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Courtney Marie Andrews

Nicholas Galanin is one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Born in Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska), Galanin is Tlingit and Unangax̂; he creates from his perspective as an Indigenous man. His work calls for an accounting of the damages done to land and life by unfettered capitalism while envisioning and advocating alternate possibilities. 
His debut as Ya Tseen (“be alive,” and a reference to his Tlingit name Yeil Ya Tseen) is Indian Yard, his first album for Sub Pop. Rich with emotional range and sharp awareness, Indian Yard explores love, desire, frustration, pain, revolution, and connection through the magnetic expressions of an Indigenous mind. 
This is not, by any means, Galanin’s first album. He has released a steady stream of records under a panoply of aliases, including Silver Jackson and Indian Agent. He has worked with the likes of Meshell Ndegeocello, Tanya Tagaq, and Samantha Crain. And for the better part of a decade, he’s also been part of the revolutionarily borderless art collective Black Constellation alongside Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction.
(Photo Credit: Merritt Johnson)

Ya Tseen

Music

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North Carolina-born and LA-raised Jordan Patterson is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter/producer creating catharsis from a folk and alternative landscape. Blunt, raw, and decisive, Patterson is creating a world within her self-recorded and produced songs. Her connection to the unfinished represents no better reflection of who she is as an artist, “in progress.” Her latest record, The Hermit, is out now on Ozella’s Child.

Jordan Patterson

Jordan Patterson and Folk Bitch Trio Are Townies

Charlie Shackleton is a London-based filmmaker and film critic. His new film, Zodiac Killer Project, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award, and is <a href="https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/zodiac-killer-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">out now</a> on digital. His other recent projects include This Land, a radio documentary produced with Eleanor McDowall for Radio 4, and the short films Camera Test (King Cadbury) and Lateral. His previous work as a filmmaker includes the features <a href="http://charlielyne.com/beyondclueless">Beyond Clueless</a> (2014) and <a href="http://charlielyne.com/fearitself">Fear Itself</a> (2015), the shorts <a href="http://charlielyne.com/copycat">Copycat</a> (2015), <a href="http://charlielyne.com/blackout">Blackout</a> (2016) and <a href="http://charlielyne.com/fishstory">Fish Story</a> (2017), and the 10-hour protest film <a href="http://charlielyne.com/paintdrying">Paint Drying</a> (2016). Visit his <a href="https://charlie.film/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">personal website</a> for more info. (Photograph by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Shackleton.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mia Mullarkey</a>.)

Charlie Shackleton

Film

Photo Diary: The Making of Zodiac Killer Project

Jane Inc is the project of Carlyn Bezic (US Girls). Her record A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH is out now on Telephone Explosion.

Jane Inc.

Best of 2025: Jane Inc Was Really Into Late Era Joni Mitchell Last Year

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Darius Khondji is a Paris-based cinematographer renowned for his distinct visual style and his collaborations with some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers. His work has earned two Academy Award nominations, three César Award nominations, and a BAFTA nomination, and his credits include Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children for Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Se7en for David Fincher, The Ninth Gate for Roman Polanski, The Immigrant and The Lost City of Z for James Gray, Midnight in Paris and Magic in the Moonlight for Woody Allen, Amour for Michael Haneke (which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Zidane: A First 21st Century Portrait, a documentary film for Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, and Evita for Alan Parker, which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Khondji has worked on some of the most celebrated films of the past decade, shooting Uncut Gems and Marty Supreme for Josh Safdie, Okja and Mickey 17 for Bong Joon Ho, and Eddington for Ari Aster. His work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths earned him an Oscar nomination, an ASC nomination, and a Silver Frog award at Camerimage. (Photo courtesy A24.)

Darius Khondji

Best of 2025: Cinematographer Darius Khondji is Always Absorbing Images

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