Up until the past couple months, Hotel Vegas’ default poster aesthetic had been repurposed ’70s sleaze, which is cool and all but I have to say I’m super into this rainbow riff they’ve got going on now. The poster for tonight’s Chain and the Gang show is probably the apex of this style, keeping the rainbow rebellion in the background as a dazed Ian Svenonius looks out from his jail cell at the paraphernalia that put him there and some cockroach mocking him with its on-the-nose symbolism of his illegal intake. Since this is Texas, whoever locked Ian up indulged in some legally a-okay assault, so he’s got a bandaid and a bloodied nose serving as keepsakes of his Texas trip. My only knock on this piece of art is that the headline text is a little too clean and modern. I don’t know, when I think of jail house handbills, Bebas Neue isn’t the font I’d pick, it being the default Taylor Swift text now and all.
Photos: Gina Chavez, East Cameron Folkcore and Wild Child at Arlyn Studio
Over the weekend, Ovrld got invited to a private Black Fret event at Arlyn Studio, featuring East Cameron Folkcore, Gina Chavez and Wild Child. Our photo essayist Laura Roberts attended and has provided some beautiful photos of the event with some suitably dreamy commentary.
Photos: Rocketboys at The Orb
Laura Roberts ventured out to local studio The Orb in order to document a Black Fret show featuring Quiet Company and Rocketboys. For her story on Quiet Company, complete with photos, go check out our main site.
Photos: Extra Pics from Adam Ahrens Lamberts Residency by Laura Roberts
Laura Roberts wrote one of her trademark poetic profiles for us on Adam Ahrens, who is in the middle of a residency at Lambert’s. As well as being a great writer, Laura is also a fantastic photographer and we’ve got some more photos she took of Adam Ahrens and his band that didn’t make it into the piece.