The Splash House Music Festival is back for the second time this summer, because the best time you had this season needs a redux. If you missed Palm Springs’ first splash-in-the-pool party back in June, grab your sunblock, speedo, stainless steel flask and whatever contraband you deem fit for a three-day desert pool party. Taking place next weekend, August […]

I know, I know — a lot of Coachella stuff going on here right now but what can I say, it’s on my mind. This weekend the infamous Ace Hotel Palm Springs, one of the epicenters of lascivious debauchery in the desert valley, turns their poolside den of festivities into a two weekend-long pop-up shop: […]

IFC yesterday debuted the video for Rusko’s latest single “Everyday”. Directed by Jason Miller, the video juxtaposes the positivity of Rusko’s dancefloor anthem with scenes from the Salton Sea — one of the most economically depressed areas of California, a standing environmental disaster a couple hours outside of Palm Springs. Regardless of what a shithole […]

A commentary on the effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on the waves of American veterans returning from tours of duty in Iraq. These toy soldiers — an obvious twist on the ubiquitous green plastic soldiers kids play with the world over — are an art project titled Casualties of War. As creators Dorothy write: “The […]

Austin-based artist Shawn Springs makes wooden sculptures crafted to look as if they were pixelated 8bit creatures manifested into our meat and bones world. Although his pieces normally range from leaping mahi mahi to flaming hats, it’s his latest project, Vicious Venue, that’s taken his craft to the next level. As Springs explains: “My recent […]