Trampoline House is your new favorite e-zine. Much more than an art zine or a music zine, Trampoline House is an online exploration of the best underground art, independent music and new fiction. Chosen by SXSW Web Awards (South by Southwest Interactive) as the Best New Online Magazine / Art Zine / Music Zine / Literary Journal, proclaimed by London Alternative magazine as "the most worthy exploration of underground art" on the web, we bring new meaning to art zine.
August brings you the HEAT Issue, including free indie MP3s by French Kicks from Brooklyn; Maus from Reykjavik, Iceland; New York City's Looker; Summer Lawns out of Brooklyn; and the best band you've never heard of: Oakland's own Run_Return. Amazing music that spans the spectrum from sweaty punk rock to pensive slowcore to the thinking man's post-jazz... Seattle's James van Leuven -- better known as Plan B represents the Great Northwest with some sublime synth pop that will make you forget all about Beth Orton. Amy Blaschke lends a hand, as does the former violinist for Quasi, Elliott Smith and more...
Charles Krafft's amazing ceramics bring new meaning to the term 'packing heat.' His beautifully-painted cermic shells, arms and ammunition will shock and awe you. There's a good reason he's known as 'the oldest promising young artist in the Northwest.' Marshall Dines's paintings are a sight to behold -- oversized hyperrealistic studies, expressionist landscapes, you name it. The technical mastery is matched only by the beuatiful composition and subject-matter. Philadelphia artist Lauren Over makes drawings and collages that will take your breath away. They're entire stories in one sentence, entire movies in one frame. Jack Balas is more than just the best gay artist working today. He memorializes the present moment before it's even past -- leaving you yearning. Digital artist Josh Feldman makes burning images from a single, organic idea. Beautiful, compelling.
New York City's Britton Ward has got a story to tell, and it's beautiful and heartbreaking. You do'nt know the half of it until you're standing next to him in the Vancouver late summer heat, attending your estranged grandfather's funeral. Joshua Weill has been spinning yarns for several years as the frontman for Brooklyn band, Fort Ancient -- but his first love is the written word. Josh Weill's MFA in Short Fiction comes from tireless dedication to the craft -- and that dedication is evident in 'Repose.' You can almost hear the melody. Of course, you all know Seattle's by-way-of-Arkansas author, Michael McConnell. The Trampoline House resident is back with 'After Death, Life.' A study in opposing extremes. Hilarious and thought-provoking as ever. But don't you dare forget the first installment of your new favorite column, Michael Skrzypek's 'The Decline and Fall of...' Each issue, Skrzypek takes on a new subject in his ongoing study of latter-day decay. This week: Hollywood disaster films. It's about time.
Michael Skrzypek / Michael McConnell / Britton Ward / Joshua Weill / Charles Krafft / Plan B / Marshall Dines / Josh Feldman / Jack Balas / Lauren Over / French Kicks / Summer Lawns / Maus / Run_Return / Looker / Fort Ancient / Trampoline Creative / Sonicbids / Brooklyn / Eric Morse / James van Leuven
KEXP / Sean Tubridy / Jeremiah Stansbury / Amanda Stolle / Gregory Euclide / TV on the Radio / djezi / Black Reign / Earlymay / VH1 Radio / Bandwidth Designs /Unfinished Side Productions / Imaginary Johnny
Eskimohunter / Jennifer Davis / Justin Tolentino / Justin Goetz / Monkeybicycle / Asobi Seksu / Stuart Wolferman / Shya Scanlon / Eric Morse / Headphone Science / BopTart Records / Secret Crush Records / Ultrasport / Unfinished Side Productions / Imaginary Johnny / Fort Ancient / MC Witchclaw / The Lights / Trampoline Creative / Terra3 Photography / Take / Buttermilk Studios / Michael McConnell / Vera Zago