Written By: Jordannah Elizabeth

Peanut Butter Wolf is a legend. He was kind enough to talk to us at Publik / Private about his career and the new documentary, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton. I personally screened this penetrating and historically dense film that followed Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf) from childhood to the birth of his eclectic and deeply necessary record label, Stones Throw Records to giving his viewers and fans a look into his life, roster and career in the present day. Continue reading →

Tonight, Publik / Private is excited to highlight two events thrown by The Deli Magazine San Francisco and New York based promotions firm, The Process Records Media Group. Continue reading →

Morning Phase starts out exhibiting Beck’s personal and expertly whittled style of experimental music. He’s been making music for so long that comparing elements of this new record to the work of other bands like Radiohead and Pink Floyd would not truly expose the individualism of his esteemed talent. Nonetheless, there are a small number of influences that rear their heads and whisper throughout Beck’s impressively poignant work. Continue reading →

Publik / Private‘s sixth mixtape has been curated by Buenos Aires based pro blogger, Jairo Manzur. Jairo is the founder and sole curator of the popular Latin American blog, Latino America Shoegaze. It’s an honor to have him contribute!

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Written By: Hunter Stroope

When magic ceases to prevail, the darkness of tragedy overrides. The American born soul singer, PP Arnold seemed to have leapfrogged over destiny into tragedy and back again upon her every motion.

From performing as a back up singer for Ike and Tina, then becoming a label mates with The Rolling Stones by signing with Immediate Records in 1966, she was then forced to surrender her own solo recording attempts to the historically dreadful bureaucracy of the music industry’s interior. Continue reading →

Written By: Lauren Espina

As computers continue to dominate the face of modern music, The Warlocks have been crafting guitar-driven neo-psychedelic tunes since 1998 and has offered consistency to listeners with an affinity for moody, 1960s-inspired rock and roll. Much has been said about the group’s cult status, as they have been described as underrated and underground at the center of many journalistic features.

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I wrote this the day I heard about Seymour Hoffman’s death. It’s part one of a culmination of some things I’ve been thinking about for months. -je

February 2, 2014

A week before Phillip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, I was sitting in my room watching an episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s current web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. There was one particular episode where Jerry is having coffee with David Letterman, and he talked about how he felt life was very repetitious. He expressed that he’d been satisfied with his life for a long time and a big reason why he liked having children was because, “it was something to watch.” I know that sounds emotionally barbaric, but I understood what he meant. Seinfeld’s name is the title of the most successful television show of all time, and he’s never had any bad press, so when I saw the news about Hoffman’s death, I immediately thought, “He had nothing to watch.” Continue reading →

GINA ALEXANDRA DENTON
Baltimore, MD
Mixed Media

The uber talented Gina Denton is a veteran artist based in Baltimore, Maryland. We love her colorful, imaginative, psychedelic, asymmetrical  swirls and orbs of beautiful madness! We received a thoughtful statement about Gina’s work from her personal perspective.  Continue reading →

There’s something about being alive in 2014 that makes the possibilities of our human experience seem endless. The internet, solar powered cars, smart phones, online dating, thousands of television channels and the ability to travel anywhere on the planet are novelties that no human has ever had the pleasure…or pain of partaking in until now. Continue reading →

Written by: Lauren Espina

Listen to true.deep.sleeper here

Since its inception in 2008, Dead Leaf Echo has mastered a dark, pensive brand of new wave that drifts in a realm somewhere between dream pop and shoegaze. The Brooklyn-based outfit released its debut LP, Thought & Language, in 2013, capturing its wandering sonic aesthetic on a full-length effort for the first time after having released a steady stream 7″ and EPs. Dead Leaf Echo makes a return to the shorter format on its latest offering, the true.deep.sleeper EP, which officially drops on February 25th via Moon Sounds Records. Continue reading →