Andre Veloux: Building Blocks of Change
British pop artist Andre Veloux expresses social commentary on gender and femininity through the use of a creative medium – Lego bricks. After teaming up with the Krause Gallery in the Lower East Side of New York, they committed to continue working together and will be exhibiting a collection of Veloux’s pieces for the...
Mixtape Monday: Tracks In Your Town
Teenage Crime Wave – Pageantry You Will – Street Crys Filtered – Field Guide Bad Vibes Forever – Psychic Killers Odds – Cold Heart of Space Suzanne – Claire Morales & Gollay The River – Reddening West In the Heavens Meadow – FiRES WERE SHOT
Gerd Ludwig’s “Sleeping Cars” Exhibition at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery
Located in Los Angeles, California, the Fahey/Klein Gallery is dedicated to displaying and selling 20th century and contemporary fine art photography. One of their current exhibitions is Gerd Ludwig’s collection for Sleeping Cars. Ludwig’s series features resting cars at night on the streets of Los Angeles, emphasizing the varying surroundings and the personalities that...
Two Decades in the Making: An Interview With The Veldt
With the recurrent emergence of 90’s shoegaze bands, The Veldt is a band that stands apart from the pack. Formed in the late 80’s, The Veldt combined elements of reverb with soul and funk, creating a sonic pathway that was truly their own. They fast gained notoriety working with the likes of Robin Guthrie and...
Invisible Theatre
Photographer: Tim Gao ( Instagram ) Street photography is not just a sharp triggering of shutter to shape the outside world in the form of light and shadow. It is simultaneously a curious observation and emotional perception of what’s happening in the ordinary streets at any moment when unpredictable dramas and realities are actually...
Land of Milk and Honey
Words and Photos: Olivia B Panella ( Instagram ) You seem to be foreign and yet you are my home? We are related, yet my last name is Panella Yes, my fathers. I wear a gold star of David around my neck, and that says to you I am home. The beach, the desert,...
SXSW Music: An Interview with Emily Nokes of Tacocat
Upon listening to Tacocat, you can’t help but dance and groove along to their energetic power pop-punk tunes. Self described as “feminist sci-fi”, Tacocat’s quirky melodies and tongue in cheek feminist lyrics were a breath of fresh air last week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Vocalist Emily Nokes took a moment to answer some...
Mixtape Monday: That Rare High
Soft Decay – Morning Smoke Veda – Shrinking Violets Amputee – Erik Blood Red Blood Motorcycle on a Road on Fire – Human Toys Sweet Girl – The Enters Always Lie – Tape Deck Mountain Redhead – Magic Shoppe Dive – VIRGO x Niko Javan
SXSW Film Reviews: The Master Cleanse and Chevalier
The Master Cleanse Meaninglessly drifting through life, Paul Berger (Johnny Galecki) stumbles across a TV commercial advertising a quiet retreat and the promise of coming out renewed. Despite the sinister sounding release he’s signed, Berger nevertheless is on board with his master cleanse. Joining Paul on his retreat to the middle of the woods...
Nightmare Air Takeover!
Arriving in Austin, Texas this week for their stretch of SXSW tour dates, Los Angeles based band Nightmare Air bring no shortage of reverb-laden soundscapes and shimmery vocals to their live performance. Consisting of Dave Dupuis, Swaan Miller and Jimmy Lucido, Nightmare Air have already been on the radars of Filter Magazine, Deli Magazine...
Trevor Sensor Website Takeover!
At the very bottom of it, the point of art is to help people feel less alone. In my short time as a performer and songwriter, this is something I’ve constantly attempted to do–but, unfortunately, I can’t truly tell you whether or not I’ve actually succeeded at it. I can only go off of...
Illustrations by Kat Kon
Artist: Kat Kon Kat Kon is an illustrator originally from Greece and currently based in London. Her greatest inspiration comes from pop and outsider culture. Kon uses mostly fine line marker pens but her work is generally recognized for looking digital because of her precision with bold colors and lines. She recently collaborated with The...
Mixtape Monday: SXSW On Your Radar
Bedsit Infamies – Adult Books Burn Masculinity – The Spook School Lemonheart – Dead Leaf Echo The Timebound Bloos – Crown Larks Hadavar Haamiti – Vaadat Charigim Nolsey – Sorority Noise Understanding Fruit – The Octopus Project Sunday is Monday at Midnight – The Stargazer Lilies Garbage on Glue – The Blind Shake Summertime...
Keeping It (Real) Local: A Guide to SXSW 2016
Despite the ever looming cloud of basic-bro culture and the evil Doritos mass-media corporatizaton strangling out the last death-rattle of all which was once pure and true in the world, SXSW remains greater than every Coachella, Fun Fun Fun Fest, and Bonnaroo ever put together combined. Each year I watch someone’s younger sister and their...
Suzies Takeover!
Based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Suzies is an eclectic mix of psychedelic instrumentation and androgynous style. The members are no strangers to the music scene, having nurtured various musical projects from Haunted Leather to The Omecs. Consisting of Luke Bonczyk on guitar and vocals, Casey Huizenga on drums and vocals, Kyle Huneau on...
Mixtape Monday: Don’t Blink Twice
Waves – Echo Lake Neighborhood – Super FM How To Erase a Plot – Armaud Can’t Take It – Sextile Line Up – Lloyd Braun Sip ‘O Poison – Cherry Glazerr How You Remember – We Need Secrets Avenoir – ISTILLFEELIT
When the Beach Boys Say Forever, They Mean FOREVER: Still America’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band 50 Years Later
Words by: Merri Palmer Photographer: Ismael Quintanilla III I thought I knew what rock ‘n’ roll was until I saw The Beach Boys. My generation grew up on Beach Boys’ surf rock, a sound so familiar and quintessential to American life that it may as well have been baseball, or apple pie, or stars...
Le Butcherettes Takeover!
Teresa Suárez, better known as Teri Gender Bender and front-woman of Le Butcherettes, spent her former years growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she witnessed the violent and misogynistic treatment of women first-hand. The balancing act of chaos and corruption tied together with the peacefully religious in her community allowed her to always consider...
Human Error
Human Error Saying soy embarazada to express embarrassment Locking work and car keys inside the gallery Letting the cat out an hour before dark Interpreting I missed you as I love you A clinic is bombed by accident I say goodbye to rainbow days No more sweetness and light This human error is the end...
Music Video Premiere: River Jones’ “Radio Waves”
Austin, Texas’ very own River Jones has a knack of pleasantly surprising us every now and then with his incredibly unique and personal solo project after periods of pensively working hard at his craft. Contrary to his previous work we’ve featured, Jones’ music video for “Radio Waves” is a more spirited and optimistic track,...
Mortenbay Fig Chronicles
Illustrations & Words: Jon Ludtke Aside from drawing, Ludtke also writes and creates films. He finished his first film feature titled “The Woodsman” (which you can watch on YouTube) and is currently working on his first novel. He adores cats and hates the winter months.
Alexa Chung Wore This Lipstick to the Met Gala
Alexa Chung wore this lipstick to the Met Gala, so we had to buy it too. Nars’ Brigitte gives our (lips | front tooth | bathroom drawer) that perfect brick-y, nude-y, rose color we’ve been searching for for, like, e v e r. Get it before we buy them all first. Thirty-two dollars to be...
