Throne of Blood European Tour Posthumous Diary: Part III of III
Throne of Blood is The Rapture‘s record label and over the last two weeks we’ve posted Part I and Part II of the Throne of Blood European tour diary written by Andrew Potter (right) of Populette. This week, we wrap up the tour as we follow Populette and label boss, James Friedman back to London [...]
Throne of Blood European Tour Posthumous Diary: Part II of III
Throne of Blood is The Rapture‘s record label and last week we posted Part 1 of the Throne of Blood European tour diary written by Andrew Potter (right) of Populette. This week, the saga continues as we follow Populette and label boss, James Friedman throughout Germany with stops in Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich and a harrowing [...]
Where to Eat & Drink in Krakow
Photo c/o DecobyDesign on Flickr Earlier this month, we heard from Jacky Tran and Rem Koolhaus when they shared their tips for eating and drinking in Paris. This week, they’re back with what to do in Krakow. It’s Poland’s second largest city and it’s history can be traced back to the Stone Age. The center [...]
Throne of Blood European Tour Posthumous Diary: Part I of III
Words by Andrew Potter of Populette (right) Back at the end of May 2011, James Friedman, Max Pask and I went on an epic mini European tour to promote our label Throne of Blood. We had promised Cliktrips we would take photographs to document it for their site. Unfortunately, on my first night of tour, [...]
Where to Eat & Drink in Paris
Jacky Tran lives in New York City, but spends a large chunk of her time cruising around the world making friends and eating great food. She’s passionate about travel and is the type of person that makes it look easy to score last minute tickets to South Africa for the World Cup. Last Fall, Jacky [...]
Trippin’ with Prince Language
Welcome to our series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today’s guest is none other than the smooth talking, tall drink of water known as Prince Language. Mr. Language lives in NYC and spends his days holed up in his studio producing remixes and edits for the likes [...]
Win a Trip to Iceland Airwaves
One of the coolest (coldest?) indie music festivals in the world, Iceland Airwaves, is teaming up with Reyka vodka to bring three American bands to Iceland in October to perform on the Iceland Airwaves stage. The trip includes airfare and week’s worth of accommodations at the KEX Hostel in downtown Reykjavik. Iceland’s hometown hero, Bjork [...]
Michelberger Hotel. Berlin.
Next time when your on tour with your band in Berlin, book yourself a room at the Michelberger Hotel. It’s very musician and artist friendly and features all types of rooms depending on your needs. The “Band” room features loft-style comfort with lots of beds and areas to chill with your mates. And if your [...]
Istanbul Eats: A Culinary Tour
Our friend Will Larnach-Jones is an all around good time guy and world traveler. He also manages The Presets, KIM, Beni, Zowie and more through his company Parallel Management in Sydney, Australia. Will recently visited Istanbul in Turkey where he enjoyed a guided culinary adventure with Istanbul Eats and some pals. “My biggest tip is [...]
DFA’s Planningtorock shows BlackBook her favorite places in Berlin
DFA’s new signing, Planningtorock (real name Janine Rostron) has lived in Berlin for over a decade and recently she took BlackBook Magazine to some of her favorite places in this inspiring city. She included the Zeiss Planetarium (“very East German, kind of lo-fi and spacey while trying to replicate the universe”), an instrument museum with [...]
Trippin’ with Gildas Loaec of Kitsune
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. This week our featured guest is the Paris-based Gildas Loaec, co-owner and mastermind behind the Kitsune record label and clothing line. Top 5 recommendations (eat, sleep, drink, clubs, things to do) in your city or a city you [...]
Colina Flora. Colares, Portugal.
Colina Flora is a bed and breakfast tucked into the Sintra hills next to the Sintra Natural Park in Portugal. Colina Flora has a great, old stone country house feel to it, but each of the 5 rooms have been completely renovated with it’s own bath or shower, sitting area, and TV. The B&B also [...]
A Rock and Roll Baker in France
Our friend Justine D. is a native New Yorker and a long time DJ and event promoter who recently discovered a love of baking. After studying her craft in NYC at the French Culinary Institute, this Fall she has decided to hone her baguette and pastry skills at Carratié in the town of Bézier located [...]
Saint Florent. Corsica.
Our friend Jerome Antoni lives in Paris, but spends his summers at his family’s house in the Saint Florent region of Corsica. Nicknamed “St. Flo,” it’s located on the northwest coast of Corsica at the base of the Cap Corse peninsula. It’s a small, medieval town full of old stone houses, cafes, wine bars and [...]
My Cousin Roy’s Tip: Straubinger – Munich
Our friend My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank is a NYC based DJ and producer who also runs the The Wurst record label and clothing line. He enjoys disco edits, sausages and fine beers and clothing from around the world. He recently returned from a European tour and recommends we check out Straubinger, a Bavarian [...]
Italian in Berlin
Whenever we travel, we write down the names of all our favorite restaurants we discover along the way and pass them along to friends when we return. We recently went to Berlin and realized that 4 out of the 6 places we had written down were Italian restaurants. The weather was warm and sunny and [...]
