Every Thursday from now until September 25th you’ll be able to see djs such as Dave 1 from Chromeo, The Rapture DJs, Matthew Dear, Alan Braxe, Ed Banger, and Micheal Mayer spin at ÉTÉ D’AMOUR (which translates to “summer of love”) at Santos’ Party House.
Check out Rhythmism’s interview with Jerome Viger-Kohler of Ete D’Amour. […]

[Os Gemeos, Deith Projects, April 02, 2005]
Theres an Os Gemeos show right around the corner at Deitch Projects. Too Far Too Close runs from June 28th to August 9th, 2008 at the 18 Wooster location. The Opening is on Saturday June 28th from 6pm to 9pm.
From the press release:
Os Gemeos (pronounced “ose zhe’-mee-ose.”) are two […]

We were pleasantly surprised at the ReSOLUTE Detroit party by Henry of AirDrop spotting and recognizing us (do we even have pictures up?!) as the kids behind ObsceneNYC. After listening to some of his Airpods we’re going to have to recommend hitting up the event he’s throwing on Friday. Airdrop take oves Bar 13 Boston […]

[Max Knight’s “Walking Bike.” Part of the Bicycle Film Festival’s Dear Velo Art Show]
The Bicycle Film Festival, an international festival celebrating the bicycle, begins its New York City run on Wednesday, May 28th. The program features an art exhibit, films, and dance parties through Sunday June 1st.
We suggest hitting up the Dear Velo Art Opening […]

[Magda and the M_NUS posse in a special WTF photoshoot for Contakt]
Derek Plaslaiko’s monthly GO!!!! series features Magda off of Richie Hawtin’s m_nus label taking over the decks at APT Thursday, May 22nd. We highly recommend going as this is a great opportunity to see Magda in an intimate setting for 10$. We’ll be showing […]

[photos from last month’s french themed Kiss and Tell]
Seze and Deanna are rolling back into Rose Bar on May 7th for their monthly Kiss and Tell party. Dethlab is flying in from Detroit, and the Obscene NYC crew plans to get messy and drunk at what is currently our favorite low-key, mid-week drink session.
Click […]

[photo by from-the-land-o-plenty]
We first became aware of hobo and train graffiti through old interviews with Margaret Kilgallen and Barry Mcgee. One of the influences they made specific references to was Bozo Texino, a mysterious train artist who scrawled simple, intriguing messages and imagery onto railroad surfaces across America.
Bill Daniel will be screening Who is […]

Buff Monster, the ice cream and heavy metal inspired artist, has a show opening up this weekend at the Giant Robot gallery in the East Village. More Details.

Modeselektor is coming to FUN at Studio B on Friday March 21st, 2008. We don’t have much to say past that. PS If you’re not impressed by the above video why are you reading this blog?
On Saturday March 22nd, 2008 Minimoo presents Pan-Pot, Memek, and Maxi Stamm. Seriously, does Miss Moo ever stop? […]

The MoMA is opening up a new exhibit: Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today. The exhibition features work from forty artists ranging from Ellsworth Kelly and Gerhard Richter to Sherrie Levine and Damien Hirst.
There are several events running throughout the showing, including a sold out DFA party (we hate you!), panel discussions, and […]

We don’t know what the cold brings out in us over here at Obscene NYC but every winter we get an insatiable appetite for electronic music. If you didn’t hear Audion or Troy Pierce absolutely WRECKING January’s minimoo parties you really, really missed out.
Today we’re happy to inform everyone that minimoo has finally […]

Edan, one of our favorite rappers, is playing the Knitting Factory Saturday night. The last time we saw him was at Southpaw where he opened for Prefuse 73. We weren’t expecting it, but he blew EVERYONE out of the water.
MP3: Edan - Run That Shit!

[a sampling of some of the artwork]
Der Bilderklub [picture club], a Berlin-based experimental platform and virtual community where professional illustrators share their visual lives, is having an affordable artwork exhibit at Gallery Hanahou through February 20th. The opening is January 17th from 6-9pm.
All artwork is 5″x5″ and priced at 12$ each.

[Photo of the Hollywood Bowl show earlier this year by Carlie Armstrong]
Its payday, which means your broke ass finally has enough money to buy a ticket to Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist’s Hard Sell Tour on Saturday, January 26th at Irving. They also appear to have posted an as of yet unannounced Sunday show as […]

[Photo by Micheal Nagle for the New York Times]
Damien Hirst has an installation opening up on Saturday, November 9th in the lobby of the Lever House Restaurant located in midtown Manhattan.
According to the Intelligencer:
The project, called School: The Archaeology of Lost Desires, Comprehending Infinity and the Search for Knowledge, includes several sheep, a bull, a […]

Neckface’s Closed Casket show runs from October 31st to November 24, 2007 at the Dactyl Foundation [MAP]. The opening reception, hosted by Neil Grayson, Jason Dill, Dash Snow, and Chloe Sevigny, is on Halloween night from 7-9pm.

The Beast Within, an “exhibition of introspective monster art,” also opens on Halloween night at the […]

We’re going to die from all of the bike related events this weekend.
On Friday, Time’s Up is throwing what may be the last party at their current space on Houston — the lease on the space they are occupying will be up soon.

On Saturday prepare yourself for Bike Kill 5. From what we can gather […]

The VH1 Hip Hop Honors Weekend is taking place this week at the powerHouse arena in DUMBO.
Some of the highlights include:
The Birth of a Legend: A discussion of VH1 Hip Hop Honoree A Tribe Called Quest
Martha Cooper and Rokafella present We B*Girlz
Charlie Ahearn presents Wild Style The Sampler

New photo exhibition openings by Leonard Freed […]

Beirut played a free secret show at Coco 66 in Greenpoint last night and completely wrecked the place! They played a drunken 1 1/2 hour set (including one “pee break”) of new and old songs to prepare for their three upcoming NYC shows. You can catch them tonight (9/20) at The Brooklyn Masonic Temple in […]

On Sunday, October 7th MASH, the documentary on San Francisco’s fixed gear street culture, will have its East Coast premiere at St. Marks Church in the East Village.
From the MASH SF Website:
It’s not about stopping - it’s about going as fast as you can. Commitment to every line, corner, and hill is what […]