Category Archives: News

By John Del Signore – Gothamist

Beloved Coney Island dive Ruby’s Bar and Grill is being ousted from the boardwalk. According to a tipster associated with Ruby’s, Zamperla, the Italian company that turned Astroland into Luna Park, has told Ruby’s that the lease will not be renewed, as feared. The quintessential Coney Island watering hole now has two weeks to vacate the premises, as does The Grill House, Tom’s Souvenir shop, and Paul’s Daughter. (Nathan’s and Lola Star will reportedly be allowed to stay.) So what’s in store for the boardwalk? Check out these underwhelming vague new renderings! [Read More]

By Jasper Rees – NY Times

A vast new exhibition space opened in New York City this summer, with a show 18 months in the making. On view are works by 103 street artists from around the world, mostly big murals painted directly onto the gallery’s walls.

It is one of the largest shows of such pieces ever mounted in one place, and many of the contributors are significant figures in both the street-art world and the commercial trade that now revolves around it. Its debut might have been expected to draw critics, art dealers and auction-house representatives, not to mention hordes of young fans. But none of them were invited. [Read More]

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By Randy Kennedy – NY Times

Anyone who has been lost in the last few weeks around the southern reaches of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn could be excused for experiencing a powerful Koch administration flashback. On the wall of a brick warehouse there, visible from the parking lot of a furniture store, a huge mural unfurls itself, a loving, seemingly spray-by-spray re-creation of one of the more infamous pieces of graffiti ever to ride the subway: a 1980 work by the artist known as Seen that covered the length of a No. 6 train car with the ominous phrase “Hand of Doom.” [Read More]

By Tokyo Reporter

Fans of analog musicwere dealt another blow when consumer electronics company Panasonic announced earlier this month that it would be discontinuing the audio products within its Technics brand, most notably the legendary line of analog turntables.

On October 20, the company said that it was winding down production of the Technics SL-1200MK6 analog turntable, the SH-EX1200 analog audio mixer and the RP-DH1200 and RP-DJ1200 stereo headphones due to challenges in the marketplace. [Read More]

By Rob Harvilla – The Village Voice

?So cops shut down Santos Party House on three-month-old drug charges on the cusp of Halloween weekend; Santos management is, understandably, pissed off. Their official statement is below.

Dear Friends,

Yesterday was one for the books at Santos Party House. We had been working since the morning in preparation for the 20th anniversary celebration of the legendary record label Ninja Tune, in addition to the string of amazing Halloween events we had been working on for months. At around 9:15pm, the mounting excitement was crushed when the NYPD barged into the club and informed us that we were to cease operations until further notice. Needless to say, we were shocked. [Read More]

By Lex Records

Unearthing (which will be followed by a sequel) unites legendary comic book writer Alan Moore, award-winning photographer Mitch Jenkins and a cast of high-caliber musicians. A bewitching story written and narrated by Moore set against an epic score from musicians includingAdam Drukker & Andy Broder (aka. Crook&Flail)Mike Patton, Stuart Braithwaite, Zach Hill andJustin Broadrick. [Read More]

By Rob Kenner – NY Times

Gregory Isaacs, reggae’s “Cool Ruler,” whose aching vocals and poignant lyrics about love and loss and ghetto life endeared him to fans of Caribbean music, died on Monday at his home in London. He was 60.

The cause was lung cancer, said his wife, June Isaacs, who lives in Kingston, Jamaica.

Cat Coore, the guitarist and cellist for the seminal reggae band Third World, has called Mr. Isaacs “the Frank Sinatra of Jamaica” for his elegant vocal phrasing. But as the singer’s friend and former manager Don Hewitt observed, “It goes further than that, because Sinatra was not a songwriter.”  [Read More]

By Randy Kennedy – NY Times

It’s not common for important philanthropic prizes to go to people whose work involves criminal trespass and who make statements like the following: “You never know who’s part of the police and who’s not.”

But the TED conference, the California lecture series named for its roots in technology, entertainment and design, said on Tuesday that it planned to give its annual $100,000 prize for 2011 — awarded in the past to figures like Bill Clinton, Bono and the biologist E. O. Wilson — to the Parisian street artist known as J R, a shadowy figure who has made a name for himself by plastering colossal photographs in downtrodden neighborhoods around the world. The images usually extol local residents, to whom he has become a Robin Hood-like hero. [Read More]

By Jen Doll – The Village Voice

?It’s the end of an era. The Hotel Chelsea, which opened in 1884 — where Sid Vicious may or may not have killed Nancy Spungen, Andy Warhol directed Chelsea Girls, and the names of residents frequently read like a who’s who of ’60s counterculture — is now up for sale, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The hotel’s 15 shareholders (led by three families whose Hungarian immigrant ancestors bought the West 23rd Street hotel 65 years ago) have decided to sell the 200,000 square foot building after determining that modernizing would be too challenging and run into the millions. A hotel spokesman told ABC News that the building’s upkeep “required a $2 million to $3 million investment in recent years to renovate 25 rooms and the lobby.” [Read More]

By Jessica Mahler – NY Press

It all began last Thursday, when residents heard that inspectors had visited the building at 573 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg that houses “creative professional’s” workspace 3rd Ward, and had decreed tenants would no longer be allowed to spend nights there. This was confirmed Friday when a notice was posted by the Department of Buildings stating that people were only allowed inside the loft space from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.; anyone caught on the premises after-hours would be arrested and the building would be padlocked. A formal vacate order was put into effect on Monday, Oct. 18. At no point did the building’s management or landlord contact residents—around 40 or 50 in total—to mention or explain what was going on; all inquiring calls and emails made on Thursday and Friday to the management were ignored. [Read More]

By Ben Sisario  – NY Times

Solomon Burke, a singer whose smooth, powerful articulation and mingling of sacred and profane themes helped define soul music in the early 1960s, died on Sunday at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. He was 70 and lived in Los Angeles.

His death was announced by his family on his official Web site,thekingsolomonburke.com. No cause was given. [Read More]

“Slumdays” is starting this Sunday (10/10 4pm-6pm) as Daily Session’s latest addition to the broadcasting schedule. Slumdays will be broadcasting LIVE from The Huckleberry Bar in Williamsburg (588 Grand St.) every other Sunday. The Huckleberry is an award winning bar for its mixed cocktails and food, as well as it’s relaxing environment with both comfortable indoor and outdoor seating.

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By Andy Beta – The Village Voice

FIn summer 2009, a concise little EP with the unwieldy title Representing NYC Presents: Da’ Brats From Da’ Ville Featuring the Fly Girlz appeared. Five teenage girls from the Brownsville section of East New York posed on the cover with hands on hips or middle and index fingers up; the music harkened back to the boxy beats and group-shouted raps of Run-D.M.C. and Roxanne Shanté, a strain of hip-hop that mostly disappeared well before the girlz were born. Yet it also had an undertow of weirdness to it, the queasy synth drones and fractured beats behind the boasts courtesy of producer Nathan Corbin (better known for his work with inscrutable Brooklyn noisemakers Excepter). Under the hip-hop aliases of Lady Millz, Pinky, Sophie, Princess, and Angel, these five hip-hop initiates were full up with attitude but also awareness; in a Fader TV video, it’s endearing to see these outspoken young teens turn shy as they peddle their wares to the clerks at Brooklyn’sAcademy Records Annex. Here were East New York teenagers ignoring the subjugating fantasies of mainstream rap and collaborating with outsider Brooklyn noisemakers to make something outside their comfort zones, suggesting a bigger force at work. [Read More]

As for her current in-store installation at Zakka in Brooklyn, Anastasia simply asked the store owner with earnest aplomb, ” I see you have a big white wall and it’s like a dream for me. Can I draw?” The 2 wall piece was drawn in ‘real time’, where people could see the progress over a month time span and was completed this past week. Last year she was invited to collaborate with 6 other artists at the Lucky Gallery in NYC, where she produced amazing work and clinched her love for New York with a vow to return. She’s back. Take definite notice! [Read More]

By COLIN MOYNIHAN – NY Times

For decades, the East Village has been home to countless avant-garde organizations and collectives, drawn to the area by its cultural vitality and low cost of living.

Those days of affordability, however, appear to have largely vanished, and over the last decade or so many of the creative groups that once had a home in the East Village have moved or become defunct.

The latest to announce its departure is one of the more unusual to spring up there. That group, an artists’ collective and burial society called the Uranian Phalanstery and First New York Gnostic Lyceum Temple, was started in the East Village in the late 1950s by the artists Richard Oviet Tyler and Dorothea Tyler. [Read More]

By Good Records NYC

As many have no doubt heard by this writing, the month of August was marked by the closing of two NYC vinyl landmarks, first The Sound Library and, as of last week, Fat Beats. Some have offered quiet congratulations to me on outlasting a couple of competitors; I take no joy in watching these institutions close their doors. [Read More]

By Matt Harvey – NY Post

In 1990, a 13-year-old who wanted to know what went on inside of Max’s Kansas City during the late ’60s and early ’70s would have to search for clues. He would pour over passages in Jim Carroll’s Downtown Diaries enough times and listen over and over to the Velvet’s Live at Max’s, recorded in 1970, pausing especially for the few snippets of unmuffled dialogue (Lou Reed telling the crowd to dance; Carroll asking a waiter for “a double Pernod”). He would take a walk up to Park avenue South and East 17th Street, see what was there and try to blot it out with an imagined black-andwhite marquee moon. If he did all that, a mental picture might begin to come into focus: andy Warhol’s red-lit court and its swirl of artists, drag queens, superstars and speed freaks. [Read More]

By Jon Pareles – NY Times

Sunlight hit sequins at Electric Zoo, a two-day electronic dance festival on Randalls Island. For 12 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday, disc jockeys (not all using discs) pumped out 4/4 beats from four stages, and dancers in party costumes — with cat ears, fake-fur leggings, fluorescent wigs and all kinds of glitter — raised their hands in the air to channel them.

It was the second annual Electric Zoo, sold out with 25,000 people each day. In a musical zone that diligently parses itself into subgenres, the festival’s 67 acts added up to both a dance marathon and a broad-spectrum survey, from crowd-pleasing trance and relentless techno to abstract minimal house. In the three tents and on an outdoor main stage, with D.J.’s front and center acting more like cheerleaders than technicians, every style put bodies in motion. [Read More]

About Stilove4Music:

For 5 years this mysterious black-labelled “anti label” has quietly been slaying the discerning dance music enthusiasists with there releases.

Whether it be obscure edits, deep house jams or underground techno, this label and their mission is to listen and play without bounderies. There’s no need for artwork when the music speaks for itself. Over the years stilove4music has released records by respected producers such as Rick Wilhite, Nick Chacona, Trickski and DJ Rahaan.In addition to introducing the world at large to Bim Marx, Bruce Ivery and BE.

The name of the label mysteriously etched into the grooves in the center says it all. love 4 the music was why this label was created and it permeates through every release. For this their first loft party, stilove4music contributors Bim Marx, label founder Jerome Derradji and making hos Chicago debut Bruce Ivery aim to present a party where all soulful music is celebrated and played.

About Sharegroove:

DJ’s Duckcomb & Steve ShakeWell have been sharing rare grooves for since 2006. Having held various residencies and one-off’s throughout Manhattan & Brooklyn, this dynamic duo focuses on choice programming of all kinds of disco, house, and funky music. Currently, they host parties at a private loft in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn and they are proud to present this Stilove4Music showcase.

Previous guests to their parties have included: Duane Harriot (Bim Marx, Negroclash), Ron Morelli (L.I.E.S), Mike Trombley (Macho City, Detroit), Master Khan (Great Weekend), Benguin, Trap.Avoid, Super Family, Lovefingers, $mall ¢hange, Robotique (Philly), Bethany Benzur (Kiss&Tell), Chris Burns (D.C.), Budos Band, and Tropical Jeremy & Dan Selzer (Dazzle Ships).

Dailysession will record sets of this event.

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Os Gemeos has painted five of their Gigantes in cities around the globe. Now NYC finally receives its own thanks to Allen Benedikt over at AKANYC and 12ozProphet.com in SOHO. Manhattan is the only present American city to have one of these murals, and this one is a collaboration with the city’s very own Futura2000. The mural stands at 80ft. tall and can be found on the side of the PS 11 school (320 West 21st street ) in Chelsea. This is definitely worth checking out next time you’re in that neighborhood. For more photos and information, check out Os Gemeos’ blog over at 12ozProphet.

DailySession.com is a website geared towards DJs, music lovers, and the promotion of NYC record stores and events. With over 500 downloadable mixes ranging almost every genre of music, DailySession guarantees something for everyone to enjoy.

We are now seeking interns to help us with such tasks as broadcasting and recording live events, as well as bloggers for our News & Events section. Broadcasting live requires no previous knowledge and we can train the right person if needed.

This is an unpaid internship, but we can give school credit to students. The only requirements for this intership are basic knowledge of Mac interface, attention to detail, and most importantly, a serious love for music.

Interested candidates must contact us at admin@dailysession.com.

Michael Rother and Friends Perform the Music of NEU! with Steve Shelley, Benjamin Curtis, & Aaron Mullan

The legendary German group NEU! released only 3 albums between 1972 and 1975,  but these albums had an influence wildly disproportionate to their modest commercial success; praised by and influential to David Bowie, Hawkwind, Iggy Pop, DEVO, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Autechre, Radiohead, U2, Wilco, Primal Scream, and beyond. In May 2010 Gronland Records will release a box including these three LP’s and an incredible batch of bonus material. Also this year will be the first live presentation of this music in more than 35 years.

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Future Sound of Reggae: Vol 2 is dropping on August 3rd:

New York’s Dubshot Records is getting ready to drop Future Sound Of Reggae Vol.2. With tracks by Prince Polo, Jah Mason, Rebelution, Dread Bass Soundsystem, Transdub Massive and others, Dubshot is definitely continuing the legacy of Dub while bringing all that is influenced by Dub under one roof. To celebrate Vol:2, Dubshot Records, Federation Sound, and G Train Entertainment will be having a record release party @ Santos Party House, Friday August 6th. As well as the official release of the album, Andrew Mac, The RBC, Prince Polo, and special guests will be performing live.

SUPPORT DUB REGGAE!

Daily Session will be doing their first ever event August 8th @ The Huckleberry Bar. This event will be a full on BBQ and cocktail affair, fueled by the music of Vinyl Mania’s Charlie Grappone and Funky Slice’s very own dignified Gentleman, Earl Broclo ESQ. Charlie will be bringing his usual Vinyl Mania classics and Earl will be playing all the funky breaks to make you shake. Come down to The Huckleberry Bar to enjoy some great food, great drinks, and definitely great music. The BBQ will begin at 3pm and go until 8pm, so bring your appetite and as many friends as you can gather. We’ll be updating you with more info as we get closer to the day of the event.

Thanks for all your support and keep listening to Dailysession.com for the greatest music online!

By CBC News

amaican reggae artist and producer Sugar Minott died Saturday at age 54.

His wife Maxine Stowe said he died unexpectedly in a Kingston, Jamaica, hospital after complaining of feeling ill earlier in the day. No cause of death was released.

Minott had cancelled a string of Canadian concerts in May because of health problems, reported to be angina.

The smooth-voiced singer helped popularize reggae in the 1970s and 1980s with hits such as Good Thing Going, Vanity and Mr. DC.

He also was a pioneer of the Jamaican dance-hall scene, and known as a mentor to young Jamaican artists. [Read More]

By Rob Harvilla – The Village Voice

“What rhyme with ‘asshole’? Asshole.” Thereby does Terius Nash, a/k/a deliciously absurd r&b semi-superstar The-Dream, deliver the best five consecutive words of 2010. A perfectly executed terrible joke—the hokey throat-clearing sound between the two “asshole”s seals it. And so it goes with the whole of “Florida University,” triumphant closing track to his third-straight deliriously triumphant solo album, the modestly titled Love King.

It’s a wantonly juvenile kiss-off, the song, a poppy frat-party trifle you’d despise if, like, LMFAO or Maroon Five or whoever, was behind it, particularly given the lyrics. The last line before the chorus is, “So forget you ever heard of me/This is short for ‘Florida University’ “; the chorus, designed to be shouted en masse, is “Eff you/Eff you/Eff you/Eff you.” Ridiculous. A fifth-grade sensibility at best—maybe fourth-. Plus it can’t help but remind you of Tim Tebow. No way. You know better than to find this song amusing. And yet in Dream’s hands it is profoundlyamusing, and amusingly profound. The genius here lies in taking objectively terrible ideas—getting emotionally involved with this guy, for example, given his penchant for “Patrónin'” and general sexual profligacy—and making them seem like brilliant ideas. [Read More]

By MELENA RYZIK – NY Times

A proclamation from Marty Markowitz, the excitable Brooklyn borough president, is no rarity. But receiving it under the head of a quasianimatronic wolf-creature, while, around the corner, a guy upholsters a seat cushion in brown argyle, and another blends cocktails by bike — that is something special.

At a party for its fourth anniversary last month, 3rd Ward, the arts and design collective in Bushwick, received a commendation from Mr. Markowitz for its program giving free bicycles to members. But 3rd Ward hardly needed the boost: hundreds of people had come to its brightly painted labyrinthine space to celebrate. Outside were bands and burgers; inside there were demonstrations of screen-printing, woodworking, weaving, designing jewelry and welding, as well as vodka-spiked strawberry lemonade. (A bike was powering the blender.) [Read More]

By RANDY KENNEDY – NY Times

Rammellzee, an early graffiti writer, hip-hop pioneer and performance artist whose style influenced the Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill, died Sunday in Far Rockaway, Queens, where he was raised. He lived in Battery Park City in Manhattan.

He was 49 and died after a long illness, said his wife, Carmela Zagari Rammellzee. [Read More]

By Lex Records

Crook&Flail (aka Andy Broder of Fog and Adam ‘Doseone‘ Drucker) created and curated the soundtrack to Unearthing – the forthcoming audiobook box set written and narrated by Alan Moore with images by Mitch Jenkins. Available to pre-order from Lex Records online shop.

The band will be playing with Alan reading live at 2 exclusive shows in London (info here) and will also be playing a music-only show on the following night (info here ).

As an insight into the influences behind their original score and musical direction, Crook&Flail have assembled and blended a free, promo-only mix.Download link and track list HERE.

By New York Press

Where to go get your gay on this week

oming Out: A Historical Retrospective of New York’s Trailblazing LGBT Institutions

This exhibit spotlights the people who changed the history of Harlem, including Black AIDS Institute and FIERCE. Through July 12, Casa Frela Gallery, 47 W. 119th St. (betw. Lenox & 5th Aves.), 917-991- 4760, www.casafrela.com.

Quentin Crisp in Black and White: Photographs by Martin Fishman

Black-and-white photos of the wit and Naked Civil Servant author, snapped by Martin Fishman, will be on display. Through June 30, Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212- 226-3400; www.broadwaygallerynyc.com.

The 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show

This exhibit showcases the work of more than 80 photographers, with a special June 29 discussion with photography critic Allen Ellenzweig. Through July 10, The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, 26 Wooster St. (betw. Grand & Canal Sts.), 212-431-2609, www.leslielohman.org.

Too Much PRIDE Makes The Baby Go Gay: 30 Gay Plays in 60 Straight Minutes

New York Neo-Futurists presents 30 short plays that reveal the struggle, the joy, the power of being out and proud in NYC. June 25 & 26, The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.); 10:30, $20. [Read More]

By MONICA DRAKE – NY Times

If there were such a thing as a punk-rock festival checklist, an event taking place in downtown Brooklyn this weekend would cross off all the items. Seminal band? Check. Accompanying skate park? Check. Vendors offering the latest gear? Check.
In addition to those requisite markers, this one has one more: diversity. Welcome to the Afro-Punk Festival. [Read More]

GET INVOLVED IN THE MARKET HOTEL PROJECT! ANNOUNCING – a new initiative to create a sustainable, all ages, open-to-the-community, 7-nights-a-week home for independent music and art, in the Market Hotel space. Market Hotel has existed for over two years and in that time has hosted countless legendary events and drawn huge international notice… all of this under the constraints of operating completely underground and with no budget. Now the time has come to channel that momentum and create a fully realized space that serves the whole community, that will help define the NYC / Brooklyn scene into the future.

MARKET HOTEL PROJECT is a new not-for-profit organisation dedicated to swiftly reopening and improving the Market Hotel space, by making the venue more viable, comfortable, safe, and better able to weather legal attention. Especially in these days of ever-encroaching commercialism and corporatism in “indie rock,” we envision a space that is a non-commercial “spiritual home” for independent rock music and independent art – but also is sustainable and sanctioned enough to expand the horizons of independent-minded tastes, and open our doors to music and art from the rest of our diverse Bushwick community. [Read More]

ETNIES AND KONBINI PRESENT THE ED BANGER 7

Etnies and Ed Banger Records continue their creative collaboration with the launch of THE ED BANGER 7 a new web-documentary broadcasting worldwide on Konbini.com starting Monday, June 23rd 2010.

2010 is a big year for the epic label Ed Banger Records. Not only does this year mark the label’s 7th anniversary, but also the peak of their worldwide domination of the electronic music scene. With the release of Uffie’s long awaited album and Breakbot’s groundbreaking debut EP Baby I’m Yours, it is not just in Europe that Ed Rec is making its mark. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Ed Rec mania is taking over.

To mark this symbolic birthday, Ed Banger organized a huge week-end of celebration in NYC featuring the artists that have contributed in making the label a household name: Justice, Uffie, Busy P, DJ Medhi, SoMe, Sebastian, Breakbot, Feadz.

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“VINYL MANIA SOUND LIBRARY”  Presents

THE LABEL PRESENTATION SHOWS

DailySession and The Vinyl Mania Sound Library will be bringing you the LABEL PRESENTATION SHOWS starting July 6th. We will be showcasing different record labels from the 70’s and 80’s. Each show will bring you a taste of the past through the obscure releases of each label. These shows will not only be entertaining but also educational for all those who listen. 

Our first LABEL PRESENTATION SHOW will feature classics from T.K. Disco Records. This Florida based label held court in every disco DJ’s crate, and we’ll be bringing you some of the best they had to offer. 

Tune in LIVE Tuesday July 6th at 8:30pm for the first installment of the LABEL PRESENTATION SHOW, coming to you LIVE from Charlie Grappone’s Vinyl Mania warehouse in Coney Island. It’s guaranteed to be a most interesting night for all you music lovers.

June 24th MeanRed Productions’re presenting a Crush mini-fest as a part of L Magazine’s annual Northside Festival!!  They’re packing 2 rooms with bands we’re crushin on…

Crush is a monthly party showcasing “Dance Bands We Love” – bands who’s music makes us feel like we’re bathing in champagne and skipping through meadows. They don’t make us dance like say, the cabbage patch or running man, but they move us all the same.

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By Raj – Dailysession

Beginning this summer New York’s own Daily Session radio will add a new monthly series called World Session which will feature DJ’s from around the globe. World Session will feature select DJ’s from Europe, Asia and further around the United States. Our purpose is to expose Daily Session listeners to a wide variety of musical genres across states and continents while keeping in the tradition of great mix sessions from select DJ’s. The first featured World Session DJ will be up soon so please check back.

By MELENA RYZIK – NY Times

The party will go on. A week after the Bklyn Yard, the popular performance space on the banks of the Gowanus Canal, announced that it was closing,Justin Carter, a D.J. and promoter who has produced weekly events there, said his party, Sunday Best, will continue. “We’ve worked it out so we’re going to be able to have a shot at it,” Mr. Carter said in an interview. “The response that got poured out when people saw the space was shut down was really intense, and we think that people really want to see something happen here.” [Read More]

BY JIM FARBER – Daily News

Marvin Isley, whose muscular bass lines propelled the hits of his classic sibling band The Isley Brothers, died Monday in Chicago at age 56.

The cause of death has not yet been announced, though Isley suffered from diabetes severe enough to have caused him to leave the band in 1997. Later, his condition led to the amputation of both legs.

Isley will be remembered for the resilience and power of his bass work, which, for one thing, formed a crucial hook in the undulating ’70s hit “Fight The Power.” The bassist also played on the smash “Who’s That Lady,” as well as on prominent songs like “For The Love Of You” and “Harvest For The World.” [Read More]

By MATT HIGGINS – NY Times

The inspiration for the newest skate park in New York City came from obstacles found on the streets. There is a replica of a ledge and a grate setup found by the Unisphere fountain in Queens, and a curved railing modeled after one in Manhattan’s Union Square, both popular with street skaters.

The 16,000-square-foot skate plaza in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, which hosted the Maloof Money Cupcompetition over the weekend, includes bits borrowed from the five boroughs, making it unique in its setup. [Read More]

By BKLYN Yard

To our Yardies…

Over the past four years, we have worked hard to create BKLYN Yard. You watched us grow from a small unknown independent venue into a space that hosted the best tacos in NYC, incredible talent (Lee Scratch Perry, Kaiju Big Battel, Dan Deacon & Jose Gonzalez to name a few), the Sunday Best dance series, the Gowanus Harvest Fest, the BK County Fair, Score! Pop-Up Mega Swap, Parked: Food Truck Festival, and countless lobster bakes, pig roasts, BBQs and more. This past Memorial Day Weekend, we were so proud to open our doors and display all the hard work we have been putting into the space to make this summer even better…from our new bar, to our atm, to our bocce court. Thousands of you came out and supported us and made it one of the most beautiful weekends we have had yet, so we are sad to announce, that last weekend was the final weekend of BKLYN Yard in our Carroll Gardens home. [Read More]

By Anna Beta – The Village Voice

I’m a reformed ’90s raver,” confesses DJ Doug Singer. “So dance parties for me used to be hundreds of people gathering at random spots and finding something in common together. The first parties I ever played were at campgrounds on a lake.”

Seated together with his fellow DJ/promoters—North Carolina transplant Justin Carter and Irishman Eamon Harkin—at a bar in Fort Greene, Singer, an Ohio native, reminisces about a decade spent partaking in and promoting dance parties amid the cement strictures of New York, and how far the scene here has fallen. “With bottle service and Manhattan club life, going out became a chore. So we’re bringing it back to where you don’t have to be into anything other than having a good time.” [Read More]

Before 2005 Jonathan Sklute was working in finance and moonlighting as a hip-hop artist and DJ. But in 2005, Jonny decided to leave the spreadsheet world and open his own record shop, chasing the dream many don’t dare to touch. Good Records NYC was born and after word got around on the internet, DJs and collectors from around the globe were interested in what Jonny and the crew were selling. The list of rare and pricey selections can get as high as the four-figure range, but Good Records NYC has plenty of dollar bins, re-released, and used records to keep any shopper’s pocket satisfied.

DailySession is proud to bring Jonny and his crew on board for our LIVE broadcasts. Starting June 4th @ 8pm (EST) we’ll be broadcasting LIVE every FRIDAY from the Alphabet City record shop, and we can’t wait to hear what they’ll be adding to the DailySession line up.