Tag: Alternative

Interview: Sean Lennon, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger

The musican offers insight on his latest psychedelic album with Charlotte Kemp Muhl

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The sophomore release from Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl—together The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger—lays eccentric flourishes on top of swirling depths of kinetic psychedelic rock. Lennon’s airy vocals are perfectly bolstered by Kemp Muhl’s delirious charm. Released today, Midnight Sun is an appropriately titled album—at times otherworldly and eerie, with atmospheric heights reached by complex musicality and lyrical storytelling—calling to mind the …

Cool Hunting Video: Fire Island Opera

Reviving the classic artform in a provocative and accessible manner with open air contemporary peformance

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After ferrying over to the beach community of Fire Island last summer, we attended the inaugural Fire Island Opera Festival. With the image of the grandeur of traditional opera burned into our minds, we were pleasantly surprised by how intimate, relatable and playful the experience was—from culinary themed performances to gender-bending ones. We recently spoke with Fire Island Opera’s Edwin Cahill (Artistic Director) and Bradley …

Perspective Clocks

Not your ordinary clocks—five different designs from Tel Aviv's Studio Ve rethink how we read changes in time

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Tel Aviv-based Studio Ve is comprised of Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger, two young men who like exploring objects and their conception—whether it’s a Two Leg Table or a Toast-ER that “revives” sad bread. More recently they’ve been experimenting with clocks, and their previous Manifold and Lithe designs—both successfully funded through Kickstarter—challenge the way users read and perceive changes in time. This time around, they’ve …