Grounded
The girls at Domestic Construction have never been ones to rest on their heels. With the passing days come new inspirations, new projects and an ever-growing mountain of fabrics and potential design...
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When Mateo Lynch was only sixteen, he found himself launched into notoriety due to the success of his soundtrack for the popular Spanish language show, Esta Sociedad (This Society). The track quickly...
View ArticleA Night in the Tombs
11:15 PM “Hey motherfucker! We’re going to kick your ass!” This was the first thing I heard before being shoved up against the wall and handcuffed by two undercover cops while I was standing outside...
View ArticleThe Journey Within
With over 300 yoga studios in this city, yoga has become an ingrained practice for New Yorkers. This ancient art brings an awareness to our bodies, minds and hearts that is irreplaceable. Beyond the...
View ArticleNew Bohemians
Photography by Allan E. Schoening We all find inspiration in our own way. Some of us strive to cultivate that into something else entirely. Here are some Brooklynites who like to start something too...
View ArticleWE HEART LAUREN FLAX
Words by Megan Martin This is Lauren Flax. She’s small and smiley. She’s got dark hair that falls over her eyes and it sticks to her forehead in the New York summer humidity. “You’re catching me at a...
View ArticleWays the Night Came Off the Corners
Words by Will Morris The tickets were fake, the drugs were aspirin, not dancing Dionysus? A single text turned my date from the most beautiful being to a strange, catatonic child who would only speak...
View ArticleTHE CUMMIES: AMERICAN ORIGINALS
Words by Ryan Spoto Anyone who has seen The Cummies knows they are a straight up, no bullshit rock-n-roll band. You won’t see a big set up on stage, no seven-piece drum kits, no Marshall Half Stacks,...
View ArticleRock and Roll Mondays
Photography by Jay Slack Styled by Danielle White Hair by Marcel Dagenais Makeup by Candelaria Micheo Models: Drew Adams Megan Martin Rebecca Ohlson Wendy Rodewald Ryan Spoto Trevor Wade Danielle White
View ArticleMore Cushion for the Pushin’
Words by Jackie Boom Boom This issue’s column is dedicated to the beautiful, brave and bold Beth Ditto, lead singer of The Gossip and my new BFF (she doesn’t know it yet). If you haven’t seen the...
View ArticleJASON BRODY ISN’T DEAD, HE JUST FEELS LIKE HE IS
Words by Adam Pollock Jason Brody has been up all night. As lead singer, guitar player and songwriter for the East Village quartet that bears his name this might be expected. After all, isn’t the guilt...
View ArticleBourgeoisie
Photography by Naho Kubota Styled by Megan Camp Hair by Marcel Dagenais Hair Assistant: Kate Hanley Makeup by Lindsay Hile Model: Kristy Ann Muniz
View ArticleCommunity Service
It was my final semester of high school, the last hurricane season I’d ever spend in South Florida and the skies were an endless toilet-hued white. I had just undergone my final transition from...
View ArticleSet and Setting with the Psychic Ills
Since 2003, the Psychic Ills have created a sound based on repetition and noise. The band’s songs drift and hover, with parts melting into each other, often starting with one anarchic theme that is...
View ArticleWC Gallery: Jen Mann
Spirit animals and cosmic powers are just a couple of the concepts dissected in the dreamy, nature-filled universe created by Canadian artist Jen Mann. While studying printmaking at Ontario College of...
View ArticleSKINT
Bands often brand themselves as “collectives,” though rarely expand beyond the production and performance of music. The Brooklyn-based experimental dance and music group Skint is an exception, however....
View ArticleA Moment with Suzanne Rae
The models stood in a row along a faux wall fabricated from black curtains. Hung from a garment rack along the wall was a placard listing the contents of each girl’s wardrobe and the contents...
View ArticleAt Home With … Suzanne Rae
WC: How long have you lived in the space? SR: 5.5 years WC: What did it look like when you originally moved in? SR: The space is basically a white box. For the first year there was very little...
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