How do you capture the energy of a rush? Jango and Paul of Clipmode exist within the rhythm and pulse of Rockaway Beach. They declare that we need not wait for space to be created for us.

During his show at Mercury Lounge, we spent the day with Alex Sampson, which included getting a $1 New York slice around the corner, thrift shopping between streets, and taking a bit of the Big Apple.

Boyhood has always seemed temporary, a passing state, a threshold to something more defined, more disciplined, more contained. We talk to Zikale about authenticity, freedom, and fashion as expression.