Foosball illustration by Dan Funderburgh

Starting to worry about how you’ll fill your days once the Cup is over? With just two games left to enjoy, you might be wondering: “how will I live without my daily dose of soccer?!”. Well, to help you transition back to the real world, order a copy of Arkitip’s Issue №0055 (the World Cup special edition), done in collaboration with Chinatown Soccer Club. It’s 100% football meets design — cover to cover.

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“What animal has inspired as much dread, as many legends, indeed, as much revulsion and terror as the snake? Demon, divinity, sacred animal protector, ancestor – the nature and importance of this creature’s role has changed throughout history. Among the 2,700 known species, few are dangerous, let alone lethal, to humans, but prejudices run deep. These images look at this family of animals with a mysterious biology, and of which new species are still being discovered.” — Steidl Publishing

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On January 13th the Iggy crew trekked out to Vibromonk Records in Bushwick, Brooklyn for another killer studio session of Iggy Music. UK indie rock & roll foursome The Heavy were impressively bushy-tailed for the 10am call-time: perhaps the sole perk of leftover transatlantic jetlag… Whatever qualms lead singer Kelvin Swaby might have had about the state of his voice were laid to rest as he belted out their first number: “Sixxxteen”…

Check out the behind the scenes shots from the day: our badass blogger Adriane (read her post about the session), resident goofball Woody (love the checkered oxford shirt Woods), and Vibromonk’s Dan Shatsky keeping “the chaos” at bay… Oh, there’s more: watch Lika’s interview with the band and the three performances from the day: “Sixxxteen”, “How You Like Me Now?”, and “What You Want Me to Do?”.

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Photo Credit: Lo Martin

Last Friday, December 18th, the Iggy crew headed out for a second live session at Brooklyn’s Vibromonk Records. Our recording just a few months earlier with Youssou N’Dour at this quirky industrial space was such a blast that we quickly snatched up the chance to return – this time with Brooklyn wunder-band, The Antlers. Here are some behind the scenes snaps of the session with Peter, Darby, and Mike – and, not to worry – videos of the shoot will be up in January!

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Faced with pouring rain, back-to-back shows, and acoustically-iffy venues, Pink Noise set out on Saturday night for a second evening of CMJ showcases in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A palpable sense of panic hung on the band as we lugged amps, pedals, guitars and a drum kit from Zebulon (where they played an amazing set on Thursday) to Glasslands down the street… (any rocker-envy I had just, poof, vanished at this point in the soggy evening). Although the first gig was pretty much a private concert for the smattering of early birds that were roaming around Glasslands, the scene at Shea Stadium in Bushwick was over-the-top lively: drunk, hapless hipsters tripping over microphone stands & wires, teetering over the balcony edge and spitting beer onto the cement floor…

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