TWIN SHADOW

writer / Britt Perkins photographer / Sam Evans-Butler stylist /Jessica Zamora-Turner The latest Twin Shadow album, ECLIPSE, sees George Lewis Jr. evolve with a more mature and sensual, similarly brooding yet distinctly less synth-heavy album, perhaps finally allowing him to shed those previously unavoidable Morrissey comparisons. If any comparisons are due, fans of The Weeknd will be pleased. Lewis’ latest record is pared down, sexier, rougher... Read More
Shiny Toy Guns

PHOTOS / SHANNA FISHER STORY / Britt Perkins “When you gonna go hooch? They all do. It’s just a matter of time.” As Carah Faye, female lead vocalist of Shiny Toy Guns, relays the words of one particularly blunt PR exec, it’s hard to believe a girl who just got skeleton hands throwing up the LA gang sign tattooed her left arm is going to go hooch. Faye has a mind of her own. A mind that led her to leave Shiny Toy Guns in 2007 for reasons... Read More
KITTEN

PHOTOS / SHANNA FISHER STORY / Britt Perkins Jewelry / Karen London When I hear “young band,” I get scared. I think Jonas Brothers. I think Taylor Momsen. I think about the O.C. Hearing that the band Kitten is fronted by 17-year-old Chloe Chaidez, and has been since she started it at 15, was one of those moments. It was a little scary. Then I listened to their Cut It Out EP, and age became just another number again. The breathy dance tracks... Read More