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)
