In 2014, Cakes Da Killa’s uniquely sharp and agile club rap earned him an interview on New York’s premier hip-hop station, Hot 97. He never...
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Blending hip-hop, house and influences from New York’s ballroom scene, Cakes Da Killa has been opening up the conversation around LGBTQ+ artists in rap. He speaks to Nathan Evans about developing his style, the appropriation of queer and ballroom culture, and finding inspiration in the Harlem Renaissance for his new album ‘Svengali’
MoMA Ready, AKA Gallery S, curates new collection featuring Kush Jones, Tim Reaper, JADALAREIGN, Martyn Bootyspoon, Black Rave Culture, AceMo and more
The New York artist was best known for her 1987 hit single, 'Come Into My Life'
"This store will be a hub for all our artists, fans, collaborators and partners around the world"
An iconic 1970s soundsystem lives on inside a Coney Island attraction. Vivian Host catches up with sound engineer Dan Prosseda about the magical speaker stacks of the Eldorado Auto Skooter bumper cars
Lead single 'Fly Till I Die' sees the Queens MC team up with fellow hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane
NYC labels link up as Sweat Equity co-founder Alien D makes his solo debut on Sorry Records
After years of devotion to New York's club scene, Detroit-born Lauren Flax is more passionate than ever, with acid techno tracks to be perfected, causes to be fought, and lives to be saved through her harm reduction initiative. This month, she shares her journey with Bruce Tantum
The lead single from 'RENAISSANCE' is a house music melting pot
The previously online-only vinyl shop opened a storefront on Irving Street in Bushwick this past weekend
It drops via Anthony Naples and Jenny Slattery’s Incienso imprint in September
The new site is located at the Greenpoint office of partner label Mexican Summer
Two decades since they realised their destinies lay in music and DJing, NYC-based twins, Analog Soul, demonstrate their expansive and funk-filled sound for the Recognise mix series, and share their journey with Ria Hylton
Adelman ran several iconic venues including Limelight and Tunnel in the 1980s and 1990s
Bill Bernstein dedicated three years of his life to capturing the essence of the ‘70s New York disco scene. Here, Simon Doherty talks to him about some of his most iconic photographs, including images of Studio 54, Larry Levan, Odyssey Disco Club Dancefloor — made famous by Saturday Night Fever in 1977 — and more
From the team behind the indefinitely closed Bossa Nova Civic Club
New York’s Olive T records an hour of mood-lifting, ceiling-smacking house and techno for the Fresh Kicks series, and chats to Anna Wall about her varied early influences, her The Lot Radio show and her evolving musical output
More than 75% of the city's residents fully vaccinated
It comes 18 months after two men were charged with the 2002 killing of the New York DJ