400 Pounds of Punk feat. Jack White: One Way or Another (Blondie Cover)

Opposite 400 Pounds of Punk frontman Jamie Cherry, Jack White’s unmistakable voice turbo-charges this cover of Blondie’s “One Way Or Another.” The trio recorded the track back in 1997, with White offering vocals as well as acting as the sound engineer. Third Man Records co-founder Ben Blackwell revealed the recording in honor of Cassette Week, while also drawing attention to the band’s tape He Once Ate A Small Child. It’s …

Yayoi Kusama’s Work From a Different Angle

Much of Yayoi Kusama‘s work draws inspiration from her lifelong hallucinations, obsessive-compulsive behavior and fears, with her narratives oftentimes firmly based around mental health. While the brilliant artist has, more recently, been reduced to and stereotyped as a “wacky” Japanese artist who makes installations that result in selfie mania, Kusama’s works and process are so much more. For World Mental Health Day this year, Jyni Ong at It’s …

Yoko Ono: Imagine

In 2017, Yoko Ono won co-writing credit for the song “Imagine,” 46 years after the iconic track was released. For what would have been John Lennon’s 78th birthday, Ono has released a delicate new rendition—produced by Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett—which is set to appear on her forthcoming album of original material, Warzone. Ono’s video for the song features the lyrics, many of which she’s handwritten, and cloud …