Field Music: Count It Up

The first single from Field Music’s forthcoming sixth LP Open Here, “Count It Up” makes for an odd but charming pop tune that calls to mind Talking Heads yet stays true to the brand’s hyper-specific vocal and musical stylings. Here, the Sunderland sibling duo tackles materialism, privilege and xenophobia—with sharp lyricism set on sonic levity.

Artist Jim Campbell’s LED Matrix and Low-Resolution Video Works

Using technology to strip away excess detail but still convey movement and emotion

Presented by the New Range Rover Velar

How do you perceive the world around you? Your senses provide information for you to process, and in perfect conditions it’s a pretty easy task. But often you are in a situation in which you may only have a split second, where it’s too bright or too dark, when you aren’t wearing your glasses, where you may be too near or too far, where sound …

An Illustrated History of Sex Toys

The oldest pleasure object (that we know of) was a siltstone dildo estimated to be about 30,000 years old. Later, others were made of ivory, bone, limestone and even teeth. After their launch, electric vibrators were sold as beauty devices that could help with wrinkles and health issues. It wasn’t until the late ’60s, thanks to the feminist movement, that vibrators and sex toys were …