In a music economy where flimsy streaming algorithms increasingly define personal taste, and where boutique artist memorabilia is typically reserved for the Travis Scotts and Billie Eilishes of the world, 23-year-old Jacob Alvarez — who builds bootleg action figures as Marquee Marauders Club — is imagining something different.
Scrolling through Alvarez’s catalog, it’s bittersweet to see such a rare, tactile encapsulation of the era we’re living through.
There’s the more obvious festival titans like Frank Ocean, Daft Punk, and SZA, of course, but the ranks of Car Seat Headrest, Death Grips, Men I Trust, JPEGMAFIA and Idles are there, too.
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