HIRED GUNS

HIRED GUNS

JUDITH PIERCE, STITCH WITCH

Judith “Pebbles” Pierce, professional seamstress, was born on Mars and raised in San Diego, California. She established her brand RoseCut Clothing 15 years ago, and since then has designed and created stagewear for artists like Post Malone, Phoebe Bridgers, Orville Peck, and personal fashion icon Exene Cervenka. Judith loves clowns, rock ’n’ roll, french fries, and long drives off short piers in her ’78 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. If you live in Los Angeles and also listen to Thin Lizzy, you can find her DJ’ing around town under the moniker Judith Priest. Nobody does it better.

See: the suit on the cover of this magazine

BRIANNA O’BRIEN, ILLUSTRATOR

Brianna O’Brien is a multidisciplinary artist living in Brooklyn. Originally from the Twin Peaks part of the Seattle area, she works as a custom print/textile designer and fashion illustrator for small, underground brands such as Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, and Louis Vuitton. When not hustling for the fashion overlords, she enjoys painting, engraving, and calligraphy customization events for the regular folk and friends. You name it, she’ll paint it! She’s a little Ralph Lauren on the outside, a little Depeche Mode on the inside, and a lot excited to be contributing to her friends at CREEM.

See: Post Malone, page 92

TARAN DUGAL, WRITER

Taran Dugal is a writer and musician on The New Yorker magazine’s editorial staff. He fronts Komodos, the Brooklynbased post-punk band. When he is not behind a pen, guitar, or book, he’s likely road-tripping to the seaside or ambling through the NYC wilderness with his group of wayward friends. Dugal was last sighted several weeks ago in the lambent haze of a jazz bar on the wrong side of 14th Street. He can be recognized by his startling wit and the disarming twinkle in his eye. If you happen to see him, please inform your local authorities.

See: Fontaines D.C., page 24

EVAN MINSKER, WRITER

Evan Minsker was born in West Virginia. From age 18, he wandered the Midwest, hungry and emboldened with a small potted succulent in his bindle. They say he currently lives near a poison lake in Wisconsin. He used to be news director at Pitchfork, but not anymore—not since the incident. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, NPR Music, and right here. His punk and rock ’n’ roll newsletter see/saw (see-saw.fun) is an essential resource for leather-clad romantics and wannabe skaters to hear the good stuff. Please consider buying a subscription. He needs another bindle succulent.

See: Tyler Childers, page 54

HILARY POLLACK, WRITER

Born in Northern California, writer and editor Hilary Pollack has spent the past decade in New York (fun hell) and Los Angeles (shitty heaven). Her writing has been featured in Thrasher, The New York Times, and other publications before she got an editor job at VICE and spent the next 9.5 years working there while it was slowly taken over by reptilians. She has also worked at a San Francisco punk club, a Manhattan matchmaker agency, and a vegan magazine. Now she’s a bohemian layabout who writes about music, style, and food, and paints surrealist nude portraits.

See: Sheer Mag, page 104

KIM TAYLOR BENNETT, WRITER

When short-listing names for her kid, Kim suggested Indy (like Jones) and Disco (no, really) but realized as a music hack who came up in London during the indie-discoobsessed aughts, either name would be quadruply idiotic. She loves it when her interviewees cry, but has also been known to cry on the job. She pretty much stopped writing years ago and started producing videos and podcasts and hosting and stuff because writing takes too much self-discipline, and she has none. Kim peaked at 19 when she played guitar on stage with Green Day. Most people call her KTB.

See: Cigarettes After Sex, page 98