The Big Up!: Archive

New Years

Right now, I’m wishing I wasn’t so awake because I have to wake up and go into work for a little while tomorrow. I’m still trying to figure out where we’re going to go to tomorrow night for New Years. New Years never has been a really crazy holiday for me. Most of the time, I’ve spent it with my family in DC, which is always pretty chill. In actuality, I’ve...

Dec 31st

Dec 29th

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is...”

– Raquel Zimmermann, photographed by Mario Sorrenti, styling by Jane How.

Dec 28th

Deerhunter...just hearing them for the first time

Okay, so I know I’m late on this but I’m really just hearing them for the first time. Since I’ve moved to Atlanta this summer, I’ve been interested in finding out what’s here besides the over-saturated neon hipster movement and underground hip-hop scene. We’ve been doing a lot of shows within the hip-hop scene here in Atlanta but I hate to pigeon hole...

Dec 28th

Dec 27th

Brittany Bosco's Spectrum EP named one of the BEST...

Click here to see the full list First of all, it’s a beautiful thing to just be recognized for the craft you do. Second, it’s even better when people let you know how much they like it and that they believe in you. Third, it’s pretty damn amazing to be named one of the best of ‘08 along side with heavy hitters like Gnarls Barkley, Estelle, Nas, Kanye West,...

Dec 25th

Check out John Michael Fulton. Among all the photographers I’ve met in the past years, he is probably the first where I can truly say that I love their work. Hopefully he’ll be able to work with The Big Up! on our upcoming group photo shoot. -AG

Dec 24th