FIVE FITS WITH: BRANDON MAHLER

Esquire's Five Fits With: Aimé Leon Dore's Brandon Mahler. Read the interview and check out the rest of the photos here.

PHARRELL AND JACOB THE JEWELLER

Watch Pharrell and Jacob the Jeweller discuss never heard before stories and inspiration behind their iconic pieces.

CY AND BOB

Tyrrell Winston's 'Cy and Bob', part of the artist's solo exhibition Suicide Squeeze. More here.

JIM LEGXACY - DJ

Collaging together Midwest emo, Afrobeats, Jersey club, and more, the Southeast London rapper offers a UK analogue to club rap on his latest single.

(Via Pitchfork)

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How Atlanta Became the Capital of Culture

Writer Joe Coscarelli discusses his new book Rap Capital, which charts Atlanta's dominance in hip-hop, the rise of stars like Lil Baby and more. (GQ)

How Atlanta History Shaped Lil Baby and Generations of Rappers

The city is home to one of the world’s most important musical ecosystems, and the 27-year-old is one of its biggest new stars. (NYT)

Ye Is Running Out of Platforms

The act of grabbing public attention has been a centrepiece of Kanye West’s art for two decades. Will audiences still tune in if his only outlets are on the fringes? (NYT)

Don’t Call Mach-Hommy "Reclusive"

We talk to the renowned lyricist about his latest album, Haiti, hunting, and why his lyrics aren’t easy to look up. (Rolling Stone)

Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People Turns 20 (Stereogum) 

There’s a Certain Satisfaction in a Little Bit of Pain: Thirty Years of Madonna’s Erotica

30 years on, Matthew Barton explores how Erotica changed the game for mainstream pop stars, an album that traded Madonna’s imperial pop for deep bass, vinyl crackles, chilly house and spoken word. (The Quietus)

The D.C. Punk Collections at the University of Maryland

Persistent Vision presents the University of Maryland's digitized special collections materials related to punk in the Washington, D.C. area. These materials help to tell the story of a subculture and a community that has thrived since 1976. (UMD via [SIC] Weekly)

Possessed Magazine - The Straight Edge Issue

Possessed relaunches with new special editor Ian F. Svenonius doing an investigation into a straight edge cult of runners plus interviews with hardcore punk straight edge running enthusiasts about their distinct and radical philosophies. (Satisfy Running)

My Media Diet: Ghetto Gastro’s Jon Gray and Pierre Serrao

The pair, together with co-founder Lester Walker, have just released their extensive recipe book, Black Power Kitchen, celebrating the richness of cuisine from West Africa and the Bronx. Here’s what they get up to beyond the kitchen… (The Face)

October Radio + Mood

Enjoy our playlist and mood selection for the month, selectively put together with tunes to help enjoy the beautiful Autumn weather. (Corridor)

BEAMS PLUS X J. CREW

Mike Mills photographed in NYC for the new BEAMS PLUS x J. Crew collection.

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In Conversation: IRAK - Kunle Martins and Ben Solomon 

If you think of the NYC downtown scene in the late 90s and throughout the 00s, you think of IRAK. Through their interdisciplinary practices, the graffiti crew became one of the most influential collectives of the art world, and continue to shape art, fashion, and culture to this day. (032c)

Role Playing With Chloë Sevigny

Decades into her career, the peerless icon of cool has much to share about staying true to your taste, crying at the oscars, and when it’s not worth it to argue with Werner Herzog. (SSENSE)

How I Live: Brynn Wallner on Women and Watches

The founder of Dimepiece, a platform and store dedicated to women's watches, reveals what makes her tick, from celebrity fashion to her favourite takeout. (Courier)

The Legend of the World’s Greatest Sweatshirt

For decades, Camber's Barry Schwartz has devoted his life to making the highest-quality sweatshirts on the planet. Along the way he’s endured fire and flood, heavyweight competition and the hollowing out of the American textile industry. Now the fashion world has taken notice, and demand is skyrocketing. (GQ)

How Tommy Jeans Established Itself as a Staple of Street Culture

In the history and legacy of American fashion, only a few designers' names stand out as much as Tommy Hilfiger. The designer was one of the main acts working to innovate style in the USA by understanding the potential and creativity of engaging with subcultures while other brands at the time stood still on old-minded principles. (One Block Down)

Five Fits With: Fashion Designer Reese Cooper

The guy behind one of the coolest brands out there right now fills us in on personal style, building his eponymous label, and getting inspired by volcanologists. (Esquire)

Palace’s Product Descriptions Have Been Made Into a Book 

Officially titled Palace Product Descriptions: The Selected Archive, the book features more than 3,000 descriptions in total, which have been organised into 22 tongue-in-cheek categories, including Anatomy, Animals, Etiquette, Philanthropy, Romance, and Travel. (Highsnobiety)

Hua Hsu’s Memoir Stay True Is as Affecting as a Great Pop Song

The New Yorker writer talks about how breaking down the binaries of cool, Nirvana’s radical legacy, and Beach Boys’ heavenly harmonies informed his poignant new book. (Pitchfork)

MIA on Vaccines, Vindication and Her Visions of Jesus

As she releases her sixth album, the musician discusses - and stokes - her controversial history, dismissing identity politics, the move to defund the police, and cancel culture. (The Guardian)

The Turnstile Live Experience Is a Beautiful, Bewildering Thing (Stereogum) 

POLAND

Sam Hockley-Smith on why Lil Yachty's latest viral track is one of the year's most beautiful musical moments.

(Painting by Mihailo Andic)

GREG GIRAD’S TOKYO

A selection of images from Canadian photographer Greg Girad’s newest book, JAL 76 88, featuring photographs he took in Tokyo between 1976 and 1988. More here and here.

NARX - PIECES

Half-inched from Patta.

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This Rihanna-Approved Jewellery Designer Should Be on Your Radar

Mark Sabino, a 25-year-old Pratt graduate based in Manhattan, dishes out handmade pieces that seamlessly blend nostalgia, internet culture, and skilful design and production. (Vogue)

Something Special Studios Is Raising the Bar on Collaboration and Community Building

Based between New York City and Los Angeles, the studio has rapidly evolved from events-based work to creating a whole host of projects - proving itself to be one of the most exciting in recent years. (It's Nice That)

Capturing the Grit of NYC on Film With Photographer Jacob Consenstein

For the current and aspiring photo nerds out there. (Jenkem)

God Said Give ’Em Drum Machines and the Sound of Old Detroit

Techno gets the definitive documentary it deserves, in a brilliant portrait of the genre’s Black pioneers. (The Face)

Palace Drops Exclusive DJ Mixes By Omar S, Robert Hood and Rory Milanes on Apple Music 

Palace curates a selection of sounds that span everything from chilled sessions to Detroit House and Techno, many of which have previously featured in some of your favourite Palace videos. (Hypebeast)

Label Feature: True Panther Records

This month’s Carhartt WIP Radio show welcomes True Panther Records, a New York City-based, independent label with roots in San Francisco. (Carhartt WIP)

Wrestling, Recording, and Knowing When to Stay Quiet

As Enumclaw - the self-proclaimed "Best Band Since Oasis" - reveal their debut album, Cailean Coffey hears their story. (The Line of Best Fit)

Bandsplain Is Back With Road Trip-Worthy Music and Talk 

The show, hosted by writer Yasi Salek, provides hours-long deep dives into cult bands and artists. (Spin)

Vintage Photos of the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, James Murphy, and More From Meet Me in the Bathroom

Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace’s film based on the Lizzy Goodman book gets a wide release in November. (Pitchfork)

JAMIE XX - GOSH

Monday morning mood music courtesy of Industry.