When you’re looking in your closet, do you ever just think about where your clothes come from? You think about different ways to style your high-waisted mom jeans or your crop tops, but do you ever wonder where and how these garments are made? Consumption Collab, a fashion styling dynamic duo, created their brand in […]
A Conversation With, Artist Corner, Community Spotlight, Interviews, Staff Pick
Media Pollution Finds New Life for That Old TV You Threw Away Ages Ago
13
Aug
Aug
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” is a saying that we’re all too familiar with, and that’s exactly what the guys behind Media Pollution have done with old school cathode-ray tube (CRT) TVs. Dan Dowding, an experimental filmmaker, and Brian Fox, an electronic restoring & recycling genius, make up Media Pollution. Together, the two […]
A Conversation With, Interviews, Music
Noah Salem Talks About Racial Inequality, Linking Up With Mac Demarco, and Hints At New Album
27
Jul
Jul
Noah Salem is an independent bedroom pop artist currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He released his debut EP, Pocket, which has garnered over eight hundred thousand streams since it’s release in 2018. Due to coronavirus, the interview below was held through Instagram direct message. Some of the content has been edited to fit a […]
A Conversation With, Post Show Thoughts
Post Show Thoughts: Surf Curse + Exclusive Interview With Your Angel
21
Jan
Jan
It’s half past noon, six hours before doors open for the Surf Curse show, and people are already lining up outside the Garden Amp. Over the next six hours, a mass of cuffed dickies pants swarm to the doors, creating a line around the length of a football field (no cap). After the doors opened […]
15
May
May
I was first introduced to Cosmo Sheldrake several years ago when I stumbled upon a cover he did of Mimi and Richard Farina’s The Falcon for Mahogany Sessions. It was after that glorious cover of one of my favorite songs that hooked me instantly. The harmonizing, the clear passion, and love that I felt while […]
06
Jan
Jan
PHOTOS BY JACOB CASTANEDA AND MARY KIM Indie dream pop band Bane’s World has solidified their sound in the SoCal scene. The band formed in Long Beach consists of lead singer and guitarist Shane Blanchard, accompanied by drummer Antonio Aiello, bassist Vincent Reyes, and guitarist Matt Saunders. Bane’s World is no stranger to the […]
31
Oct
Oct
Johanna Toruño, womxn of color, fierce advocate for street art, and the creator of The Unapologetically Brown Series gives us some insight during the Brown Mijas Pop Up event, to the series that took on its own life, and what it means for her to advocate for the creators of culture. Tell me who and […]
25
Sep
Sep
Connecting Things is an event series that promotes the ideas, collaborations and knowledge that make us creatives and doers great. Connecting Things was forged out of 9 friends who felt that creatives and entrepreneurs in their community needed a place where they could share, learn, and start collaborations that feed their skills and passions. A safe place […]
15
Sep
Sep
Interview by Douglas NeillPhotos by Lucas MK Jesse Jo Stark is coming into her own. She has been designing for her family’s clothing and jewelry company Chrome Hearts since she was six years old and writing music at an age most people experience their first heartbreak. Her delight in the ‘horror of love’ echos a Tim […]