Antidote Magazine | The Remedy is Diversity

For those of you who haven’t heard of Run The Jewels, please do yourself a favour and check them out immediately. Now that you understand the hype get ready to hear something absolutely insane, because at long last Meow the Jewels has dropped. Meow the Jewels is the cat centric remix of their last album, RTJ2, and as crazy as it may seem the album is even grimier than RTJ2 while at the same time being incredibly funny.

The concept of a doppelganger isn’t anything new in the world of film. We’ve been accustomed to what would play out if there was another exact replica of ourselves. Most of the time, the results aren’t pretty. Take a look at Denis Villeneuve’s recent cinematic mind-melt Enemy for example. In the music world, doppelgangers don’t have as much of a presence.

If you loved the show Mad Men, then you will love this video put together by the legendary Saul Bass. Saul Bass was a graphic designer and Academy Award winning film director, but he was best known for his iconic movie posters, motion picture title sequences and designing some of the most iconic corporate logos in North America.

I don’t usually write angry articles. I’m not the type to side against any genre of music and place meaningless biases towards an artist or a song. However, today I’m crossing the threshold. If you haven’t heard at least a fraction of David Guetta’s poptastrophe “Hey Mama” featuring Nicki Minaj, you may want to leave the rock you are currently living under.

Arca
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Release Date: Fall 2015 After the pleasantly gorgeous Xen last year, Arca has kept himself busy with his involvement in Björk’s heartbreak masterpiece Vulnicura. The wonky producer recently shared news of a new album in the works, expected to be out this fall. Judging from already-released tracks from this year like “Sheep” and “Vanity”, it looks like the soundscape continues into stranger territory.

Almost three years ago, Steven “Stick” Harris and Emily Ienzi opened the doors of their first restaurant Two Six Ate. Featuring a small plates menu and a kitchen that stays open until 2am (not to mention some bad ass Star Wars art and a Miss Pacman machine), they achieved hot spot status shortly after their open.