by Alice Teeple | Feb 28, 2020 | Downtown News, Featured, Featured, Music, Out On The Town
Dreams really do come true. Just ask Jimmy Webb, owner of rock boutique I NEED MORE, tucked on the quieter side of Orchard Street in the LES. Webb, immediately recognizable by his punker coiffure, tattoo sleeves and bright smile, had the wonderful idea to immortalize...
by Deb Martin | Feb 27, 2020 | Culture, Fashion, Featured, Featured, Music
In John Varvatos’s world, music and fashion combine to create a lifestyle brand for those about to rock. by Deborah L. Martin photography by Andrew Matusik JOHN VARVATOS IS A ROCK AND ROLL guy, and he arrives at his Bowery flagship store for our 8 am call...
by Alice Teeple | Dec 28, 2019 | Music
2019 has been all so overwhelming, hasn’t it? Being trapped in this infinity loop of crisis and pundits, all at our fingertips? We mindlessly scroll through the drone of Facebook, greedily lapping up salacious headlines and fretting over our future. Is anything...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 3, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Tomoyasu Hotei — also known as HOTEI — is one of the most famous guitarists to hail from Japan. He has sold over 40 million albums in his 30-plus year career, and you undoubtedly know his song “Battle Without Honor Or Humanity.” But HOTEI...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 16, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Nick Valensi first came into prominence as one-fifth of the downtown New York band The Strokes. Formed in 1998, The Strokes became one of the world’s top rock bands in 2002, going on to sell millions of records. While more music is in the works from The Strokes,...
