The rapper had faced two felony counts of assault with a firearm in connection with a 2021 altercation in Los Angeles. (NYT)
MIKE Explains His Credit Card Statement
The New York indie-rap titan talks through recent purchases, including weed, $2000 glasses, and a wild night at a Tokyo strip club.
(Hearing Things)
How Primal Scream’s ‘Loaded’ Became Andrew Weatherall’s First Masterpiece
Released on 19th February 1990, Primal Scream’s ‘Loaded’ signalled a bold new direction for the Scottish rock band, and laid the foundation for their landmark acid house-inspired album Screamadelica. (DJ Mag)
Hardcore has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity since 2020. Subsequently, the past two years have brought a revived interest in melodic hardcore. (PopMatters)
Jerks™ Founder Matt Sloane Curates His Vintage Finds Like a Record Store
The South Londoner details his beginnings, rarest discoveries, and why he’s drawn to nostalgia. (Alt Press)
From Chanel to JW Anderson to Raf Simons, Michel Gaubert has been the go-to catwalk DJ for decades. This is how he lives and works. (SSENSE)
FRUiTS magazine founder and photographer Shoichi Aoki looks back on Harajuku’s golden era and its revival in the digital age. (SSENSE)
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift - Rebellious Fashion Photography With a Raucous Sense of Fun
The style monthly was loud, left-field and unabashedly British. The 200 images from 80 photographers on show reflect its furious energy and explosive creative couplings. (The Guardian)
“It Was Wonderfully Innocent”: Boy’s Own, the Fanzine That Defined the Acid House Generation
A new book collects every single issue of the mag that started as an in-joke among friends and became a subcultural behemoth. Its creators recall the parties, the music, the fashion, and being “right on one, matey”.
(The Guardian)
Bibliophilia Bunker
Inside High Valley Books, the basement bookshop for magazine nerds and moodboard queens. (Family Style)
Kelsey McKinney on the Essential Art of a Good Gossip (And Why Men Love It Just as Much as Women)
A interview with the Normal Gossip co-host on her new book, You Didn't Hear It From Me. (Books and Bits)
Prophet, Playboy, and Provocateur: How Meeting Peter Beard Changed My Life
Peter Beard’s dramatic, bloody artwork and drug-fuelled partying might’ve shocked American society, but is was “desperately important” to his biographer who recounts meeting him, aged 78, at the artist and diarist’s Montauk home. (Country Life)
Art Adviser. Friend. Thief.
Lisa Schiff became the country’s leading art consultant, and drew her clients close. Then she stole millions from them. Now facing up to 20 years in prison, is she ready to repent? (NYT)
Elizabeth Goodspeed on What Happens When We Treat the Past Like a Stock Library
Not all borrowing is the same. From public domain illustrations on book covers to AI’s data hoarding, who really owns culture - and who gets away with taking it? (It's Nice That)
Prada Marfa Is 20. It’s Never Gone Out of Fashion
Artists Elmgreen & Dragset reflect on the success and symbolism of their Texan “designer store”. (FT)
It’s London Fashion Week! But this season, you’ll find the style set are all headed to the pub - here is where you can find them. (The Standard)
Exploring England's hottest meme accounts on Instagram and what they tell us about ourselves. (Sprezza)
We’re All Still Obsessed With Martin Parr
The photographer and chronicler of all things British, now the subject of the upcoming documentary I am Martin Parr, has had a decades-long career that shows no sign of waning despite all its contradictions. (The Face)
Friend of Palmes, graphic designer extraordinaire and owner of The Courts, the world's most beautiful tennis hotel, Adil Dara guides us to his favourite courts of California. (Palmes)
The Prep Club’s Directory
A collection of club sanctioned retailers across vintage and heritage sectors. (The Prep Club)
