Since his arrival in NYC in 2003, Todd Brooks – aka Todd Pendu – has successfully made his ‘lifestyle’ brand Pendu a recognizable, positive, and defining symbol. From turning his apartment into an art space, organizing the highly successful NY Eye & Ear Festival three years in a row, designing his own posters, throwing parties, – more

Fearless. Poet. Performance artist. Rapper. Punk. Mykki Blanco is all of these, and more. I won’t say her debut EP  Mykki Blanco & The Mutant Angels is game-changing; the lethal, industrial-punk beats and jagged, take-no-prisoners flow within defy the game. Those who champion the silly idea of ‘gay rap’ group her with equally-intriguing East Coasters – more