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  • Sam Hillmer's Brooklyn

    As Sam Hillmer of Zs lanches the solo moniker Diamond Terrifier with the tape Shrine Flu (out on Words + Dreams this Friday March 9th), he gives a guide to a day in his life in Brooklyn. Read more

    Posted on 5 March 2012 | 0 comments

  • Photo: Beirut by flickr.com/photos/lucianaluciana/

    Sharif Sehnaoui's Beirut

    Sharif Sehnaoui - imporov guitarist and founder of the labels Al Maslakh and Johnny Kafta's Kids' Menu - takes us on a walk around his hometown of Beirut. Read more

    Posted on 10 August 2011 | 1 comment

  • Turnpin Lane, London

    Blackest Ever Black's London

    The Blackest Ever Black label (Raime, Regis, Tropic of Cancer) guide us through some of London's former bohemian glories, occult undercurrents and gloomy corners. Read more

    Posted on 13 July 2011 | 2 comments

  • Vienna Riesenrad, Photo: Nikolaus Gansterer

    Nikolaus Gansterer's Vienna

    Artist, designer and musician Nikolaus Gansterer (Vegetable Orchestra, Transacoustiuc Research) gives the inside track on where to really go when in Vienna. Read more

    Posted on 25 March 2011 | 1 comment

  • Original Photo by ajagendorf25 via flickr.com/photos/ajagendorf25/

    Patrick Farmer's Oxford

    As a new resident, musician and sound artist Patrick Farmer takes us on a peaceful and contemplative dérive through the listening spots of Oxford. Read more

    Posted on 9 March 2011 | 3 comments

  • Original Photo by Mispahn via flickr.com/photos/mispahn/

    Nadine Byrne's Stockholm

    Artist and Stockholmer Nadine Byrne invites us into the small but radical underground scene of Sweden's capital city Read more

    Posted on 1 February 2011 | 1 comment

  • Luke Fischbeck's Los Angeles

    Luke Fischbeck's Los Angeles

    Luke Fischbeck, one half of Californian group Lucky Dragons, gives an insider's perspective (minus the celebrity star map) of LA Read more

    Posted on 8 December 2010 | 2 comments

  • Sheffield

    Richard Bradley's Sheffield

    Richard Bradley (of The Pony Harvest) delivers the best guide to Sheffield we've ever read. Read more

    Posted on 24 September 2010 | 1 comment

  • Chicago

    Olivia Block's Chicago

    Contemporary composer and sound artist Olivia Block shows us around her city, calling in at galleries, public installations and demolition sites on the way. Read more

    Posted on 20 September 2010 | 4 comments

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