Hometown: LDN, UK
Described as zombie opera and the new punk rock, Drums of Death (aka Colin Bailey) produces the freakiest sound emanating from London’s underground dark wave scene. If Marilyn Manson was to dabble in bass and synth it would sound something like this, marching beats, calls to arms and a message of revolt for […]

In the time between Henri Matisse‘s (1869–1954) return from Morocco in 1913 and his departure for Nice in 1917, the artist produced some of the most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic works of his career—paintings that are abstracted and rigorously purged of descriptive detail, geometric and sharply composed, and dominated by shades of black and gray. […]

These hi-tek sunglasses can charge up all your mobile toys…phones, Ipods, cameras…all you need is a bit of sun!…It’s eco crazy!!!!
The glasses themselves don’t need power to block the sun’s rays from your eyes. That’s power-free. The SIG, or “Self-Energy Converting Sunglasses” are quite simple. The lenses of the glasses have dye solar cells, collecting […]

The first major UK retrospective to focus exclusively on the paintings of one of the most influential and pioneering American artists of the past half-century. Spanning Ed Ruscha’s entire career, the exhibition features 78 paintings, many on public display for the first time, and reveals the depth and breadth of Ruscha’s achievement as a painter […]

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Swedish indie-pop sensation of the moment Lykke Li performs tracks from current album Youth Novelty tonight! Produced by Bjorn Yttling (of Peter, Bjorn, and John), LL’s song’s entice with a whispering vocal and lo-fi electro- a total contrast to the usual screaming styles and thumping bass employed by other “artists”. Wildbirds and Peacedrums open.
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HOUSE of Style is making a comeback. The popular ’90s show about fashion and design, which helped make a household name of original host Cindy Crawford, is being revived by MTV, says a source close to production. Contracts are out to Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend Bar Refaeli and recent model Chanel Iman to host, though neither […]