Online Resources NYC

Through a combined effort of research and conversations with skaters, musicians and artists we have come up with a list of online resources that are used to discover information about Skate, Music & Art in New York City.

Skate

Spots

• http://quartersnacks.com/spots/ (unauthorized)
• http://www.nyskatespots.com/
• http://newyorkcityskateparks.com/ (authorized)

General Culture

• http://quartersnacks.com/
• http://www.nyskateboarding.com/

Art

Street Art

• http://streetartnyc.org/
• www.brooklynstreetart.com

Art Events

• http://artcards.cc/
• http://www.artslant.com/ny
• http://www.thelmagazine.com/category/art/
• http://www.nyartbeat.com/
• http://nymag.com/arts/

Music

• http://www.ohmyrockness.com/
• è Specifically mentioned the NYC Newsletter
• http://www.villagevoice.com/music/
• è Also noted printed version
• http://www.brooklynvegan.com/
• http://www.bowerypresents.com/
• http://www.livenation.com/
• http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/
• http://www.thelmagazine.com/category/music/
• http://www.capturedtracks.com/
• Sites for the specific venues

Magazines found in record stores: Rolling Stone, Complex, Billboard, Mojo, Uncut, Shindig, Surface Magazine, Man of The World, Another Man, Clash, The Wire, Viper, TGA Magazine, Radio Silence, Monocle,  i-D, Lula Magazine, Dossier Journal, Smith Journal, Wired, Dazed, Frankie, Ugly Things

A Note on Social:

Although we discovered these sites are being used by people within the NYC skate/music/art scenes – almost everyone pointed to social platforms as a top method for sharing and learning. As we are aware, social media is extremely important in how artists/musicians/skaters find out about what’s happening in their scene in NYC.

Speaking with a local musician who plays at Lower East Side bar/music venue "Pianos," he said he relies on Instagram and Twitter to follow venues/other local artists to survey of the local scene and to discover new potential venues. In the same manner he uses his Instagram page to promote his shows and to gain new followers and in turn new fans.

As we recapped previously after speaking with KCDC employee Andrew, he spoke of the “rush” to post new tricks and new locations on Instagram to tag them as their own. Although some spots are purposely not put on social media for these reasons – Skaters use Instagram and Twitter to discover new places to skate. Also posting builds a community that involves sharing skate videos and pictures online with individual skaters, groups, and skate shops following each other and interacting.

In the same manner, just by following The Bushwick Collective on Instagram its 72K followers can see the latest and greatest from their newsfeeds. Fans interested in seeing the street art for themselves can find it based off the Instagram location and can then follow the artist to discover more of their work - and in the process fan bases are built behind these artists.