Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts releases Human Performance, a follow-up to 2014’s widely acclaimed Sunbathing Animal and last year’s Monastic Living EP. In true ... More

Parquet Courts

Album “Human Performance”

Parquet Courts

Album “Human Performance”

Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts releases Human Performance, a follow-up to 2014’s widely acclaimed Sunbathing Animal and last year’s Monastic Living EP. In true Parquet Courts form, Human Performance probes modern existence and anxiety, but surpasses the purely cerebral to strike at an emotional core. “The unavoidable noise of NYC that can be maddening, the impossible struggle against clutter, whether it’s physical or mental or social,” says singer and guitarist Austin Brown, who also produced and mixed the record. Co-vocalist and guitarist Andrew Savage adds, “I began to question my humanity, and if it was always as sincere as I thought, or if it was a performance. I felt like a sort of malfunctioning apparatus. Like a machine programmed to be human showing signs of defect.”

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In the late 1950s through the early ’80s, artists like Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand and D.A. Pennebaker were intrigued by America’s most ... More

Outsiders

Book by Sophie Hackett & Jim Shedden

Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s-1980s

Book by Sophie Hackett & Jim Shedden

Diane Arbus

Nan Goldin

Garry Winogrand

Nan Goldin

Casa Susanna Collection

Garry Winogrand

Film Still from Scorpio Rising by Kenneth Anger

Diane Arbus

Casa Susanna Collection

In the late 1950s through the early ’80s, artists like Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand and D.A. Pennebaker were intrigued by America’s most unlikely characters. These “outsiders” were the fringe of the post-World War II era, living and dressing counter to the homogeneity of America’s booming middle class. Collected in a volume dubbed Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s-1980s, these photographs tour the peripherals of American culture and shed light on its developing conversations. Crossdressers, musicians, performers, biker gangs and protesters parade across its pages. The book features portfolios and works by Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, Nan Goldin, Danny Lyon, Kenneth Anger, D.A. Pennebaker and Shirley Clarke, as well as photographs from the Casa Susanna Collection, portraying a close-knit community of crossdressers. Outsiders was edited by writer and Associate Curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Sophie Hackett, alongside Jim Shedden, Manager of Publishing at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and features contributions by Katherine A. Bussard and Martha Kirszenbaum of Los Angeles’ Flax Foundation.

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Issue x The Standard

Release Party

Issue x The Standard

Release Party

With cover star Kiersey Clemons and live musical performance by Kevin Morby

Images by Melika (RPB)

Electronic duo Modeselektor and musician Apparat’s collaborative project, Moderat, is a fortuitous combination of diverse musical styles with a shared origin in ... More

Moderat

Album “III”

Moderat

Album “III”

Electronic duo Modeselektor and musician Apparat’s collaborative project, Moderat, is a fortuitous combination of diverse musical styles with a shared origin in the Berlin electronic scene. Modeselektor, the project of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, generates high-energy, bass-heavy tracks inflected with world-music and hip-hop. Meanwhile, Sascha Ring as Apparat has a more inward-facing approach with dreamy pop-electronic stylings enveloping his limpid voice in synths. In the Venn diagram of electronic music, Moderat is a holistic blend of styles. Their third album, III, is a solidified, modern take on what their 2009 debut Moderat and 2013’s II introduced. It marks a mature, self-assured progression that cements Moderat as a pillar of the electronic music scene while challenging the parameters of intersection.

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Founded by Chris Nosenzo, Nicole Reber and Christine Zhu after graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Packet began as a collective creative ... More

Packet Biweekly

Book by Chris Nosenzo, Nicole Reber & Christine Zhu

Packet Biweekly

Book by Chris Nosenzo, Nicole Reber & Christine Zhu

Founded by Chris Nosenzo, Nicole Reber and Christine Zhu after graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Packet began as a collective creative outlet for their thoughts and ideas in a post-grad existence. Packet has since evolved into a biweekly, contribution-based collection of art, writing and miscellanea, self-published and printed on a Risograph RZ390u. In addition to individual issues, which are published twice a month, Packet publishes wire-bound compendiums of six issues at a time, each featuring a cover created by an artist in seasonal ‘residency.’ In its three years, Packet Biweekly has included the work of over 250 artists in 11 compendiums and counting. Its frequency and informality encourages process and experimentation over theme. “In this way,” the makers affirm, “Packet is a holding shape for immediacy, irreverence and the ‘par-baked’,” emboldening artists to work in the present.

This spring, Packet will host an event at MoMA, New York, in conjunction with MoMA Teens and BHQF University, a nonprofit art school. Their session will teach kids how to self-publish, and event participants will work to produce a special issue of Packet.

self-published

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Japanese Breakfast began as the side project of Philadelphia-based Michelle Zauner, who also fronts the band Little Big League. In June 2013, ... More

Japanese Breakfast

Album “Psychopomp”

Japanese Breakfast

Album “Psychopomp”

Japanese Breakfast began as the side project of Philadelphia-based Michelle Zauner, who also fronts the band Little Big League. In June 2013, Zauner released the bedroom tape June under the name Japanese Breakfast, featuring 30 tracks written and recorded on each day of the month. Zauner now releases Japanese Breakfast’s debut album, Psychopomp, showcasing her lovely vocals, pop sensibilities and darker lyrical side.

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Sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin, previously of LA band Mika Miko, release their second album as Bleached. Welcome the Worms comes on ... More

Bleached

Album “Welcome the Worms”

Bleached

Album “Welcome the Worms”

Sisters Jessica and Jennifer Clavin, previously of LA band Mika Miko, release their second album as Bleached. Welcome the Worms comes on the heels of personal crisis, and much of the album was written during an escape to Joshua Tree, California, with bassist Micayla Grace. Inspired by the iconic tracks of Fleetwood Mac, Heart and Roy Ayers, Bleached worked with producer Joe Chiccarelli (Morrissey, The Strokes, Elton John) for an album of California surf-punk infused with smart, emotionally keen pop melodies.

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The debut EP of 22-year-old Trevor Sensor, Texas Girls and Jesus Christ combines confessional lyricism with Sensor’s rich, growling, age-old vocals. Though ... More

Trevor Sensor

Album “Texas Girls and Jesus Christ”

Trevor Sensor

Album “Texas Girls and Jesus Christ”

The debut EP of 22-year-old Trevor Sensor, Texas Girls and Jesus Christ combines confessional lyricism with Sensor’s rich, growling, age-old vocals. Though he can’t help conjuring an atmosphere of days past, the singer-songwriter wrings freshness out of his honesty. “If I’m trying to do anything, it’s to be sincere,” Sensor says. “A lot of singer-songwriters today are oriented in irony. It’s cooler to be lackadaisical rather than to try to be compelling.”

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Rising Swedish pop artist Ellinor Olovsdotter releases her second album, Living Life Golden, featuring collaborators Azealia Banks, Cirkut, Dr. Luke, Joel Little, ... More

Elliphant

Album “Living Life Golden”

Elliphant

Album “Living Life Golden”

Rising Swedish pop artist Ellinor Olovsdotter releases her second album, Living Life Golden, featuring collaborators Azealia Banks, Cirkut, Dr. Luke, Joel Little, Skrillex, MØ, Dave Sitek, Twin Shadow and more. Elliphant is not your average pop star—she has managed to subvert the status quo since she began recording as an amateur in 2011. Alongside her work as a serial collaborator, Elliphant has released three EPs and a 2013 album, A Good Idea.

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