Star Eyes Guide to San Francisco
Vivian Host aka Star Eyes from Trouble and Bass and queen of all things Brooklyn bass-related, created this well-rounded video of fun stuff to do in San Francisco. Star Eyes grew up on the West Coast and called San Francisco home for several years while working as the Editor-In-Chief of XLR8R Magazine and spinning at [...]
Marfa, TX: Getting lost in the desert
Jill Bradshaw is the Trend Director at Stylesight, singer and bassist in the Brooklyn-based band Open Ocean, and all around world traveler. Jill spent this past New Years Eve in the magical land of Marfa, TX with a few stops in the desert along the way. Here’s her recap of what to check out if [...]
Max Wowch’s Hawaiian Adventure
Max Cattaneo is a loveable scamp from Brooklyn who designs the weird and wonderful clothing line, Wowch. It’s fun to wear his tshirts with shark eating kittens and tigers with pot leaves outside of the country and confuse the hell out of the locals. His designs also confuse grandmothers and the general kitten loving public. [...]
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 [...]
Home Video in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Words by: Collin Ruffino Photos by: Michael Yu I was recently in Puerto Rico with Home Video playing a festival in Aguadilla, which is about an hour and a half west of Old San Juan. Since there was nothing particularly special about the area where the festival was, we decided to extend our stay and [...]
Trippin’ with Poolside
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today’s guests are Filip (left) and Jeffery (right) of Poolside, a relatively new, laid back disco duo from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Their recording studio is set up in a pool house in LA which makes [...]
Trippin’ with Tom Windish of The Windish Agency
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Tom Windish is the main man behind one of the biggest and best booking agencies in North America. The Windish Agency books loads of up and coming indie, electronic and rock bands as well as new and [...]
Trippin’ with Alex Frankel of Holy Ghost!
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today’s featured guest is Alex Frankel (right) of Holy Ghost!. Alex was born and raised in NYC, but now he spends the majority of his time touring around the world with Holy Ghost! to support their current [...]
Ho Chi Minh City with Paul Tao of IAMSOUND Records
Words and photos by Paul Tao I recently spent a week in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), Vietnam, on the tail end of a 2.5 week long Asian vacation. After family-dominated outings in Taiwan and Hong Kong, I was eager to spend some time with friends and discover a foreign culture and city with [...]
Kenya: On the Beach in Diani and Safari in Nakuru
Words and photos by Krista Brown If my most trusted friend had approached me six months ago, dressed as a storybook fortune-teller, and predicted that my brand new dream job at Suno would send me to Kenya a mere three weeks after my start date to stay at two of the most incredible places I [...]
Trippin’ with The Hundred in the Hands
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today our featured guest is Jason Friedman from the Brooklyn-based band The Hundred in the Hands. Their self-titled debut album is out now on Warp Records and stretches from cosmic pop to disco to dance and electronic. [...]
Trippin’ with Oli Isaacs of This Is Music
Welcome to our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Today our featured guest is Oli Isaacs, owner of the management company and record label, This Is Music. Oli lives in London and manages Simian Mobile Disco, Little Boots, Blondes, Tensnake, and Annie Mac Presents among others. [...]
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 [...]
Trippin’ with Javelin
Welcome to the first post of our new series, “Trippin’” where we ask people simple travel-related questions and get back amazing answers. Our first featured artist is Tom Van Buskirk from the Brooklyn-based, noise pop duo Javelin. Top 5 recommendations (eat, sleep, drink, clubs, things to do) in your city or a city you love Brooklyn: Spuyten [...]
Atlantic City: Less Trash, More Class
Atlantic City, NJ has always been one of those places that I really want to like and I really want to be amazing, and then I get there and realize the idea of Atlantic City will always be better than it’s grim, dirty reality. However, with new hotels and better restaurants opening every year and [...]
Coachella Side Trip: Top 5 Thrift Stores in the Desert
Once again it’s time to head to the desert for the Coachella music festival in Indio, CA. Sure, three days of music and parties sounds great, but just BEING in Palm Springs is great too. We love the desert heat, the mid-century modern architecture, drinking cocktails by the pool, and scoring awesome finds at the [...]
Palawan Island, Philippines
If you’re headed to South East Asia, skip the crowds of Thailand and check out the quiet island of Palawan in The Philippines. It’s one of The Philippines 7,000 islands and is located in between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea. It’s a trek to get there, but with views like these and [...]
Great Hikes Around New York
It’s March in New York City, finally. It’s been a long, cold, snowy Winter, but in only a few more weeks, New Yorkers will be looking for easy and affordable ways to get outdoors and enjoy the longer sun-filled days in and around the city. We recommend checking out these 15 great hiking trips put [...]
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Words by Patrick Rood, aka The Captain (DJ/Trouble and Bass) and Stephanie Jurist of In Your Closet NYC. After Thanksgiving we took a trip to Puerto Rico and stopped in San Juan for a few days before continuing onto Vieques. In San Juan, we were lucky enough to stay at our friend Pia’s apartment overlooking [...]
Bali, Indonesia
Words by Vivian Host, aka Star Eyes (DJ, Trouble and Bass). In 2010, I went to Indonesia to DJ and thanks to the Icelandic volcano eruption, I got a few extra days to kill in South Asia. Boom! Straight flight to Bali from Jakarta (round trip about US$250) and landed at the Tugu Hotel in [...]
Mount Snow in Vermont
Photo courtesy of teachski.com Words by Kara Hatch This Vermont adventure was both old hat and filled with some interesting new sweet spots. I’ve been skiing and snowboarding at Mt. Snow in southern Vermont (http://mountsnow.com/) since my toddler years of the late 70s. Thankfully, there are a few relics of that era still around and [...]
Montauk, NY
Montauk is a beach town on the Easternmost tip of Long Island and is known for it’s laid back and relaxed beach vibes. It’s less flashy than it’s neighbor The Hamptons and has been popular with surfers and families for years. It’s gotten a bit more hip the past few Summers as the art, fashion [...]
The Rockaways. NYC
One of our favorite New York City beaches is The Rockaways in Queens. You can easily reach The Rockaways via the A train and some patience, and if you know where you’re going it can be quite charming. In the past few years a small surf and art community has sprung up in the area [...]
Islamorada. The Florida Keys
A few weeks ago we were headed for a fun filled week in St. Kitts & Nevis, when some airline tomfoolery and inefficiency led to us getting stuck in Miami for a night. Instead of crying into our Cuban coffee, we rented a car and drove an hour and a half south to the town [...]
