Montreal avant-garde artist Elle Barbara released her album Word on the Street under the name Elle Barbara’s Black Space. For the record, she assembled an all Black musical group in order to break the barrier of what Black music “is supposed to sound like.” Watch as Elle Barbara talks about the album and shares the work of Montreal-based street artist André Serouille, whose anti-Kraft Foods campaign inspired the work.

Brooklyn queer femme punk band SHAGGO shares a couple of items that inspired their debut album Chores. In the latest edition of our video series OBJECTS, band members Lucy Rinzler-Day and Carina Greenberg discuss the duality of a Sanrio character and a bass with “magical punk powers.” Check out the video!

Brooklyn dance punk band Two-Man Giant Squid shows us the OBJECTS that led to the creation of their recent self-titled album. Frontman Mitch Vinokur shares the production/mixing notes written across photos, documents and envelopes. Watch the first episode now!