Recently signed to RCA Records, Winnetka Bowling League deliver finely tuned guitar pop bursting with cinematic California imagery on their debut self-titled EP. ... More
EP by Winnetka Bowling League
Recently signed to RCA Records, Winnetka Bowling League deliver finely tuned guitar pop bursting with cinematic California imagery on their debut self-titled EP. Displaying an impressive cornucopia of pop culture references, Winnetka Bowling League‘s first single “On The 5”—which premiered in the Los Angeles Times—captures dazzling sunshine and baked asphalt in a melancholy love song just made for freeways. (RCA)
Bushes & Succulents is Mona Kuhn’s artistic response to the ongoing currents in contemporary feminism. Born in Brazil and based in Los ... More
Book by Mona Kuhn
Bushes & Succulents is Mona Kuhn’s artistic response to the ongoing currents in contemporary feminism. Born in Brazil and based in Los Angeles, Mona Kuhn uses traditional iconography and technical mastery to portray the complexities of human nature, both tempting and provoking our imagination. The images in Bushes & Succulents are a celebration of the female essence—confident, raw and elegant, yet confrontational and unapologetic. Kuhn’s use of solarisation processes reveal human imperfections, bringing to the surface a woman’s struggles, strengths and power. (Stanley/Barker)
›› ISSUE Feature: Interview with Mona Kuhn
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. It explores the two most ... More
Film by Michael Moore
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. It explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era: How the f**k did we get here, and how the f**k do we get out? It’s the film to see before it’s too late. (GathrFilms)
Mutual Benefit is the songwriting outlet for folk musician Jordan Lee, a crucial part of the Brooklyn, New York DIY scene. Following ... More
Album by Mutual Benefit
Mutual Benefit is the songwriting outlet for folk musician Jordan Lee, a crucial part of the Brooklyn, New York DIY scene. Following a pair of celebrated full-lengths, Love’s Crushing Diamond (2013) and Skip A Sinking Stone (2016), Mutual Benefit releases Thunder Follows The Light—a sublime folk album contemplating the ongoing destruction of the outer world and how it shapes the storms of our inner ones. (Transgressive Records)
›› ISSUE Feature: Live Performance & Interview with Mutual Benefit
Written and directed by Angie Wang in her directorial debut, MDMA is a semi-autobiographical crime drama that offers the unique perspective of a ... More
Film by Angie Wang
Written and directed by Angie Wang in her directorial debut, MDMA is a semi-autobiographical crime drama that offers the unique perspective of a working-class, Asian-American woman scrambling for status in a world of white, west-coast privilege. Starring Annie Q., Francesca Eastwood and Pierson Fodé, the film follows Angie as she starts her freshman year at a prestigious San Francisco university in 1984. The sudden jolt from hardship to privileged campus life proves to be a challenge, and when her financial aid is cut Angie uses her book and street smarts to synthesize the growing popular drug Ecstasy—becoming one of the west coast’s largest distributors. (Shout Factory)
He Arrived By Helicopter is the moniker for Brooklyn-based songwriter C.Gibbs (Christian Gibbs), a former member of post-punk outfits Foetus and Modern ... More
Album by He Arrived By Helicopter
He Arrived By Helicopter is the moniker for Brooklyn-based songwriter C.Gibbs (Christian Gibbs), a former member of post-punk outfits Foetus and Modern English. Originally from San Diego, California, Gibbs pursued a solo career and signed to Atlantic Records for one album in 1999 before forming the chamber-rock group Lucinda Black Bear. Gibbs started He Arrived By Helicopter in 2016, following life changes that led to a move out of NYC. The objective for the project and its debut album, The Shiny Hostel, was to release and perform a new body of work in its embryonic form, shortening the length of time from conception to release. (Very Special Recordings)
Black Belt Eagle Scout is Portland-based Katherine Paul, an indigenous queer musician whose debut album Mother of My Children is about “grief ... More
Album by Black Belt Eagle Scout
Black Belt Eagle Scout is Portland-based Katherine Paul, an indigenous queer musician whose debut album Mother of My Children is about “grief and love for people, but also about being a native person in what is the United States today.” Paul grew up in a small Indian reservation surrounded by native drumming, singing, and arts. In 2007 she moved to Portland, Oregon and began evolving her artistry into what would become Black Belt Eagle Scout. After releasing an EP in 2014, Paul recorded her first full-length album in Northwest Washington—the landscape’s eerie beauty and Paul’s connection to it clearly palpable. (Saddle Creek)
Praised by critics for his timeless pop-rock songwriting, Gold Star—a.k.a LA-based Marlon Rabenreither—incorporates roots and country-rock elements on his third album Uppers ... More
Album by Gold Star
Praised by critics for his timeless pop-rock songwriting, Gold Star—a.k.a LA-based Marlon Rabenreither—incorporates roots and country-rock elements on his third album Uppers & Downers. Following his previous albums Dark Days (2015) and Big Blue (2017), Uppers & Downers features the single “Half the Time,” described by Noisey as “all sun-dusted Stones vibes, loaded with big piano chords, cracked vocals, and a kind of ecstatic ennui.” (Autumn Tone Records)
›› ISSUE Feature: Live Performance & Interview with Gold Star.
Steady Holiday, the noir-pop project from LA-based actor, singer, songwriter, violinist and guitarist Dre Babinski, follows up 2016’s deeply personal debut Under ... More
Album by Steady Holiday
Steady Holiday, the noir-pop project from LA-based actor, singer, songwriter, violinist and guitarist Dre Babinski, follows up 2016’s deeply personal debut Under the Influence with Nobody’s Watching, which explores conceptual and universal themes such as greed, fear, and self-interest with witty lyrics, ominous undertones, and a charmingly light touch. (Barsuk Records)