Ceramic artist Beth Katlemans’s latest installation Folly is set against a turquoise backdrop with 50 porcelain castings that put a Dennis the Menace twist on 18th century vignettes. Inspired by old English wall coverings, these delicate, adorable little scenes take on a new sinister view up close, as these white castings of popular toys are much […]
20
Jan
Beth Katleman's "Folly" installation
Nothing like hopping on your bike on a summery January night in Los Angeles to seek out some art. The other night as the Santa Ana winds whipped around Santa Monica, I pedaled with my friend Ruby to check out the opening night of photo l.a. xx, the twentieth anniversary of the longest running art […]
11
Jan
Featuring Gucci Mane, Green Velvet, Carte Blanche and more
Chicago’s favorite mic-warping party stopper Kid Sister (aka Melisa Young) just dropped her new mixtape Kiss Kiss Kiss via Fool’s Gold today. Blended by Fool’s Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs, the mixtape features collabs with Gucci Mane, plus beats supplied by everyone from legendary house producers like Green Velvet to modern day mixing board maestros Carte […]
4
Jan
Pulp frontman goes disco in debut video
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker jumps on Discodeine‘s lead single “Synchronize” from their self-titled debut full-length album (out February 14th on D-I-R-T-Y / Pschent). Comprised of Parisian producers Pentile and Pilooski — the latter who’s best known for his massive re-edits of tracks like Frankie Valli’s “Beggin’” — Discodeine convinced the Britpop legend Jarvis to go […]
12
Nov
Dave-1 and P-Thugg take a bite out of crime
The second video from Chromeo’s Business Casual album, where Dave-1 and P-Thugg take on the Police Academy. Enough said.
6
Oct
Take a Bic pen, put a feather on it, label it Margiela and collect $65
You gotta love it when a luxury fashion house like Martin Margiela underscores the at-times superficiality of branding. Take their collaboration with Paris design house ENO, the Feather Pen — it is essentially an all-white Bic pen with an ostrich or goose feather attached. Sure it’s real soft, decorative, and kind of a tip to […]
5
Oct
Droog and Soul Clap end L.A.'s summer pool party season with a bang
LA-based label Culprit bids sayonara to the summer in style with their closing party atop the Standard Downtown this Sunday. Label founders Droog are joined by the magnetic RnB house and disco infused duo Soul Clap (who were kind enough to show us around their hometown for our Coordinates: Boston feature) to end their monthly […]
16
Sep
Girls go literally crazy for Muscles
Modular Records‘ raved-out It boy from a couple years ago, Muscles, is back with a new EP, Younger & Immature, due October 29. Back in 2007 we took Muscles out to lunch at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles in Hollywood for the magazine we were running at the time, mostly because we thought it […]
