SHOCK ZINE

observe/create/innovate: a cultural experience of a curious being through opinions /reviews/interviews/poems/art/music

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"I was taking an abstract class and we were given these giant canvases. I, being me, immediately made the background space and started to paint small detailed things. I got frustrated with it and tried to swipe pink paint across it but it turned out brown and gross. My sweater got coated in paint and dirt (I was working outside) and my painting got dirty and gross as well and I started to panic. I went inside and tried to wash off my hands and my jacket and had a mini breakdown. My teacher was talking to me, trying to calm me down, and told me to take a break and go back in with a different color. Once I calmed down I walked back to the garage and grabbed the first can of paint I saw without even checking to see what color it was, and I poured it all over my canvas. It was purple. I started to spread the paint around with my hands and for some reason it was the best feeling in the entire world. Every emotion I'd ever felt was pouring through my fingertips onto the canvas. I grabbed the blue paint and continued to do the same movements. After about ten minutes I was done. This painting means a lot to me because I really discovered the emotion behind my art that I hadn't found yet. It's big and imperfect and full of layers and it is something that I can say is truly me." - Asha Berkes Age 16

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(Kilo Tango)

A Florida born gal, Kilo Tango, gives us her version of surf-punk in which she infuses heavy guitar riffs and rhythmic percussion. Her voice glitches and switches as she changes her vocal ranges throughout her new single, “Daisy”. Not only is it punk, but pyschedelic, cyber, and swift to the point. Kilo Tango-vibrant,empowered, positive and wholesome as an artist, so you must give her a listen right now--- GO! 

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(BURGER RECORDS)

The Vision Band  adds a flavor to the Burger Records family as they introduce a Rock & Roll meets Punk aesthetic with a pinch of rebellion. The fresh sound contains voice overs with a heeping amount of percussion and guitars in which set the visuals for the new single, “Inneraction”.  Not only are they a band that makes you want to rebel against the norm of Punk, but listen more and more in order to gain the full Vision experience. “Inneraction”  is raw, collective, and an answer to all those anxiety driven teens. If you’re a lucky one, then head on over to New York City to listen to their new record to come on January 12, 2016. The Vision is head first into an emotionally driven album to come in the new year, so keep your eyes peeled, kids!

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The new Grimes album, Art Angels, is an artistic phenomenon that rarely occurs every ten years in which an artist creates a brilliant masterpiece. The Canadian broad, Claire Boucher creates interludes, symphony like ballads, and deep analytical lyrics that draw the listener in to a realm of delirium and question. Art Angels contains your lives wishes, a pop album that is painted with substance and creativity that goes beyond the mind of a genius. Grimes truly has given us hope for pop music to come. I highly recommend listening to Art Angels, not only as a polite gesture to the artist herself, but as a generous gift to your ears for one of the best albums of 2015. 

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Panic, Hazed against the silent glass that enclosed the indigo palace; E=mc2, but where’s the peace And sanity. The bees are gluttonous; What if I want some pollen- The magenta dandelions are weeping of pain, Their death is a tragedy. Questioning eyes, worrisome legs shake end to end: The new generation. Don’t Greave your childhood- we all get thrown into the coven for sacrifice each year- goodbye reliance. There’s a single piece of trash just outside the circular plant community; The ants are using it as shelter, Far away from the angsty feet stopping underachievers; Are we small- or are we an asset; Who knows. I see the panic across the pavement; low grades lower self-esteem; take the ease off And drink some numbness; Close your eyes, kids. It’s just begun.

Reed Wojick (Shock Zine)