Caroline Ryder

Mildred Von Hildegard; Credit: PHOTOGRAPHY BY STAR FOREMAN

Mildred von Hildegard of Mother of London: Fembot Couture

Caroline Ryder
In late 2010, avant-garde fashion designer Mildred Von Hildegard of Mother of London hit the headlines after her bizarre, asymmetrical leather harness jacket — something Marilyn Manson might wear while reading erotic novels on the toilet, perhaps — was ripped off by one of Willow Smith's stylists. Nine-year-old Willow —......
Katie Kay; Credit: PHOTOGRAPHY BY STAR FOREMAN

Katie Kay of Gather: Slow Fashion

Caroline Ryder
Behind a nondescript façade on Riverside Drive is Gather, Katie Kay's treasure trove: You'll find everything from beaver-tooth necklaces to silver rings cast from iguana skulls to perfectly soft, wretchedly holey T-shirts dipped in brown tea for that fashionably destroyed look. Nearly everything in the store is an expression of......
Satanica Batcakes; Credit: PHOTOGRAPHY BY STAR FOREMAN

Satanica Batcakes: Fire Eater to Hat Maker

Caroline Ryder
When it comes to sporting headwear with panache, you can't beat the British — or so says Satanica Batcakes, the Echo Park milliner known for her dramatic taxidermied hat designs. Her pieces, which feature everything from dove wings to repurposed burlesque corsetry, are perfect for the ritziest summer tea party......
Cap'n Jonesy

And the Jukebox Sailed On

Caroline Ryder
It was perfect weather for pirates on Sunday, a gray, shadowless and drizzly evening, as Cap'n Steve Jones barreled into the CBS Radio building in Culver Ci...
Steve Jones at KROQ; Credit: Timothy Norris

EXCLUSIVE Photos: Steve Jones's Debut at KROQ, Live on Air for the First Time in Two Years

Caroline Ryder

This Sunday saw Steve Jones, the radio DJ Los Angeles misses the most, present his Jonesy's Jukebox live on air for the first time in nearly two years. LA Weekly was invited into the KROQ studio to capture the moment so many have longed for, and we watched the Sex Pistol sail through his two hour show, despite an endearing inability to pronounce Sufjan Stevens ("Souffle Stevens?") or Fitz and the Tantrums ("Fritz and the Tantrums?").

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Odd Future's Tyler

The Future Is Odd

Caroline Ryder
The 10 teenage members of L.A. hip-hop skater "family" Odd Future are natural magicians, mini wizards in Nike dunks and Supreme hoodies who, at some point durin...
Credit: Lincoln DeFer

Over the Weekend: Henry Rollins at Largo

Caroline Ryder
"Like being licked by a cat for four hours" is how Henry Rollins describes his own show which, depending on whether you're a cat person or not, can be a fantastic or torturous way to spend an evening. At Friday's Largo show, the first of three nights in LA, he......
"Sun Araw is always like the sacred retreat:" Cameron Stallones

Heavy Drone for Bunnies

Caroline Ryder
Sun Araw is mandala-powered postmodern psychedelia, strange fruit that compels the listener to sit down, unpack his soul and just surf the gravitas. "My music is pretty committed to the true psychedelic ethos of mantric ideals, like basically, angle after angle after angle on the melodic object," explains Cameron Stallones,......
It’s Casual Fridays: transportation blues; Credit: Kevin Scanlon

Red Line Fever: It’s Casual

Caroline Ryder
Like most Angelenos, Eddie Solis is pissed about the traffic on the 101. Unlike most Angelenos, Eddie Solis writes songs about being pissed about the traffic on the 101. Solis’ band, an impossibly loud punk/hardcore duo called It’s Casual, addresses transit issues with an urgency hitherto unmatched in the realm......

Solutions for the Freshly Freelance

Caroline Ryder
I was on vacation celebrating my 32nd birthday when I got the e-mail. The well-paid gig that had kept me in midrange designer clothes for more than a year was suddenly coming to an end. Two weeks’ notice later, I was freshly freelance. I immediately noticed that assignments weren’t as......