If one wants music, style, art, culture, television and recommendations of blogs then The Fader is for you. The website is an advertisement of sub culture life and how cool it is to be cool. The site is sprawled with advertisements of the latest underground music and independent movies that people should give a listen to as well as playing tribute to alternative veterans (riot grrl queen, Kathleen Hanna was previously interviewed for her documentary). When you click onto the music section you are automatically presented with at least five artist per page and have a free listen to their singles. The style section consist of abstract jewelry, colorful graphic tees as well as tailored suits, basic striped t-shirts and influences from film and music that make people dress the way they do.
Art & Culture is broken down into four sections (interviews,news, video and fader television channel) from gallery spaces to hidden treasure photographs (a picture of a shirtless and chubby Fidel Castro playing ping pong).
In their blog section, Fader offers you other websites to check out and support. Dollars to Pounds is a website that covers music from literally from across the pond for hip Americans that like to say at parties, "Oh you haven't heard of them because they're from Europe and did I mention they're underground?" Around the World With A-Trak is ,also, another favorite of Fader with A-Trak (producer and Kanye West touring Disc Jockey) reviewing hotels and his global excursions.
Fader isn't the website if you want to know what your latest pop tarts are up to but if you want 'good' music by the definition of hip this isn't the website for you either. Fader is simply a website from the alternative of main stream and it gives you a large variety of what one might be into if they like both worlds.
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I like your reference of A-Trak, he's the shit. I also liked how you talked of other websites that are linked up to the main one of this review.
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