Laura Studarus
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Hollywood Reboots We’d Actually Like to See
Pop culture has been on a major nostalgia kick these days. Two of the biggest blockbuster movies of the year were sequels (Top Gun and Jurassic Park) and → Read More
5 Keys to Surviving a Breakup
Here’s something that probably won’t shock you: breakups suck. Shocking, right? The truth is, unless you’re lucky enough to marry your high school → Read More
Everything you want to know about the tequila worm
From the fields to the frat house, we got up close and personal with the bugs at the bottom of your bottle. → Read More
These are some of the cutest desserts in Taiwan
Sugar, caffeine, and the uncanny valley. Here are the best places to get your culinary cute on in Taiwan. → Read More
Johnny Marr: The Practical Poet
“I think that rock music made with guitars is a great art form,” says Johnny Marr, minutes into our conversation about his first solo album, The Messenger . He pauses for effect before laughing. “Yeah, I said it! I’m fine with it. I say it, because it does move people, and it can change, if not your life, it can change your day. I was a kid who used to walk around all day wearing invisible… → Read More
Beirut: Another Unexpected Journey
Beirut's fifth album, No No No, is the group’s most stripped-down effort to date. → Read More
Live from Warsaw, it’s Saturday Night: A visit to Poland’s own SNL
Other than the “stairs” up to the balcony—a rickety ladder that women in heels charge up precariously—I am in a near-perfect replica of Studio 8H, located on the outskirts of Warsaw. There is the large, Grand Central Station-esque clock the camera pans past; the Saturday Night Live branding on the walls behind the musical guest. (Tonight, it’s Polish trip-hop duo Xxanaxx.) And there is the door… → Read More
The 10 Best Musical Collaborations of 2013
In 2013, we did it with a little help from our friends. → Read More
Catching Up With U.S. Girls
Any artist who opens her album with the breezy declaration “Now I'm going to hang myself/ Hang myself from my family tree” and then two tracks later drops a spoken-word interlude about imagined incest (ending with the punchline that if she were a boy she’d be “one of those sons that turns into a fascist dictator...instead of just another woman with no self-esteem”) isn’t exactly on the hunt for… → Read More
Catching Up With: Jenn Wasner of Flock Of Dimes and Wye Oak
Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes' Jenn Wasner opens up about her latest work, If You See Me, Say Yes. → Read More
5 Things I Learned About Vodka in Poland
Our writer got past her love/hate relationship with vodka in Poland, where the spirit is a way of life. → Read More
7 Artists That Prove You Should Make Poland Your Next Tattoo Destination
Here are 7 artists that prove you should make Poland your next tattoo destination. → Read More
9 Can't-Miss Nordic Fests This Summer
Here are nine of the most impressive fests Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland have to offer. → Read More
Washed Out: Youthful Endeavor
Washed Out’s Ernest Greene admits that as a child, he was a bit of an involuntary recluse. He recounts how growing up in Perry, Ga., he was forced to entertain himself due to geographical isolation. → Read More
Checklist Budapest: From Baths to Brews to Buda
What you have to see when visiting Budapest, Hungary. → Read More
I Melt For You: A Day at Los Angeles’ Museum of Ice Cream
From the banana split room, to the oversized maze of melting popsicles, to the parade of glowing gummy bears, saturated colors and photogenic whimsicality abound. → Read More
Big Thief: Mystery, Magic, Beauty
Adrianne Lenker is calling from Wimberley, Texas. The Big Thief frontwoman is enjoying her stay in the Lone Star State, particularly the balmy warm weather and time with friends. The other members of her band (Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik and James Krivchenia) are based in Brooklyn, but she describes herself more as “based on earth as an individual.” Having the ability to go where needed and wanted… → Read More
The Legends: Kinda Carefree
Johan Angergård didn’t go to Vietnam looking for a revelation, but while he was performing recently in Hanoi as the hipper-than-thou one man-band The Legends, he found one anyway. “When you play live you can feel a little bit fragile being on stage,” the Swedish musician muses via Skype from his Stockholm apartment. “Trying to deliver something personal. But this was more getting into my ‘cool… → Read More
The Top 10 WTF Moments of Eurovision 2017
From dancing animals to genre mashups that no one asked for, here are our top 10 favorite moments of Eurovision 2017. → Read More
Sondre Lerche Talks Pleasure, Masculinity and More
Despite assuming “interview mode,” delivering the kind of in-depth answers that make you realize, “hey, this guy’s thought through everything,” Sondre Lerche is currently trying very hard not to laugh. As the Norwegian singer/songwriter speaks on the phone from New York, the first stop on his North American Pleasure tour, his drummer Dave Heilman has danced his way into Lerche’s personal space,… → Read More