Melanie Martinez
writer / Mikhael Agafonov photographer / David Lekach Melanie Martinez is a playful one, in the most literal sense of the word. At times it feels like the 20-year-old singer,…
MSMR
story / Shannon Kurlander photographer / Angelo Kritikos MS MR are a vision in pop; outfitted head to toe in vibrant colors as vivid as their music. They are far more than…
LÉON
When LÉON's track "Tired Of Talking" first single hit the web last summer it took over the season with its whimsical sound and head nodding beat. Since then the Swedish…
Have a Splash of GASH: The BDSM Music Revolution is a Bum Smacking Cocktail
I now know how David Lynch felt when he first walked onto the set of Dune. It was the same feeling that I had when I entered the excessively elegant clubroom…
LADYGUNN TV SESSION WITH JOSS STONE ++ INTERVIEW
Joss Stone returns to the scene with her seventh studio album, WATER FOR YOUR SOUL. She is joined this time around by collaborators Nitin Sawney, Damian Marley, and Dennis Bovell,…
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF LOLA BLANC
story / Erica Russell photography / Christopher Captain styling / James Juarez hair / Tanya Ramirez A typical life was never in the cards for Lola Blanc. The singer-songwriter spent…
SUGAR AND SPICE: A CUTE CHAT WITH THAT POPPY!
interview / Alyssa Hardy photo / Jen Senn hair & makeup / Candice J. Crawford When we look back to the manufactured images of pop stars in the 00s, I…
CUNT MAFIA
photos / Anna Bloda story / Gina Tron Cunt Mafia, who goes by Contessa, is not only a self-described extreme feminist who wants to level the playing fields. She is…
IT TAKES TWO: CHATTING WITH DEEP HOUSE DUO BOB MOSES
interview / Alyssa Hardy photos / Santiago Felipe photographed at the Black Flamingo, New York City Great duos are the one of the best gifts the music industry has ever…
Believe in the power of Wavves
story / Mary Lynn Ritch photos / Alexandra Gavillet I was obsessed with Jay Reatard, his band, and all his projects in college. So after he passed away I didn’t…
Years & Years
writer / Mary Ritch photographer / Nikko La Mere stylist / Wilford Lenov groomer / Melissa Sandoval When I talk to the British electronica synth-pop band Years & Years, they…
Shamir
writer / Olivia Inkster photographer / Spencer Kohn Oh, the age of 20—a time when many of us were struggling between our dwindling adolescence and the reality that adulthood was…