SOUND ADVICE
Whistling Wunderkind Molly Lewis Finds Safety in Her Wired Headphones
March 18, 2024
The LA-based musician and whistler, whose new album “On the Lips” came out last month, makes us a playlist of “beloved tunes,” she says, “sealed with a kiss.”
STUDIO VISIT
“I Want Bad Reviews”: Mathieu Malouf, in Conversation with Rita Ackermann
March 15, 2024
The artist got together with Rita Ackermann to talk about the weed gummy high that inspired him to start painting penguins for his recent show at Nahmad Contemporary.
LIT
Nora Treatbaby Can Make Your Poetry Readings a Little Less Boring
March 15, 2024
“I feel like transness is inherently ridiculous,” says the New York-based poet, whose debut collection “Our Air” blends sincerity, despair, and revolutionary politics.
RORSCHACH TEST
Paula Pell on Divorce, Hanky Codes, and Growing Up With Lorne Michaels
March 14, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the “Girls5Eva” star sounds off on Kate Middleton’s whereabouts and tells us why the 2024 election is already giving her diarrhea.
IN CONVERSATION
D’Angelo Lovell Williams and Alannah Farrell Are Taking Notes on Masculinity
March 14, 2024
The two artists, whose work is featured in a recent group show called “Notes on Masculinity” at Lyles & King, got together to talk queerness, art fairs, and genomes.
IN CONVERSATION
Devon Welsh And Sean Nicholas Savage Aren’t Afraid of Sincerity
March 13, 2024
Before releasing his first album in five years, Welsh caught up with friend and fellow Canadian Sean Nicholas Savage to talk poetry and border agents.
OPENING
A Psychic Sugar Daddy Told Devon DeJardin To Start Painting
March 13, 2024
“It’s been this kind of cosmic roller coaster,” says the artist, who told us about his serendipitous journey to painting at the opening of his solo show at Albertz Benda.
fashion
Celine FW24 Honors Richard Avedon With Full ’60s Eleganza
March 12, 2024
“I love when a girl’s a lady. Elegance is something we cannot discard.”
tour diary
Bad Gyal Takes Us From Her Dressing Room to the Afters
March 12, 2024
“Usually I go party,” the Spanish singer says of her post-show routine. “I start smoking my cigarettes and drinking all the champagne.”
LIT
Wayne Koestenbaum on Poetry, Puberty, and Purgation
March 12, 2024
“Language is the glove into which I stick my hand, which permits me contact with the world,” says the writer and poet of his new book, “Stubble Archipelago.”
SOUND ADVICE
HOMESHAKE’s Peter Sagar Makes Us the Dream Alt-Rock Playlist
March 11, 2024
For this week’s Sound Advice, the Toronto-based musician reveals his studio uniform, current cocktail of choice, and pushes back against the shoegaze allegations.
Archives
Robert Downey Jr. Has Always Wanted to Entertain
March 11, 2024
This week, we’re celebrating Robert Downey Jr.’s Oscar triumph by republishing the Best Supporting Actor winner’s 1989 cover story.
tour diary
“I’m Normal as Fuck”: Ekkstacy Takes Us Inside His Worldwide Tour
March 8, 2024
“I want to be more of a human on stage,” says the Canadian singer-songwriter. “I don’t want people to think that I’m some stuck-up kid.”
SOUND ADVICE
Hitmaker Tayla Parx Makes Us a Playlist for International Women’s Day
March 8, 2024
For this week’s Sound Advice, the songwriting maven curated a playlist for the girls, featuring Hemlocke Springs, Bree Runway, and Doja Cat.
ICON
“If You’re Cool, Aren’t You Sexy?”: Kim Gordon, in Conversation With Chloe Sevigny
March 8, 2024
Before the release of her brand-new solo record, the alt-rock icon met up with Chloe Sevigny to talk fashion, womanhood, dystopian futures, and the “dirty” 90s.
SCENE
“I’m Here for More”: My Week at the Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles
March 7, 2024
“Each year, the fair indicates its steady growth,” writes Gracie Hadland. “But this augmentation seems to be in all the wrong places; the scene is bloating more than it is building muscle.”
campaign
Ice Spice Rides the Chopper for Alexander Wang Spring 2024
March 7, 2024
The rapper, who fronts the new Spring 2024 campaign from Alexander Wang, revealed what’s inside her Wang bag: “lip gloss, a tiny mirror, and gum.”
IN CONVERSATION
Łukasz Stokłosa and Cristine Brache on Playboy Bunnies and Demonic Nuns
March 7, 2024
“It feels beautiful, even if it is horrible too,” says Stokłosa, who talked to fellow artist Cristine Brache about making work that resides in moral gray areas.
NOSTALGIA
“I Was a Grumpy Bitch”: Bananarama, in Conversation With Boy George
March 6, 2024
“Before Kylie [Minogue], all the queens in the universe were obsessed with Bananarama,” says Boy George, who interviewed his old friends before the release of their brand-new compilation album.
ICON
Armistead Maupin Still Remembers Doing Poppers With Rock Hudson
March 6, 2024
“The moment I had my hand in his, the lights went out,” says Maupin, reminiscing on his dalliance with the heartthrob Rock Hudson. “We got together on various occasions.”