Kyla Rain of Pure Nowhere

Kyla Rain of Pure Nowhere

Kyla Rain is a recent seventeen year old running the San Diego-local online magazine Pure Nowhere - both owning and editing. Just last year, they expanded their presence into Europe, and are hoping to continue with Canada and Australia. Their tagline, “It’s Where The Music Takes You,” may be misleading in that they are not only a music magazine. They are a platform for creatives to be heard, and for that music (in whatever form it may take) to make a difference to all who may experience it.

“I want it to be a space where people can feel like, if they don’t have an outlet to be heard, they can use it and be able to get their voice out into the world,” she tells me as we sit at Public Square Coffee House. “I want to

expose people to artists and musicians that maybe don’t have the resources to get their art out there on a big level.”

Being at the center of it all means she has the chance to bring people together to collaborate. “I have a ton of group chats with different artists and photographers and musicians to come together to plan different things and collaborate, and they all end up being friends in the end.” With the great benefit of a DIY scene in itself, bringing those within it closer together is definitely work we can all hold up as respectable.

Kyla herself has a high respect for the effect a DIY scene has on a community. “I think it specifically benefits creatives because it gives them a chance to express their creativity in ways that are less conventional or in ways that you wouldn’t really get anywhere else that wasn’t a DIY scene, like throwing shows and making your own zines and your own clothing line. It’s really cool to see what everyone can do.”

Check out Kyla’s magazine on the website, purenowhere.com, or their Instagram @purenowhere 051