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Remi Wolf on Giving No Shits and Making Hits
We take a peek into Remi Wolf’s camera roll, and converse about pre-show rituals, making shit up, greenrooms, and drawing inspiration from chefs and jazz musicians.
Rodney Chrome Defines and Dismantles Queer Pressure
Up-and-coming rapper and singer-songwriter, Rodney Chrome, describes the title of his debut project, Queer Pressure, as “an acknowledgment of every societal pressure that queer individuals have most likely experienced.” Over twelve tracks, he dismantles these “queer pressures” over hard electronic beats produced by electronic musician underscores and himself.
Tom Verberne, wandering around LA and discussing his new album: “I’ll Watch You Do Anything”
Tom Verberne takes his self-described somber pop music to new heights with sophomore album I’ll Watch You Do Anything.
Skegss on Gardening, Chilling, and Making “Under The Thunder” in Isolation
Australia produces a lot of amazing music, but there are very few artists out there as beloved, as irresistible as Skegss. Since their 2014 debut, the Byron Bay trio have been spinning garage rock into laid-back storytelling, capturing adolescence like no other band has before them.
The Academic: Channeling Creativity in Quarantine
In preparation for their latest EP, Acting My Age, Pure Nowhere attends a Zoom press conference hosted by the 1824 press team. Through questions and live performance, we learned more about channeling their creativity and adjusting their vision in a changing social landscape.
Exploring Intersections of Blackness, Queerness, and Rural Identity — Evil on “A Child Shamed”
“I am black person from a rural community, I am a queer person in the age of the internet. I think to bridge the gaps, in any instance, it requires a human-lived experience to help it along — to make it tangible for those who are not aware. My identity is that intersection.”
76 Days of Four Letter Words
because your kisses remind me of light plums and golden chains and full mugs of all our favorite caffeinated drinks and everytime i wake up in these panics i remember why i hate january
a love letter to my prosaic hometown
“An infinite balancing act has composed my adolescence. Am I the unassuming lull of my home, or do I belong elsewhere?”
You Taste Like Verandas and Mid-Afternoon
Poetry by Bridget Gwyn. “I regret nothing, except your name. or lack thereof.”
Girl In a Dying World
This is our future. So, don’t blame us for being reckless, irresponsible and high. Life should be about living, seeking, loving, crying, being heartbroken or drinking on the rooftops at 1 a.m. We are just trying to suck out the last drops of feeling before the world runs dry. Before it’s your time to go and our time to face what you have given us.
“A Conversation Between Myself and the Ghosts of the Past”: A Poem on The History of LGBTQ+ Rights in the US
History repeats itself. Don’t you know? by Chloe Johnston.
Like Soil, We Drift
In the form of a multimedia photo series, Devin Kasparian asks the question why we cannot exist like the soil, drifting back and forth across manmade borders
“The Tea Tastes Different This Morning”- a Covid-19 Collaborative Poem
A month ago, we asked 50+ participants to create work relating to COVID-19 over the course of 24 hours, and then pulled our favourite lines from each one to form a collective experience through a single poem. Following the cycles of human nature and grief, this is a love letter to the people who helped create it.
This Is Your Life
It may seem obvious, but when I stopped spending hours on my computer trying to figure out what to do with myself for the next 5 years and just went outside, there was suddenly nothing wrong in the world.
Family Vacation: Post Animal In Europe
Marie Renaud shares a collection of film photos from Post Animal’s tour across europe last july, full of sleep-deprived, jet-lagged and pure-joy moments.
Dealing With Depression (Alone, in Spain)
I was totally stripped down; all I had to show for myself was … me. And for all the time I was spending alone, I didn’t really know who I was.
I Moved Countries for a University and Dropped Out After 2 Weeks
It’s important to acknowledge that big moves — especially to start school — will derail your current reality. Life is going to change completely. But this makes space for new passions, experiences, and lessons to come into your life.
shiny white teeth, hollowed out youth
like we are still small children, and freedom is the red frog we’ve been rolling around in our mouth instead of swallowing
Issue 1 Cutting Room Floor
The quality of work we had to cut was pretty astounding, but I guess that’s a testament to the quality of the magazine itself.
Issue 1 Excerpt: a letter to suburbia, from the shower, crying
I wish my fear of stagnation wouldn’t collide so well with your stillness. Maybe then I wouldn’t need to drive around at night, spilling words, to feel like I’m moving.