It’s simple—we are going hungry so those less fortunate don’t have to. The team at ION Magazine, Publisher Vanessa Leigh, Fashion Editor Deanna Palkowski, and Online Content Editor Natasha Neale are engaging in a 24-hour famine to promote awareness and raise funds for food security in the downtown east side (DTES) of Vancouver. 

"Back in 1992…" are the first words you hear on We Come From The Same Place, the third full-length album from Allo Darlin’. It’s fitting as the band wears its early nineties influences so clearly on their sleeve. Carrying on the tradition of great Aussie pop bands, like The Lucksmiths, Frente, and even stretching back to The Go-Betweens, this is the kind of college rock that was the antithesis to the MTV "alternative nation" at that time.

Once Youth is an LA based clothing company that embraces today's youth culture. Designed by sibling duo Asia and Evan Hall, this brand makes fashion forward garments that appeal to today's generation through new silhouettes and designs. With the likes of Charlie XCX and Supermodel Chloe Norgaard wearing the brand, it's no wonder we had it on our radar. Live the Once Youth message: it's time for us to seize every moment and live life to its fullest. You're only young once. 

We've been pretty overloaded with Black Friday sales flyers, and this, my friends, is not one of them. We're teaming up with PARLOQUE and Untitled & Co for a Black Out party in Toronto this Thursday with sounds from Cyber 69 and Kings of the North. RSVP to get on the list.