#FADER

[auntymurda]

fader magazine. 2007. Lil Wayne

[hellyeahrihannafenty]

[missinginaesthetic]

Lil Wayne : Photographed for The Fader Magazine (2007)

[disease]

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CRYSTAL CASTLES | “MUTE” LIVE @ FADER SIDESHOW, 2006

unreleased track // best quality available.

[kneipe]

halle 2023

[raredye]

Kelis for The FADER Magazine (2001)

Photographer Jamil GS

Fashion by Lysa Cooper

[eyeofthelama]

Len Lama - Fully Locked In (Official Video)

IG: EYEOFTHELAMA

Youtube.com/LenLama

[hidedatface]

Fader and Carpet Golf opening for Movements, Singapore 2023

[butimacelebrity]

Rico Nasty for The Fader Magazine

[matyas-ss]

Al solcito, Fernando Fader (1922). Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.

[achoz3]

(The FADER)

[nedison]

Fader - Róisín Murphy (2023)

Song of the summer has officially dropped!! Róisín just demolishing it as usual.

[djfrank83]

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[luuurien]

James Ivy - Everything Perfect

(Alternative Dance, Indietronica, Dream Pop)

James Ivy’s latest EP mixes angsty alternative rock with flashy new rave and overwhelming shoegaze to immense effect. Underneath Everything Perfect’s fuzzy surface lies some of the most addictive pop this year with a uniquely bittersweet twist.

☆☆☆☆☆

James Ivy’s got a grip on his sound, and he won’t let it go for even a second. While he started out making PC music-indebted pop with a razor-sharp twist to it going back to his early snappy emo-R&B single Yearbook and alt-dance jam Texas, the fall of 2021 had his debut EP embracing angsty power pop with pieces of his old sound orbiting a new inclination towards hooky indie rock and sugary indietronica, classic rock formulas given a delightful new coat of paint. Building on those ideas, Everything Perfect tones down the punkier side of Good Grief! in exchange for more intimate alt-rock where sensitivity makes for even sweeter music than before. Its seven songs work with all the same ingredients - dream pop guitars, explosive drumming, Ivy’s swooning vocals - but twist them around funky drum grooves and dramatic glam rock and hints of emo-pop sourness, Everything Perfect some of the most addictive pop this year a uniquely bittersweet twist. As a reintroduction to Ivy in a new year, it does absolutely everything right. Energetic but thoughtfully produced, Everything Perfect strikes a masterful balance of excitement and nuance in Ivy’s spiky alt-pop. L-Trip opens the EP in a woozy 3/4 pulse, snare drums hit on unexpected beats and rhythm guitars pummeling through sharp and sudden chord changes, heavily off-kilter songcraft with a chewy pop center Ivy uses to set the stage for the next six songs. Under Tongues and Stereo Play operate on throwback alt-dance grooves, and for what they lack in punch they more than make up for in atmosphere and character, smooth and lowkey tracks that slot in comfortably between Everything Perfect’s wilder moments. None of the EP strays from this particular sound of Ivy’s - The Last Place You’d Ever Look is the closest thing to it with its glammy guitars and heartland rock piano - but such cohesion just works for these songs, a barrage of fluorescent alt-pop where the hooks are immediate and all the little details keep your eyes from staying in one same place too long. All seven songs land around the same area of Ivy’s sound, but he reaches absolute perfection in this alt-dance/shoegaze blend that not a moment of Everything Perfect isn’t a joy to spend time with. Everything Perfect rounds itself out to make the whole experience a dream, seven tracks with a few unique characteristics that work towards the EP’s larger goals. Each is a snapshot of Ivy’s gorgeous new sound with variations on the secondary ingredients, be it shoegaze or pop punk or indietronica, his charged songwriting adding a final touch of dramatic flair to Everything Perfect’s already solid sound. There’s not a moment where the energy drops or you’re pulled out of Ivy’s world, and its 28-minute runtime ensures there’s more than enough here to make a strong impression. It’s just really, really good pop, and that’s all Ivy needs to make Everything Perfect one of the year’s leanest and most electrifying records.

[arealglitterr]