The White City
Photographer: Spencer Anne Blacketer Designer/Stylist/HMUA: Elizabeth Schmitz Models: Jordan & Jenna of 19:30 Model Management Assistant 1: Adriana Aarietta My collection, ‘The White City”, was based off of Dr. H. H. Holmes, America’s first serial killer who started around the time of the 1893 Columbia Exhibition in Chicago. The collection tells the story of how the women were lured by Holmes’ charm into what would be their final breath. The photoshoot location was the original site of the Exhibition featuring an original building, The Palace of Fine Arts, which is now Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
The Room’s Air
Photographer: Raphael Umscheid Model: Cassandra Hierholzer Make up: Melissa Espelien Jewelry: Shalottlilly
Wand’s “Golem” Album Review
Wand is pretty cool. Their name is kind of light and confusing until you hear their music and the image of a heavy metal space wizard popped into my head and it all made sense. They remind me a lot of Meatbodies, which is good, but slower and heavier. Psychedelic rock seems like it’s becoming more and more of a stoner-punk subgenre these days, so it’s refreshing to see a band bring a classic heavy metal feel back to it. The best thing about this album is the variety of dynamic sound you get throughout. They have slow acoustic ballads, a heavy ballad, a slow ballad that gets heavy,…
Mixtape Monday: Traces of You
Mixtape Monday: Traces of You from anonmagazine on 8tracks Radio. Alone – Black Mustangs Panchito Blues ii – Peach Kelli Pop Dragonfly – Ice Balloons Three Years Ago Today – Built to Spill Raining Stars – I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper Ghoula II – Water Spaniel Red Sweater Lullaby – Pins and Needles Midas at Night – FOREVR
Prinzhorn Dance School’s “Reign” Review
In Cambridge, Massachusetts there exists a club called TT the Bear’s Place. On Saturday nights this strange little hole in the wall is home to literally the best thing ever: new wave dance music, primarily from the 80’s. I spent some of my best Boston nights raving to remixes of Iggy Pop, the Cure, and Depeche Mode with some of the strangest partygoers the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts had to offer. Why, you may be asking, is this in any way related to Prinzhorn Dance School’s new single “Reign”? Well, it’s because “Reign” would fit seamlessly within one of the famed “retro” playlists at good ol’ TT the Bear’s.…
Death’s N.E.W. Review
If you haven’t already heard of Death YOU HAVE TO CHECK THEM OUT. These guys are living music dinosaurs that made one of the best punk albums I’ve ever heard like 40 years ago that went undiscovered until 2008. You can almost imagine these three black guys rising from the music graveyard of forgotten bands reborn as magnificent, glowing phoenixes. They have a new album coming out that brings something old and new to the table. Death holds onto some of their unconventional technicality and proto-punk sound while also modernizing into something that actually sounds like it was made in 2015. In songs like “Relief” and “The Times” they…
Grown Up Avenger Stuff’s “Pins” Music Video Review: A Hero In Their Own Right
Based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, Grown Up Avenger Stuff fits like a musical superhero reminiscent of 90’s indie-rock. Brothers Tyler, Hunter, and John Thomsen and vocalist Deirdre Kroener formed in 2009 and have since played countless shows and music festivals across the United States, including Bele Chere, SXSW, and Festival in the Park. Not only gaining popularity in such an impressive amount of time and headlining renowned music festivals, this savvy and energetic pop-powerhouse also won Creative Loafing magazine’s Best Female Vocalist in 2010 and were chosen second of over 10,000 bands for the Wordkrapht band competition. Surrounded by a superb blend of neon lights and cloudy haze,…
Neo Queen
Photographer: Brain Vomit Photo Model: Dandie Doyle “You’ve become something of a myth.” Follow Dandie Doyle and her work on Facebook and Instagram.
Mixtape Monday: Just a Misunderstanding
Mixtape Monday: Just a Misunderstanding from anonmagazine on 8tracks Radio. Cola – Stalls Take Me to the Shadow – Flash Flash Comfort Rabo – Native America Shirley Tempo Legs – Little Child Man Wavering – Future Age Mouthful – Rule of Thirds Hologram – Mountain States Taking it Off – Spaceface
Dear Tracks Takeover!
“Dear Tracks comes to ones ear as a nebulous, sugar coated enigma. Focusing on sweet melodies and dreamy guitars evoking warm feelings of a radiating sun.” – Indie Current Dear Tracks is a dream pop band based out of Grand Rapids, MI formed by Matt Messore. Messore used to play in a band (You Blew It). The rest of the members, Victoria Ovenden, Jake Wiltse, and Ben Abid don’t really have a past history of established projects, so Dream Tracks is their first band in terms of getting musical experience. They just released their first EP “Wildflower” at the end of February online, as well as on vinyl and…
Personal Diary
Photographer: Leanne Surfleet Through photography I’m still finding myself and learning about myself, less now through self-portraiture, but more in how I see the people around me. The camera is an extension of me, its how I see my life clearly and remember that I’m living and not just existing (or at least I’m trying to). You can view more of Leanne Surfleet‘s photography on her website as well as on her Flickr account.
Album Review: Lady Lamb’s “After”
For Lady Lamb (real name, Aly Spaltro), her sophomore album After is about growing up, seeing the positives, and moving forward. When Spaltro released her debut album Ripely Pine, she was going by the name Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and writing about pain and young sadness. She may still write about pain but she’s reached a place of acceptance and found a much more controlled and powerful sound. Spaltro’s voice is reminiscent to me of Janis Joplin’s emotion and force. She strains her voice with such passion and beauty and sings like she has a lifetime full of stories and experiences but she’s only 25. There’s a distinct difference…
The Great Game Review: An Aural Experimentation Debut
With The Great Game’s members spanning from around the globe, the seven piece band successfully interweaves an array of musical genres that can best be described as “new world music”; taking timeless aspects of various musical styles and bringing them together to create something new and cohesive. The Great Game draws influences from bands like A Perfect Circle and King Crimson, but ultimately each member adds personal strength through vocal, lyrical and instrumental precision. On their opening track, “Science”, Chamberlain blends in the sound of his accordion with Sarraf’s distorted jazz guitar, tapping unfounded boundaries by merging instrumental experimentation with the unpredictability of the future (“Is this the age…
Mixtape Monday: ANON Magazine’s Third Issue Release Party Tracks!
ANON Magazine’s Third Issue Release Party Mixtape! from anonmagazine on 8tracks Radio. Brutalist – Madd Comrades Primitive Care – Ichi Ni San Shi In Waves – The Wolf Rodeo Muerte – Machete Western Squeeze Theorem – Madd Comrades Watch Them Grow – Ichi Ni San Shi Spirits Inside – The Wolf Cowboy Killer – Machete Western
Jen Hingley’s “Autonomy”: An Album of One’s Own
Autonomy: (noun; Independence or freedom, as of the will or one’s actions) – an appropriate name for Jen Hingley’s most recent and entirely self-produced and self-recorded album. Hailing from Manchester, UK, Hingley has her hands in many artistic projects ranging from print and web layout design to photography and film. It would seem that this poly-artistic approach to creation has given Hingley the ability to fully grasp a conceptual idea from different artistic perspectives and communicate it effectively through her music. Along with songs titled “There’s No One Left” and “Solo”, you get the sensation that it is as much about the process of working by yourself as it…
Single Review: Troy Samuela and Monsoonsiren’s “Fiend”
In general, I don’t care for electronic music. But every now and then I’m enticed by the dramatic drops, distorted vocals, and hauntingly catchy beats that define some of today’s better electro-pop. Troy Samuela and Monsoonsiren’s freaky-awesome “Fiend” is one such example – and I can’t get it out of my head. “Fiend” is the first single from new music and art outlet Foreign Family Collective, which is spearheaded by electronic duo ODESZA (you may have heard of them, seeing as they’re the darlings of this year’s festival season). It’s an unusual collaboration between two artists who have both worked with ODESZA but have strikingly different sounds. Monsoonsiren’s take…
Mixtape Monday: All My Habits
Mixtape Monday: All My Habits from anonmagazine on 8tracks Radio. Our Girl – Our Girl Bite Your Tongue – Megawave Lunar Fever – Twin Studies Pay Attention – Colleen Green Connectivity – Dear Tracks No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross – Sufjan Stevens Brush – WARM Snowed In – The Sleepwalk
Past, Present and Future: A Questionnaire with Matt Cullen & Troy LaPersonerie
ANON Magazine took a moment to ask Matt Cullen & Troy LaPersonerie from the hit webseries Raymond & Lane about their obsessions, their dream vacation, how Raymond & Lane came to fruition, and much more. P.S. A Bloody Mary definitely counts as a smoothie. How would you describe your childhood? Troy: Unconventional. I started acting professionally when I was 9 and had the opportunity to travel nationally and internationally doing so. Matt: Playful, fun, fortunate. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Troy: Hmmm… Maybe Spain. Matt: Somewhere far, far away, beyond the moon, beyond the stars… (Let’s go with London). …
Jennifer Hayes: What Lurks in the Shadows
Jennifer Hayes, a visual artist from Western MA, captures beauty and detail with her impeccable photography skills. Weirdness and remembrance tie together to reveal stunning shots and silhouettes. This summer she is exploring America by car and plans to capture every moment of it (and film it as well).
Slooom: An Audio and Visual Experience
Lauren Bruno, the creative director of $3 Shows and singer-songwriter for Les RAV, has set on new adventures into the world of electronic music and artistic video composition with her project, Slooom. Working with director Ryan Orenstein, music producer Delwin Campbell, and a cast and crew of over forty people, Slooom can’t wait to share with you their audio and visual experience. Set to be released as a three part series, check out their 15 second teaser trailer for part one of their series, “Honey”: You can also follow their updates for their upcoming May 1st, 2015 release of “Honey” through their Facebook event.
