Day: October 11, 2024
Nelson Sullivan Conquered the ’80s Downtown Scene With His Loving Lens
This is PAPER 1984: a celebration of the year we were born, edited by Mickey Boardman, in honor of our 40th anniversary. This series looks back on the important cultural forces at work in 1984, many of which are still reverberating today. The club, music, food, fashion and gay scenes all produced future legends that…
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Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the…
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Somewhere Special Has a ‘Secret’
The New York scene has seen the rise of the pop duo in recent years with MGNA Crrrta’s dizzying trance cuts, Club Eat’s slapstick electropop, and now, Somewhere Special. A project of producer Bruno Zero and writer/vocalist Simone Alysia, Somewhere Special’s music is fast, fuzzy and bright like a blinking neon sign. Their often chaotic,…
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‘Brat’ Autumn Hard Launches at Storm King
Charli XCX looks right at me and waves as her mouth twists into a wry grin. I’d like to think it was my dancing, or my outfit, or my very good new haircut, but it’s probably the disposable camera in my hand. I’d just raised it above the crowd like a flare gun. One last…
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