OMD: History of Modern

OMD's triumphant return to form with their first studio album in 14 years

With a string of live shows, mashups and reissues priming their return, OMD will release their first studio album in 14 years, History of Modern, this September. Reuniting in the recording studio after more than two decades, the original lineup—Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper—hit a new creative stride with the album while also harkening back to the crackling brilliance of their …

Casey Neistat for Kanon Organic Vodka

An interview with Casey Neistat and the debut of his doc film on Kanon vodka

Video pranksters Van and Casey Neistat have been making movies together since 1999 when the debut of the iMac spurred the brothers to start editing videos at home. Over the last decade the duo’s provocative antics and DIY aesthetic has taken them from early viral fame (2003’s guerilla anti-Apple campaign “iPod’s Dirty Little Secret“) to the Bicycle Film Festival entry ““Bike Thief,” in which Van …

The Heidelberg Project

Photographer Lisa Kereszi's look at Detroit's neighborhood art installation

by Lisa Kereszi In a Detroit neighborhood punctuated by little more than defunct traffic lights and abandoned train tracks, Heidelberg Street stands out for its row of colorful houses decorated with repurposed bits of urban detritus and bright paint. I recently spent a little time shooting and surveying the street, the result of artist Tyree Guyton’s 24-year-strong mission (dubbed the Heidelberg Project) to inspire a …