Fresh off their performance at the Mondrian Soho, The DeLeon Rock Lounge & Nur Khan Sessions brought The Kills to Don Hill's. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince took the stage around midnight this Saturday to play a packed house of A-list scenesters. DeLeon tequila flowed as the crowd danced, stood on banquettes, and had a generally raucous time. It may not be Fashion Week but it certainly felt like it.
Which could be a good sign. While the space opened last September during Fashion Week and quickly marked itself as the place to be with an epic line-up The Dead Weather, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Hole/Courtney Love, and Crystal Castles, things quieted down after the models and designers fled town.
This February during Fashion Week there was a notable lack of major events happening at the spot. When we asked Nur Khan about the situation he told us, "Don Hill's isn't all about Fashion Week. When the major acts are in town, I'll try and have them play before we go into nightclub mode/dance party vibe."
At the time we were skeptical. The space has bands regularly but normally not the sort of headliner names that bring out the cool kids en mass. The Kills show could mark a change we hope continues year round.
[The Kills Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart]
Just a few of the names in the house to this invite only secret show were: Nick Zinner, Barney Clay, Nur Khan, Brent Hocking, Debbie Harry, Coco Rocha, Byrdie Bell, Alexandra Richards, Nick Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia, Derek Blasberg, Lissie Trullie, and oddly Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords.
[Nur Khan, Brent Hocking, Byrdie Bell]
[Waris Ahluwalia, Nick Zinner ]
[David X Prutting, Chau Ngo Prutting]
[Derek Blasberg, Lyle Maltz, Byrdie Bell]
[Alexandra Richards, Nick Cohen]
[David X Prutting, Nur Khan, Brent Hocking (CEO & Founder of DeLeon Tequila), Billy Farrell]
[Richard Chai, Daniel Cameron, Carola Remer, Valeriya Malnik, Scott Lipps, Linde Selel]
[Photo Credit: David X Prutting/BFAnyc.com]
Interview With Creative Time's Anne Pasternak Who Is Changing The Way We View Our Public Art
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johnniemakesthecocktails
March 15, 2011
2:45pm
1. why would you say they smoked inside #smh (ya thats a hash tag) 2. why would anyone actually wanna deal with any of the above pictured individuals with some exceptions (mainly debbie h) on a regular basis? this is the crowd that looks sad and bbms the girls shes sitting next to all night bc they think its cool to pretend to not care whats going on around them. 3. play the doors five to one in club anywhere below 21st and lemme knows what happens (little hint - the above pictured individuals wouldnt even know who the band was never mind lose their minds as they should (with the possible exceptions of goldbar on sunday or xix (i repeat possible))) 4. rocknroll in nyc is dead 5. rocknroll is dead - id blame hair metal or nirvana personally, although ive never been able to decide if kurt was our neil young or not 6. nyc is dead - id blame giuliani 7.yes i have this much time on my hands
enoughalready
March 15, 2011
5:54pm
We are in an interesting era. This is the moment of those who "look cool" but aren't. Rock and Roll may very well BE dead but "Rockstar" fashion certainly isn't as evidenced by the "A-List scenesters" gathered at this mediocre performance (a friggin Melotron?) corporate sponsored by some El Crappo tequila lorded over by some cheezeball Paki who resembles the cabbie who refused to drive you out to Brooklyn.