Inspired by their collaborative film, Dream Girl, creatives Bryan Villalobos and Martine Gutierrez talk relationships, dating apps, and fitting and breaking societal ideals in twenty first century New York City. 

Nicholas Fernandez, Natalia Blanco, and David Lee studied sculpture together and have been collaborating since 2014. They are the resident artists for Secret Friend 002, the second installation of our immersive party series.

For the last three nights of 2017, the Chicago band Twin Peaks played three sold out shows at Thalia Hall along with their best friends, Knox Fortune, Sun Cop, Dehd, Post Animal, Today's Hits, and NE-HI. "Cold Out There, Warm in Here," a group zine by photographers Rachel Cabitt, Cooper Fox, CJ Harvey, Natalie Leonard, Tim Nagle, Emily Quirk, and Daniel Topete, captures the three nights in 80 pages.

At age thirteen, I moved to Miami from Colombia. In high school I painted and played in a sloppy hardcore band and then moved to Chicago to get my BFA from the School of the Art Institute...

Last year was the most uncertain year of my life. No money, lots of emotions, big risks. But my photos were the opposite of all that. I try to emphasize the good things. We spend so much of our lives worrying; about the future, money, love, death...

While Boston's Vundabar are obviously known for their music, they're also known for their dramatic and lively performances, charmingly goofy demeanor and if you didn't know, they also have quite the knack for the art of visual imagery.

Multimedia artist Elise Wunderlich was born in the early 90’s in Portland, Oregon. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design’s Sculpture Program and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. 

The common thread present in the photographs in Take It Outside, a photo book by Tim Nagle, is that they were all taken on the fly. A photographer capturing his life and those of others, his shots range from moments on tour across the country...

U.K.'s most dedicated band, Shame, fills out our Setlist before their sold out show at Market Hotel. 

Max Clarke of Cut Worms shares his love for music in film and TV in the form of a playlist.

Photographer Devon Bristol Shaw documents life on the road with Florida's Glove.

Before heading out on tour with Inner Wave, Brooklyn's Triathalon told us who has the chillest mom and what their screen names were circa 2005 in our latest installment of Setlist.

This year at SXSW we did more than just drink margaritas, eat tacos, and listen to bands, we had a party too. Away from the usual chaos of the festival, we hosted our first SXSW showcase in the oasis of a backyard at a house in East Austin with nine of our favorite bands

All songs chosen are by artists playing SXSW this year. The majority of the songs are all by friends of mine, plus a few additional bangers by other artists I’m most excited to see.

Chicago's Twin Peaks and Philadelphia's The Districts are heading out on tour together this Friday, March 16th. As a little pregame, we teamed up with the two bands to give away some free goodies. Enter to win after catching up with the bands in an interview with Cadien and Rob.

New York's Stuyedeyed captures their February tour run through two disposable cameras. 

The Britanys' drummer Steele Kratt documents the bands release party at an old school Ukrainian restaurant in the East Village for their single "When I'm With You."

Serena Ferrari grew up in upstate New York writing poetry and short stories in her free time, before receiving a film degree. She returned to her first love of creative writing as well as her home upstate, where the two constantly inform each other. In her sister poems she discusses the sensation of loving.

Jonathan Burkhalter was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. He earned a BA at the University of Tennessee and currently resides in New York City, where he is an MFA Candidate at Sarah Lawrence. His work has appeared in Ray's Road Review, Hooligan Magazine, Eropium, and elsewhere.

We rang in 2018 in one of the coldest parts of the country: Chicago, Illinois (pretty sure the city recorded its coldest New Year’s Day to date). Chicago’s very own Twin Peaks, the 5 piece band, held a three night run at Thalia Hall over New Years weekend - bringing along fellow Chicago acts and friends, Sun Cop, Knox Fortune, Dehd, Post Animal, Today’s Hits and NE-HI.

Have you ever had a holy sh*t moment when you realize how cool your friends really are? Often, we’re quite proud of our surroundings and that seems to be one of the many perks to being a creative person- other creative people.

Trey Gruber, frontman of rising Chicago band Parent, passed away last month at 26. Just over 1000 people live in New Vienna, the rural Ohio village where Gruber grew up. From childhood on, he worked on the family farm, but grew more restless and disaffected by the pastoral setting with age. He channeled his provincial alienation into music, emerging a highly emotive, prolific songwriter.

Holyrad Studio was born out of necessity two years ago after founder Daryl Oh was tired of trying to fit into an industry that was not built for her. From the ground up, she built a photo studio whose aim is to provide affordable access to artists.