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Dress Easy, Live Easy: A Conversation with BackBeatRags Owner Isadora Alvarez

Alex KhatchadourianMarch 12, 2019

While BackBeatRags remains an homage to the classics, owner Isadora Alvarez has a keen eye for incorporating contemporary colors and shape to each garment.

Briana King is Living Her Damn Life

Alex KhatchadourianFebruary 27, 2019

Skateboarding has not only become King's therapy, exposing her to a close-knit community of women skaters, but also serves as a catalyst for her creativity and ultimately has put her in a place where she feels like she can be her authentic self.

Love You Down Fest Aims to Bring Los Angeles’ Creative Community Together

Regan WojickFebruary 7, 2019

SWIMM, the once Florida-based psych-pop band, are purveyors of making the LA art scene more about community with their music festival Love You Down.

Saara Untracht-Oakner’s “Subjectively Speaking” Focuses on What the Artist Does Best; Flipping Day-to-Day Life Inside Out

Regan WojickFebruary 1, 2019

Saara Untracht-Oakner's new exhibit, "Subjectively Speaking," focuses on what the artist does best; flipping day-to-day life inside out.

Sofia Wolfson Is Just Trying to Keep Her Head Above Water on Her New Single “Nothing’s Real”

Regan WojickJanuary 31, 2019

Sofia Wolfson's new single, "Nothing's Real," is a great sampler of what the budding artist is capable of. We liken the song to the last cigarette in the pack because though you wish you had more, it was still absolutely satisfying.

Artist and Healer Rachel Howe, Takes the Amadeus Questionnaire

amadeusmagJanuary 24, 2019

All around magical human, Rachel Howe, fills out the Amadeus questionnaire and shares three illustrations she made exclusively for issue 16.

Sissón Uses Identity As a Focal Point to His Dynamic Aesthetics

Shawn GhassemitariJanuary 16, 2019

Using identity as a focal point to his aesthetic, Sissón challenges many social and political conventions in each of his gesturally dynamic pieces.

Bold, Familiar, and Charmingly Nonchalant Lilian Martinez’s Work is Driven by Intent

Regan WojickJanuary 11, 2019

Lilian Martinez finds solitude in comfort and homeliness and has cultivated a following through her art by following that sense of self.

Harlots, Fast Food, Dildos & Pro Wrestling: Nothing is Off Limits for Sickid

Mirko AntichJanuary 7, 2019

Sickid is… well, one fucking sick kid. Harlots, fast food, dildos, and pro wrestling are just a few themes that frequent this up and coming youngsters work.

Polo & Pan Bring Paris to Los Angeles

Regan WojickJanuary 2, 2019

Polo & Pan brought a laid back attitude to their set. No fancy bells, whistles, pyrotechnics, or epileptic lasers; they simply let their music do the talking and fans do the dancing.

Brendan Donnelly: The Interdisciplinary Artist Shouting From A Soapbox Plunked at the Corner of Fine Art and Bullshit

Christina Catherine MartinezDecember 28, 2018

Brendan Donnelly is an interdisciplinary trickster—an artist working at the nexus of being both an appreciator and interpreter of subculture, an angry old man shouting from a soapbox plunked at the corner of fine art and bullshit.

Desertscapes, Birds in Flight, Abstract Sunsets: Jordan Sullivan Strives for a “Poetic Reality” In His Art

Natasha YoungDecember 21, 2018

Jordan Sullivan is the kind of artist you can’t pin down to a single medium or style. Sullivan’s paintings are visceral like devotional art or cave paintings.