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About Us

Auxiliary Magazine is the magazine for subculture fashion, music, and lifestyle.

Founded in 2008, for almost 15 years we have been covering all things Auxiliary. We have crafted and continue to develop our own unique aesthetic that is not defined by any one subculture, genre, or style but embraces many and believes in making your own. We look for the new, draw from the old, and aim to develop and nurture our passions.

Auxiliary Magazine is published in print and digital every season for a total of 4 times a year. We also publish online articles, a newsletter, and share through our social media.

Auxiliary Magazine is based in Buffalo with contributors in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, and throughout the world. We focus on darker subcultures and cover goth, post-punk, industrial, dark wave, synthpop, cyberpunk, steampunk, retro, pinup, fetish, indie, any combination thereof, and future concepts yet to take shape.

Our original Mission Statement…

Auxiliary equals alternative, supplementary, to provide what is missing, to give support.

We have always had a love for the different, the unique, the creative, but from all sides we’ve been told what we love is on its way out, is suffering, is dying, is dead. Today an alternative aesthetic is seen more than ever yet so many claim the core, the base, the scene is in a sad state. Reality is what you make it.

Our goal is to provide high quality editorials and articles, unique reviews and insights on the best media out there, and to foster discussion and passion for alternative subcultures. We aim to find the most creative and the best, highlight it, and encourage it to grow.

We created Auxiliary Magazine as a print and digital magazine dedicated to fashion, music, and lifestyle with a darker aesthetic and it remains that to this day. There are no other boundaries than that. The strong point of alternative culture is that is breaks boundaries and knows no limits and we aim to do the same.

Alternative culture is a sum of all its parts, an ever changing entity crafted by innovators, trendsetters, and artists. Auxiliary Magazine is continuously looking for new contributors, fashion, music, and ideas. It isn’t for a select few, it is for every unique creative, every passionate patron, it is for you.

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Meet the Team

Jennifer Link Kieffer

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Jennifer Link Kieffer is a founding member of Auxiliary Magazine and as Auxiliary’s Editor in Chief and Publisher, the primary driving force behind it. Jenny is a photographer and the owner of Jennifer Link Photography but also channels her creative energy into fashion styling, creative directing, production, and writing. She graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alfred University’s School of Art and Design in 2006, spent a summer in Toronto solidifying her love of alternative fashion, spent a year in New York City attending concerts and clubs while working in the photography industry, and then returned to her hometown Buffalo in 2008 to launch Auxiliary Magazine.

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Contributors

  • Aaron Andrews

    Aaron Andrews

    MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR

    Aaron Andrews is an electronic music DJ who has had radio shows, regular spots at goth clubs, and thrown many music events currently living in Buffalo, New York.

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    Saryn Christina

    FASHION CONTRIBUTOR

    Saryn Christina is a Los Angeles based beauty and fashion photographer. FOLLOW

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    Julie Ann Davis

    MEDIA CONTRIBUTOR

    Julie Ann Davis is the owner of Cats Like Us, a retro and vintage clothing boutique based in Buffalo, New York. She has a love of horror movies, cats, and kitsch, is a published model, a member of the Vintage Fashion Guild, and blogs as Fluffy the Vampire Slayer.

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    Wil Foster

    FASHION, MUSIC & LIFESTYLE CONTRIBUTOR

    Wil Foster is a photographer at RockCandy Photo living and working between Indianapolis, Indiana and Los Angeles, California and a self-described “post-punk boy”. FOLLOW

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    Andrea Hunter

    FASHION CONTRIBUTOR

    Andrea Hunter is a photographer in Hamilton, Canada photographing “all things dark and beautiful” and specializing in fashion editorials, dark ethereal portraits, bands, and live music. FOLLOW

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    Tanya Jessica

    LAYOUT DESIGNER

    Tanya Jessica a layout designer and created the a new masthead for Auxiliary.

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    Mike Kieffer

    MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR

    Mike Kieffer is a founding member and music contributor with a passion for electronic, dark, and ear-catching music and is constantly searching high and low for new, fresh, and quality artists. With a background as a DJ and event promoter, he has been playing under the name Darago and throwing parties under the name netwerk23 in Buffalo, New York and surrounding cities for many years.

  • Shannon Kramp

    Shannon Kramp

    FASHION CONTRIBUTOR

    Shannon Kramp was our fashion editor for many years and is a fashion stylist for editorials, films, music videos, and commercials. She currently lives in Buffalo, New York.

  • Karo Kratochwil

    Karo Kratochwil

    MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR

    Karo Kratochwil is a music journalist, promoter, and photographer based in Wrocław, Poland covering the industrial, darkwave, post-punk, and electro music scenes.

  • Demona Lauren

    Demona Lauren

    LIFESTYLE, MUSIC & FASHION CONTRIBUTOR

    Demona Lauren is a PhD candidate, and a self-described nu goth passionate for EBM, experimental, and ambient music based in Paris, France and Málaga, Spain.

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    Lisa Lunney

    MEDIA & FASHION CONTRIBUTOR

    Lisa Lunney is a freelance writer based out of Edmonton, Canada with a diploma in journalism. She is a cat enthusiast, music lover, fashionista, and star gazer. She firmly believes words have the power to change lives.

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    Dylan Madeley

    MEIDA & LIFESTYLE CONTRIBUTOR

    Dylan Madeley was our copy editor for many years and is a published fantasy author living in Toronto, Canada who makes a hobby of concert and event photography and travels as much as he can.

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    Gia Manalio-Bonaventura

    LIFESTYLE CONTRIBUTOR

    Gia Manalio-Bonaventura is a writer, editor, and marketing manager in the publishing sphere. Some of her work includes the Hartford Goth Culture Examiner Column and the Black Sun Festival program guide and art show. Gia's been going to clubs and shows longer than she cares to admit and currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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    Jared Nokturne

    FASHION & LIFESTYLE CONTRIBUTOR

    Jared Nokturne is a writer and runs the music label Conjvre the Circle out of Los Angeles, California.

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    Liz Rhodes

    MUSIC & LIFESTYLE CONTRIBUTOR

    Liz Rhodes is a long time contributor and force behind the magazine and a copywriter, music journalist, and makeup artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her work with clients ranges from commercial advertising to independent artists who are redefining the edges of what we consider subculture.

  • Adele Sinnamon

    Adele Sinnamon

    MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR

    Adele Sinnamon is the writer of Onyx Music Reviews, a former club owner and DJ, and a self-described goth living in Brisbane, Australia.