Atoms For Peace: Ingenue

Sally Shapiro, Atoms For Peace, Hanni El Khatib and more in our weekly music recap

Before turning to music full time, Hanni El Khatib was the talented creative director behind cult skateboard label Huf, and it’s easy to see both his artistic background and penchant for the Thrasher side of life in the video for “Family.” Directed by Nick Walker, the “Wild Asian Motorcycle Sex Gang” concept feels like the perfectly salacious visual tale for El Khatib’s gritty, garage rock …

Husbands: Dream

Sally Shapiro, Atoms For Peace, Hanni El Khatib and more in our weekly music recap

We couldn’t help but immediately add a second #ListenUp track to Thursday when Atoms For Peace released their video for “Ingenue,” which is seemingly a follow-up to Thom Yorke’s conceptual dance video for the Radiohead song Lotus Flower. Enlisting the same team—choreographer Wayne McGregor and director Garth Jennings—this time Yorke has a partner, contemporary dancer Fukiko Takase. Donning matching three-piece suits, the two oddly pirouette …

Link About It: Top Picks of 2012

Birth, death and re-birth—a look back at the the news that hit our creative world in 2012

1. RIP MCA Adam “MCA” Yauch—founding member of the Beastie Boys—passed away at the age of 47 following a prolonged bout with cancer. The influential music icon took his group from a garage band in Brooklyn to superstardom alongside Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Adrock” Horovitz. In addition to music, Yauch led charities for Tibetan citizens, 9/11 victims and directed several of the band’s …