Daft Punk are the latest stars to get the Madame Tussaud wax figure treatment in New York. Like their real-life Daft Punk personas, the French...
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Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's waxy likenesses are fully covered by their signature helmets
After nearly five decades in music, nobody could blame François Kevorkian for taking it easy. But that’s not in the France-born, NYC-based polymath’s DNA. Shortly after celebrating his 70th birthday, Bruce Tantum hears his story, and learns about the curiosity and drive that keeps him going
Dominican-American DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist Toribio records a freewheeling mix of jazzy house, soulful edits and percussive heaters from New York’s Public Records for the Fresh Kicks series, and speaks to Nisa Khan about illuminating Latin music’s legacy, and channelling his church upbringing's communal energy in his sets
Actress, Theo Parrish, rRoxymore, Josey Rebelle, and many more will head to New York later this month
Chennai-born, Brooklyn-based Krithi reflects on emotional coping mechanisms through fusions of dubstep, garage, kuduro and more on her new six-track EP
The unit was originally founded in the '90s to crack down on New York nightlife
In this series, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, NYC's Analog Soul spotlight their all-time favourite house tracks
In the fabric of New York's club scene, Kristin Malossi is a crucial thread. As DJ Voices, her sets favour "energy and drama over genre". As one of the bookers at underground institution Nowadays, she champions artists who imbue their selections with authenticity and adventure. Alongside her 90-minute Recognise mix, she tells Eoin Murray how a devotion to community and integrity informs everything she does
Vintage audio equipment designed by Gary Stewart and Richard Long will feature at the Williamsburg space
Released 40 years ago, Talking Heads’ fifth album was a firm fixture in Larry Levan’s tastemaking Paradise Garage record bag. A stone-cold new wave disco classic filled with now-iconic hits, it spread through New York’s clubs like wildfire. Here, Ben Cardew learns how ‘Speaking In Tongues’ enshrined one of the era’s least classifiable bands on dancefloors forever
The celebrations also include an East Village pop up store and the final date of a three-day celebration at Gramercy Theatre
With the imminent release of her debut LP, ‘Rhythm Is Memory’, New York’s Ayesha goes further than ever in establishing her status as one of the city’s top practitioners of envelope-pushing club music. The Nowadays resident chats with Bruce Tantum about her music, self-doubt, and the similarities between gardening and producing an album
The huge auction comes as the 62-year-old continues treatment for colon cancer
The suit is on behalf of “all affected patrons” who paid for tickets and were denied entry
The NYC producer and DJ's latest collaboration with Pale Blue
Featuring tracks from Radio Slave, Moderat, Age of Love and Monika Kruse
After nine months away from making music, Queens-based producer and DJ Anthony Naples felt a burst of creative energy. Two months later, his most recent album, ‘orbs’, was complete, as though it had been captured from the ether. Hazy, laid back and brimming with live instrumentation, it’s another gem in his mutli-faceted catalogue. Here, Bruce Tantum chats to him about its production, his place in the NYC scene, and what’s next for his and Jenny Slattery’s Incienso label
New York’s quest?onmarq launches the Vortex Imprint with a seven-track compilation encompassing jungle, techno, tribal guarachero and more
The legendary DJ shared the news in an Instagram video
Featuring Grand Master Flash, LL Cool J, Afrika Islam, Kool Herc, Keith Haring and more