#downtown music

[thesobsister]

Sex Mob, "Solid Sender"

The leadoff/title cut from the band's sophomore disc. Jazz + scratching + funk.

The band has been backing Laurie Anderson on her Let X=X tour last year and this.

[tulsajesusfrk]

[hellocanticle]

The Agony and the Ecstasy of "Bang on a Can", a Socioeconomic History of Major New Music Innovators

The Agony and the Ecstasy of “Bang on a Can”, a Socioeconomic History of Major New Music Innovators

William Robin is a musicologist whose credentials (nicely enumerated on his web site) are more than adequate to the task at hand. This is a socioeconomic and political perspective on the seminal Bang on a Can organization. At its core, Bang on a Can is the foundational work of three people now recognized as major American composers: Julia Wolfe, David Lang, and Michael Gordon, all of whom met as…

[filmgifs]

“The city looked big and I felt big ‘cause I was part of the landscape. I’m an artist. When you tell people that, they usually say: ‘What’s your medium?’ I usually say: ‘Extra large.’”

Jean-Michel Basquiat Downtown 81 (2000) dir. Edo Bertoglio

[stauroraa]

[hamoodmood]

[its-unicowen-blog]

Look at all them Janes

Here are some of my favorite Jane Does saying hello to mine!

Top row from left to right: Roxy Downtown, ESU, @silly-town Station Theater,

2nd row from Left to right: Mccarter, Opera Wyoming, Off Broadway

3rd row from left to right: @em-am-flo Chance, Sarah! (og og Jane) , @lauren-t-lampe OFC

I’m so excited to discover more productions in the future and see what other Jane Does are in the wild🩵

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

RIP Laurie Lindeen 😥

Taking their name from the film "It's A Wonderful Life," pehaps the purest expression of Americana ever produced, Zuzu's Petals take all of that absurb hope and grind it into their very own version of the ideal. With a vocal style remniscent of the Slits or the Breeders, guitars the crunch one minute and serenade the next, and unruly rhythms that theaten to go off on their own at any time, the Zuzu's find joy in creating indefinable pop that begs to be listened to, danced to, thought about, and cried over.

- Twin/Tone 'one sheet' (1992)

[violuet]

Tell me why . .

Your hands , are cold

show me how - men I trust

[z0mbi3k1d]

What artist are you?

1. Lorde

Overworked

Fears growing up

Hates school

Feels like a bother all the time

2. Marina 🍰

Definition of bubblegum princess

Wacky love life

Loves shopping

Feminist

3. Mitski ☁

Loves poetry

Moon child

Mature for your age

Trying their best

4. Lana Del Rey 🎀

Coquette

Tries their best to romanticize everything

Gorgeous but doesn't believe it

Sensitive

5. Jazmin Bean 🍖

'Weird kid'

Loves horror

Loves cute and creepy things

Can make anything look good on them

6. Beabadoobee 🍁

Loves the rain weather

Favorite season is autumn

Reads a lot

Space obsessed

7. Laufey 🌷

Hopeless romantic

Likes to read

Gifted artist

Creative

8. Ariana Grande 💌

Party animal

Easily attached

Pretty materialistic

Loves makeup and perfume

9. Melanie Martinez 🍄

Nature/animal lover

Loves change

Spiritual

Miss understood

10. Ayesha Erotica 👛

Mcbling and y2k fashion

Confident af

Trouble maker

Cutest Bimbo evr ♡

Edit: I forgot to tell you all to have a good day, mb I made this at like 12 in the morning. Buuuut have a good rest of your day/night! Make sure to drink water and stay healthy, I love you my angels!! 🩷

[hereitgoesthen]

[canigohomenoow]

“Lady Stardust sang his songs Of darkness and disgrace,”

Lady Stardust- David Bowie

Tonya - The Cadence of Part time Poets by motswolo

[sleepboysummer]

rtc productions with circus elements i love u SO much

[stauroraa]

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[downtowngurlz]

Belanova Album; Cocktail