AVANTE-GARDE FASHION
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DISRUPTIVE VISUAL ARTISTS
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CULTURE DISRUPTORS
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UNDERGROUND PIONEERS
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AVANTE-GARDE FASHION † DISRUPTIVE VISUAL ARTISTS † CULTURE DISRUPTORS † UNDERGROUND PIONEERS †
SPRING 2025
Occulture Magazine
This is our response to the call to revive the ecosystem of subculture through meaningful content and community building, so that artists are heard, seen, and thrive. Through the features in this digital publication, we are curating a place for our beloved community of artists, outsiders, and innovators to be celebrated for their craft. Read on to learn more about the creators shaping the underground today, revisit those who paved the way for creative dissent from the mainstream, and celebrate the community of underground artists through our exclusive interviews, intermittent playlists, and retrospectives.
Curating Culture: Bradford Nordeen, Kimberly Kim, and the Two Year Anniversary of Day Goth
In 2018, Bradford Nordeen and co-founder Kimberly Kim started Day Goth, a monthly event held at Akbar in Silverlake featuring a rotating cast of guest DJ’s with Bradford at the helm as resident DJ and Kimberly Kim as the event’s resident bartender. As Day Goth celebrates its two year anniversary, we spoke with them about their collaboration and passion for the arts and alternative culture.
Los Angeles Photographer Melanie Nissen’s ‘HARD + FAST’ Chronicles the Early Days of Punk
One of the most notable image-makers from the early days of punk, roughly from 1977-1980 in Los Angeles, was photographer Melanie Nissen who is best known for her photographs in Slash Magazine, which she co-founded with then-partner Steve Samiof after a fateful performance by The Damned at the Starwood in April 1977.
An Interview with Mikey Bean of ‘Phantoms: The Rise of Deathrock from the LA Punk Scene’
Mikey Bean curated a deep dive into the deathrock scene emerging in Los Angeles with his book ‘Phantoms: The Rise of Deathrock from the LA Punk Scene’ published by Lulu in November 2019. He captures the story of the deathrock scene through an exhaustive oral history with the people who were there along with photos and flyers from the past.
Issue 001
The first issue of our digital zine features music from Head Cut and Geneva Jacuzzi, LA's punk connection to the Hillside Strangler, and J.G. Ballard's prescient short story used for the Met Gala.