
Spellbound
Photographer: John Allen ( Instagram ) HMUA: Last Satellite Salon ( Instagram ) Stylist: Kate Leatherwood ( Instagram ) Clothing: Sola ( Instagram )

Mixtape Monday: Ending Serenade
Us Now – Them Are Us Too Wet Food – Stove To Know You – Wild Nothing Violet – Death Party at the Beach Desire – Moon Tapes Cada Día Es Así – Elora Spooky Something – Petal Head Pill – Mayfair

Reviews: Singles We’re Spinning
Lazy Legs – “Ghost” Based out of Chicago, Lazy Legs lo-fi reverb-filled noise brings their listener back to the early days of My Bloody Valentine and early 90’s shoegaze. Included on their upcoming self-titled EP off cassette tape label and blog Wild Patterns, the band’s single for “Ghost” haunts you with barely-there instrumentals and...

Mixtape Monday: Christmas Vibes
Father Christmas – The Kinks Winter Wonderland – Cocteau Twins Dance of the Sour Plum Fairy – The Sour Notes Little Drummer Boy – The Dandy Warhols Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) – The Ramones 3 Ghosts of Xmas – Many Birthdays Santa’s Beard – They Might Be Giants Christmas (Baby...

Holy Wave: The Evil Has Landed Part II
Holy Wave: The Evil Has Landed Part 2 In a world of faux social connection bands rise out of hype to show no substance once fully in the light. In this moment of no tolerance for giants, where longevity and ego are despicable to nearly all, bands get discarded before coming close to catching stride...

Afia
Photographer – Lia Rustomjee ( Instagram ) Make-Up Artist – Grace Victoria ( Instagram ) Model – Afia Taylor-Walker ( Instagram ) Clothes – photographer’s own

FILM REVIEW: The World of Kanako
Beginning with Kant two hundred years ago and his belief “every event has a cause,” arguing around the framework of experience being supplied not from outside, from the external world itself, but by us, saying the presuppositions of morality are that those who obey the moral law should be rewarded, that the world by...

Mixtape Monday: A Taste of Distaste
Destination of Choice – Weed Hounds Cinema – Miss Mobile Home She’s In My Plans – Bloodhounds on My Trail Directions – Schonwald Unwished – Asalto Al Parque Zoológico Memory Maker – Groves N.V.S. – Chasms Nail It to the Cross – Moving Units

Shop Local This Xmas
Not sure what to get for your friends or family for Christmas this year? Sure, there are all sorts of bargains and coupons and nonsense, but this year we think it’s time to start putting our money towards something more deserving, which is why we’re going local this Christmas. Mom and Pop shops are the ones who put...

Confess
Photographer: Marjani Viola Hawkins/MVHPhoto Model: Samantha Moore HMUA: Haley Bolster Stylist: Bryana Blackmon Clothing: GrowOp Boutique, Shop Olive You Accessories: Shop Olive You; photographer’s own

Mixtape Monday: Driving in Circles
Apocalypse – Moon King Why Wait? – Shopping Anywhere – Elastic Sleep Birthday – Dan Soto Dinner Jazz – Jesuits Oranges – Young Jesus Shiny Skin – Mean Red Spiders Nowhere – Dreamwave

Born Bad Seeds: Gross Pointe
Be it from age or simple cosmic awareness, somewhere along the path we become less a reflection of the external, our own tiny voices finding strength in some collective subconscious of US, we close our eyes in true Jordan Catalano fashion to open them with a rift unfathomable between what we have become and...

Environmentally Conscious From Head to Toe: Stop the Water While Using Me
Despite being a necessity of life, water in our environment is severely wasted. However, Stop the Water While Using Me! encourage consumers to turn off the faucet and save water while taking care of your body. Their line features a wide range of products including shampoo, conditioner, soaps, hand balms, and body lotion, made...

Divine Dreamscapes: Pale Dīan
Harnessing the surrealism of David Lynch and the soprano of Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser, Pale Dīan certainly evokes a transcendental experience when it comes to their aesthetic and live performance. Initially forming in Dallas, Texas, guitarist Derek Kutzer and vocalist Ruth Smith established new ground in Austin this past summer, as well as a...