A definitive guide to Chicago house, according to legendary DJ Chip E.
Ahead of his appearance at ARC Music Festival, the “Architect of House” curates a selection of the city’s best at Gramophone Records
Is it ‘quiet quitting,’ or are you just doing your job?
For a generation born into hustle culture, the idea that work shouldn’t consume our lives is new
Tamtam soundtracks the hunt for inspiration
The Saudi-born, LA-based musician shares the foundation of her eclectic voice with a playlist spanning genres and decades
From classic tracks to raunch and romance, legendary producer Ron Carroll shares his guide to house music
The ‘Minister of Sound’ brings the spotlight back to Chicago with this playlist for Document
Celebrating Kaari Upson’s voyeuristic, uncanny world
A year following her death, a DESTE Foundation retrospective sheds new light on the American artist’s work
Gerald Clayton and Kris Bowers are fostering the next generation of jazz
The musicians and friends discuss Oscar Peterson, learning from each other, and seeking a community of creative expression
Does the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll owe it all to Black culture?
Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ revives debates around pay, appropriation, and who benefits from rebellion
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In their monthly column for Document Journal, author, activist, and porn star Liara Roux answers readers’ steamiest questions
Lost in the noise of the world? Halima has a playlist to make you feel again
Following the release of her latest single ‘Talk,’ the emerging singer-songwriter curates 9 vulnerability-driven tracks for Document
A primer on house music’s foundational records, courtesy of DJ Lady D
Ahead of ARC Music Festival 2022, “Chicago’s house music queen” reviews her genre’s history, from Lil Louis to Ralphi Rosario to a Beyoncé-sampled track
Faye Webster has her mind made up
The singer-songwriter on creative autonomy, withholding nothing, and the making of her orchestral EP, ‘Car Therapy Sessions’
In an era of television filler, ‘The Bear’ demands a return to close watching
How the show’s grimy, messy realism stakes its claim as the front runner of 30-minute dramas
A genesis of trad cath celebrity shoe collaborations
From Lil Nas X ‘Satan Shoes’ to Addison Rae’s Holy Trinity bikini, today’s post-ironic apparel is designed to provoke. But who’s taking the bait?
In a wasteland of golden vibrators, Frank Ocean’s luxury cock ring is a reminder that fringe culture never came from celebrity
As countless stars cash in on the shift toward sexual liberation, it's easy to lose sight of the communities who advocated for it first
DeathbyRomy’s ‘No Mercy’ is a camp anthem for sick lovers
In the wake of her latest release, Romy Flores confesses the secrets to the embodiment and aesthetic of her dark pop star character
Amazon is reading palms at Whole Foods
Biometric payment technology is a slippery slope to becoming one with our digital footprints, raising concerns about data privacy and customer surveillance
The parasocial relationships—and real-life impact—of maintaining ‘media diaries’ in the streaming age
In the era of Spotify Wrapped, media consumption is a source of community. But does broadcasting the content we consume change our taste?
Just because you can create a digitally rendered pop star, doesn’t mean you should
While AI artists can spare fans from the disappointment of boy band breakups, their popularity raises questions about whether today’s music centers connection or capital
What ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ gets wrong about queer parenthood
Noah Berlatsky questions the tidy narrative closure of a film that wallows in the struggles of raising a queer child, rather than exploring its joys
For Lutfi Janania Zablah, the botanical world is boundless
The artist joins Document to discuss the universality of flowers, his sculptural practice, and the expansion of his design studio into the interior
Tom Sturridge strips down in ‘The Sandman’—and adds some layers of his own
The actor joins Document to discuss his starring role in the long-awaited adaptation, seeking advice from Neil Gaiman, and his own lucid dreams
In ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies,’ Chase Sui Wonders isn’t just screaming—she’s behaving badly
For Document, the actor talks scream queens, trauma bonding, and the particularities of Gen Z horror
Monkeypox reveals the cultural capital of beauty in a chronically-online culture
Anxieties surrounding the virus’s physical manifestations display society's aesthetic obsessions
Tank and the Bangas push funk and soul traditions toward the future
Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball, the band’s lead vocalist, joins Document to talk about the state of modern soul and writing while the world burns
‘Surface’ is more psychological than it is thriller
The show’s star Gugu Mbatha-Raw joins Document to discuss the nuances of her character, the evolution of mystery, and a mass grappling with identity
BlackStar Film Festival eschews convention, reflecting radical shifts in cinema
For Document, founder Maori Holmes joins filmmaker dream hampton to explore the versatility in concept and breadth of power in Black cinema
Louis Vuitton’s Empreinte collection takes a modern approach to emblematic codes
Championing the French house’s iconic signs and symbols, the collection foregrounds personal discovery and inner adventure
Anna Delvey wants to be the new face of prison reform
The faux heiress on her newfound interest in political advocacy, the death of American entrepreneurship, and going from con artist to fine artist
For a story about stereotypes, B.J. Novak’s ‘Vengeance’ has some blind spots of its own
The film’s exploration of regional tensions effectively erase actual class dynamics—race, gender, religion, and most other major political fault-lines
On Model Mayhem, everyday people become the author of their own fantasy
Photographer Lorenz Schmidl captures the human desire to be seen—as demonstrated by New York’s most overlooked faces, and their eccentric alter-egos
Emily Yacina’s books to grow up to
Ahead of the release of ‘All The Things,’ the musician revisits her most formative reads, from explorations of neuroses to reimagined mythologies
The Peruvian street performers finding cracks in Lima’s conservatism
Photographer Diego Bendezu captures las tetonas, the men using laughter as a tool for survival—and breaking cultural boundaries as they do it
DJ Luka Tacon’s soundtrack for summer
The producer shares the playlist for 8 by YOOX’s all-day summertime affair at The Surf Lodge in Montauk
The intimacy of nightlife, according to its curators
Chapel Bar’s Desta and the iconic model Liya Kebede on how to create a roaring room
Jensen McRae shares the songs she wishes she wrote
The breakout musician shares a playlist of emotion-inducing tracks that informed her artistic evolution on ‘Are You Happy Now’
Elisa Sue Young Park’s ‘Just Like Heaven’ embodies the allure of the anti-hero
The photographer joins Document for an exclusive look inside her new zine for Heaven by Marc Jacobs
To Spencer Sweeney, nightlife is a protean and ever-changing landscape
The artist joins Document to discuss ‘Perfect,’ his iconic party paintings, and breathing life back into New York’s downtown
‘Kimi’ doesn’t belong on the big screen—but neither do most stories
Steven Soderbergh’s latest thriller will never dominate the cultural conversation, but does that mean it isn’t good?
Riane Eisler and Tao Lin on shifting our cultural paradigm
The two authors meet to discuss the role of law, the allure of prehistory, and how to adopt new modes of thinking
In ‘A Glint in The Kindling,’ Michael Bailey-Gates merges minimalism with excess
The photographer joins Document to discuss their first monograph, using props to stretch their artistic vocabulary, and the importance of documenting joy
Military PTSD could be a vehicle for further drug decriminalization
In a surprising turn of events, psychedelic therapy treatment receives bipartisan support from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Dan Crenshaw—but who’s receiving the treatment, and why?
Ask Photos refocuses on the roots of Black culture
The photographer captures human-first images, rejecting colonial perspectives on diversity
Luke Gilford revives the myth of the American West at the queer rodeo
In ‘National Anthem,’ the photographer captures the making of a modern cowboy
Saint Laurent’s latest collection journeys to the Agafay Desert
The French house returns to its original muse with Anthony Vaccarello’s Men’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation
Sipper’s songs to feel safe again
To celebrate the release of his sixth album, Joey Beerman shares a playlist for finding creativity in comfort
Guilherme da Silva’s ‘Overture’ constructs a queer Arcadia
The Brazilian photographer joins Document to discuss his zine, which documents friendship and love amid an oppressive political climate
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In the second edition of their monthly column for Document, author, activist and porn star Liara Roux answers readers’ steamiest questions
‘Elegies’ investigates the presence—and absence—of the Black body
Curated by Monique Long, the exhibition features an international roster of artists who have expanded the meaning of still life
In ‘Brotherhood and Sisterhood,’ Elianel Clinton expands the definition of flesh and blood
The up-and-coming photographer captured pairs of siblings in his latest project, referencing the intersections of race and queerness
