Photography/Art Direction: Sailey Williams Wardrobe: Inoisell Miranda Grooming: Blue Michael for Blue Michael Cosmetics Shoot Assistant: Sacha Azor Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge are the founders of Beekman1802, one of the fastest-growing lifestyle brands in the United States, and authors of the upcoming book, The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook Josh Kilmer-Purcell is an advertising executive and the New York Times best-selling author of I Am Not Myself These Days. Dr. Brent Ridge is a physician, and formerly a vice president at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Their decision to leave city life behind has been chronicled in Kilmer-Purcell’s national best seller, The Bucolic Plague, and on

Dear Spike Lee, There have been a few things nagging at me, and it all started with the Warner Bros.’ recent theater release of the Green Lantern live action movie. Now it isn’t shocking that the movie wasn’t well received by critics; frankly the whole thing looked liked an under-budgeted Pixar film, but that’s neither here nor there. What surprised me most was the decision to have Ryan Reynolds sport the green bling on his right hand. Don’t get me wrong; Van Wilder is a fine actor, but I was under the assumption that the Emerald Crusader had a bit of a darker complexion.

Returning with what will undoubtedly be one of the biggest records of the summer, Swedish House Mafia have recently launched their official video for new single “Save The World.”  The video has been up for just a few weeks and has already surpassed 10 millions views. “It’s one of the songs that came out of the studio sessions we had over here in L.A. this year,” Axwell told MTV News of the new indie-rock-infused track, which he promises is nothing like anything they’ve produced in the past. “I think a good thing is always to leave what you did there and start fresh,” he said.

Styling: Tori Famuyiwa Hair: Lawanda Pierre MUA: Madison Mills Photography/Director: Sailey Williams Associate Editor(s) Sacha Azor, Jordan Llanes Strategic Editor: Shae Fontaine   Kind Monitor, founded by Joshua Aaron Guthals is a Brooklyn-based alternative indie rock band. XEX became aware of KM after seeing their video “Sharks” on LOGO’s Click List and was instantly captivated. Kind Monitors music immediately became a permanent addition to the XEX Magazine photo shoot playlist. We are so thrilled to have been able to work with KM on a photo shoot and video piece; check out our xexclusive interview in the video! Joshua Aaron Guthals a San Francisco native relocated to Brooklyn NY where

Photography: Sailey Williams Styling: Inoisell Miranda Grooming: Blue Michael Cosmetics Interview by Associate Editor Sacha Azor   This past week, we had the chance to interview Matthew Barker and photograph and interview Jake Mossop, panelists on the LOGO show 1 Girl, 5 Gays, also broadcast on MTV Canada. 1 Girl, 5 Gays is a half-hour panel of one girl (Aliya-Jasmine) and five randomly selected gay men who discuss the taboo topics of love, sex and relationships. The panel of “5 gays” is an always-changing group of men, each having differing backgrounds and points of view. The show’s original concept was to do a panel of straight guys/couples