Kris Kidd is a 20-year-old author who is celebrating the upcoming release of his new collection of essays entitled, I Can’t Feel My Face. We’ve been totally enamored with his essays and brief exclamations and iterations of his eerily pristine and wise words. Kris’ disturbingly perceptive take on his own life and today’s youth culture at large, makes him a prime candidate to become a fresh new voice for the latter end of Generation Y.

P/P decided to pick his brain about this literary journey, since he’s been afforded the opportunity of being published, which is a gift many writers will never obtain after a lifetime of attempts. Here is a brief Q&A that skims a few layers off of Kris Kidd’s process and lays them on the table for you to partake in:

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Far Fetched Future is a young, insidiously accomplished NYC based photographer whose crisp, sterilely poignant photographs are the complete opposite of the haunting and foggy photos most of us moody, generation y’ers usually go for. Future’s work reveals a clarity of the truth of every moment and frame he captures. There is nothing left to the imagination as you can see very line, glare in the eye and tattoo on all of his subjects. His work is diggable and intimidatingly professional. At barely 23 years old, Lucas Farrar’s career makes most media professional’s portfolios look like high school collage projects.

He’s one of of Hip Hop’s premiere photographers, as his work as been featured in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Black Book Magazine and so on. But enough with the words. Let’s check the images: Continue reading →

After a short stint as the bassist of the disbanded Brooklyn based thrash punk band, Ritz Riot, Xe Davis is finding her own sonic style with her music project, Gun/Her. She now resides in Los Angeles and performs with her all male band as they create a sultry and sensually lazy beach sound that is intriguing, haunting and sensibly electro acoustic. We like to see musicians emerge from the depths of the boiling, sticky DIY underground, and Xe is definitely an artist to watch. Check out her single, Chained and follow her journey through her riot grrrl Universe of beach babe weirdness and realized/stylized punkabilly soul.

Some things are short and sweet, and some things are long and arduous. Some things in life are simplistic, and others move you to the brink of a breakdown. There are times when people have a perception of life that pigeon holds others from completely being themselves. We are complex and multifaceted human beings, so when someone comes along who has a vision of how you should fit into their box of “awesomeness”, and you can send them this mixtape:

Your Dream /  Not My Scene Mixtape #2.02

Be the best freak you can be.

The Flaming Lips released an album that was patched together over 2011 and 2012 with recordings of their collaborations with some of contemporary music’s most influential artists. The album is called Heady Fwends, and was relatively ignored until the band released a music video a version of Roberta Flack’s First Time I Ever Saw Your Face that featured Erykah Badu. Continue reading →

Erykah Badu goes back to her original southern fried R&B pop style after years of experimenting with synthesizers and slightly watered down experiential expressions in regards to her lyrics and hooks. Her signature laid back, open mic-esque rambling flow has reemerged, and one can only guess its because of the potent neo soul- roots instrumental soundscapes and the sensual, equally beautiful vocals of R.C. and the Gritz. It is slightly unfortunate that Badu steals the thunder from such an organically talented and listenable band, but the is track strong, and kind of addictive.

“Don’t take me for graaaannted…”

Word.

Look out for a Publik / Private exclusive interview w/ Disappears when they return from their European tour. Until then, eat this.

There are times in life where the utter leniency, repression and lack of excitement in adult life stretches me to the point of apathy. It’s not my job to make people feel bad about not giving a damn about anything, but sometimes, but some times we make choices that have no real point. If I want to make a mixtape for no reason I’m gonnah do it. This is not a stance for irresponsible music selection, because I am pretty much my music obsession should be a category A mental illness.

But sometimes, I just don’t care.

This mixtape is a random, sexy, awesome mixtape that holds no rhyme and no reason except that music is tempestuously badass (I’m not even going to check if i’m using tempestuous in the correct context). I have no structured ode to give you about this mix. I just hope it makes you tingle in your pants. It’s your choice if you want to be private or publik about how it makes you feel.

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We only make decisions when we want to. Painted Palms has been working feverishly at dispersing out drips and trails of music unto our atmosphere, until this glorious development has doused our yearning ears. Polyvinyl is gracing the world with Painted Palms’ debut full length release Forever on January 14th. Spin us, baby. Here’s a new single from the upcoming record, entitled Forever. Dig on it.