issue 96

Aural Pleasures

Featured Stories

  • Hybrid Moments

    Couture, Fall/Winter 2009-2010 | Photographed by David Bellemère

  • The Telescopes

    Before Oasis came along and decimated any music that mattered, there was The Telescopes.

  • Portishead

    Portishead is back after ten years. Finally, the goths, punks, wickens, blipsters and stoners can all re-unite.

  • Melvins

    Combacks are overrated. These grungy, sludgy rock legends have yet to take a break after twenty-four years. Get fucked, Zeppelin.

  • Apes and Androids

    Finally, an indie band worth its hype. Apes and Androids rock balls.

  • Albert Hammond Jr.

    The Strokes' big-haired guitarist dishes out seconds on his brilliant second effort ¿Cómo Te Llama?

  • The 87 Stick Up Kids

    An SK-87 show mandates two things: 1) you won't need a bulletproof vest, and 2) you'd better wear some comfortable shoes.

  • Sonic Somatic

    Our favorite designers' musician and band influences; chosen looks from collections that embody fashion and music harmony.

  • The 50,000 Watt Barn Dance

    How insurance policies and hillbillies made the grand ole opry the longest-running show in radio history.

  • Portal of Possibility

    The legacy of James Brown and the specter of black masculinity.

  • The Last Poem

    The sultry and seductive Sophie Auster prepares to release her second album, Broken Down Cabaret.

  • The Brave One featuring Zoe Kravitz

    The actress appears in the upcoming film, Assassination of a High-School President.

  • Sweet Talk

    Spank Rock hits the street, a baller on the boardwalk.

  • Prince

    He's not your lover, he's not your friend, he's incomprehendible. Shot exclusively for FLAUNT, a rare look at the elusive and enigmati...

  • Kid Sister

    Club-rap's newest gold standard.

  • Echo And The Bunnymen

    Thirty years on, the band remains remarkably relaxed in a state of holy indolence.

  • Beck's Holy Mountain

    or, ballads from the bottom of a volcano.

  • Hisham Bharoocha

    The psychedelic collages of a mad sonic scientist.

  • Living Color

    Living Color featuring Lady Gaga.

  • The Treachery of Images

    A retrospective of English design collective Hipgnosis.