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Turnstile, Hardcore Punk’s Breakout Band, Can’t Be Contained

The Baltimore group toiled in the underground until its 2021 LP blew up. With a new album, Never Enough, it’s testing the limits of a genre and a fandom. (NYT)

“People Think I’ve Gone Crazy”: Indie Sensation Cameron Winter on Leaving Crowds in Tears with His Wild Lyrics and Supernatural Voice

He is just 22 yet he is already being compared to Dylan, Cohen and Waits. The Geese frontman talks about the joys of going solo, employing a five-year-old bassist – and why God deserves a shout out. (The Guardian)

“For the First Time in Years, I’m at Peace with Moon Safari”: Vegyn & Air’s Nicolas Godin in Conversation 

More than 25 years after the release of Air’s seminal debut album, the French duo enlist Vegyn to breathe new life into Moon Safari. They sit down together to discuss the process. (Mixmag)

What’s inspiring DJ Python?

The much-loved NYC producer/DJ pioneered the deep reggaeton sound. Turns out he’s also into incense, biblical phrases and music from the Romantic period. (The Face)

Herb Sundays 150 Complete: Selected Herbal Works [1-150]

Curating the curators: One track from each Herb, part one. (Herb Sundays)

Skate Muzik – Village Psychic

Milan's G. Quagliano repurposes the soundtracks of classic skate videos to create hour long mixes for your listening pleasure. (NTS)

“I’ve Met People With Tattoos of It”: Andy Vella on Shooting The Cure’s Boys Don’t Cry Album Cover

“The guitar, the hair, the mystery – I think I captured who The Cure are with this picture. When I showed it to Robert Smith and the band’s manager, they jumped up and down.” (The Guardian)

Leon Xu’s Distortions of Time

In just a few years, the New York-based artist has carved out an enviable career painting outside the confines of memory. So what happens when he’s forced to take things a little slower? (SSENSE)

It Turns Out Spiritual Journeys Are a Thing

Juliana Salazar’s darkest night led to an awakening and transatlantic move. She can’t recommend it enough. (Byline)

Power Houses

Inside the living rooms of notable New Yorkers. (New Yorker)

The Hobbyist #14: An Interview With Intramural Shop Founder Bijan Shahvali

The king of NYC vintage on estate sales, cruisin’ with the sibs, and clothes as stories. (The Hobbyist)

Keith McNally Fields Questions from Friends, Fans, and Balthazar Regulars (Interview) 

The Restaurateur

At Borgo with Andrew Tarlow, the man who changed the way New York eats. (Drake's)

Would You Eat at a ReSTOREant?

In New York, you can now get branded meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. (Shop Rat)

The 30 Best Breakfasts in London

From glorious greasy spoon fry-ups to five-star eggs all-ways: here's where to start the day in style. (The Standard)

Taste the Rainbow

New chocolate shops are springing up all over London, with interior design that’s as delicious as their truffles (Air Mail)

Hedonism Is Reigning Once Again in West London: Naughty Noughties Nightclubs Are Having a Modern Revival

Tramp, Bouijies, 151, Kensington Roof Gardens are back, this time with face lifts and a new crowd. (Tatler)

The Weekend Binge with Matthew Whitehouse

Matthew Whitehouse, Editor-in-Chief of The Face magazine, has had an exciting few months following the launch of The Face Magazine: Culture Shift exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Given the mag's legendary role in culture, we had a feeling Matthew’s Weekend Binge recs would be iconic, so buckle up for an interesting ride across London. (Plaster)

The Perfectly Imperfect Guide to Magazines

Former guests and users tell us about their favourite magazines. 

(Perfectly Imperfect)

Life’s Greatest Newsletter

5 years of Spyplane miracles. (Blackbird Spyplane)

What Internet Makes You Happy?

The post-social media world can be good. (The Melt)

101 Rules of Effective Living

Based on experience, the “rules” of effective living – at least those I consider befitting an ethical and accountable person – are reducible to these. (Mystery Achievement)

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The CULT100

The people on this list represent five generations and hail from the worlds of food, publishing, art, fashion, activism, and entertainment. (CULTURED)

From GQ Design Director to Free Agent

Why stepping off the clouted career merry-go-round was an essential risk to take. (Byline)

What Does This Restaurateur, Raconteur and Provocateur Actually Regret?

Known for reinventing New York dining (and his blunt commentary on social media), Keith McNally doesn’t waste time lamenting, though the title of his memoir suggests otherwise. (NYT)

Fran Forever

The city that never sleeps pauses, briefly, to honour its most beloved complainer. (i-D)

My Conversation With Sid Mashburn

Chatting with the menswear legend about growing up in Mississippi, building without asking for permission, what he learned under Ralph Lauren, and why hospitality matters more than clothing. (Sprezza)

Rashid Johnson and Jeremy O. Harris on Black Creatives, White Villains, and the Spirituality of Art 

Ahead of his Guggenheim retrospective, A Poem for Deep Thinkers, the artist explains why critical thinking is its own form of wealth. (Interview)

Black Dandyism Through the Decades: A Look Back Through the GQ Archives

Ahead of a menswear-centric Met Gala, we sifted through GQ history to find the greatest hits of Black style, creativity, and eccentricity from the 1960s through the 2020s. (GQ)

Young Thug Speaks About His New Album and Life After Jail

The Atlanta rapper reveals new details about his two and a half years of detention and his latest album, UY Scuti, in an exclusive interview and GQ Video Cover Story. (GQ)

Jenkem Mix 152: Niontay

This Mortal Coil rubs shoulders with Trick Daddy in a genre-bending mix from young rapper Niontay. (Jenkem)

The Confessions of Cameron Winter

The surprise success of his debut solo album, Heavy Metal, won the elusive artist legions of new fans. Now Winter is learning how to navigate overnight fame while playing loose and fast with his own lore. (SSENSE)

How Blondshell Became an Alt-Rock Supernova

Sabrina Teitelbaum bares it all in her raw, crunchy songs. On her second album, If You Asked for a Picture, she’s weighing how much of herself to give away. (NYT)

From Y2K to Indie Sleaze: How Hyperspecific, Themed Club Nights Took Over New York

Priced out of concerts and still craving the rush of a night out, Gen Z have turned to parties fuelled by a different kind of nostalgia. (The FADER)

Supreme Still Shreds

31 years, 18 stores, $2.1 billion are just numbers when you’re in the community business. As Supreme opens in Miami, Steff Yotka heads to the 305 to find out how the brand stays valid. (i-D)

Need a Grill? In Tokyo, Tetsuya Akiyama Is the Man to See

The man behind Grillz Jewelz has made jewellery masterpieces for everyone from Pharrell to A$AP Rocky to Megan Thee Stallion. (SSENSE)

The Häagen-Dazs T-Shirt

A case study of an otherwise ordinary item becoming highly desirable as a subcultural reference. (Intramural)

Press Play

For generations, Sex and the City was the blueprint to making it in NYC. Now, Natasha Stagg tries on Carrie’s shoes one final time, relics of a bygone era that never precisely happened. (Family Style)

Real Housewives of the Cotswolds: Everything We Know So Far

From A-list neighbours to aristocratic drama, the new reality show set in the Cotswolds promises glamour, gossip, and a glimpse behind the hedges of England’s poshest postcode. Here’s who’s involved and what to expect. 

(Tatler)

An Ode to the Humble Paperback

From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around. (Air Mail)

Japanese Supermarkets

Ashley Ogawa Clarke on the allure of Tokyo's konbini culture. (Drake's)

TURNSTILE – SEEIN’ STARS / BIRDS

BRIAN NASTY – TWO

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Get On Your Cult-Leader Grindset

Psycho visionaries, declining NYC coolness, the TikTok-to-Soho cycle and more with writer Ezra Marcus. (Blackbird Spyplane)

I’d Like to Report a Murder

Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor talk to hannah baer about the dark art of literary takedowns. (Pioneer Works)

Killer Threads: The Sartorial Legacy of American Psycho at 25

To celebrate the cult film’s anniversary, Esquire spoke to its costume designer. (Esquire)

A Deep Dive on Vintage American Outerwear

How this BEAMS buyer wrote a book after digging through thousands of outerwear catalogs. (Sprezza)

True Blue: Why the Chore Jacket Just Won’t Quit

It’s worn by everyone from French mechanics to Harry Styles. What is it about the chore jacket that makes it so enduring – and can a modern version ever be truly authentic? (The Guardian)

Ralph Lauren Introduces the Big Pants Index

You might not guess what it is, but it makes a lot of sense. (NYT)

Supreme in Miami 

You can’t deny that Miami is the place to be. With a new shop and a hot new vid produced on-site in South Florida, Supreme captures the city’s vice and virtue in this gritty photo feature from our June ’25 mag. Check the photos and read on for an exclusive Zion Effs interview by the GOAT himself Mark Gonzales. (Thrasher)

The Material Review: Issue 083

Cultural vanguards Lawrence Schlossman and James Harris are co-hosts of the #1 global men’s fashion and lifestyle podcast, Throwing Fits. We tapped into their “roughly child’s XL sized” noggins to discuss some of their recent purchases, style trends (both good and bad) and the clothing pieces they’ve owned the longest. (The Material Review)

Material Language

Samuel Ross speaks on TRANSPOSITION, his immersive installation for The Balvenie at Milan Design Week, and how craft, emotion and experience shape the next chapter of his career. (Port)

How Long Gone Podcast Host and Writer Chris Black on the Art of Conversation

We spoke with Chris on what it means to be a creative consultant today, transatlantic culture clashes, why constraints make for better work, and how not to be an asshole in a room full of people who assume you are.(Creative Blood)

Alice McNally Is Too Cool to Post 

Modelling for Eckhaus Latta and SKIMS, the 20-year-old is flouting the rules of modern fame to become one of the most in-demand faces in New York. (SSENSE)

Feed Me the Opulent Tips

Very few things are cool. Lorde's return is an exception. (Feed Me)

Girl, So Inspiring! Lorde’s 20 Best Songs – Ranked

As she releases euphoric new single ‘What Was That’, we assess the New Zealand singer-songwriter’s intense, irreverent oeuvre. (The Guardian)

Robyn Turns 20 (Stereogum)

How Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ Became An All-Time Classic

From spawning iconic covers to influencing a generation of pop stars, take a look at how Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’ still remains impactful 15+ years after its release. (Grammy)

Going for ‘Glory’ With Perfume Genius

For the release of his critically-acclaimed new album, Mike Hadreas a.k.a. Perfume Genius and photographer/director Cody Critcheloe sit down with Éditions to talk trust, tarps, tiny trucks, the colour blue and everything else it took to bring the world of Glory to life. (Éditions)

Let Me Show You How to Bip: Tracing the Origins of Hip-Hop’s Favourite New Word

How a part of Baltimore lingo is entering the wider underground rap lexicon through artists from the Mid-Atlantic. (Pitchfork)

A Hundred and Fifty Sundays: The March to 150

Notes on practice, learning how to hate better, and some questions for you. (Herb Sundays)

YouTube Turns 20: From Lazy Sunday to Hot Ones 

The video-streaming platform has revolutionised how we watch things. Here’s a timeline of its biggest moments. (NYT)

YouTube Turns 20: These Are Its 10 Most Viewed Music Videos

(Stereogum)

Are We Still Living in 1999?

A new book argues that late-20th-century lowbrow culture created the modern world. (Reason)

Requiem for a Scene

The Albion Rooms. Queens of Noize. The Hawley Arms. A musician remembers London in 2002. (The Fence)

Just Eat: The Artworld’s Strange Relationship With Food

Culinary experiences in the artworld are on the rise, but why does food need to be framed as ‘art’ in order to be considered something special? 

(ArtReview)

How the Humble Teapot Morphed From Kitchen Staple to Designer Icon

Sales of tea sets soar and artists are captivated by the symbolic and creative potential of the simple teatime essential. (The Guardian)

Why Sommeliers Are Sipping 4,000-Year-Old Iceberg Water in Atlanta

Have you ever tasted raindrops from Tasmania that never touched the Earth? Or water that's been locked inside a Norwegian iceberg for millennia? You probably haven't. But you also probably haven't been to the Fine Water Summit, a globe-trotting annual gathering of water sommeliers who live, breathe and sip the most luxurious of las aguas. (Axios Atlanta)

TIMES TOGETHER ‘97 W/ SHINING LIFE PRESS

A missive in DC hardcore history from Shining Life Press, celebrating the release of their new fanzine anthology focussing on straight edge hardcore band Floorpunch. Listen here.

PYSA IN HIDING

Los Angeles, 2025 by Pysa in Hiding.

BEAUTY IS IN THE BACKYARD

Read an interview with Filmmaker Yashaddai Owens here.

MORRIS MANIA

“The Morris Mania exhibition at William Morris Gallery features Wallpaper (2025), a newly-commissioned work by archive documentary filmmaker Natalie Cubides-Brady, exploring how William Morris's designs have been used in screen history. A montage of scenes from film and TV will reveal the diverse and sometimes surprising range of narratives, settings and moods that Morris designs conjure up. Cameos in everything from My Fair Lady, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Django Unchained, to Gogglebox, Coronation Street and Peep Show, highlight how Morris designs form part of the fabric of 20th- and 21st-century popular culture.”

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The 24-Minute Movie of the Year

Bobby De Keyzer the young swagged-out skating legend on his mini-masterpiece. (Blackbird Spyplane)

Andrew Reynolds Is Still the Boss

We caught up with legendary skater Andrew Reynolds ahead of the release of his first pro-model sneaker with New Balance. (Highsnobiety)

How Aaron Elliott Helps Private Citizens Cook Like Private Chefs

He's a straight-edge vegan from Pittsburgh who apprenticed at Noma and went on to feed superagents, A-list directors, and the Barker-Kardashians. With his new meal-delivery service, he'll show you how it's done. (GQ)

“I’d Love Keanu to Read It”: Ione Skye on Bisexuality, Infidelity and Her Wild Tell-All Memoir

The actor’s aptly named memoir, Say Everything, has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny. (The Guardian)

Jeff Weiss’s Britney Spears Book Is Based on a True Story (Allegedly)

The Los Angeles music journalist has put on his Von Dutch cap and delved into the alluringly sleazy world of ‘00s celebrity culture. (The Face)

The Mundane Bliss of New York’s Subways in the ’70s

During a very different decade in NYC, which bounced between rich creativity and sketchiness, photographer Joni Sternbach captured the idiosyncratic isolation found on its rail networks. (Huck)

A New Live Tube Map for Londoners

Ben James has created something wonderful. (The London Minute)

The ‘Best Places to Live’ Ranking That Lists All 1,447 Towns, Cities and Large Villages in England and Wales – Who Is This Year’s Winner?

Britain's largest property buying agent has launched an exhaustive list ranking every large village, town and city in England and Wales. Is your town on top? (Country Life)

The 50 Best Museum Cafes in the UK

The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today such spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites. (The Guardian)

The V&A and Burberry Announce Landmark Fashion Gallery Makeover

The V&A is renovating one of its largest and most-visited spaces – with support from British fashion house Burberry. (Country Life)

Dandy Land: Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”

In honour of the Met Costume Institute’s new exhibition, GQ collaborated with Vogue for a fashion portfolio that pays homage to the eternal figure of the Black dandy, starring some of the most influential cultural figures of our time. (GQ)

Five Fits With: Interior Designer and Canadian Tuxedo Fan Jake Arnold

The L.A.-based Brit tells us how he got into the game, the similarities between his work and his personal style, and why he loves double denim. 

(Esquire)

Salone Diary: A Dispatch from Milan’s Design Olympics (A Rabbit's Foot)

The People’s Graphic Design Archive

The People’s Graphic Design Archive is a crowd-sourced virtual archive that aims to expand, diversify, and preserve graphic design history. (PGDA)

The Colour-Drenched Cult of Le Creuset

The weighty cookware, which just turned 100, has inspired generations of home chefs and fans who feverishly hunt for their favourite shapes and shades. (NYT)

New York Dining Guide

New York is the food city. A glorious, chaotic, ever-evolving feast where every cuisine, craving, and culinary experiment finds a home. Here's our curated list of must-visit restaurants that define the city's gastronomic scene. (ISTO)

The New Athenians

From Issue 7, A Rabbit’s Foot Deputy Editor pens a literary dispatch from the Greek capital, painting a portrait of a city full of delicious oddities and a new wave of creatives calling it home. (A Rabbit's Foot)

How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’ Took Down the Texas Lottery

A global team of gambling whizzes hatched a scheme to snag the jackpot; millions of tickets in 72 hours. (WSJ)

Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

The ‘boom boom’ aesthetic meets the gloom and doom of market turmoil. (NYT)

Who Wants to Run Vanity Fair? Everyone? Anyone?

Radhika Jones is stepping down as editor in chief, and the search for her replacement has begun. But as the magazine industry has contracted, many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone. (NYT)

The Guggenheim’s ‘Kiss of Death’: How a Career High Can Spell a Market Low

Ross Bleckner reflects on the impact of his 1995 retrospective at the museum – and the lingering myth it set in motion. (Artnet)

A London Graffiti Art Show Was Shut Down Because of… Graffiti

A profane message about King Charles was not even part of the show. (Artnet)

This Might Hurt: Ed Atkins at Tate Britain

Ed Atkins’ mid-career retrospective is a chaotic mix of digital doom and family nostalgia. (Plaster)

Having a Bad Week? Noah Davis Will Lift You Up

As a Barbican retrospective celebrates the artist’s extraordinary career, we caught up with his wife Karon to hear about her fondest memories of her husband, with whom she founded LA's Underground Museum. (The Face)

Mark Leckey Is Making Art for a People Yet to Come

He’s the much-loved, much-bearded figure of Great British art. A new Paris exhibition will show you why. (The Face) 

Young Thug's Barter 6 Turns 10 (Stereogum)

Herb Sundays 149: Dntel

The singular Los Angeles producer Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, The Postal Service, Strictly Ballroom) delivers the “twinkly, gentle, and cozy”. Plus Enya, happy accidents, and more. (Herb Sundays)

A$AP ROCKY FOR VOGUE

A$AP Rocky photographed by Tyler Mitchell for the May 2025 issue of Vogue. Read the article here.

ALIFE AT DEITCH PROJECTS

In December 2002 Deitch Projects presented a joint project with Alife, an installation featuring products by sixty artists. The generation of artists that participated in Alife at Deitch Projects were committed to creating art in the form of products that could be distributed widely and sold inexpensively. As artist Ryan McGinness proclaimed, “products are the new art”.

Read more about the exhibition here.

(Via Storage Based)

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ANXIOUS TOUR DIARY PART 4

Wrapping up the Bambi tour with Anxious and photographer Kevin Allen.

HOW LONG GONE X BON IVER

THAMES IN KOREA

Cafe Terra Firma, the THAMES installation at Boon the Shop’s Case Study in Seoul.

JIM LEGXACY – STICK

Sunday morning church music.

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Balthazar: The Crown Jewel of Soho

A French brasserie by definition but a New York institution by reputation, this Keith McNally wonder has been setting the standard for all-day dining since 1997. (ISTO)

Six Things I Learned About Life Selling Men’s Clothes

When you’re working in the rag trade, the lessons are not just about how to measure inseams. (Drake's)

3 Hours in Line at the Stüssy Store, New York’s Buzziest New Attraction

In the constant queue outside of the brand’s new flagship at 50 Prince Street, all the members of the modern-day Stüssy tribe are present: “You got the old head, the online young person, and the tourist family.” GQ stopped by to see what brings them all together. (GQ)

The Revenge of the Niche Fashion Magazine

Here are 10 of the freshest, most creative indie print magazines. Who’s driving the new interest? Is it sustainable? (NYT)

How to Start a Fashion Magazine?

We keep hearing that print is dying, but Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Global Editor-in-Chief and founder of 10 Magazine, doesn’t buy it. Her business has experienced a series of global expansions in recent years, most lately with the launch of 10 Magazine DE. (032c)

Secret Stash

Editrix Isabella Burley is a collector of curiosities, from rare books to cultural artefacts. Rather than keeping them for herself, she displays her discoveries for all – and some to take home, too. (Family Style)

Curtains, Wellies, Nuclear Subs and a Tsar’s Palace: How William Morris Mania Swept the World

His unmistakable floral patterns – awash with willow, blackthorn and pimpernel – are now on everything from walking sticks to the seats submariners sit on. We go behind the scenes of a dazzling new show. 

(The Guardian)

David Hockney and Me: In Search of Lost Time In the Fish and Chip Shop

Over thirty years ago, Simon Garfield passed up the opportunity to buy a lithograph from the artist's school days. He's been following it around ever since. (Esquire)

It’s Springtime in Paris for David Hockney

A huge new exhibition at the Louis Vuitton Foundation is a late-career retrospective with a sense of new beginnings. (NYT)

Artists Curtis Kulig and Yves Scherer on Longing, Leverage, and Madness

To celebrate their new group show at YveYANG titled sehnsucht (longing), the two New York artists got together to talk about their own subconscious desires. (Interview)

Previously Unknown Podcast Episode 13: A Conversation With Andrew Kuo

On this episode of Previously Unknown, we present a conversation between Hua Hsu, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Stay True, in conversation with New York-based artist Andrew Kuo. (Independent)

Free Beer Tomorrow

Simultaneously of more stature than a dive bar and less stuffy than a gallery show, Free Beer Tomorrow at Mews, the newest installation by NYC-based artist Michael C. Thorpe, is a piece of work that you get to hang out in. (Monster Children)

How a Chinese-American Artist “Cowboy” Saved Graffiti for Future Generations

An artist, a gallerist, and a curator come together to discuss the legacy of Martin Wong, the self-taught painter who amassed one of the world’s most significant street art collections. (Hyperallergic)

How Atlanta Developed Its Own Unique Dance Music Sound

Atlanta's under-the-radar electronic music scene doesn't get the attention that cities like New York, Detroit and Chicago receive, but its history runs deep. Operating outside of the limelight, the city has developed its own musical vernacular which blends sonics spanning Detroit techno to Louisiana bounce to gospel house and soul. (Mixmag)

Letting Expectations Go: PinkPantheress Is Entering a New Era

On her forthcoming project, PinkPantheress is expanding her sound with more classic dance music influence, bringing in styles such as trip hop, house and big beat alongside staple inspirations of jungle and garage to make music that “sounds like a statement”. (Mixmag)

Nothing Is off Limits for Momma

2022 is the new 1999 for California-via-Brooklyn indie rockers Momma. The songwriting duo talk to Rachael Pimblett about the dizzying process of making their lightning-in-a-bottle new album Welcome to My Blue Sky. 

(The Line of Best Fit)

On the Verge of Rock Stardom

Is Cameron Winter ready for the spotlight? He better be. (NYT)

The Weekend Binge With Soldier

Artist Leonard Iheagwam, known professionally as Soldier, just opened his second ever solo in Mayfair, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to get his top tips for a fun weekend in the city. (Plaster)

SUPREME – “HEADBANGER”

Directed by William Strobeck.

ANXIOUS TOUR DIARY PART 3

Can't stop, won't stop.