singing and arranging, performed songs from her debut album “The disappearance of a girl” adding a haunting…
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No matter when you check the Top 10 pop songs on the radio, it is almost guaranteed that hundreds if not thousands of Youtubers around the world are clamoring to get the coveted spot for the top cover video. In…
Town Bloody Hall (1979, filmed 1971) – D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus were fortunate enough to cover a debate between notorious misogynist author Norman Mailer and the leading cadre of feminist of the day, including…
The Divers are a London-based alternative rock band that blends grungy spirit with brit-pop sound. I found about them through Soundcloud and digged the easiness and sincerity of “The way you are”, as well as the melody of “Hang Around”.…