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Selfies, rehab, porn and teleportation: getting to know Zac Carper of LA punk band FIDLAR

New album: Too — We ask frontman Zac Carper of LA punk band FIDLAR a question inspired by every track on their new album Too.

  • Music
  • Shelley Jones

Moody short Maximize shows LA like you’ve never seen before

Alienation and obsolescence on Super 8 — Gardens & Villa announce their new LP Music For Dogs with an arresting mini-doc that asks if we’ve lost our soul to the machines.

  • Top Picks
  • Alex King

Broken Fingaz’ psychedelic graffiti pilgrimage from Mumbai to Los Angeles

Journey Galactiko — Underground graffiti collective Broken Fingaz spring up in LA for a mesmerising show that takes on sex, death, Indian spirituality and capitalist advertising.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Busdriver on self-deprecation and the uplifting power of rap

Poetry, protest and Perfect Hair — LA rapper Busdriver is doing hip hop his own way: self-managing a slow-burning but immensely credible career.

  • Music
  • Cormac O'Brien

For LA explorer Tom Carroll, adventure means making sense of the world

Adventure Pop Quiz — Tom Carroll uncovers the hidden history of Los Angeles in his Youtube channel Tom Explores LA. Here he talks about putting his life in harms way every day and the joys of the open road.

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

Kamasi Washington shares his influences and inspirations

Things That Inspire Me — Street Fighter to Stravinsky and African street parties helped inspire South Central saxophonist-composer Kamasi Washington’s debut LP The Epic.

  • Things that inspire me
  • Alex King

Photographer Dennis McGrath on Skateboarder Lenny Kirk

New book: Heaven — Photographer of the demonised Dennis McGrath releases new book Heaven about skateboarder Lenny Kirk.

  • Photography
  • Michael Fordham

Jean Jullien’s new show playfully subverts how we present ourselves to the world

Stop being so neurotic! — French artist Jean Jullien’s first US solo show Poor Traits opens in Los Angeles at HVW8 Gallery.

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  • Alex King

Is this the trippiest skateboarding music video ever?

Skateboarding meets CGI - and it’s not shit — Joywave’s surreal new music video for ‘Somebody New’ breaks the golden rule that skateboarding and special effects should not mix.

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  • HUCK HQ

Artist Geoff McFetridge builds a whacky, human-powered surf bike

The Sea Rambler — Thoughts on creativity from LA artist Geoff McFetridge as he builds his own “Human Powered Surf Exploration Vehicle.”

  • Culture
  • HUCK HQ

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