Mel Kadel uses the technique called “drawing with an eyelash” on her floral, dropped and striped patterns and the peculiar characters of her images. She works using ancient papers, tiny pens, cotton swabs and glue. Grew up in Pennsylvania suburbs and graduated from Moore College of Art & Design in 1997, moved to(...) Read More about Mel Kadel’s Drawings (46 words)

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Wildcat! Wildcat! is Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson, and Jesse Carmichael: four Los Angeles-bred friends since the age of fourteen. It’s a bond thick enough to hear.

Their single, “Mr Quiche” holds beats as hip hop as they are sexy trailing along quavering synths and grime-filled bass-lines appropriate for a sunny summer soundtrack. Miike Snow fans will find the falsetto vocal similarities and twinkling electro-vibes to be most comforting. Although, their grooving melodies don’t quite take on Snow’s strong, militant tones– to the delight of those more inclined to the soft touch of Grizzly Bear.

The trio has remained relatively under the radar until their recent on-stage collaboration with friend, Natasha Bedingfield, with not even a publicist to their name. But good music gets around. Stay tuned for more from the underground, because you won’t find these cats in the light of day on Pitchfork or iTunes just yet.

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There isn’t much better than an all sister girl group, but Haim has more than sibling chemistry and a badass chick vibe. The hugely buzzing Los Angeles band combines an 80′s nuance unique to only themselves, and hooks too good to only play once. On the imminent repeat to which your speakers will be subjected to,(...) Read More about Haim: Forever (78 words)

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For these awesome ‘Future Fossils’ sculptures, artist Jeff Klarin and Rebecca Johnson from Los Angeles design studio Bughouse, thought about the future and created fossilized versions of turntables, Atari joysticks and various cameras. Just as if they were unearthed during excavations in the distant future…

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There are artists you admire for their acute attention to detail, and there are those you admire for free-flowing technique. Melissa Manfull, who works with ink, graphite, and pencil, is an artist admired for both. Combining one to three mediums per piece, Melissa’s work usually features architectural-style geometric structures, juxtaposed with (...) Read More about Melissa Manfull’s Artwork (54 words)

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Pretty people roamed downtown Los Angeles’ FYF Fest in style on Saturday and gave us a peek into their must-sees and favorite tracks.

Kate

Must-See: Smith Westerns

Favorite Track: “Weekend”

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Sun kissed Angelinos walked away from Saturday’s FYF Fest with a tan and new appreciation for the typically overlooked Los Angeles Historic State Park. The strip of grass and dirt in downtown L.A. (just around the corner from Chinatown) transformed into a musical mecca this weekend with Trendland favorites including Yacht, Simian Mobile Disco, Cold War Kids and veterans, Broken Social Scene.

L.A. locals, Fool’s Gold, and Brooklynites, Twin Sister kicked off the day with summer vibes, while high-energy bands like Avi Buffalo and Mister Heavenly fought for early day dance lovers. Ty Segall gave punk rockers some grunge to scream for and a reminder of why teen angst was–and for some, is–so fun to cheer about. With profanity (...) Read More about TrendLive: FYF Fest Mixtape (709 words)

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Best known as a filmmaker and as Napoleon Dynamite’s older brother Kip – I just discovered the quirky photographic world of Los Angeles based Aaron Ruell. With his great attention to detail, beautiful composition and lighting, Ruell was recently declared one of the most promising new directors in the world of advertising by Shoot magazine. I love his work – See my favorite of his below.

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