Music

SEE // Die Antwoord and Roger Ballen
Sola Agustsson |
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Enter the creepy, freaky world of Die Antwoord as seen in Roger Ballen’s photographs.

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SEE // Watercolor Paintings of iPhone Screens
Molly O'Brien |
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Ken Solomon portrays the relationships we have with Google, iTunes, et. al. in his installations at Josée Bienvenu Gallery.

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SEE // Six Hours of the National
Molly O'Brien |

Have you ever wanted to listen to “Sorrow” for six hours straight? Now’s your chance.

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KNOW // James Blake's Dreamscape
Molly O'Brien |
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Nabil Elderkin directs an unabashedly gorgeous video for “Overgrown.”

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SEE // A New Vision of Hip-Hop
Molly O'Brien |
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Brooklyn’s MoCADA digs into the aesthetic of globalized hip-hop, complete with massive block party.

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SEE // Abstractions By You, For You
Molly O'Brien |
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A user-generated collection of video art on display adjacent to modern art legends at MoMA.

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KNOW // Dave Matthews and 1990s Nostalgia
Manish Vora |
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A wave of ’90s nostalgia is sweeping NYC, but no one seems to be admitting it.

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BUY // The Changing Faces of David Bowie
Molly O'Brien |
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A fitting multiple-personality typographical tribute to David Bowie.

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SEE // Guitar Center, Post-Apocalypse
Molly O'Brien |
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Prince Rama’s vision of the End of Days is shinier than you’d expect.

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SEE // Blues for Smoke
Sola Agustsson |
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The blues encompasses more than the melancholic rhythms of Robert Johnson or the husky lyrics of John Lee Hooker.

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SEE // Searching for Sugar Man
Sola Agustsson |
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Virtually unknown in America, Rodríguez had no idea that his recordings from the early ’70s had made him the Bob Dylan of South Africa.

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KNOW // Two Art Patrons and a Famous Surfer Launch a Record Label
Manish Vora |
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Mega art partons and a surfing legend are unusual bedfellows for the launch of a new music empire.

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