Kyle MacNeill

2 weeks ago | gq-magazine.co.uk | Kyle MacNeill

James Blake has long been an artist’s artist. In a career spanning eight studio albums and numerous features as a solo singer-songwriter, he’s worked prodigiously as a producer with the likes of Beyoncé, Rosalía, Frank Ocean, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar. It’s seen him bag a Mercury prize and take home two Grammy Awards – and ensured a long list of would-be collaborators are queuing up for his falsetto vocals and glitchy beats.

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Kyle MacNeill

Pop quiz question: what connects Rihanna’s “What's My Name”, DJ Snake’s “Let Me Love You”, Akon’s “Right Now”, Iyaz’s “Replay” and Beyonce’s “Drunk in Love”? The rookie answer is that they were all chart hits released in the 2010s. But for top marks, we needed this: they all contain the same refrain. A phrase so simple, it’s almost comical.

2 weeks ago | i-d.co | Kyle MacNeill

They’re screaming, dying, and throwing up on the runway. Two models—Maddy and Charlie—are violently convulsing, thrashing to warped techno. Around them, a crowd of club kids belts out unhinged Addison Rae-“Von Dutch” screeches. Then, the models hurl themselves off the stage, nearly flattening i-D photographer Dorian Day. It’s just another night in Doll World, a scrappy, DIY fashion-performance collective from Manchester.

1 month ago | esquire.com | Kyle MacNeill

“Fighters, touch tips!” master of ceremonies Mickey Gallus booms over a loudspeaker. The clunky innuendo elicits a roar from the Saturday-night crowd inside Hammond Civic Center. Violence looms, and the prospect seems to thrill the throng of thousands. In the middle of an MMA-octagon-style ring called the cage, two men dressed as knights from the Middle Ages nobly oblige.

1 month ago | observer.co.uk | Kyle MacNeill

After a 9.1-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan in 2011, a phone box in a retiree's garden became a place for thousands to mourn, and speak to the dead. Then, it kickstarted a global phenomenon One day in 2010, Itaru Sasaki realised he might be able to speak to the dead. Sasaki had recently relocated to the Namiita Beach area of Otsuchi, a picturesque coastal town in northeast Japan overlooking the Bay of Yamada, famed for its vibrant azaleas and bountiful wildlife.