WEDNESDAY 4

Space and The Woods

UK indie electronic band Late Of The Pier sound like Metronomy vs The Klaxons, with a whole lotta rock angst. This Wednesday they perform tracks from current album Fantasy Black Channel. Best Brit mates The Whip open.
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St bet Bowery and Chrystie St, NYC, 212-533-2111, 8pm, $15, www.myspace.com/lateofthepier

You probably won’t get very far, fighting off the Crazy 88 with an umbrella…but you’ll look sharp!
Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man, designed by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious.
“Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life. These umbrellas combine a symbol of […]

Naughty boy Terry Richardson shows off in front of the camera in new spread for Vogue Homme International.

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SATURDAY 28

Scottish quartet Glasvegas perform their take on 50s and 60s inspired rock in support of current self-titled album. And the much buzzed about Ida Maria brings her Norwegian punky pop to fans of the Chrissie Hyne/Nico sound.
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth St bet Kent and Wythe Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-486-5400, 8pm, www.myspace.com/glasvegas

19-year-old performance artist Theo Adams (above) and his posse of dancers, musicians and muses has taken London’s avant-garde by storm. David Sims shot the company for the May issue of W Magazine in an abandoned Catholic school in northwest London. Here’s the pics, the interview, and the film.

The young men and women in “Performance” the […]

The design team know for the fantastically shrinking men’s suit is having a problem selling their $5,000 outfits.
Thom Browne may be the latest casualty in the credit crunch that is closing down shops from Madison Ave to Seventh Ave. Apparently department stores and boutiques are canceling Browne’s orders due to lack of sell-through in past […]