Mixtape Monday: Tracks In Your Town
Bitter Days – River Jones Ideal Man (demo) – The Sister Rays Fight – Otis the Destroyer Pastures – Honey and Salt Pinprick Eyes – Ask For Joy Don’t Let Me Tear Us Apart – Red Comet 3 Phosphorescent Sands – No Mind Lay Low – Surly Gates
Liaisons Dangereuses
Photography: 240 FOESC (Instagram) Stylist: 240 FOESC / Dara Hamarneh, Gael Pineiro Beiras (Instagram) Set Coordinator: Penelope Amoroso (Instagram) Models: Christa Marie Prats, Camilla Ottaviani Clothes: Stylists’ own
Drenched In Love
Still Life / Graphics: Vito Marciano’
The Art of Art-o-Mat
Bucks County Free Library, Doylestown PA With the increase of public smoking bans, the use for cigarette vending machines are at an all time low. However, artist Clark Whittington decided to put these metal boxes to good use after noticing a friend had a Pavlovian experience when hearing cellophane crinkle. Upon hearing the opening of a snack package, they had the uncontrollable urge to purchase one as well. In June of 1997, Whittington set up an art show at a cafe in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, using a banned cigarette machine to create the first Art-o-mat. The machine included his black & white photography, mounted on a block and sold…
Mixtape Monday: Eat You Alive
Sown – Bleak House Listen Hard – Faux Ferocious Contact – The Prids Mercy – Eric Bachmann Emergency Turn Off – All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors An Arm’s Reach Away – Presents for Sally Kan Not – En Kernaghan Band Flaxen Hair – Savage Sister
The Price of a Black Life in America
Photographer/Visual Artist: Ina Lounguine Ina Lounguine is a Ukrainian visual artist. She was born in 1993 in Odessa. Being the youngest child in a family of social activists and intellectuals, she has been raised with great curiosity and awareness. She graduated the Tavricheskaya Art School of Saint-Petersburg and just recently mastered in Esthetics and Culture at the Ukrainian Academy of Arts. Ina’s body of work aims to trigger political and social debates and encourage dialogue. Using visual metaphors, she creates scenery for matters she wishes to bring attention to, such as racism, drug use, and gun violence Her current work, “The Price of a Black Life in America”, sprung…
Lovers
Photographer: Marcin Kalinski
Heavy Times’ “Psychic Punk”
Progress has such negative connotations, the mere idea of it being attached to some band we are stoked for makes us cringe. More often than not “progress” is a term used as a shield by those who value self-gain over integrity when justifying why the album they are now promoting sounds like a desperate attempt at making a few dollars instead of pushing themselves towards the dangerous fringe area of existence called creativity. Some bands though catch our attention early having something ingrained in their aesthetic that gets us rallying behind them before the output matches the ambition. Heavy Times are one such band. Sometimes it’s once the progress…
Mixtape Monday: How Did I Get Here
Ablaze – School of Seven Bells What If She Is Listening? – Psychiatric Metaphors New Future – Candace Wouldn’t You Rather Know Yourself – Lazy Queen Tanner Buildings – Molly Drag Anything U Want – White Cascade Dissolve – Matt Bartram Interstellar – Swanhoppers
An Evening with Low at The Parish
Words by: Trish Connelly Photography: Raphael Umscheid Despite my belated discovery of Low’s music, their album Things We Lost in the Fire defined a significant portion of my college years. More often than not I’d put “Sunflower” and “Dinosaur Act” on repeat, the soundtrack to my solitary Sunday nights. This past Tuesday, I found myself front and center for their An Evening With show at The Parish in Austin, Texas. A hush ran through the crowd as soon as they graced the stage, guitarist and vocalist Sparhawk’s voice blending effortlessly and magnificently with drummer Mimi Parker’s falsetto. Throughout the first half of their set the band played audience favorites…
Valentine’s Day the Alternative Way
When someone mentions Valentine’s Day, you probably find yourself lost in a daze of cheesy heart-shaped boxes full of toothache-inducing chocolates and The Shining-esque maze of overpriced red roses everyone seems to poop their pants over. Or you’re thinking of how you’re going to out-do last year’s $200 dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s place (and how the fuck you’re going to pay for it). Yeah, we’ve all been there. We know exactly how cheesy, thoughtless, and/or expensive Valentine’s Day can be. And for that, we have found a solution. Ballin’ on a budget? Want to change things up? HAVE NO FEAR! ANON IS HERE… with a better-than-Buzzfeed list of places and ideas to make…
Reviews: Singles We’re Spinning
Kane Strang – “Things Are Never Simple” Kane Strang’s debut album, Blue Cheese, was recorded in solitude in Strang’s hometown of Dunedin, New Zealand while house-sitting for his parents. His second track off his upcoming album, “Things Are Never Simple”, is poppy and animated, complete with bouncy guitar riffs and snapping drum beats. The track’s title is repeated throughout, each word enunciated and delivered with sincerity. Despite the repetition and seeming simplicity of Strang’s lyrics, there are certainly more layers to uncover and more than meets the ear upon first listen. Blue Cheese is due out on February 26th on Ba Da Bing Records – you can preorder the…
Band Spotlight: Common Velvet
Photo by Candice Quarnstrom In light of the growing trend of psychedelic and electronic music, Austin-based band Common Velvet veers off in their own psych-pop filled path, creating infectious gems complete with silky vocals courtesy of front-woman Lauren Sanders. Sanders wrote and recorded demos before fully forming the band, now consisting of Andrew Orsak on guitar, Dane Edwards on bass, Andrew Alter on drums and Mathew Antony on keys. Their newest track, “It Was Your Idea, Not Mine”, was recorded in Austin, Texas by Allie Lingren and mixed in Fort Worth by Curtis Heath. “It Was Your Idea, Not Mine” is a perfect piece to turn up on your…
Mixtape Monday: The Valentine’s Edition
I Melt With You – Modern English Punk Rock Girl – The Dead Milkmen Lips Like Sugar – Echo and the Bunnymen There She Goes – The La’s Now or Never – Billie Holiday Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) – The Shangri Las Across the Sea – Weezer Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
Up and Coming: gQ Marley
gQ Marley is a nerdy, back pack rapping, hipster with a cause. This musician has carved his own path, honoring the traditional essence of hip hop while bringing his own creative style and personality displayed throughout his music. Through his thought provoking metaphors, vivid storytelling, clever wordplay, and unique delivery, gQ plans to take the world by storm and become the greatest artist to come out of Texas. gQ has been honing his lyrical dexterity and continues to improve as time passes. From his live performances to his songwriting ability, gQ continues to prove to the masses that he has the potential of becoming a household name in…
Neon Cream
Photographer and Art Director: Jason Heatherly ( Instagram ) Model and Art Director: Alex Curington ( Instagram ) Materials: bathtub, water, tonic water, blacklight, digital photography
Natural Embrace
Photographer: Fabien Vilrus ( Instagram ) Model: Jo Wells
Mixtape Monday: Tracks In Your Town
Clothes Bangers – Night Court Glued Ghouls – Junkie Human Zoo – The Gospel Truth Mothy – The Able Sea Apartment Hunting – Sunday Weather Ruby – Adam Busch Televised Endings – Killer Kill Appointment With Danger – The Frightened City
