Levitation Presents Moon Duo, Mind Spiders, Dallas Acid & More at Barracuda
Photography by: Mike Manewitz ( Instagram ) Words by: Trish Connelly ( Instagram ) It’s a guarantee that any acts following Levitation Presents are certain to be worthy of your attention. Last Friday night The Reverberation Appreciation Society curated a remarkable lineup consisting of touring bands and local performers alike for an unbeatable...
Mixtape Monday: All Hallow’s Eve by Cat Tassini
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead Jay Reatard – Waiting for Something Siouxie and the Banshees – Halloween Marilyn Manson – Wormboy Holy Wave – Night Tripper Bleached – Dead Boy The Orwells – Halloween All Year Shannon and the Clams – White Rabbit Bow Wow Wow – I Want Candy Prince – Batdance M83...
Dear Thrive: I Started My Novel, But Now I Can’t Finish It
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, Last year I started a novel, and I’m stuck halfway through. I love where it’s going, but don’t know how to get started again. Help!! Love, Novel Idea Dear Novel Idea, Congratulations on even getting started. I always make it...
Artists On Our Radar: Mona Cordes
Photographer: Mona Cordes ( Instagram ) Model: Davy ( Instagram ) Styling: Mona Cordes & Saphire ( Instagram ) Makeup: Mona Cordes, Davy & Saphire Hair: Rohmarra Kerr ( Instagram ) Clothing: Search and Destroy Vintage ( Instagram ) Jewelry: Saphire from Brighton The series was shot on a wonderful autumn day out in the...
Walter TV || Glaze || Loafer
Photography & Words: Taylor Wallace Venue: Mohawk, Austin TX It can be hard to open a show on a Monday night, but Loafer (Austin, TX) didn’t have any trouble. They’re a three piece with tight bass, wonderfully nasty guitar, and a singing drummer. The guitar tones and style were reminiscent of the late Christopher...
Brilliant Beast
Photography & Words: Taylor Wallace Venue: Cheer Up Charlies, Austin TX All the way from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Brilliant Beast showed everyone at Cheer Up Charlies (Austin, TX) what a tight shoegaze band sounds like. People immediately gathered shoulder to shoulder around the stage when the band got started. Their sound was so big and...
Wand and Darto at Barracuda
Photographer: Raphael Umscheid ( Instagram ) Wand and Darto at Barracuda in Austin, TX || October 13th
Mixtape Monday: Tracks In Your Town
BLXPLTN – Burn to Live Common Velvet – Wolves The Sour Notes – Clock Strikes Twelve Bond Twins – Pool Boy Hikes – Onset Blood Pumps – Long Gossip Caleb De Casper – Big Bad Wolf Pong – Still Here
Dear Thrive: My Casual Relationship Ended, How Do I Mend?
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, My casual relationship just ended and even though we weren’t serious, the end of this still hurts. Not as much as my last serious relationship but enough to put me in a funk. How do I get over yet another rejection? Signed, Casually...
Friday the 13th: Nostalgia, Films, and a Celebration of Fictional Occult Terror
Nostalgia, Films, and a Celebration of Fictional Occult Terror By Jay Armstrong Take some advice from a dude sitting in his boxers eating three day old cold pizza; find something you geek about and celebrate it. Ask those around you to celebrate it with you. Make it a THING. Maybe you are a...
The Past Perfect
Photographer: Anny Hall Stylist: Kate Konn Makeup & Hair: Mary Elizova Model: Vika NO NAME vintage Denim – RIFLE jeans Sweatshirt – NCAA Ohio State Buckeyes Denim – RIFLE jeans Jacket – Calvin Klein Jeans Overalls – Vittorio Rossi
Mixtape Monday: Candy Corn Dreams
Wand – Reaper Invert Elvis Depressedly – A Bible in a Bath of Bleach Thee Oh Sees – Will We Be Scared? Ex-Cult – Nightmare Zone Cherry Glazerr – Trick or Treat Dancefloor Death Lens – Drag Bass Drum of Death – No Demons Jay Reatard – My Shadow
Exploring Boundaries
Photographer: Nadia Rompas ( Website ) Muse: Emma Stylist: Linda Wang MUA: Clodia Marland
Garlands of Stars and Lights
Photographer: Debjyoti Das ( Instagram ) Fashion: Pinkpyjama | Niyati Hirani ( Instagram ) Hair & MUA: Shefali Surve ( Instagram ) Muse: Edita ( Instagram ) at Sky Model Management ( Instagram ) Wardrobe: Huemn ( Instagram ) Photo Assistant: Prathap ( Instagram ) Retouching: Lidia Stolyarova ( Instagram ) Curated by: Rupika Goyal...
The Flaming Lips and Mac DeMarco at ACL Live
Photographer: Ismael Quintanilla III ( Instagram ) Mac DeMarco and The Flaming Lips at ACL Live, Austin TX
Isle in the Fog
Visual Artist / Designer / Photographer: Joanne Jones ( Instagram ) Joanne Jones’ series “Isle in the Fog” was shot at Coney Island on Kodak Portra 800 in August, 2017. It’s a contemplative look at a place that blurs the line between our dreams and our reality, our pasts and our present. ...
Mixtape Monday: Escaping to the Woods
Protomartyr – Don’t Go to Anacita The Courtneys – Minnesota Dentist – Meet You There (in Delaware) Dan Rico – Flesh and Bone Native Sun – Sister Dull Tools – Wild, Wild, Wild Horses SPC ECO – Waking Up Again Losange – Atone
Dear Thrive: How Do I Edit My Book?
Welcome to Thrive! A weekly advice column for creatives and the generally confused. Dear Thrive, I’m finishing a book right now. How do I go about editing it? -In It to Win It Dear Win It, Congratulations on arriving to the editing stage! I hope you celebrate with a glass of wine and a couple...
