http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/interview-richard-chai/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/interview-richard-chai/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:40:58 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=175021 Preview: This story will appear in FADER #78, on stands soon. Congratulations to Richard Chai, who’s been the talk of New York Fashion Week since his show at Lincoln Center yesterday. Richard Chai plots a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/interview-richard-chai/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/two-lovers-rachel-roy-and-hyden-yoo/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/two-lovers-rachel-roy-and-hyden-yoo/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:27 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=174411 Preview: This story will appear in FADER #78, on stands soon. Congratulations to Hyden Yoo and Rachel Roy, who debut their brand new collections today and tomorrow at New York Fashion Week. Rachel Roy and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/08/two-lovers-rachel-roy-and-hyden-yoo/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/j-dilla-shine-on/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/j-dilla-shine-on/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:44 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=173792 In this 2006 feature from FADER #42, collaborators and family tell the stories behind some of the late J Dilla’s great productions. Think twice, youngbloods, precocious hoodrats, beatbox prodigies. Somewhere in the fine print of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/j-dilla-shine-on/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/big-boi-general-pattons-prayer/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/big-boi-general-pattons-prayer/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:26 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=172708 With the golden era of the Dungeon Family gone, Big Boi’s riding on with his new label Purple Ribbon. But is there a lane for a second generation of Atlanta’s “weirdo type funk shit?” I … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/big-boi-general-pattons-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/new-york-rap-state-of-the-empire/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/new-york-rap-state-of-the-empire/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:45:30 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=170777 A group of young New York rappers tries to bring hip hop home. Far Rockaway, Queens MC Stack Bundles has a song called, “Temper, Temper” in which he says of the state of New York … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/25/new-york-rap-state-of-the-empire/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/prime-numbers-seven-easy-pieces-for-dressing-in-the-new-year/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/prime-numbers-seven-easy-pieces-for-dressing-in-the-new-year/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:30:53 +0000 Mobolaji Dawodu http://www.thefader.com/?p=168172 Styling: Mobolaji Dawodu Stylist’s Assistants: Deidre Dyer, Elsa Lam and Nick Spain. Makeup: Marcela Alcala for Smashbox cosmetics. Models: Koné from Red Model Management, Brenda, Danny and Jeremy from Request Models, Samantha and Valentyna from … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/prime-numbers-seven-easy-pieces-for-dressing-in-the-new-year/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/12/objectified-%e2%80%a8winter-essentials/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/12/objectified-%e2%80%a8winter-essentials/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:45:01 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=166941 Four designers talk about the standout pieces from their winter collections. Skip Yowell co-founded JanSport 44 years ago. A new line of special bags commemorate him and the places he’s called home: The leather backpack … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/12/objectified-%e2%80%a8winter-essentials/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/binary-clothes-agi-sam/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/binary-clothes-agi-sam/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:15:04 +0000 Kim Taylor Bennett http://www.thefader.com/?p=166934 London design duo Agi & Sam unloads a torrent of prints and colors. Agi & Sam collections look like flicking between browser tabs on your desktop— there’s always something new to catch the eye. The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/binary-clothes-agi-sam/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/bloc-party-ring-the-alarm/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/bloc-party-ring-the-alarm/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:33:29 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=165482 In a New London, Bloc Party are ready to detonate. On a Monday night at Dublin’s Whelans, emotion hangs in the air, dripping off the Celtic knots painted on the walls, seeping out onto the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/bloc-party-ring-the-alarm/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:29:27 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=164561 Everything goes in cycles, and right now we’re currently somewhere in the late-middle period of a heavy electronic music resurgence. Everyone involved is obsessed with talking about the textures of their music, and even more … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/02/four-on-the-floor-electronic-labels/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/30/dream-team-weston-currie-and-grouper-collaborate-on-a-film/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/30/dream-team-weston-currie-and-grouper-collaborate-on-a-film/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:00:54 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=165032 One rainy night this past September, filmmaker Weston Currie and musician Liz Harris bka Grouper posted up in a vacant building inside an industrial complex in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to premiere Currie’s feature-length anthology, The Perception … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/30/dream-team-weston-currie-and-grouper-collaborate-on-a-film/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/28/qa-el-p/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/28/qa-el-p/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:00:32 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=164541 El-P returns to rap’s lawless present. In 1992, rapper/producer El-P founded the dissonant and innovative group Company Flow. They used words too big to fit between the bars of their verses and spent a lot … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/28/qa-el-p/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:37 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=164554 Stay+, the UK-based, self-proclaimed “fictional dance” collective, has an exceptionally spotty history of giving straightforward interviews. Actually, the only one in existence is a string of YouTube videos-as-answers to very direct questions. But beyond the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:49 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=164535 Mark McGuire’s songs—of which there are hundreds, released scattershot and with alarming frequency considering their languid pace—feel like an Inception-style endless trapdoor through which layers of memories and half-remembered tiny moments never really end, so … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:30:35 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=164525 Lunice’s most viewed YouTube performance isn’t actually of his music at all. Instead, it’s a video of him doing a solo pop-lock dance performance to Lazer Sword’s hyperactive “Gucci Sweatshirt” in his living room. The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:00:19 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=164515 In the spring of 1995, amidst a bid to snap back from the commercial failure of an album called Juvenile Hell, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy offered unrepentant insight into the desperation of his adolescence. I’m only … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:45:56 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=164336 Jennifer and Jessie Clavin are cooler than you. “I have a really bad problem where, like, I shouldn’t be skateboarding anymore,” Jessie says. “I broke an ankle, I cracked my head open, but once I … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/the-fader-77-podcast/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/the-fader-77-podcast/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:31:02 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=163980 Over nearly 45 minutes—that’s like 50% more jams than usual!—we explore the depths of this year’s NOW issue with a lovingly mixed audio accompaniment. The podcast showcases our favorite tracks from cover stars Future and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/19/the-fader-77-podcast/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/memphis-rap-parting-the-dark-clouds/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/memphis-rap-parting-the-dark-clouds/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:20:04 +0000 Andrew Noz http://www.thefader.com/?p=163114 Can Memphis rappers reclaim the sound of their city and still find success? Memphis can feel pretty barren to the uninitiated. Locals tend to herd visitors instinctively, if not to Graceland then to its eerily … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/memphis-rap-parting-the-dark-clouds/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/video-directors-to-watch/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/video-directors-to-watch/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:00:11 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=163530 Four video directors who will adjust your eyeballs.JACQUELINE CASTEL Location: Brooklyn, NY Big break: Burning down the sets in Blank Dogs’ video for “Setting Fire to Your House” and plunging Zola Jesus through a mirror … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/16/video-directors-to-watch/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/labels-to-watch/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/labels-to-watch/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:30:51 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=163179 Five record labels that are making their mark. The Sounds of Sweet Nothing Location: London, UK What: Ned Hodge quit his job at Rough Trade Records in 2009 with the intention of getting out of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/15/labels-to-watch/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/future-dungeons-and-dragons/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/future-dungeons-and-dragons/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:04:51 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=162193 Future has the streets of Atlanta in the palm of his hands while the city’s history pumps through his veins. Though Future is from Atlanta, his St. Louis show at the club Amnesia, billed as … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/future-dungeons-and-dragons/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/producers-to-watch/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/producers-to-watch/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:40:57 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=161945 Five producers who will change the sound of rap in 2012. BEAUTIFUL LOU Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 26 Notable beats: ASAP Rocky, “Trilla,” Shady Blaze, “Ima Get Em,” Lil B, “Cocaine” Signature sound: Groggy … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/producers-to-watch/feed/ 30 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:01:27 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=160625 A couple of years ago, Charles Hamilton was on the cover of the Now issue, FADER’s annual, year-end look forward amidst many other publications’ navel-gazing looks back. Hamilton, who in 2009 had heavy buzz and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/12/77/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/marcus-soderlund-wide-open-worlds/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/marcus-soderlund-wide-open-worlds/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:27:45 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=161501 In the video for “Like a Fading Rainbow,” singer Jenny Wilson creeps through a forest, wades barefoot through a grassy lake and ends up in a meadow with a band of mystical ragamuffins dancing a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/marcus-soderlund-wide-open-worlds/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/smooth-criminals-vanishing-elephant-breaks-out/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/smooth-criminals-vanishing-elephant-breaks-out/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:00:26 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=160521 Sydney, Australia’s Vanishing Elephant steers clear of any modern focus for their fall collection, instead seeking influence from their homeland’s troubled past. Settled by England as a penal colony in the early 20th century, Australia … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/smooth-criminals-vanishing-elephant-breaks-out/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=160413 Sometimes the rap game reminds Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire of the craft game. “When I get stressed out, I do collages,” says the stout, six-foot-four MC. We’re lounging in his childhood home-turned-bachelor pad, a messy, one-bedroom … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:45:44 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=160013 Much in line with the mass appeal romantic populism she has written into songs for Rihanna, Beyoncé and Britney Spears, Stacy Barthe has a natural knack for punctuating her points with aphorism. On feeling underpaid … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:27:07 +0000 Daniel Arnold http://www.thefader.com/?p=159921 Cass McCombs is riding high on a dark horse. Death is an LA hippie with sandy Jesus hair and an Eagle Rock area code. Usually he makes you wait, but tonight, at the Gaylord Apartments … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/cass-mccombs-scorpio-rising/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:30 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thefader.com/?p=20679 Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon returns home to the Wisconsin town that raised him. Walk into The Joynt in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at happy hour and a beer will set you back just 30 cents. Signs … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/beat-construction-kieran-hebden-steve-reid-and-mats-gustafsso/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/beat-construction-kieran-hebden-steve-reid-and-mats-gustafsso/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:41:54 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=156162 Preview: This story will appear in FADER #77, on stands soon. Live at the South Bank is out this week from Small Town Superjazz. Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden gets a reaction out of Mats Gustafsson … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/beat-construction-kieran-hebden-steve-reid-and-mats-gustafsso/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/the-new-pants-bedwin-and-the-heartbreakers%e2%80%99-fresh-fit/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/the-new-pants-bedwin-and-the-heartbreakers%e2%80%99-fresh-fit/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:30:31 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=153544 Whose life doesn’t have a clear timeline of past pants? We’ve all tried so many fits and made so many mistakes. My history is a mess, brief interludes with wide-ass JNCOs and frayed bellbottoms. I … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/the-new-pants-bedwin-and-the-heartbreakers%e2%80%99-fresh-fit/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/exurbia-adrift-in-eastern-pennsylvania/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/exurbia-adrift-in-eastern-pennsylvania/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:00:15 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=154166 Styling: Mobolaji Dawodu Stylist’s Assistant: Elsa Lam Model: Rae at Muse NYC]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/exurbia-adrift-in-eastern-pennsylvania/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/picturing-sun-glitters-victor-ferreira-crafts-images-to-match-his-sound/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/picturing-sun-glitters-victor-ferreira-crafts-images-to-match-his-sound/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:30:22 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=152357 Most of Sun Glitters’ album covers rely heavily on double exposure and feature a young girl obscured in a photographic haze. She dances on a beach, her big toe barely touching the sand as she … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/11/picturing-sun-glitters-victor-ferreira-crafts-images-to-match-his-sound/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/personal-history-wale/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/personal-history-wale/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:45:54 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=153658 Preview: This story will appear in FADER #77, on stands soon. Congratulations to Wale on having the number two album in America. Wale looks at what it means to build a career after a flash … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/personal-history-wale/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/walter-van-beirendonck-dream-believer/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/walter-van-beirendonck-dream-believer/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:00:09 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=153071 Fashion’s best freak show still loves his job. This year, Belgium’s MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp will launch a retrospective exhibition spanning Walter Van Beirendonck’s spectacular, strange career. Van Beirendonck—who became notorious a few decades ago … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/08/walter-van-beirendonck-dream-believer/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/07/highway-to-sell-on-the-road-with-grand-st-bakery/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/07/highway-to-sell-on-the-road-with-grand-st-bakery/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:15:22 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=152777 This summer, Neal Mello and Cyd Mullen opened the vintage store Grand St. Bakery, a huge space in Brooklyn where practically everything you see is for sale, from the soft, worn rugs on the floor … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/07/highway-to-sell-on-the-road-with-grand-st-bakery/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/wale-and-tabi-bonney-new-slang/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/wale-and-tabi-bonney-new-slang/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:30:05 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=152266 Raised on Reaganomics, go-go, and the neverending pursuit of freshness, Wale and Tabi Bonney rap for the capitol. Wale is picking at some french fries in a burger spot on Georgia Ave in Washington DC, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/wale-and-tabi-bonney-new-slang/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/im-not-not-there-its-once-again-cool-to-be-on-your-own-album-cover/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/im-not-not-there-its-once-again-cool-to-be-on-your-own-album-cover/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:15:09 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=152015 Seems like a million years ago that dudes would spray on a pair of jeans, blow out their hair and then pose for a bunch of wild glamour shots for the covers of their own … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/03/im-not-not-there-its-once-again-cool-to-be-on-your-own-album-cover/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/02/beyond-digital-visiting-morocco-to-listen-up-close/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/02/beyond-digital-visiting-morocco-to-listen-up-close/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:45:26 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=151574 This summer, FADER’s photo editor John Francis Peters and I, along with a handful of other artists, spent a month in Africa working on an art and research project called Beyond Digital Morocco. As DJ … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/02/beyond-digital-visiting-morocco-to-listen-up-close/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:35:01 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=150619 Like every New York City fairytale, Caveman’s story will end in real estate. When they make it big, they’re going to buy the old converted Con Edison building on 6th Street between 1st and Avenue … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/double-helix-williamokpos-genetically-engineered-fashion/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/double-helix-williamokpos-genetically-engineered-fashion/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:00:59 +0000 Deidre Dyer http://www.thefader.com/?p=149883 Lizzy and Darlene Okpo would have been in nursing school on the path to a reliable living right now if their father had his way. Thankfully, WilliamOkpo, after whom the sisters’ new line is named, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/double-helix-williamokpos-genetically-engineered-fashion/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:33:58 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=150033 If we could credit a single song for the overabundance of Gucci sneaker prints and stiletto heel holes dug deep into the couches of Georgia club promoters’ VIP booths this past spring, it would be … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:51:23 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=149421 Archy Marshall just turned 17. He’s got red hair and a deep voice that sits low in the back of his throat, like it got caught halfway between his nose and his mouth. Up until … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/oversaturated-is-instagrams-popularity-changing-photography/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/oversaturated-is-instagrams-popularity-changing-photography/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:00:19 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=149058 In October 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launched Instagram, a free iPhone app that lets people share snapshots of lattes, salads and sunsets with friends. Based in San Francisco, the five employees that make … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/oversaturated-is-instagrams-popularity-changing-photography/feed/ 13 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:20 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=149067 Fatima Al Qadiri is a consummate New Yorker: her parents studied in Russia, she was born in Senegal, grew up in Kuwait, then lived in eight cities over the past dozen years before settling down … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:30:49 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=148713 The first time Josh Clancy saw James Brooks was in high school in Dassel, Minnesota, a generic rural town with a population near one thousand. “He was in my chemistry class, and he would carry … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/reflexive-lens-carolyn-drake-and-andres-gonzalez/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/reflexive-lens-carolyn-drake-and-andres-gonzalez/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:15:28 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=147793 A couple of photographers talk about the art of being a couple. Carolyn Drake and Andres Gonzalez met eight years ago in graduate school at Ohio University, where both were pursuing MFAs in photojournalism. They’ve … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/reflexive-lens-carolyn-drake-and-andres-gonzalez/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/dominic-nahr-perfect-imperfect/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/dominic-nahr-perfect-imperfect/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:14:39 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=147657 Twelve hours after the earthquake hit this March, Dominic Nahr arrived in Japan. Soon after, he got aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier there to deliver relief. As he often is, Nahr was … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/21/dominic-nahr-perfect-imperfect/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/20/mike-brodie-a-period-of-juvenile-prosperity/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/20/mike-brodie-a-period-of-juvenile-prosperity/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:19:18 +0000 Daniel Arnold http://www.thefader.com/?p=147219 Mike Brodie is settled in the sense that he rents a room that has a closet with clothes hung up, a bookshelf and a radio, but his mind is always moving. The Pensacola kid who … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/20/mike-brodie-a-period-of-juvenile-prosperity/feed/ 7 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/19/jim-korpi-settling/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/19/jim-korpi-settling/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:10:39 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=146298 I grew up on a farm. The stone wall snaked the boundaries of my family’s fields and the neighbor’s tree line. I remember monkeying my way to the highest limb in the crabapple tree by … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/19/jim-korpi-settling/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/beat-construction-m83/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/beat-construction-m83/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:00:31 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=146291 Anthony Gonzalez bottles teen glory on his biggest sounding album yet. As M83, Anthony Gonzalez makes music that is in soft focus. It sounds like a girl with perfect skin blowing dandelion seeds, it sounds … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/beat-construction-m83/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:30:34 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=143167 In an apartment perched northeast of Morningside Park in Harlem, ASAP Rocky is sitting knuckle-to-temple in a leather armchair he dragged halfway out of a closet. In song, Rocky routinely calls himself a “pretty motherfucker,” … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/noah-40-shebib-best-he-ever-had/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/noah-40-shebib-best-he-ever-had/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:00:17 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=145135 Toronto’s 
Noah “40” Shebib 
is the one producer Drake can’t do 
without. If you want a laugh, pull up the music video for Drake’s “Replacement Girl.” It’s 2007. The Toronto rapper is wearing a leather … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/noah-40-shebib-best-he-ever-had/feed/ 44 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/scientific-methods-uniqlo%e2%80%99s-new-lab-tested-line/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/scientific-methods-uniqlo%e2%80%99s-new-lab-tested-line/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:03:08 +0000 Nick Spain http://www.thefader.com/?p=145457 Tomorrow is the grand opening of Uniqlo’s New York flagship store at 53rd Street and 5th Avenue. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is cutting the ribbon himself on the gigantic space which, in addition to 89,000 … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/13/scientific-methods-uniqlo%e2%80%99s-new-lab-tested-line/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/real-estate-jams/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/real-estate-jams/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:00:20 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=144655 How interesting do you need to be to be good? As if to cut off any criticism at the knees, Alex Bleeker says, “We’re a Brooklyn band now, how boring is that?” Before that, Real … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/12/real-estate-jams/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/11/the-fader-76-podcast/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/11/the-fader-76-podcast/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:15:03 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=144680 So it goes—another new issue and another new podcast commemorating our love for the magazine’s contents. The FADER #76 mix is bookended by our haze filled interview with ASAP Rocky. That first beat comes from … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/11/the-fader-76-podcast/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/10/76/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/10/76/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:52 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=144580 I had a photo teacher in high school who told me the only thing she takes pictures of is light. This sounded so pretentious to me. Actually, it still does. But it sounds a little … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/10/76/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:30:45 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=141153 The first time I heard Nicki Minaj rap, I swore I was really listening to Lil Wayne. Taking in her well-enunciated verse on “Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop” from 2007’s Da Drought 3 mixtape, I thought … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/zola-jesus-the-ice-queen/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/zola-jesus-the-ice-queen/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:33:51 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=142834 Zola Jesus is poised to melt hearts. By the time I get to Nika Danilova’s West Hollywood apartment, she’s been branded ankle-to-knee in Xs, her skin having absorbed the imprint of hours spent cinched into … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/zola-jesus-the-ice-queen/feed/ 0