Monday 25 December 2023
Sunday 24 December 2023
Friday 22 December 2023
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Unpacking Noah X The Cure With Friend of HIP Chris Black
Glen Luchford on His Legendary 1994 Love Letter to New York
To celebrate the launch of Noah’s collaboration with The Cure - writer, brand consultant and co-host of acclaimed podcast How Long Gone, Chris Black, wrote an exclusive article for HIP. (HIP)
How a genre short on hooks, memorable riffs, and magnetic personalities became a defining sound for Gen-Z rock fans. (Stereogum)
Hardcore Expanded Its Boundaries in 2023 - and the Scene Embraced It
How the warm reception to adventurous bands like Scowl, Militarie Gun, and Zulu signifies a new normal for the genre that’s long overdue.
(Pitchfork)
Welcome to the MUSIC issue of Possessed. What does music have to do with running? Not much if you don’t listen to music when you run. But for those of you who do, you’re gonna love this issue. It’s the MUSIC ISSUE!
(Satisfy Running)
New IDEA book Roseland brings never-seen-before photos of Kate Moss out of a dust-covered box and pays tribute to the grit and rawness of the city before rent skyrocketed and the streets were sanitised. (Dazed)
We paid a visit to Unified Goods' studio in London Bridge and spoke with James Goodhead about culture, collecting, and the important of tangible objects. (Goodhood)
We’re very pleased to present a chat with our friend Calvin Waterman, someone we first connected with back in 2015(!), when we were very new to this whole thing and Calvin’s company Mood, one of our undisputed favourites at the time, was starting to take off. We sadly haven’t heard much about Mood in the past few years. That is, until we opened Instagram earlier this year. (Village Psychic)
Mike Mills is a graphic designer, a filmmaker, and one of our first features. (Monster Children)
Thursday 21 December 2023
Monday 18 December 2023
Friday 15 December 2023
CHRISTOPHER WOOL ESSAY ARCHIVE
Download here
Monday 11 December 2023
U WASN'T THERE W/ BEN SOLOMON
Friday 8 December 2023
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Last year, Tremaine Emory was one of the fashion world’s most prolific new superstars, juggling a high-profile position at Supreme with his own brand, Denim Tears, when a serious vascular event almost killed him. Now, the iconoclastic designer known for channeling powerful histories of the Black experience is finally telling his own story - and reuniting with the medical team who saved his life. (GQ)
Car culture and hip-hop have been inherently entwined since the birth of the genre when hip-hop originators DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and the Sugarhill Gang flexed their aspirations for automobiles.
(One Block Down)
Label Feature: NTS
“Don’t assume” - borrowed from a jazz record by Maggie Nicols and Peter Nu, the tagline has come to encompass NTS’ many charms and idiosyncrasies - qualities that have fuelled its success as an independent station in a matter of twelve years, and a record label in just four.
(Carhartt WIP)
Artist Spotlight: Reaper (AFTR PRTY)
When Skepta and Jammer stepped into the booth of Ibiza's legendary DC-10 club for the soft launch of a new project Más Tiempo, they surprised many - but the UK rap icons' relationship with DJing and house music runs deeper than you might realise. (Mixmag)
No band’s legacy hovers as menacingly over the Aussie music scene, in a more incendiary or frenetic fashion than The Birthday Party, the cult Melbourne-born, post-punk noise band that savaged crowds during its explosive tenure between 1977 and 1983. (Monster Children)
Music Map
The closer two names are, the greater the probability people will like both artists. (Music Map via Public Announcement)
Equally idolised and villainised, the movie Kids directed by Larry Clark plays out like a hedonist's fever dream or one of the most accurate snapshots of the Lower East Side's skate scene during the mid-90s. (office)
Strange, Unusual, Forever Cool: 20 Years of Friendship With Winona Ryder
Robert Rich discusses his new photography book with the formidable actor at her most candid, 90s New York, and whether Winona’s kind of cool can still even exist. (Dazed)
“I won’t do a mulled wine - that’s a little too medieval for me.” (W Magazine)
Wednesday 29 November 2023
Friday 24 November 2023
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How Palace Took Over the World
Lev Tanju and Gareth Skewis have taken Palace Skateboards from a UK streetwear brand to a global phenomenon that counts Gucci and Formula 1 among its many collaborators. (GQ)
At 40, J. Crew Shakes Off a Midlife Crisis
After four decades of business and filing for bankruptcy in 2020, the American retailer is hoping for a renaissance. (NYT)
Nicole McLaughlin, Queen of Mocs
In an exclusive interview, the superstar up-cycler and designer tells Hypebeast about the full-circle nature of her “MocLaughlin” collection with Merrell 1TRL, her thoughts on sustainability, and her dad’s favorite sneakers. (Hypebeast)
Fits & Flows; How Tyler, the Creator Challenges Music and Fashion
We’re watching and celebrating the progression of Tyler, the Creator as an artist, musician, and fashion icon. (okayplayer)
Today marks 16 years since the Jodie Aysha-featuring bassline smash was officially released. Here, we get the in-depth backstory on how T2’s platinum-selling national treasure came to light. (Complex)
She's the best pop star on the planet: a rage-soundtracking, youth-code cracking, confidence-power packing backdrop to a million teenage lives. And jaw-droppingly, brilliantly, excitingly, the 20-year-old is just getting started. (The Face)
The legendary American photographer talks about shooting Olivia Rodrigo for our cover, how he once failed at being a monk and not naming the chickens on his farm. (The Face)
Edward Colver: Punk’s Most Beloved Photographer
In the early 80’s, when American Hardcore Punk began to take off in Southern California, photographer Edward Colver was attending live performances five nights a week while documenting the most iconic bands from the movement. (Monster Children)
How Futura Changed the Art World
On his birthday, the artist looks back at his singular journey from graffiti writer to industry game-changer. (i-D)
Sports figures are increasingly becoming serious collectors, helping drive interest in contemporary art and particularly in artists of colour. (NYT)
What Andrew Kuo Can’t Live Without
We asked artist Andrew Kuo, co-host of the podcast Cookies Hoops and co-author of The Joy of Basketball, about the induction burner that replaced his gas stove, the insoles that keep his feet fresh, and the stationary bike he credits with saving his life. (The Strategist)
If your only idea of a restaurant is as somewhere you enter, eat some food, and leave full, you’re missing the point. (Family Style)
“I don’t think I’ve ever left a fashion dinner being like, Wow, I just had a great meal.” (GQ)
In the '90s, John F. Kennedy Jr. founded and edited a revolutionary magazine called George, which covered politics like it was pop culture. Was it folly - or a glimpse of the Trumpian future? (Esquire)
Wednesday 22 November 2023
MIKE TYSON
(Via Infinite Archives)
Friday 17 November 2023
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For anyone seeking to understand grime music's roots, it's an essential listen, and for everyone else, it's still one of the rawest hours of bars you're ever likely to hear. Pardon the photoshopped album cover... (TRENCH)
Rob Harvilla, ‘90s Authority, Picks the Best Rock Year of the '90s
In a Q&A, the podcast host and 60 Songs That Explain the '90s author talks about context collapse, shoplifting, what we as a society owe Britney Spears, and the improbable cultural endurance of Weezer. (GQ)
Slowdive: How Gen Z Became Obsessed With the 90s Shoegaze Legends
With sold out tours, their first Top 10 album and legions of new teenage fans, we find out what’s behind this surprising and overdue renaissance - 34 years after they originally formed. (Evening Standard)
Our Merch, Ourselves
What do the bands and brands whose merchandise we buy say about who we are and what we value? (NYT)
The Black Album Turns 20 (Stereogum)
Cam’ron and Ma$e: How Two Rap Legends Became Us Sports’ Unlikely Hit
The Harlem rap vets behind It Is What It Is are breathing fresh life into a hoary format with their chemistry, editorial freedom and unpredictability.
(The Guardian)
Metalwood Studio is an ode to golf in the ‘90s and some of the early 2000s - the technology boom is just starting to happen. Metalwood looks to engage with their visitors by creating a nostalgic wormhole via a collection that includes vintage-inspired clothing, accessories and golf equipment.
(Supply)
Chris Luu Turned a Barrier Into a Bag
We spoke to Chris Luu, who recently took the novel (and very skaterly) idea of producing a small-scale replica of a traffic barrier that doubles as a handbag and really, actually, legitimately made it happen. (Village Psychic)
Swedish Craft Companies Playing the Long Game: Svenskt Tenn and Märta Måås Fjetterström (Permanent Style)
The Very Stealthy Success of The Row
An exclusive interview with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. (FT)
For 25 years, Sofia Coppola’s films have served as a stylistic manual for how to be sad, or at least disaffected, in our modern age. (NYT)
An exhibition at Gagosian in London unearths a deathly yet exultant quality in the artist’s early photographic works. (Frieze)
The Revue: Jonny Gent
Our latest Revue, starring the painter, restaurateur and Renaissance man, Jonny Gent. (Drake's)
Tuesday 14 November 2023
DIPSET: POWER IN NUMBERS
Monday 13 November 2023
Friday 10 November 2023
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How to wear cool clothes in unpopping places. (Blackbird Spyplane)
The podcast duo who have become tastemakers for a certain genre of extremely online, tapped-in people around the world give us their thoughts on the lucky country. (GQ)
A Pop of Colour, Bucket Lists, Puglia: Nicky Haslam’s Snarky Annual Tea Towel Is Back
It's the most wonderful time of the year. (Evening Standard)
The indie singer-songwriter on her favourite New York restaurant, Dave Chappelle on top form, and Tracey Emin up close. (The Guardian)
A Chance to See Daniel Arnold’s New York Life on Gallery Walls
Attuned to moments in the city that many fail to notice, Daniel Arnold documents the personalities who rush, stumble, and idle through every sidewalk, subway, bodega, park, beach, and ferry throughout the five boroughs. (Juxtapoz)
Photographing the Modern-Day Dolce Vita
In Sam Youkilis’ debut book, Somewhere, the photographer dials up the realness of everyday Italians in all their bronzed glory. (The Face)
The young London artist on painting the world around him. (Drake's)
Notes on a painter. (Drake's)
A Graphic Wizardry Journey With Will Bankhead
Will Bankhead is a name you probably already know and love. Head honcho of record/clothing label The Trilogy Tapes, DJ, designer and photographer for James Lavelle's record label Mo'Wax, co-founder (with Joy Orbison) of record label Hinge Finger, ex-sponsored skater for Slam City Skates, designer for Palace from the get-go, etc, etc. (Goodhood)
Faye Webster and Her Brother Luke on Creating Art With Your Family
The brother and sister duo talk their favourite Lorem artists, childhood memories and what it’s like working with your sibling. (Dazed)
Croaking Frogs, Buzzing Hornets, Squealing Dolphins: A Guide to Smithsonian Folkways’ Best Science and Nature Recordings
Celebrating the storied label’s 75th year with nine of their most unusual non-musical albums. (Pitchfork)
Talking to the band about their new album and the ones that shaped us. (Monster Children)
The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Turns 20 (Stereogum)
P‑rallel Is Fanning the Flames of London Club Culture
The Face speaks to the DJ/producer about his Movement mixtape and dance music’s multicultural legacy. (The Face)
The legend of DJ Kenn is a story of sheer fate. (sabukaru)
How Priscilla Made the Sickest Soundtrack of the Year - Without Any Elvis Songs
Thomas Mars of Phoenix talks to GQ about doing the music for wife Sofia Coppola’s latest film, and shares his favourite movie needle drops of all time. (GQ)
Sofia Coppola’s Best Needle Drops
Hear songs that memorably accompanied scenes in The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Priscilla and more. (NYT)
Harmony Korine - An Unstructured Reflection of Life
For decades, the art of film has largely been bound to conventional structures, be it character or plot. One director who sought to completely disrupt this was Harmony Korine. (GATA)
Imagining the interior lives of those maligned, cancelled, and spurned, Emma Cline’s work as a writer is free of simplistic moralising, instead interested in the stories we all tell ourselves and how we create our own personal delusions. With her recently released second novel, The Guest, she delivers an already-classic exploration of class neurosis in late capitalist America. (Kaleidoscope)
Amid historic disruption in the publishing industry, big questions are - rightfully - being asked. Here, experts weigh in on how books (and the ways we discover them) are going to change. (Esquire)
Is the Concept of Genres Deteriorating?
It's impact on culture. (Tower Records)
Wednesday 8 November 2023
PENGUIN DONKEY
Publisher Allen Lane was an early fan of the design and since it was apparent that the shelves were perfectly sized to accommodate the newly launched, distinctive orange Penguin paperbacks, the Donkey was rechristened the Penguin Donkey.
The Penguin Donkey was launched just as World War Two broke out, with around 100 manufactured and sold before production ceased as a result of the war. Now reissued by Isokon Plus, this characterful design icon enjoys an enduring appeal.
(Via Atelier Éditions)
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