Los Angeles-based shoegaze outfit, IO Echo has unveiled an interactive video for the title single "Ministry of Love," which lets the user control and manipulate its aesthetic.
Created by the developers behind Arcade Fire’s interactive film project The Wilderness Downtown, the video features lead singer, Ioanna Gika and guitarist, Leopold Ross playing-out in a series of George Orwell-inspired sequences, in which
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Yesterday, Twitter launched its cutting-edge "music discovery" platform and app, Twitter #Music.
A new service that aims to revolutionize how people discover music, Twitter #Music uses Twitter activity to detect and uncover the most popular tracks and artists on Twitter. Using four separate tabs (Popular, Emerging, Suggested and #NowPlaying), a clean grid layout displays a profile image for each artist. With
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With SXSW Interactive commencing today, we take a quick look at some of the most important talks and events happening over this five-day festival of innovative ideas.
Held in the city of Austin, Texas, this year's festival is bringing together an exhilarating mix of futurists, creatives and social media experts to talk about the emerging trends in technology, digital media and
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Musical maestro, Beck has re imagined David Bowie’s 1977 single Sound and Vision, in an interactive, 360° multi-sensory performance.
Over a single evening, Beck performed alongside a magnificent ensemble of over 160 musicians at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Musicians comprised choir members, and an orchestra, guitarists, harpists and even a theremin player, as well as members from the Dap-Kings band
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Before the explosion of Facebook and social media usage on a global level, Myspace provided us with a platform to discover bands and enjoy the first experiences of online socializing and networking.
Currently undergoing a complete makeover, the site is set to return this year with a more intuitive and clean interface and overall contemporary design. Honoring its musical heritage, it
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Kylie Minogue's global fame has been just as much about fashion as it has been about music, and her upcoming book is set to document the style side of her illustrious 25-year career. Kylie/Fashion (Thames & Hudson) is a coffee table-sized tome charting the songstress's many notable costumes from her various tours and music videos, from the white hooded catsuit
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Head to London's Hayward Gallery Project Space for an exciting journey through punk culture in the 1970s. Prepare to be immersed into an authentic world of anarchic visuals.
The exhibition is bursting with unseen art, graphics, and designs, alongside an archive of items such as cassette tapes, posters, handbills, records, and clothing inspired by the pre-punk, punk, and post-punk movements. Publications of early fanzines including
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Sound & Vision is the new solo art exhibition from Shepard Fairey - creator of the global streetwear brand, Obey. The show features a range of new works including mixed media paintings on canvas, works on paper, retired stencil collages, rublith cuts, serigraphs on wood, and metal on paper.
The exhibit's title, Sound & Vision, is taken from a David Bowie song of the
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Stylesight's London team had an epic weekend at the Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park, thanks to our buddies over at Hard Rock who put on an awesome retrospective show that included three amazing headline acts: Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon. The rainy weather (welcome to England, guys!) didn't stop our editors from rocking out all weekend in ponchos and
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Designer John Varvatos has partnered with Epic Ink to create a new series of books, each offering detailed information and imagery of a guitar used by a legendary musician. Instruments owned by Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons are among those featured. Clever packaging, which includes a custom leather case, a certificate of authentication and a hand-numbered vellum title
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An array of celebrities showed up at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday for the 2011 AMAs. Glitz and glamour were widespread themes on the red carpet; music VIPs like Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez embraced black lace, while others donned head-to-toe sparkle or shine. Selena Gomez epitomized old Hollywood glamour in a slinky metallic gown, and her
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Duran Duran have had tenacious, three-decade long staying power with their danceable musicianship, sing-along choruses and their celebration of glamour and glitz. Their latest video "Girl Panic!" (below) captures the essence of Duran Duran, along with their irreverent humor.
In it, the band cleverly cast a host of supermodels (all of whom have been in their vids before) that live out
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Carla Sozzani's 10 Corso Como empire has become a global institution. Today it celebrates it's 20th anniversary.
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With food high on the agenda as a material, and the experience of dining now more than a means to sate the appetite, creative consultancy FranklinTill have teamed up with food wizards Bompass & Parr, artist and chef, Caroline Hobkinson from Stirring With Knives and London based sound designers, Silent Studios for a series of culinary evenings during London Design
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