Flowdan is a giant in the U.K. underground. As part of Roll Deep, he steered the influential grime crew to murkier places. Alongside The Bug, he pushed dub and dancehall to its limits with his uncompromising flows. In February, he became the first ever British MC to win a Grammy for 'Rumble'. Where does the east Londoner go from here? (Crack)
Nia Archives: "I Don’t Think There’s Anything Wrong With Being Patriotic"
London-via-Bradford dance music star Nia Archives is spreading her junglist sound across the nation. (Evening Standard)
The Timeless Wisdom of Vegyn
London superproducer Vegyn breaks down the creation of his new album, The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions. (Alt Press)
5 Records With Militarie Gun’s Ian Shelton
Militarie Gun’s Ian Shelton digs deep into the albums that influenced his latest record, including Guided By Voices, the Strokes, and more. (Discogs)
Good News For People Who Love Bad News Turns 20 (Stereogum)
Wolfgang Tillmans on Swapping His Camera for a Microphone
His student band was a catastrophe but the Turner prize-winning artist decided to release his music after Frank Ocean appropriated one of his experimental songs. So is his uplifting new album pop - or art?
(The Guardian)
Pharrell and Chad Hugo in Legal Battle Over Neptunes Trademark
The two co-founded the songwriting and production duo in 1992.
(Hypebeast)
At the tail end of the year 2000, artist Scott King was asked to redesign Sleazenation. Despite hating the magazine, the draw of previous star art director Stephen Male, combined with hubris, made him take the job. For the latest issue of WIP Magazine, he explains how he overhauled the entire publication, while setting it up for failure. (Carhartt WIP)
“Menswear Is … a Spindly Glory Hole That, if You Dare Jam Your Dick In, Tickles for a Second but Mostly Makes You Feel Broke and Sad”
I hate menswear. (Deez Links)
The Ben Solomon Interview With Throwing Fits (Spotify)
SNAKE Q&A 025: Zack Wuerthner/Shining Life
The deepest and best publicly available hardcore shirt collection in the world. (SNAKE)
We met up with Joel Popoteur, an employee at Supreme and long-time skater to learn about his outdoor movement. (Jenkem)
Visuals: Lev Tanju
Read on to find out about the homegrown visuals Palace Skateboards founder Lev Tanju selected, and the reasons why they are important to him… (Slam City Skates)
In L.A. for Sterling Ruby & OTW by Vans. (032c)
The red-hot 36-year-old artist has achieved global success with a very local approach: applying imaginative, laserlike focus to a few square blocks of her hometown. In doing so, she renders and reflects what it’s actually like to live and work in - and never, ever leave - South Central Los Angeles. (GQ)
