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First Layer Of The Peel

John Peel by Jamie Beeden/ The Hell Gate- image is copyrighted, not for use without permission

Not too long ago we blogged about the John Peel Project and now it’s underway. What’s in this recent Guardian article is not surprising- we all know that record enthusiasts are not the most tidy of folks, but they know exactly what is in their collection and God forbid anything is misplaced, they will freak out… it’s uncanny and Peel was no different. His filing system is akin to a on old school library card catalouge, which in endearing. The first entry has been cast and you can now follow the John Peel Project here.

Tags: Guardian UK, Jamie Beeden, John Peel, John Peel Project
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May 1st, 2012

What’s In a Name

We find ourselves explaining where we got our name from… a lot.

No, we are not Death Metal or Goth freaks- The Hell Gate is an actual bridge in Astoria Queens- a unique, beautiful, gothic style railroad bridge & synonymous with the East River view to take we have on life from Queens NY.
We chose not to go down the Donald Trump school of naming routes (random use of latin) or name ourselves or play the bullshit bingo option of using a variation on “stock” “pic” “foto” etc etc – the fodder stock school of no imagination.

A beautiful photograph of the Hell Gate bridge from the 1940s is in the link here, you’ll have to scroll down a bit to get to it – the actual website of the NYC Municipal online photo gallery is currently down because so many people logged onto it yesterday .

Tags: Astoria, bridge, Death Metal, Goth, Hell Gate, Municipal, NYC, photo, stock
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April 26th, 2012

Rough Trade Crosses The Pond

We’re surprised it took this long for a Rough Trade store to make it’s way to Williamsburg. For better or for worse, it will be a big space with in store performances (Rough Trade will be handling that) and Bowery Presents will handling the live performance area late night. Will be interesting to see if they tailor the merch to more American sensibilities. Hopefully it will be as good as the Brick Lane location in London.

Tags: Bowery Presents, Brick Lane, in store, London, Rough Trade, store, Williamsburg
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April 12th, 2012

Feature Submission- Avicii by Frey+Martin

Avicii by Frey+Martin Photography/ The Hell Gate- image is copyrighted, not for use without permission

Recently published in YRB magazine, portraits of mega-hot Swedish DJ/ producer Avicii are available for licensing.

Tags: Avicii, DJ, Frey+Martin, licensing, producer, Sweden, YRB
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April 5th, 2012

Music Sales Are Up

Believe it! This has not happened since 2004…. All the stats are here- thanks to Brooklyn Vegan for posting on FB. While it’s no surprise that Digital made up more than half of revenues for the first time ever, Vinyl unit sales and revenues were both up over 30%. Growth rates on subscription services and digital album downloads where solid as well.

Tags: Brooklyn Vegan, sales, Spotify, subscriptions, vinyl
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March 29th, 2012

Feature Submission-The Maccabees by Owen Richards

The Maccabees by Owen Richards/ The Hell Gate- image is copyrighted, not for use without permission

A study in soundcheck by Owen Richards, taken before the Maccabees’ January 26, 2012 show at the London 02 Brixton Academy. Gallery viewable here.

Tags: 02, Brixton, London, Owen Richards, soundcheck, The Maccabees
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March 22nd, 2012

Recently Uploaded and Available for Licensing

Zola Jesus by Angel Ceballos/ The Hell Gate- image is copyrighted, not for use without permission

Newly uploaded from Angel Ceballos- Twin Sister, Foxygen, and the gorgeous Zola Jesus session that was the album artwork for Vessel, images now available for licensing.

Tags: Angel Ceballos, Foxygen, Twin Sister, Vessel, Zola Jesus
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March 20th, 2012

Feature Submission- Dope Body by Angel Ceballos

Dope Body By Angel Ceballos- image is copyrighted, not for use without permission

Angel Ceballos‘s recent stint with Baltimore’s Dope Body turned out some amazing tour photography. You’ll be seeing and hearing a lot more from Dope Body in the near future, but remember, you saw it here first. Amazing feature gallery viewable here. All images are available for licensing.

Tags: Angel Ceballos, Baltimore, Dope Body, tour
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March 12th, 2012

Jackie Roman on Noisey

This year Jackie Roman was hired as the Bruise Cruise’s staff photographer- She did a phenomenal job last year for us with her Hell Gate Exclusive images. We will have Jackie’s images from this year’s antics available for licensing shortly.

Till then, Noisey’s done another great segment on Jackie. The tropical storms where no match for Jackie, Fucked Up and King Khan.

Tags: Bruise Cruise, Fucked Up, Hell Gate Exlcusive, Jackie Roman, King Khan, Noisey
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March 8th, 2012

Bill Will Write Your Song

Bill Ryder-Jones by Sophie Jarry/ The Hell Gate- image is copyrighted not for use without permission

Bill Ryder-Jones will write your own personal theme song, all you have to do is enter this contest. How great is that? Always worth revisiting is Sophie Jarry’s photos of Bill. We look forward to hearing the winning theme song.

Tags: Bill Ryder-Jones, contest, Sophie Jarry, theme song
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February 21st, 2012