Friday 29 January 2010

The New Pornographers - Together

Indie rock supergroup The New Pornographers returns with their fifth album titled Together released through Matador Records. The forthcoming album was produced by the band along with Phil Palazzolo.



Nine songs contributed by A.C. Newman, and three by Dan Bejar of Destroyer, featuring the full line-up which include Newman, Bejar, Neko Case, John Collins of The Evaporators, Limblifters' Kurt Dahle, Immaculate Machine's Kathryn Calder, Todd Fancey and filmmaker Blaine Thurier. Also featuring guest artists include St. Vincent, Beirut, Okkervil River's Will Sheff, and the Dap-Kings Horns.

This will be out on May 4. Tune in for more news.

Thursday 28 January 2010

Alice Smith Performs New Single 'Fire'

NY-based singer Alice Smith performs a new single titled Fire.


ALICE SMITH "FIRE" LIVE PERFORMANCE from ALICE SMITH on Vimeo.

David Choe 'Haitian Girl' Print Proceeds To Yéle Haiti



Hemway Industries is proud to announce the launch of a new print by David Choe, “Haitian Girl”, with all proceeds being donated to benefit the Haitian Relief Effort.

Personally paying for the cost of the prints, David Choe created “Haitian Girl” with all proceeds going to Yéle Haiti, a foundation created by multi-platinum musician Wyclef Jean“Haitian Girl” measures 18x24 and is a giclée print on archival paper.  Limited to 50 editions, the print is hand-signed by David Choe and costs $300.  The print is available now for pre-sale but will not ship until February 21, 2010.

Show your support now by clicking here.

Rykarda Parasol - For Blood and Wine


Born of a holocaust orphan and distant Swedish royalty, Rykarda Parasol uses her life story and a love of literature to craft music that is vacuously dark while simultaneously a celebration of life and its vices. 
 
With a voice and lyrics compared to the likes of a female Nick Cave, and drawing influence from The Doors, Serge Gainsbourg, and Oscar Wilde, Parasol describes her music as “rock noir” evoking moody cinema drenched in gin and white-collar crime. Parasol’s nature is strong, her prose is starkly sincere, and she could drink Tom Waits under the table.

Parasol’s new self-produced album For Blood and Wine is a true-life narrative depicting the progress and downward spiral of a rake, which in this case is female. “It’s witty, darkly romantic, edgy and elegant… It’s tales of infidelity, addiction, and death. Mostly sad, but some real moments of joy and hope,” Parasol states.

Her first single from the album titled A Drinking Song is available to download for free.

Courtesy of Fanatic.

Converse Jack Purcell Spring 2010

Converse unveils the new Spring 2010 release of Jack Purcell. A few boring designs, but apparently a minority actually made a really huge statement in our heads. They introduced the boat-shoe-inspired Jack Purcell.









We still have more hots for the Japan release. Coming real soon.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Nigel Cabourn Edgar Holdall Bag


One of the strictly limited edition products by Nigel Cabourn, this Edgar Holdall bag is made out of genuine Indian cotton drill, deadstock as used in Burma in 1942, an authentic fabric from the WWII.

Design seem fairly decent, you should probably emphasize on the durability prior to the quality of materials applied on this item - the premium leather trim, adjustable shoulder strap and carry handle, oversized military zip and wound leather zip pulls.


Not too many were made, be quick if you want this so badly. Available at End Clothing.

Adidas ZX8000 Grey/Purple


A nice colorway of the Adidas ZX8000 we ought to share. Not often seen as a combination, grey and purple does actually goes well with one another. The usual ZX technical features can be found on this one.

Available now at End Clothing.

Head Porter Mirage Backpack

This awesome backpack comes from Head Porter's Mirage collection, we could say it's another extension to the range. The accessibility of the compartments on this pack has already made me thinking what goes to where, we presume you're feeling the same way too.



Available now at hnyee.store.

Monday 25 January 2010

SBTG Celebrates The Year of the Tiger

Shortly after the reports on the newly introduced SBTG Basics range by renowned sneaker customiser SBTG, the Singaporean is unveiling another batch of release taking inspirations from tiger stripes and claws.

Considering Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, this might be just the right thing to celebrate the festive period.

Two sneakers coming from the SBTG Basics range known as the Feline Fury, featuring the Nike Air Force 1 Low and Nike Dunk Hi. Both has got the tiger stripe swooshes, and covered with bloody red all over, with black of course.




SBTG Premium ain't losing out as the Flying Tiger is about to claw their way in for some exclusivity. SBTG salutes the fighter plane art used by Flying Tigers in 1941, the first American volunteer group in the Chinese Air Force.


The golden lack lock is dashing!

Get yours now at Royalefam.

Keith Haring for SIGG

A collection of SIGG bottles featuring the iconic works of the late-Keith Haring, one of the greatest inspiring artist.

The Swiss-made bottles comes in two colors - white or silver, in two different sizes, the 1L and 0.6L.



Available now at colette.

Adidas STR Charcoal Denim Bags

Several hot items coming from Adidas Spring/Summer 2010, one we wish to highlight is this STR bags line-up. The application of charcoal denim to construct a messenger bag, a holdall bag, and a backpack.




Available now at End Clothing.

Folk x Edwin EF-62 Premium Organic Denim


The collaboration between London's Folk and denim specialist Edwin did not just stop there with a range of footwear announced last year that will debut this Spring/Summer 2010, hence, both brands are teaming up once again for a pair of premium organic denim.

No doubt this EF-62 uses denim fabrics by Edwin and the fitting and styling by Folk. Aside from the usage of premium organic denim fabric, other features include the Aztechnical pocket lining pattern, dual branding at waistband, Edwin-branded buttons and rivets and Folk's braille zip.


These are now for sale at End Clothing.

CLS x Porter Slashed Shell Series

Working along with CLS to produce a special series known as Slashed Shell, Porter unveils two new items featuring a technical backpack and a waist pouch. This will be golden if you're fans of black on black items with the addition of premium materials on it.




Available now at hnyee.store and ARKnets.

Saturday 23 January 2010

Neighborhood x Porter Web Exclusive Tote Bag


Neighborhood unveiled a new web exclusive product, working with Porter. The denim-made tote bag features a huge printing of Neighborhood's branding. You can get it on Neighborhood online now.


To-orist New Release

London-based label To-orist products are all handmade using unique engineered process created by British designer Brian Gathii.

oki-ni has got some new pieces in the store now. Specifically loving the Paisley shirts.








Married To The Mob Spring 2010 'Dazed and Confused'

Married To The Mob presented a lookbook for their Spring 2010 release titled Dazed and Confused. Inspired by the cuteness of a sweet and sexy manipulating man-eater.

Gorgeous looking pieces all the way from the tees to the dresses.














Get yours now at their online shop.