Josephine Foster and The Victor Herrero Band Perlas [Fire; 2012] by Joe Hemmerling Rating: Despite her prolific and varied career as a singer/songwriter, Josephine Foster’s enduring reputation might rest most heavily upon her skill as an arranger and interpreter of other people’s work. From her mind-bending re-visionings of German lieder in 2006’s A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing to her most recent solo album of Emily Dickinson poems set to acoustic guitar, Graphic as a Star , Foster has demonstrated a talent for taking songs and poems that are brilliant in their own right and putting her ...

Spring/Summer 2012 marks the third time Beauty & Youth, BEDWIN and THE HEARTBREAKERS and UNDFTD have come together for a collection. Labeled “B.B.U.,” the assortment of wear is a modern take on classic pieces of sportswear – fusing their various influences into pieces like a Nylon Jacket, Gingham Check Shirt, Polo Shirt and an updated [...] Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com

French producer/boogie maven Onra will put out an EP this summer, and today we have a cut from that, the sparkling, fluttering groove “L.O.V.E.” It’s his first release since his 2011 update to his Chinoiseries string of releases. Stream it below. Some tour dates: 05/24 – Chicago, IL @ Beauty Bar 05/25 – San Francisco, [...]

Celebrity makeup artist Julianne Kaye has had a busy year after working behind the scenes on NBC’s Fashion Star as the Maybelline stylist to the designers. One of the hottest celebrity makeup artists and go-to experts on all things beauty in the industry, Julianne Kaye has worked with some of read more

AShley BB! I luv u and ur sister Mary Kate! Both of u were blessed with BANGIN BODS from a VERY young age. Uncle Jesse and Uncle Joey are LUCKY men! I wish I had a twin! I heard that they have special powers, just like in that movie Jack and Jill . Adam Sandler is AMAZING, even more talented than Martin Lawrence in Big Momma's House! It would be nice to communicate telepathically with some1. I remember my ex used to never talk to me, so I would imagine that he was trying to reach me telepathically. It made ...

Born in Dakar, Jean Philippe Piter is the founder of Pure Magazine and an accomplished fashion and beauty photographer who is known for his uncomplicated black-and-white portraits. He has worked for such names as Vanity Fair, Numéro, Vogue, Audemars Piguet, to name a few…

Who: Brooklyn's Light Asylum are as prone to moments of militancy as bouts of beauty. The project pairs the production skills of Bruno Coviello, 32, and the commanding contralto of Shannon Funchess, 40, whose high energy and moody mastery of the mic have earned her comparisons to both Grace Jones and Ian Curtis...

B.C.’s Teen Daze combines the beauty of nature with do-it-yourself digital tracks in their new release, “Treten”. Launching June 5 via Lefse Records, All [...]

Smoke Fairies – even the name itself conjures up something mystical. It actually alludes to the summer mist collecting in English countryside hedgerows. Best friends at school, Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies grew up in Sussex in the UK, and you can see how this influence reaches out through their music. Blood Speaks is a rich mixture of folk, blues and eerie lyrics. They have actually been around since 2009, and through a tough but creatively fruitful year in Canada, and working with PJ Harvey producer Head they caught the attention of Jack White. Yes, that Jack White, who seemed at ...

Hot Movie Trailers: Wait, this just in! WORTH WAITING FOR - In 155 days (but who's counting, really?) the most brutal and dark telling in the James Bond compendium (23 films in all) will be released. SKYFALL starring Daniel Craig , easily the best Bond since Connery. This time through, audiences will likely find a very different story - Skyfall was directed by the stylistically different Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Road to Perdition, Jarhead). Craig, who again - has owned the rebooted series in the last two films really seems to have taken his performance to the next level in the ...

unfathomable ineffable god needed some cat to dig some parts of his creation that no one was picking up on and so he created me he chucked me together nearly sixty years ago and he said to me as he has always said to me my man look at all this stuff ! and true enough with just the thinnest skin that is bearable i have drunk deep of his creation and verily i am staggering in amazement did he realise….? that he had imbued me with my own tiny propensity for creation as part of him i strive to be ...

While environmentally responsible construction is certainly nothing new, few are able to create sustainable pieces without sacrificing beauty and innovation. We do Wood of Denmark avoids these pitfalls completely. Conceived by designers Henrik Thygesen and Sebastian Jørgensen and established in 2006, the brand creates desks, tables, chairs, cabinets and more out of bamboo, the world’s [...] Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com

Over the years i've mentioned the Lafayette Afro Rock Band/Ice/Bobby Boyd Congress connection a number of times. I have a great deal of love and interest in these guys and the various configurations they took on over the course of the seventies. Every one of their albums features a number of amazing Funk, Afro and Soul tunes and every album has that one or two super special items which I go back to over and over again. One particularly interesting record, compiled for Kedzie Records in 1975, called 'Tonight At The Discotheque' features tracks by almost all ...

Lukas Ligeti represents a true change of musical pace. An Austrian born composer and percussionist, Legeti embodies an adventurous approach to music. Everything about the music comes from a place of personal discovery. He often performs on an invented electronic percussion instrument called a marimba lumina, which serves double duty as both a midi-controller and percussion instrument. By playing the percussion on the marimba, he calls upon prerecorded samples from his many journeys to Africa (and beyond) as well as prerecorded compositions of his own. [Photo by Chris Woltmann] Ever the experimenter, most recently Ligeti spent time in Uruguay making ...

It's time to celebrate everything gothic by adding to our playlist ... As you will already know, there's nothing goths like more than a day of competitions, free gifts and general good vibes (they also like black-clad zumba classes, according to Alexis Petridis's recent feature , although that's another matter entirely). Yes that's right – today is World Goth Day and the goth community are celebrating with a poll (Gothic Beauty Magazine scooped the best magazine prize), free downloads and a series of events. We recently compiled the following chilling playlist containing the ultimate goth songs. Have a ...