How one musical moment changed my understanding of Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning romantic drama. (Hearing Things)
Five recent books collect photographs, memories and ephemera from the hardcore band Agnostic Front, the mysterious dance artist Aphex Twin, the rap collective Odd Future and more. (NYT)
The Technicolour Dawn of Mellow Grime
As grime’s second wave crashed the mainstream ten years ago, a smokier offshoot simultaneously began to surface, with young producers setting classic freestyles from legendary MCs against hazy backdrops. Powered by social media, these reworks became a sensation online. (DJ Mag)
Paris Texas: “People Want Us to Represent Something”
As rap’s twin enfants terribles drop their surprise EP-slash-short film They Left Me With a Gun, the pair sit down with Dazed to discuss how they’re subverting expectations with this latest release. (Dazed)
On their algorithm-defying, white-knuckle-inducing debut album 45 Pounds, New Yorkers YHWH Nailgun are taking a stand against the uber ironic cool of late-2010s indie rock. (Crack)
The first track off the album, ‘Relationships’, tackles love, regret, and single-dom - hey, even if Este is engaged. (i-D)
Herb Sundays 144: Sean Monahan
8Ball soothsayer, newsletter writer, and K-HOLE (“normcore”) co-founder cooly admits “a substantial portion of this list came from Shazamming songs in television shows and movies”. (Herb Sundays)
Higher Powers
MJ Lenderman the young rock prince talks about mystical stones, t-shirts with nothing on them, the most swagged-out shoes of the last century (?) and more. (Blackbird Spyplane)
The playlist comprises ‘mostly mellow’ music, including an original cut from AFX himself. (Mixmag)
The industry vet knows more about clothes and homes than pretty much anyone. He was generous enough to share a few insights with us. (Esquire)
The menswear designer shares his favourite spots in his home city.
(Air Mail)
The Revue: Lucia Bell-Epstein
The New York-based photographer on style, life lessons and good tomatoes. (Drake's)
Jason Stewart is a DJ and cohost of How Long Gone, a podcast that dips in and out of the food world with surprising and entertaining frequency. It was great to have Jason back on the show to talk about where he’s been dining out in Los Angeles and New York, his home cooking stylings, and some of his recent writing for TASTE. (TASTE)
A Smoke Break Chat With Kynan Tait, Filmer for Epicly Later’d
Kynan has made his impact quietly, operating as the silent hand in the background behind one of skateboarding's favourite shows. (Jenkem)
“Cats are pretty hard to wrangle.” (Skate Bylines)
To mark the release of the new documentary, I am Martin Parr, we spoke to the man himself. (Esquire)
A series of major exhibitions focusing on the era has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for those who were there and curiosity from the young who envy its freedom. (The Guardian)
The art and fashion worlds convened at Rick Owens’s austere Left Bank house to celebrate the relaunch of Karlie Kloss’s i-D magazine. (NYT)
