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World Premiere! The FADER Issue #74: Summer Music Featuring Soulja Boy and...
In the grand tradition of FADER’s annual jam-packed Summer Music Issue, we are pleased and proud to announce this year’s featuring Vybz Kartel and Soulja Boy. Both cover stars are prolific artists with...
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Soulja Boy: Forever Young
After six years of hits, Soulja Boy is releasing the best music of his career. He’s got a million bucks in the bank, a legion of fans and a steady supply of downers. Freshly 21, … read more »
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The FADER Issue #74 Podcast
In Brooklyn, the West Indian Day Parade goes straight down Eastern Parkway. It’s as much a summertime celebration as it is a competition to see who has the biggest truck with the loudest speakers. Most...
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Vybz Kartel: Beyond the Pale
Vybz Kartel is dancehall’s biggest star and most beloved folk hero. He’s also its newest face. Bleaching, in Jamaica, can mean one of two things. 1. Applying prescription-only steroid cream for...
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GEN F: Clams Casino
Mike Volpe, better known as producer Clams Casino, has spent his whole life in Nutley, New Jersey. “My town is ten to fifteen minutes from the city,” he says. “An hour away from the beach, … read more »
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DJ Harvey: Another Day, Another Disco
Living proof that good times are all you need to sustain a great life, DJ Harvey is cresting the wave of his legendary career into an endlessly golden sunset. “I think I’m supposed to be … read more »
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Minnow Bathers’ Homegrown Swim Clothes
Women’s swimwear is plagued by excessive whimsy. Suits are often encumbered by pricey ruffles or impractically scant silhouettes. But against that uncomfortable landscape, Toronto roommates Karen...
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The Good Life: Interning with Terrence Malick
It’s been six years since Terrence Malick released his last film, and this summer’s The Tree of Life is only his sixth ever. FADER video producer Hanly Banks reflects on her Texas internship with the …...
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GEN F: Jhene Aiko
At a party recently, some guy confused Black Street and Boyz II Men. I corrected him. Though 15 years later, who sang “No Diggity” is not too much more than a minute piece of trivia … read more »
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GEN F: Pure X
“You’ve got to understand the vibe in Austin,” explains Pure X guitarist and singer, Nate Grace. “There are a lot of ‘professionals’ here, and going downtown to play a club, you end up dealing with …...
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Woods: Until the Morning Comes
Woods check out, zone in and make beautifully intimate music for the dark moments worth remembering. Rocketing over potholes torn into the road by relentless rain, it seems like Woods frontman Jeremy...
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GEN F: Fat Trel
Like every story, most cities have two sides. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our nation’s capitol and its surrounding ’burbs, where the line between the rich and poor is at its most rigid. …...
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GEN F: Grimes
Listening to Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, you get the sense that there are several incongruous events happening at once, and entirely by accident—as if the default were pandemonium, and any moments of...
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Leitmotiv’s Computerized Classics
Juan Carro and Fabio Sassio, the creative minds behind Leitmotiv, met at a design college library in Bologna, two strangers cramming for the same exam who decided to lend each other a hand. During the...
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This Week in The FADER: July 10, 2011 Edition
** Tyler, the Creator offered a molecular breakdown of his musical influences (Neptunes, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, more Neptunes) in a sweet Summer mix. Download it now. ** Uptown wave/swag/screw...
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Video: Jhene Aiko, “Stranger”
Jhene Aiko’s Sailing Soul(s) mixtape was released in March, and now bears its first video fruit. It’s a salty, beach-washed take—directed by Top Shelf Junior and edited by Bryant Robinson—on...
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Reheaters: Michael Rapaport Looks at A Tribe Called Quest
The track record for artist-specific rap documentaries is not stellar. Often they look cheap, are poorly shot and barely tell any kind of story. Actor and film director, Michael Rapaport, changed that...
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Interview: Garrett Leight’s Suitcase Filled with Sunglasses
In FADER #74, we profiled GLCO, a line of very-California sunglasses that grew out of Venice eyewear boutique A. Kinney Court. And just a few weeks ago, founder Garrett Leight showed up at our front …...
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Four Ways to Wear Summer Sweat Shorts
For FADER #74, a handful of FADER interns illustrated how to rock summer sweat shorts by Shades of Grey by Micah Cohen. Click through to see four takes on the unisex summer staple.
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GEN F: Little Dragon
Describing a recent show that had the kids in Northfield, Minnesota literally hanging from the rafters, singer Yukimi Nagano of Swedish band Little Dragon talks a lot about the idea of music as a...
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Interview: Cory Arcangel
Pencil printers never caught on. The obsolete technology essentially died in the ’90s soon after it debuted, which is why Cory Arcangel likes it. He has one in his studio now, which he uses to … read...
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Raul Lopez Has High Hopes for New Clothes
Raul Lopez left New York City for the Dominican Republic to start his own line, Luar Zepol, after breaking with his longtime label, Hood By Air, which was just as infamous for the brashness of … read...
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Photos: Issue #74 Release Party Starring Dre Skull and Max Glazer
Last night was backyard-perfect, bright and warm. But we spent it inside, in a dark former strip club near the river with a whole bunch of friendly people, a lot of whom helped make FADER … read more »
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Coral Wreath: Erin Considine’s Nautical Charm
Erin Considine’s debut jewelry collection, Immrama, looks as if it’s been pulled from the sea. Talismanic metal hangs from naturally-dyed plaits of pima cotton and twisted silk, looking like jewelry...
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Interview: Erin Considine
Working in her Brooklyn studio, jewelry designer Erin Considine looks a little like an alchemist or an amateur chef, stirring colorful stews in some well-loved crockery over hot plates. For her first...
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Win a Copy of FADER #74 Signed by Soulja Boy
For FADER #74, we went down to ATL and spent a couple days in Soulja Boy’s penthouse. You can read the cover feature we came back with here. Want to be even closer to DeAndre … read more »
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