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ANOMIE CAUGHT UP WITH DANI-LEE AND BEN, LEAD SINGER AND GUITARIST OF LIVERPOOL BAND KEYSIDE, TO TALK ABOUT TURNING CASUAL JAM SESSIONS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED BAND AND CAPTURING THE REALITIES OF MODERN LIVERPOOL THROUGH THEIR MUSIC. FROM RAW STORYTELLING AND CHEEKY INDIE HOOKS TO SONGS THAT TACKLE ADDICTION, LOSS, AND COMMUNITY, THEIR APPROACH BALANCES HEAVY SUBJECTS WITH MELODIES THAT KEEP PEOPLE MOVING. IN THIS CHAT, THEY REFLECT ON THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED THEIR SOUND, VIRAL TI

THERE WAS A MOMENT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MYSPACE TOP EIGHTS, CIGARETTE-DRENCHED AMERICAN APPAREL HOODIES, AND THE LAST GOOD DAYS OF FACEBOOK PHOTO ALBUMS, WHEN INDIE SLEAZE RULED. Skins 1-2 (E4) This was an era before instagram feeds were curated into oblivion, before every artist had a content strategy. Indie sleaze thrived in the in-between: half-documented house parties, chaotic gigs, blurry dance floors where everyone thought they might be in a band. At the centre of it all

IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, A RETIRED SCHOOL BUS LEFT A SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA AND SET OFF ACROSS AMERICA. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS PART ROAD TRIP, PART SOCIAL EXPERIMENT, AND PART CULTURAL MYTH. HOW DID A GROUP OF FRIENDS, A PAINTED SCHOOL BUS, AND A LARGE SUPPLY OF LSD HELP BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE BEAT GENERATION AND THE PSYCHEDELIC COUNTERCULTURE THAT FOLLOWED? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings It began, simply enough, with a practical ne

IN A CITY NOW DEFINED BY SKYROCKETING RENTS AND DIGITAL PROMOTION, ONE FILM ENTHUSIAST CONTINUES TO BUILD COMMUNITY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. HOW DID A NETWORK OF SQUATS, BARTER ECONOMIES, AND UNDERGROUND SCREENINGS SHAPE A CULTURAL TRADITION THAT STILL THRIVES QUIETLY IN AMSTERDAM TODAY? Still from The Adventures of Picasso (1978) at one of Babcock's screenings Jeffrey Babcock is a cultural activist and lifelong film obsessive whose story feels inseparable from the underground