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For Their Second Act, Digitalism Gets Bromantic

They're the odd couple of indie dance, two Germans with disparate gifts that unite to create a balance of throbbing beats and glimmering melodies. Fair-haired Jens Moelle, who's a little more techno, and swarthy Ismail Tüfekçi, who's a little more rock 'n' roll, formed Digitalism in 2004 and became an...
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There’s A Gap In Media’s Message About Women’s Bods

Walk into any Gap store right now and you'll see mannequins wearing jeans from the "1969 Always Skinny" line. The mannequins are headless and have unnaturally long legs with thighs the size of a small woman's forearm. If these legs were on a real female body, we'd worry the poor...
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25 Years In, The Dwarves Keep Growing

The Dwarves harken back to a time when punk was more of an insult than a marketing term. Rebellious teens trafficking in outrage and anything else they might procure with $20 and offers of warm beer, they formed in Chicago during the mid-'80s, quickly making a name for themselves with...
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Lucky Layla’s Pampered Cows Pump Out Drinkable Yogurt

In 2004, third-generation Plano dairy farmer Todd Moore beginning crafting artisan dairy products. He called the company Lucky Layla Farms. Now Moore has just put the finishing touches on Springville Farm, a state-of-the-art diary farm, so that he can start offering his local Lucky Layla goodies across the Southwest. Springville...
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Screen Door Eclectifies Southern Comfort

Eclectic, per Merriam-Webster: Composed of elements drawn from various sources. At a menu-revamp unveiling last night, that is the word Screen Door's chef David McMillan used to describe the direction in which he was taking the restaurant. Steering an upscale Southern comfort menu into a globally influenced path may sound...
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Crenshaw Manages to Bedevil Redistricting Commission Without Even Showing Up

We told you it was getting weird in there: At last night's meeting of the city's Redistricting Commission, the most important person in the room wasn't even in the room. That would be Sandra Crenshaw, cactus juice addict, Schutze co-star and, increasingly, the commission's biggest headache.Crenshaw was scheduled to appear...
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Remembering an Innovator: Mixmaster Talk Steve Jobs Impact

Today, there's a flurry of Steve Jobs-related Tweets and news posts and mournful consumer images. For some it's quickly reaching the point of saturation, while others are posting tributes on the steps of Apple stores around the world (our sister paper is talking the Foxconn factory suicides in a must-read...
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Tiny Houses and Big Twisters at import

On Saturday night, I attended the opening of import, the new exhibition at Ro2 Art Uptown that features works from Eric Eley, John Frost, and Ryder Richards . The gallery, which opened earlier this summer, is housed in a really cool space in the West Village. Cement floors, light wood...
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Ride the Lightning to the Calatrava Bridge

No doubt you got a nasty wake-up call in the wee small hours of the morning from the storms that rumbled through; chances are there'll be some kind of a repeat this evening. But Brother Bill Holston wanted to make sure we noted that the great Justin Terveen was out...
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Local Photographer Serves as Beta Test Muse for New Instant Film

Local marketing and design consult, Gorilla vs. Bear creative director and, in my opinion, Polaroid Pro David Bartholow was asked by the Impossible Project to field test their new color film for the 600 Polaroid Cameras. In case you weren't aware, Polaroid stopped producing their analog instant film in February...
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Watch: Neon Indian Collaborates With The Antlers

It looks like Neon Indian's Alan Palomo enjoyed his collaboration with the Flaming Lips so much that he got together with some other musician folks from his newish neighborhood, Brooklyn's The Antlers. The result was a super-slow yet powerful version of an Antlers song called "Rolled Together." Fans of the...