Ellie Goulding has just released a new single, "Love Me Like You Do," for none other than the upcoming film, 50 Shades of Grey, based on the infamous book of the same name. The song is a taste, or a teaser if you will, of the film's February 13 debut, just before Valentine's Day, and…
Month: January 2015
Anja Niemi: Darlene & Me The Little Black Gallery 13A Park Walk January 15th - March 20th In the new series Darlene & Me, Norwegian photographer Anja Niemi inhabits a house in the California desert, in which she explores the fictional character Darlene. Niemi continues to function as the photographer, subject and director of her images,…
“Well, performing with Lana is always surreal, because the crowds that come out to see her are just insane,” says 22-year old Max Jury about what it’s like opening for the songstress Lana Del Ray. “I played solo on all the shows, so it's kind of scary at first playing in front of all those…
The Siphoning of street style by society’s more gilded tiers is a longstanding trick of the trade in fashion. Marie Antoinette dressed as a “sheep herder” to alleviate ennui, Vivienne Westwood commoditized the defiant plumage of her punk contemporaries, and Marc Jacobs famously put flannel-the sartorial emblem of “anti-fashion” on the runway. But there is…
Documentaries aren't about our lives, emotions, triumphs and tragedies getting wrapped up in a neat little package. Instead they are and always have been a look at who we are in the moment, even if that moment and identity prevails for years to come. Unlike movies, which create a linear experience meant to illustrate intangible…
The New Year brings about a whole new round of special shows and exhibitions at the MoMA. Some exhibitions are too good to go out with 2014, however. The popular Matisse: "The Cut-Outs" exhibition has been extended until February 10, so you have some more time to go and see it (or see it again).…
“Just be yourself. Don’t care about what people think. Just have fun and do what you love.” -Birdy Seventeen-year-old British singer-songwriter Birdy displays a refreshing, easygoing attitude that is simply contagious. The same goes for her heartfelt vocals, which are displayed perfectly in the artist’s breakthrough video; a heart-wrenching cover of Bon Iver’s single “Skinny…
“I’m a perfectionist,” says British singer-songwriter Delilah. “I’ve grown to accept my perfectionism, but it’s something that makes everyone around me wacko.” The Paris-born Delilah has been perfecting her style since an early age, writing her first song at twelve and signing with Atlantic Records at seventeen. In the three years she spent writing and…
“My main instrument has always been my voice because I never had to practice, you know?” says Josef Salvat, who has been singing professionally since “before my balls dropped.” Salvat’s first introduction to professional performance came when he was still in primary school in Sydney, Australia. He landed a part in Puccini’s acclaimed opera Turandot,…
When Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller met on the set of their hit Nickelodeon teen series Gigantic, their chemistry was already in sync. Oller had starred in a few films, most notably 2013 cult-favorite horror film The Purge; Kelly was best known for his role as Walt on the television phenomenon Lost. Yet, even with…
“I really found my path when I was 12 or 13. That’s when I started teaching myself piano and developing my songwriting,” says Ella-Paige, aspiring musician and model, now 18-years-old. “I would describe my sound as 'Rhythmic Pop.' It has EDM, R&B, and Hip-Hop influences, but it’s also acoustic, because I love when music is…
At only twenty, British singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt is already developing a rapid following and fervor of critical praise, but if you ask her, she is still in a state of constant transition. “My sound changes every day,” she says, attributing her evolving tastes to both her growing interests and her natural development as an artist. In…
For many kids, the story of Meg Myers is considered a fantasy: dropping out of school to be immersed in a diverse and rich musical career. For the Tennessee-born musician, it was simply called adolescence. “I picked up a guitar and started learning, and have been playing ever since. It became what I wanted to…
With her ethereal vocals and unique style, singer-songwriter Yuna is both an artist on the rise and a critical darling. Hailing from Malaysia, the singer’s fourth album, Nocturnal, was released last year to much critical praise, comparing her to the likes of Bob Dylan and Feist, which she too cites as some of her most…
For up-and-comer Valorie Curry, a career in acting wasn’t exactly a choice; it was something closer to a calling. “It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” says the twenty-eight-year-old California native, whose passion for the form was influenced most readily by a childhood spent in creative and collaborate spaces. In fact, it’s her mother who…
Very few figures have held a tighter grip on an entire generation of pop culture devotees more readily than Boy George. The Culture Club frontman became the face of the 1980s, largely by subverting what the mainstream had come to expect from their pop stars. In an era coming off the high of disco and…
Callan McAuliffe, the 19-year-old Australian actor from such films as the 2013 hit The Great Gatsby, Rob Reiner’s Flipped, and sci-fi flick I Am Number Four, has mapped an unconventional road to success, and it started in a definitively unglamorous way: “I wanted to buy a dog and I didn’t have any pocket money.” This…
“In many ways, I’m a rock star as well as an anti-rock star.” -Kirin J. Callinan Kirin J. Callinan has rock & roll in his veins, having grown up watching his father play the stages of Australia. “I grew up with a lot of music,” he says. “Dad was a rock star in a band…
Aiden Grimshaw found his niche in music at the age of 11, when he picked up a guitar for the first time. Though he began writing songs at age 13, he is ever-humble regarding his musical roots. “I don't think it was my best work,” he said, of his earliest forays into music. Entertainment, however,…