Features, Music It started like the most classic of all-American fantasies: with a call from MTV. The Bamboo Shoots had taken MTVu’s Best Music on Campus contest, winning a spot on Epic’s roster and seats for the accompanying joyride. First there was…
Artist, Features We’ll start this off the way we’d think the artist himself would least like us to – with the words “street art.†Sam Flores thinks the word has been diluted, and here at Format we can’t say we disagree. However,…
Art, Spraycan Stories If you’re a writer, or a street artist, or any of the things that seem to float between the two these days, you’ve probably been inspired by Ghost (a.k.a. Cousin Frank). Truth be told, even if you think you haven’t,…
Features, Other There is one thing that every single dance instructor in America will tell you, and it goes something like this: dancing is not just about movement, or just about sound. It’s about passion, because to truly dance you must communicate…
Features, Music Helen Marnie, one-fourth of the universally respected electro-pop group Ladytron, makes a good point when she discusses the perks of a slow-building fan base. “I think some bands are hyped far too much initially, and therefore they feel the pressure…
Features, Other In 2001, Marc and Sara Schiller uploaded their collection of pictures to the Internet, emptying several hard drives of snapshots they’d taken on their frequent walks around New York City. At the time, loading images to the Internet was still…
Art, The Art Of If the power of a photograph could be reduced to one thing, the ability to stop time would be it. However, the freezing of a perfect second is elusive, and few photographers can claim the ability to do so consistently,…
Artist, Features Michael Sieben is a lot of things; artist, writer, skateboarder, badass – but something about the way he talks implies that he doesn’t care too much about all that. Michael loves what he does, but he won’t give you the…
Art, Spraycan Stories I used to think of street art as a rush job. You get in, you get out, you run if necessary, and you hope it looks as good up there as it did in your mind. I was aware of…
Art, Spraycan Stories There is a comment on the boards at enviro-site Inhabitat: “Splendiferous, brilliantissimo, fabulosouza; THIS IS ART,†it reads, and the sentiment continues down through nearly a hundred similarly pants-peed reactions. The source of the excitement is a story on graffiti,…
