Superhumanoids: Exhibitionists

Superhumanoids mesmerize, Bill Callahan's dub fantasy and more in the music we tweeted this week

With a few EPs already under their belt, LA-based dream-pop group Superhumanoids have finally released their self-produced debut LP, Exhibitionists. The album exudes a sense of yearning while offering space to think between breaths. The band easily transitions from sparse percussion and subtle bass synths to more upbeat songs that add electric guitars and a full drum-kit. Especially enchanting is Sarah Chernoff’s vocals in “Bad …

Earl Sweatshirt: Burgundy (prod. Pharrell)

Superhumanoids mesmerize, Bill Callahan's dub fantasy and more in the music we tweeted this week

Ubiquitous producer, art collector and veritable renaissance man Pharrell linked up with Odd Future founding member Earl Sweatshirt on his new single “Burgundy.” Pharrell sets up a dense, dark yet funk-inspired beat, complete with an obscure vocal sampling, while Earl gets more personal than ever—rapping about depression, his insecurities in the music industry and having a famous poet for a father (South African writer and …

Magnetically Grown Fashion

Coffee as Viagra, car crushing, Tokyo in high-def and more in our weekly look at the web

Combining high-fashion and geology, product designer Jolan Van Der Wiel and pioneering fashion designer Iris van Herpen, have “grown” a line of dresses using magnets. To create the garments, the Dutch designers added a mixture of iron fillings and resin to fabric, and then used magnets to pull the particles into a strange texture of spikes and filaments. It took three weeks to grow each …