La Poré: Sad Girl

La Poré (aka Nick Samson) debuted this past summer with “Close,” and now the ’80s R&B-influenced “Sad Girl” is getting a workout on our office speakers. The dance-floor-friendly tune is textured, and sweet—with the right amount of melancholy. Driven by bubbly synths and a glittery drum machine, it’s dance-pop at its finest.

SSION: Comeback

Two minutes into the seven-minute-long “Comeback,” a video that does in fact mark the return of SSION (aka pop artist and video director Cody Critcheloe) the world turns on its head. Full of surprises and beauty, the video incorporates the artist’s first two songs: the delicate “Big As I Can Dream” and the bouncy “Comeback.” The music is utterly compelling but the video itself seems …

Jim Shaw + Mike Kelley’s “Michigan Stories” Exhibition at MSU Broad

Two worlds of beautiful chaos collide in the Zaha Hadid-designed museum

Long before revealing The Broad Museum, LA to the world, Eli and Edythe Broad commissioned the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Its location in suburban East Lansing may be the only reason the facility doesn’t have name recognition like its younger sibling. Zaha Hadid designed the stunning, angular building; curator Marc-Olivier Wahler spent time at the Swiss Institute in NYC and was the …