Premiere: “Painfully Obvious” by Twin Cabins

The song and music video from the emerging LA-based artist contemplates physical intimacy

We don’t know much about Nacho Cano—who creates music under the name Twin Cabins—aside from the fact that he was born in Mexico, raised in California, and built his own desktop computer so that it could run a studio. But it’s one of those instances when we’re happy to let the music speak for itself. While the songs Cano made in the past few years …

Certain Creatures feat. ShadowBox: The Suffering Seas

Certain Creatures, aka Brooklyn-based musician Oliver Chapoy, goes the duet route in his dark experimental track “The Suffering Seas.” ShadowBox’s (aka Bonnie Baxter) rhythmic, high-pitched exhalations pair perfectly with the accompanying visuals: Butoh artists dancing under a single light. “We had a basic idea revolving around life cycles, but mostly we just wanted to capture some visuals that channeled the eeriness of the track,” says …

New Wash From Hairstory

Industry veteran Michael Gordon perfects his detergent-free formula for soft, clean hair

It takes a hair industry veteran to call out the fact that almost every shampoo on the market has detergent (aka sodium lauryl sulfate) in it—an irritant that strips and dries hair, fueling the perpetual cycle of buying products like conditioners, masks and treatments. These are unnecessary band-aids that don’t solve the problem, argues Bumble and bumble founder Michael Gordon. After Estee Lauder acquired the …