“The prime importance to me is beauty. Beauty is one of the main lines to make people feel something. If you want people to feel something,  beauty is the sharpest tool in the box.”

Photographer Richard Mosse films and shoots

the Congo with infrared technology.

Stunning.

Dirty Beaches

‘Casino Lisboa’

A Cut Above

Men’s Jacket

Shlohmo feat. How To Dress Well – Don’t Say No

I was the sex god of Soviet Estonia

(via CocoPastis)

Soap & Skin

‘Sugarbread’

Zacharay Smith, lead shoe gazer of DIIV (who used to be Dive), is the latest addition the Hedi Slimane campaign roster. DIIV is one of those bands most people don’t make a lot of fuss about, but I’m never disappointed when I hear new tracks drifting by. The YSL site has new music to score the new pics. Well worth checking out.

Watch the

SAINT LAURENT SLIDE SHOW WITH NEW DIIV MUSIC

My favorite news story this week:

Belgian artist

Stromae

spent a day pretending to be drunk at a busy Brussels intersection. People YouTube’d and Instagram’d (Instagrammed?) the crap out of it and lots media picked up the story as a scandal. In fact, the lil’ rascal was filming his newest video for ‘Formidable’ with a bunch of carefully placed hidden cams. Shamefaced apologies from ‘respectable’ media ensued. Apart from being a statement about … Read More »

Mr. Wes Pentz and his pecs have put together a massive soundcloud playlist for summer. Easy, now.

(Diplo Polaroids by Ouni / A Polaroid Story)

Diplo Endless Summer Tracklist

Blood Diamonds, “Phone Sex feat. Grimes”
Miguel, “Adorn”
Unicorn Kid, “Need U”
Major Lazer, “Jah No Partial (Yellow Claw & Yung Felix Remix)”
Lana Del Rey, “National Anthem (Cashmere Cat Remix)”
Missy Elliott, “Work It (R4 Remix)”
Ace Hood, “Bugatti feat. Rick Ross and Future”
Juyen Sebulba, “Superjam”
Shift K3y, “Geeky Playtime”
Sibot, “Magnet Jam”
TNGHT, “Acrylics”
Doorly, “Rush (Original Mix) feat. Soraya Vivian”
Twin Shadow, “Golden Light”
Rita Ora, “Radioactive (The Flexican Remix)”
Ginger & the Ghost, “One Type of Dark (Ta-Ku Remix)”
Tinashe, “Boss (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)”
A-Track, “Landline 2.0 feat. GTA”
Chief Keef, “Love Sosa (RL Grime Remix)
Regulators X Jimmy Burns, “Looted”
2 Chainz, “No Lie feat. Drake (Cashmere Cat Edit)”
Rihanna, “Cake (Sweater Beats Remix)”
Laura Mvula, “She (Eagles for Hands Remix)”
DJ Snake, “Bird Machine feat. Alesia”
Elvis Crespo, “Suavamente (Kennedy … Read More »

Chuck Inglish, you know, from The Cool Kids, donated his new ‘Droptops’ EP to the Internet for free. My neck injury healed just in time for me to nod along to this. (And you said the universe is random …)

ult Swim just released the full version of their mixtape Garage Swim and it’s a jangly and filthy scuzzbucket full of wonder and basically my favourite thing right now

(Nosedrip waving via @AnJosefien)

You know those Top 5  lists LGF and I make at the end of every year? Not that I care whether everyone agrees with my choices, it is nice to see that the people whose taste level I value appreciate some of the same talent I do.

So last year’s included Nosedrip. I really like that kid. I don’t know half the stuff he swings our way, which I find super inspiring. He guides you towards the weirdest and greatest shit.

In honour of him representing Belgium at “Queensday”, Holland’s most anticipated national holiday, here’s is an update on where to appreciate the DJ’ing, producing and organising skills of Young Ziggy Devriendt (that’s his real name).

SHOW UP.

5 girls to pay attention to: Savages, Anika, Thought Forms, Hella Better Dancer, Marnie Stern

All smiles.

Facing things.

Seeing Danny Brown’s filthy lyrics as subtitles is more of a trip than any other 3D-effect on this Globodigital video.

Facemelter!