Pure Nowhere

Fighting For Our Future: This is the Climate Crisis

A passionate essay on the current climate crisis, with quotes & thoughts from people gathered on the streets of Sydney, protesting for their lives & their planet. By Emily Elvish.

NewsAbby StrangwardDecember 29, 2019Featured SliderComment

Arguably, Our Best Posts of 2019

It’s cheesy, but whatever - thank you so much for your support this year. The truth is, we don’t know what the fuck we’re doing! We just wanna keep making shit and connecting with you and creating spaces for youth. 2020’s gonna be magic.

Love From Us, FriendsAbby StrangwardDecember 23, 2019Featured SliderComment

Modern Nomad & Not Charles: Super Fireman

…through mini tours, album releases, bedroom photoshoots and yet-to-be-seen interviews, we’ve been able to have a first row seat to the evolution and curation of Modern Nomad (Tom McLean).

Must Listen, MusicKyla RainDecember 21, 2019new in music, Modern Nomad, must listen, musicComment

Washed Out Version of Romanticism

Photos, scans and words exploring the concept of love in your 20s. "It’s about saying goodbye, about picking your clothes up off the floor silently and closing the door behind you."

Dear Youth, PhotosKyla RainDecember 15, 2019Featured Slider Comments

Dancing Barefoot & Photographing Strangers at Gliding Barnacles Surf Fest (with Gonçalo Carvalho)

We go behind the scenes of the annual Portugese surf festival, exploring the candid magic of Gonçalo’s images, and the rich melting pot of culture, art and surfing this community creates each year.

Photos, Dear YouthAbby StrangwardDecember 14, 2019Featured Slider, InterviewsComment

Tight In the Photo Pit: Riptide Festival ‘19

It’s tight in the photo pit, three songs, and gone... back into the wild, wild Riptide Music Festival.

From the Moshpit, MusicCarianne OlderDecember 13, 2019new in musicComment

Winterbourne @ The Howler, Melbourne

From the MoshpitKyla RainDecember 13, 2019Comment

iPhone Notes: stuck in weekend freedom (kira)

hands gripped tight the way i don’t like but its okay stumbling up and down hills and streets cold nights shadows beneath us yellow from streetlights

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardDecember 12, 2019Featured Slider, iphone notesComment

Hippo Campus & The Greeting Committee @ Old Forester's Paristown Hall

From the MoshpitAthena MerryDecember 9, 2019hippo campus, concert gallery, concert photographer, concert photography, from the moshpit, new in music, the greeting committeeComment

Behind the Scenes of The Dream Machine Art Tour

The Dream Machine - an eclectic, DIY style art & music tour, taken up the east aussie coast in a van packed with canvas and Melbourne artists. We chat with Jordan Borg and Alice Glascott to figure out how the hell they pulled it off.

Photos, FriendsAbby StrangwardDecember 4, 2019Featured Slider, Dear Youth Interviews, InterviewsComment

Bloc Party @ The Palladium

From the MoshpitKyla RainDecember 2, 2019bloc party, concert photography, from the moshpit, new in musicComment

This Is Your Life

It may seem obvious, but when I stopped spending hours on my computer trying to figure out what to do with myself for the next 5 years and just went outside, there was suddenly nothing wrong in the world.

Dear YouthAlai LandaNovember 30, 2019Featured SliderComment

my mum tells me my poetry is too cliche

I stare at the flesh in my mirror confused as to why the body i’ve always been in is now different.

Dear YouthAbby StrangwardNovember 29, 2019poetry, Featured SliderComment

The Frights, The Story So Far, Hunny & Just Friends

Julia Pistilli shoots her favourite band from the press pit on a $5 Goodwill film camera. “They showed me how community can salvage a lost fourteen year old, and taught me what local music truly is.”

From the Moshpit, MusicAbby StrangwardNovember 26, 2019new in music Comments

Lily Waters: Breath in The Wind Music Video Debut

Once again we are charmed by gracious talent within Southern California as Lily Waters returns with their sophomore music video, “Breath in the Wind.”

Must Listen, MusicKyla RainNovember 25, 2019Lily Waters, must listen, new in music, reviewComment