Artist Lætitia Tamko, who records as Vagabon, has released her first album, Infinite Words. The Cameroon-born artist’s first single from the record, ... More

Infinite Worlds

Album by Vagabon

Infinite Worlds

Album by Vagabon

Artist Lætitia Tamko, who records as Vagabon, has released her first album, Infinite Words. The Cameroon-born artist’s first single from the record, “Fear & Force” (previously titled “Vermont II”) showcases her delicate but powerful voice. “Freddie, come back,” pleads Tamko to the accompaniment of handclaps. NPR describes her lyrics as “hitting the spots where stories are misremembered and tangled up in our feelings.” (Father/Daughter Records)

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New Richard Kern book, Polarized (Edition of 150) published by Fortnight Institute & Victoria Press, showcases polaroids taken in the 1980s and ... More

Polarized

Book by Richard Kern

Polarized

Book by Richard Kern

New Richard Kern book, Polarized (Edition of 150) published by Fortnight Institute & Victoria Press, showcases polaroids taken in the 1980s and 1990s. Polarized will be available along with a selection of Polaroids on display at the Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair.

Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair | Room T05
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
February 24 – 26, 2017
Preview: Thursday, February 23, 6-9pm
BOOK SIGNING: Sunday, February 26, 2 – 4 pm
To order a copy email enquiries@fortnight.institute

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Front man of the band Ought, Tim Darcy, is releasing his debut rock album, Saturday Night. A combination of British punk reminisce ... More

Saturday Night

Album by Tim Darcy

Saturday Night

Album by Tim Darcy

Front man of the band Ought, Tim Darcy, is releasing his debut rock album, Saturday Night. A combination of British punk reminisce with Americana, in Saturday Night the Arizona-born singer stays true to his commanding voice. His lyrics explore the idea of jumping head first into making art and the terrifying, beautiful nature of it. Darcy’s single “Tall Glass of Water” was included NPR’s list “Songs We Love” and packs the punch we’ve heard from Ought while positioning Darcy as an outspoken solo artist. (Jagjaguwar)

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LA native Molly Burch recorded her debut album Please Be Mine in Austin, TX at the studio of Dan Duszynski, producer and ... More

Please Be Mine

Album by Molly Burch

Please Be Mine

Album by Molly Burch

LA native Molly Burch recorded her debut album Please Be Mine in Austin, TX at the studio of Dan Duszynski, producer and member of indie duo Cross Record. Drawing inspiration from the Everly Brothers and Sam Cooke, Please Be Mine captures the familiarity of longing and the ache of unrequited love and explores the beauty and complexity of reconnections. (Captured Tracks)

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Fresh off her duets album Love Letter for Fire, recorded with Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, Jesca Hoop has released Memories For ... More

Memories are now

Album by Jesca Hoop

Memories are now

Album by Jesca Hoop

Fresh off her duets album Love Letter for Fire, recorded with Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, Jesca Hoop has released Memories For Now. Grammy nominated musician and producer Blake Mills produced Hoop’s album, having played guitar for Hoop’s recordings in the past and performing live with her from time to time. Memories For Now reminisces tales from Hoop’s own life with an energetic, folk-centered delivery. Having been raised Mormon, Hoop explores the different sides of religion in “Songs of Old,” and she discusses abandonment in “The Lost Sky,” inspired by a close friend who woke from a coma to find himself divorced. As an artist with a truly remarkable past—she was Tom Waits nanny when she began her musical career—and whose accelerating career has spanned the last decade, it’s safe to say Jesca Hoop will be delivering her sweet, sagacious for a while. (Sub Pop Records)

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Dominic Angelella has an impressive musical resume, with contributions to records by Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Tinashe and Juicy J to name ... More

Goodnight Doggies

Album by Dominic

Goodnight Doggies

Album by Dominic

Dominic Angelella has an impressive musical resume, with contributions to records by Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Tinashe and Juicy J to name a few, as well as being co-songwriter for band Lithuania. And finally, the Philadelphia indie rock artist has treated us to his first debut album, Goodnight, Doggies. Angelella remains as colorful and upbeat as his influences—Prince, Harry Nilsson and Andre 3000—while sincerely exploring failure, loss and struggle. (Lame-O Records)

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I Am Not Your Negro brings to life James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House. A renowned, mid-century American author, poet, playwright ... More

I Am Not Your Negro

Film by Raoul Peck

I Am Not Your Negro

Film by Raoul Peck

I Am Not Your Negro brings to life James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript Remember This House. A renowned, mid-century American author, poet, playwright and social critic, Baldwin published several classics in his lifetime such as Go tell It on the Mountain (1953), Giovanni’s Room (1956) and Another Country (1962). Armed with his unique insight as a gay, black man, Baldwin’s fiction addressed personal obstacles, psychological pressures and social norms surrounding black, gay and bisexual persons in America and their internal and external struggles for acceptance. Baldwin died, however, before completing Remember This House, an in-depth reflection on the history of race relations in America and civil rights leaders such as Medgar Evers, Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. His manuscript lives on in Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro, featuring Samuel L Jackson as narrator and video clips of Baldwin himself speaking. The film won the People’s Choice Award at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and has been named the second highest-ranking movie of 2016 by Metacritic. (Magnolia Pictures)

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Winner of the 2016 SXSW Audience Award, From Nowhere tells the story of three undocumented teenagers just about to graduate high school ... More

From Nowhere

Film by Matthew Newton

From Nowhere

Film by Matthew Newton

Director: Matthew Newton (Three Blind Mice)
Cast: Julianne Nicholson (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, August: Osage County), Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story, Dallas Buyers Club), J. Mallory McCree, Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Raquel Castro (Jersey Girl)

Three undocumented teenagers -- a Dominican girl, an African boy and a Peruvian girl -- are just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. Like most teenagers, all they want to do is hang with their friends, fall in love, and figure out where to go to college, but unlike their American classmates, these three live with the threat of being discovered by the authorities. When one of their teachers connects them with a lawyer to help them get their papers, the teens start to dig into their family history to assist their immigration cases. As they continue to deal with the everyday problems of adolescence, the teenagers are forced to confront their past and, at the same time, fight for their future.

Winner of the 2016 SXSW Audience Award, From Nowhere tells the story of three undocumented teenagers just about to graduate high school in the Bronx. With the help of one of their teachers (Julianne Nicholson) and an immigration lawyer (Denis O’Hare), the students avoid being discovered by authorities, all while navigating the everyday problems of adolescence. Nicholson and O’Hare deliver exceptional supporting performances, as do newcomers Octavia-Chavez Richmond, Raquel Castro, and J. Mallory McCree. Directed by Matthew Newton (Three Blind Mice), From Nowhere illustrates the complexities of being an immigrant in America, where there is no downright resolution, and sheds light on spontaneous acts of humanity. (FilmRise)

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Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne was born and raised in Buffalo, New York but has called Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Northampton and New ... More

Not Even Happiness

Album by Julie Byrne

Not Even Happiness

Album by Julie Byrne

Singer-songwriter Julie Byrne was born and raised in Buffalo, New York but has called Pittsburgh, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Northampton and New York City “home” in recent years. Her constant wandering is evidenced in her newest album, Not Even Happiness. In “Melting Grid”, we travel the magic of the Pacific Northwest, and we see the morning sky in Boulder in “Natural Blue.” Close your eyes and you are sitting in a cabin or stopping to stretch your legs on a long road trip. The joy of nature and travel inspired her album title: “I walked alongside the Atlantic as the Earth came alive from the sun. There was a palpable sense of emergence to everything. I felt it in myself too… I would trade that feeling for nothing… not even happiness.” (Bada Bing Records)

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