Alex Taylor

The Iceland sounds playlist
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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
Music

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
Music

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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

Everything you need to know about Oscar-winning Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski
Film

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
Music

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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

Huck’s Most Popular Reads, Feb 22-28, 2015
Culture

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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

Pussy Riot’s new song pays tribute to Eric Garner
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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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

That awkward moment when everyone finds out a 13-year-old girl wrote your best quote
Culture

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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

Haroshi's incredible skateboard sculptures go on show in NYC
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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.

Written by: Alex Taylor

The Lower East Side playlist
Magazine

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

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