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THERE WAS A MOMENT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MYSPACE TOP EIGHTS, CIGARETTE-DRENCHED AMERICAN APPAREL HOODIES, AND THE LAST GOOD DAYS OF FACEBOOK PHOTO ALBUMS, WHEN INDIE SLEAZE RULED. Skins 1-2 (E4) This was an era before instagram feeds were curated into oblivion, before every artist had a content strategy. Indie sleaze thrived in the in-between: half-documented house parties, chaotic gigs, blurry dance floors where everyone thought they might be in a band. At the centre of it all

IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, A RETIRED SCHOOL BUS LEFT A SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA AND SET OFF ACROSS AMERICA. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS PART ROAD TRIP, PART SOCIAL EXPERIMENT, AND PART CULTURAL MYTH. HOW DID A GROUP OF FRIENDS, A PAINTED SCHOOL BUS, AND A LARGE SUPPLY OF LSD HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE BEAT GENERATION AND THE PSYCHEDELIC COUNTERCULTURE THAT FOLLOWED? It began, simply enough, with a practical need. Author Ken Kesey, already known for his 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuc

IN A CITY NOW DEFINED BY SKYROCKETING RENTS AND DIGITAL PROMOTION, ONE FILM ENTHUSIAST CONTINUES TO BUILD COMMUNITY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. HOW DID A NETWORK OF SQUATS, BARTER ECONOMIES, AND UNDERGROUND SCREENINGS SHAPE A CULTURAL TRADITION THAT STILL THRIVES QUIETLY IN AMSTERDAM TODAY? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings Jeffrey Babcock is a cultural activist and lifelong film obsessive whose story feels inseparable from the underground

MOVING BETWEEN BARS, DANCE FLOORS, AND CROWDED STREETS WHERE MOST OF THE NIGHTLIFE HAPPENS OUTSIDE, SITTING OVER CHEAP TEA AND SHISHA UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING. Kadıköy 22:47. We get on the ferry without thinking too much about it. It’s the easiest way to start the night, a slow crossing over to the European side of the old city. The air is heavy and warm, carrying the smell of salt and diesel from the water below. Most people have already started their chain-smoking for the ni

IN AN ERA WHERE THE ALGORITHM EXPECTS ARTISTS TO BE CONSTANTLY VISIBLE, SOME MUSICIANS ARE CHOOSING TO STEP BACK INSTEAD OF LEANING IN. WHY, IN A CULTURE OF ENDLESS EXPOSURE, HAS GOING ANONYMOUS STARTED TO FEEL LESS LIKE A GIMMICK AND MORE LIKE A FORM OF SELF-PRESERVATION? Esdeekid & Timothee Chalamet In a day and age when social media is king, everyone is hypervisible. So why disappear? Artists have never been more present in our day to day life. You can switch from their in

WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A TRACK TO STAND OUT IN 2025, AND WHICH ARTISTS ARE QUIETLY DEFINING THE SOUND OF THE MOMENT? For this year’s Anomie Wrapped , we pulled together eight tracks that capture something about the current moment in music: a mixture of pop, underground experimentation, and the kind of songwriting that doesn't stay confined to a single genre. Some arrive from established voices returning in peak form, others from artists who feel like they’re only just beginn