Aug31

Our 10 Favorite Acts From Montreal Jazzfest (Video)

Every summer since 1980, the Montreal Jazz Festival has given millions of people the opportunity to take in thousands of acts ranging from the biggest musicians in the world to that girl at Starbucks in the weird xylophone blues drum ‘n bass group. Last month, the city attracted more than 2.5 million visitors to check out 3,000 artists from 30 countries.

With music playing nonstop from noon to midnight at 10 free outdoor stages and an additional 10 concert halls, only the most curmudgeonly and elitist of your friends will find something to bitch about at this festival. And contrary to the name, countless genres besides jazz are represented, as our list of our 10 favorite acts shows.

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Aug18

NYC House Party is All About Getting Down with Local Talent

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DJ, producer and promoter du jour Kenny Summit has organized this weekly event for industry types, scenesters and dancing, sweaty bodies, mingling in this easy bar and club crawl.

The rooftop is good for blowing off steam after work, but the true action gets down on the third floor. This week Kenny Summit split up the decks between some of the local NYC house scene’s toughest heavyweights.

Time Slots

RUBI R-TRES                        6PM – 8PM

CHRIS MAC                        8- 10

PHIL TURNIPSEED             10 – 11

BASS CONTROL 11 – 12

CHRIS PATRICK                        12AM – 1AM

KENNY SUMMIT                        1 – 2

CHRIS LOVE                        2 – 3

MELISSA NIKITA            3 – 4


Dirty Blonde | August 18, 2011 | Bar 13, NYC | 35 E 13th Street New York, NY 10003

21 TO ENTER | ROOFTOP PARTY STARTS AT 6PM.

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Aug14

Shepard Fairey Attacked In Copenhagen

Street Artist Blames Local Media For Inciting The "Ambush" 

Shepard Fairey was attacked this weekend in Copenhagen by four men outside of an after-party for the renowned street artist’s gallery show. The attack apparently stemmed from a public mural of a dove that Fairey painted near the site of a contentious former arts venue/leftist political venue Ungdomshuset (The Youth House).

You can read Fairey’s explanation of the incident here, which involves speculation that it was sensationalist reporting by the local media thatlead to the assault.

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Jul26

URB Presents :: Jarritos Flavor City Art Contest

The Jarritos Flavor City Art Contest is looking for innovative Artist to describe what Jarritos means to them. We are looking for artists of all ages to develop eye-catching works of art in any medium to express the flavor and experience of Jarritos. Each art submission must incorporate the Jarritos logo and at least one of the eleven Jarritos flavors. (fruit punch, grapefruit, guava, hibiscus, lime, mandarin, pineapple, strawberry, tamarind, mango, lemon-lime). …MORE

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Jul21

Pharrell Williams Unleashes Qream in Library

Hip-hop titans and corporations have long flocked to each other for increased mutual brand recognition. Cristal painfully learned that you don’t piss off a major demographic, but for every cautionary tale, there are many more partnerships that actually work. Last night, URB checked out the launch of Qream, the latest partnership between liquor giant Diageo and Pharrell Williams, at the New York Public Library Cynics that we are, we were expecting a bottle stamped with the imprimatur of Williams; the type of deal where name means more than brain and the rapper can quickly snag the easiest check of the year. What we got was an impassioned speech by Williams, who is either the most invested producer in liquor or the greatest BS artist ever. …MORE

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