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Fashion: Interview with Lina Hu from Arc Jewellery

Jewellery can be anything from the final piece that pulls an outfit together, or the very inspiration for what to wear. Arc Jewellery, a Montreal-based brand started by Lina Hu, does all that with modest simplicity. Inspired by architectural and geometric elements, Hu's designs are clean and refreshing. Hu took a break to talk to us about her love for metalsmithing, her fascination for geometry, and spending the summer in Montreal.

Lola Loves… Luis Carle “On the Moon”

So, say we've wrecked the Earth. Destroyed it beyond recognition, blown it up in a churlish fit, and we're forced to leave. After the initial panic, massive casualties and botched evacuation attempts, we decide on the moon, or some moon-like world, and settle there. Now pretend it's been 20 years since and living on this lunar-esque terrain has long since become…

Interview with HAVVK from London

Emerging in 2012 from the ever-gifted UK earth, HAVVK is a four-piece band comprised of multi-talented musicians. Their layered sound explores a wide variety of musical dimensions, combining the angelic, light, fluttery vocals of lead singer Julie Hawk with rock-based guitar and percussion. The music videos that accompany their unique sound are just as brilliant and unexpected, leaving a truly distinctive taste in the audience's mouth. We sat down with lead singer Julie Hawk to discuss how the band was formed, deeper meanings and upcoming works we can look forward to.

Book Review: Sounds of Two Eyes Opening by Spot

Spot’s first book of photography, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening (2014) published by Sinecure Books, offers a glimpse into the life of skate punks in California during the first surge of the punk scene. Punk burst forth in the 70s as a protest against commercialised, mainstream rock music, though it has since grown, hydra-like, by breaking off into numerous sub…

Lola Loves… Tattoorary Temporary Tattoos

What was your first experience with temporary tattoos? Perhaps a couple were packaged inside your breakfast cereal, back when they still packaged presents with your breakfast cereal. Maybe you had a book of them that you would cut out and apply. You would peel off the plastic, stick it to your arm, wet the cardboard side and right before you…

World Oceans Day: Sylvia Earle and Mission Blue

As we recognize the deep blue that covers more than 70% of our earth’s surface on World Oceans Day, we also praise the heroes who play a major role in the conservation and discovery of the mysteriously vast sea. June 8th has become a day to honor the ocean in all its wonders, its unreal habitants, and simply…

Alice Smeets Talks About “The Ghetto Tarot” and her Fascination with Haiti

Colorful, provocative, and avant-garde, this is how the Belgian photographer, Alice Smeets, presents her project ''The Ghetto Tarot.'' In this collection, she teamed up with local Haitian artists to recreate the surreal illustrations of an old tarot deck. The idea behind this project is not to glorify the ghetto and poverty, but to alter the perception that people can have…

Calgary act 36? on their latest EP “Tiger Tail”

Nine years ago in 2006, 36? began in Taylor Cochrane’s Calgary basement. At the time, Cochrane was seventeen, on too much ADD medication and full of musical ideas. He self-released three albums under “36?” before the project really took shape last year and morphed from a solo project into a four-piece band, adding Ryan Kusz, Mike Malkin and Scott White.…