Aiko, a stencil artist who began as a member of the now two-man art collective, Faile, recently exhibited some of her work at the Urban Folk Art Studios in conjunction with Brooklyn Tattoo. Aiko aka Lady Aiko, was born in Tokyo but has resided in NYC since the mid 90′s. Aiko has worked with photographer Martha Cooper on various projects and her work in this show specifically is inspired by Cooper’s photography from her book Tokyo Tattoo 1970.

To celebrate the release of her new book “Tokyo Tattoo 1970″, Martha Cooper put together a small exhibition and book signing at Urban Folk Art in Brooklyn, NY. Her new book documents the tattoo master Horibun and features other tattoo related images that Martha took in 1970′s.

Friends – Friend Crush

Friends – I’m His Girl

Check out their Bandcamp here or Soundcloud here to listen to more tunes.

These are some shots I took last weekend while walking around NYC and Brooklyn.

The GOOD FOOD Crew have a passion for two things: Good food and art. With dreams of serving tacos with a side of spray caps, they’ve been plastering every dive bar in Brooklyn, and making their own gear. Check it out:

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I can’t help but pause my favorite shows and look in the backgrounds for graffiti, in fact, I think I miss a lot of plotlines because I’m trying to see which ones of my friends just went all world! Well, a good friend of Thatsthehookup is all over HBO’s hit show, How to Make it in America… Read More

Black Light Dinner Party have a new video for their latest single “Gold Chain” (we posted the single last month here) that features none other than Mr. Ron Jeremy. I never thought I would enjoy watching Ron Jeremy star in a video- but Black Light Dinner Party made that happen. Then again, this isn’t the typical Ron Jeremy feature….OR IS IT?!?!?

THIS GUY KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT WITHOUT A DOUBT!!!!!
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Gold Chain by Black Light Dinner Party

After reaching #1 and #2 on Hype Machine with their first ever releases “Older Together” and “Small Boxes”, Black Light Dinner party is back with another ethereal synth driven track entitled Gold Chain. The group is made up of four anonymous (for the time being) dudes from Brooklyn, who have been putting music online for months and have already been recognized by the likes of the London Times and NME.

NME Magazine
The Buzz – “This mystery project is comprised of four anonymous producers, and their immaculate first offering…certainly sounds like they know their way around a mixing desk.”

Check out the video for their previous release Older Together below