Petite Noir: MDR

Describing his sound as “Noirwave,” Cape Town-based singer and producer Petite Noir (aka Yannick Ilunga) is set to release his album La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful next month. From it comes his latest release, “MDR.” It’s a track that—as Petite Noir puts it—has “a new African aesthetic,” but also blends elements of new-wave and funk, while his hearty voice contrasts beautifully with …

How To Dress Well: Precious Love

How To Dress Well’s gorgeous, lush album What Is This Heart? has passed its one-year anniversary, but he’s released a video for one of the record’s standouts, “Precious Love” (the one which cleverly samples hold music from Cisco). The casual video sees HTDW (aka Tom Krell) lounging on a couch as he and his pals perform the track, and was made to say thank you …

Modernist Architecture in Film

In celebration of Alfred Hitchcock—who created “sumptuous spaces for his characters to inhabit”—AnOther Magazine scoured films to find their favorite Modernist architecture on the silver screen. A style that’s glamorous, ever-so-slightly kitsch and ultimately photogenic, Modernist creations from the Sheats Goldstein residence in “The Big Lebowksi” to the super-charming Googie Diner in “Pulp Fiction” made the cut. See more dreamy delights at AnOther.