Alex Taylor
The Iceland sounds playlist
Secret Solstice Festival tips — If our Reykjavik city guide got you aching to fly north, make sure you plan your trip to hit the awesome Secret Solstice Festival in June 2015.
Written by: Alex Taylor
What to expect from Patti Smith's new book and some of her best hits
New book: M Train — The queen of the New York underground is back with another autobiographical book after her 2010 bestseller Just Kids.
Written by: Alex Taylor
Australian band Pond on the revival of psychedelia
Heavy, riffy blues to funkadelic — The Perth four-piece chat to us about the different ends of the psychedelic spectrum after their performance at Rough Trade East in London.
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Everything you need to know about Oscar-winning Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski
Unearthing the back catalogue — A trip through the films of Polish auteur Pawel Pawlikowski to celebrate his recent Oscar win for coming-of-age film Ida.
Written by: Alex Taylor
Canadian winters, communist wars and late-90s inertia: Meet post-punk band Viet Cong
On tour in London — Canadian four-piece Viet Cong, featuring former Women and Chad VanGaalen musicians, reveal some of the motivations behind their controversial output.
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Huck’s Most Popular Reads, Feb 22-28, 2015
A roundup of the hottest stories on the site this week — Winter's waning. Scan these stories, back away from the screen and get outside with the confidence you know what you need to.
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Pussy Riot’s new song pays tribute to Eric Garner
‘I Can’t Breathe’ with Richard Hell — Russian punk activists release their first English song, with help from Nick Zimmer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the legend that is Richard Hell.
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That awkward moment when everyone finds out a 13-year-old girl wrote your best quote
The plagiarisers list of shame — A 13-year-old-girl was recently unmasked as the real author of a popular John Green quote. Embarrassing. But Green joins a long list of notorious plagiarisers, including Vladmir Putin, Jonah Lehrer and Brian Williams.
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Haroshi's incredible skateboard sculptures go on show in NYC
Still Pushing Despite the Odds — Japanese sculptor Haroshi builds insane structures from discarded skateboard decks. Check out his new show at Jonathan Levine Gallery, NYC.
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The Lower East Side playlist
NYC's counterculture petri dish — Artist, photographer and popular historian Clayton Patterson is our guide to the best of the Lower East Side's alternative culture.
Written by: Alex Taylor