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Download DJ Sliink’s LFTF Mix
A couple of weeks after we posted an exclusive mix made by his record label Body High, DJ Sliink has put out a mix that’s all about him, 30-odd minutes of Sliink’s now-classic fast-paced stuttering … read more »
TMI Interviews from Telfar, Hood By Air and Cassette Playa
We’re obsessed with a new V Files video series that asks some of our favorite people dumb/genius questions like “What’s Hot and What’s Not?” in 2012 and for the exact definition of the word “Swaggot,” … read more »
Video: Mykki Blanco, “Join My Militia”
Mykki Blanco gets attention for the pretty dresses and chic wigs she wears in drag, but people too often miss the point or get distracted because she’s also doing some weird-ass, innovative things to rap. … read more »
Dear Prudence, “Valentine” (Blood Diamonds Remix) MP3
Sam wrote this really great post about the best places to listen to Blood Diamonds and confirmed that his particular high/low tempo and beat is great for a lot of places, both dance-friendly and lazy. … read more »
Schier’s Neon-Capped Vellie Shoes
Schier Shoes is a Namibian company that makes a contemporary version of the vellie, a type of shoe that’s been around since the 1600s in southern African and was adapted hundreds of years later by … read more »
Our Favorite Looks from the Met Ball
Every May, Anna Wintour rounds up the biggest celebrities in the world for the annual Met Ball, a gala in honor of New York’s Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute. It’s like the Oscars for fashion, and … read more »
Stream Best Coast’s Album The Only Place
Finally, just in time for the warmer months, Bobb Bruno and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast are streaming their new record The Only Place, out next week on Mexican Summer. With clean production from Jon … read more »
Interview: Teengirl Fantasy at the FADER FORT Presented by Converse
Somehow, amidst the madness of playing a really good set at The FADER Fort Presented by Converse and being busy with all kinds of music festival distractions, Nick Weiss, one half of Teengirl Fantasy, told … read more »
Emma Mulholland Models Play Basketball in Mini-Skirts
Though Emma Mulholland told us recently that her clothes are heavily influenced by staring into the ocean and wondering what’s swimming around, it looks more like that ocean is one that exists on Mars, and … read more »
Best Button Ever: Tanlines’ Winky Sad
From reading their GEN F in the recent FADER #78, you now know that the winky sad emoticon “;(” is something of a mascot for Tanlines, a symbol of their music’s mix of euphoria and … read more »
