2008 preview: New Balance 576

Some upcoming NB 576 samples for you to look at before the release in 2008. Three new looks, all looking extremely juicy, especially the purple one. More info here.

a mouse named mickey slicks...

Came across one of the best crossover for the year, also could be considered as one of the gorgeous-looking New Era cap for the year, is the collaboration between artist Slick and the renowned Disney. Featuring two huge prints of Mickey Mouse, and some splatter works all over the cap. Exclusively available in official Disney stores only. If you find this anywhere else aside from Disney dealers, beware of fakes.

That Radio Dept.

Another shoegazer group I'd would love to introduce you to. Please welcome Swedish indie pop outfit, The Radio Dept. Founded since '95, the group has seen the on/off members throughout their music career. Currently there are only three existing members.

Radio Dept uses lots of drum machine and samplers. They sound like 80's electro pop'ish, progressive trance synthesizer, down-tempo guitar plucks, lo-fi stoned vocals. Their last release was Pet Grief in May 2006. Reminiscing the days when New Order was rocking so hard with their Bizarre Love Triangle. You could just use any kind of moves on these music. Jump. Groove. Swing. Cha-cha. Headbang. Laylow.

Here it is their single The Worst Taste In Music.



SGK verdict : If you're that someone whose still stuck in the 80s era, or perhaps, an addict to long sync-keyboards and spacy effects, even more a M83, Eluvium, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, or Smashing Pumpkins (there's one great song which sounded like 1979, at least the beat does)...it's a purr-fucking-fect match for you!

SGK rates : 7.8 / 10

Multi-colored Decade

A preview on a pair of Adidas Decade Low, the multi-colored way. Made available via Overkill.

RAW

Here's a little peeping through some of the current line-ups RAW, Ready Amongst Willing in full, had. First of all, RAW is one of the most notable skateboarding brands out there in the skate industry. Some simple-yet-beautifully designed tees, and a cool monotone graphic deck.

One of the featured designs has this cool phrase inspired by Korn's long-time single, A.D.I.D.A.S, which stands for All Day I Dream About Sex, but instead they use Skateboarding to replace the S word. By the way, I thought it was another release by Adidas, but nah, they wouldn't do that.

I love this deck a lot. One cool deck.

For the rest of the collection, feel free to log in to their relaunched website at www.readyamongstwilling.com.

Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night

Chemical Brothers is back with their new album We Are The Night, soon to be released sometime next week. You might have came across with their new video, Do It Again on your local music channels.

A magnificent follow-up after their last album, Push the Button. From Block Rockin' Beats to this one, I guess there a some major switch after all these years, so slowly that you wouldn't even realise it.

Christopher O'riley plays....

Christopher O'riley plays the cover track of Radiohead, Exit Music For A Film. See how he molest the piano with his maximum focus and concentration on the song. This was taken from some jazz festival in Istanbul. There a couple more of O'riley's recordings via Youtube, so take your time to look for some other good looks.

He also covered songs for the late-Elliott Smith.

Rebel Ape denim

Here's a brand new pair of Rebel Ape's non-wash selvedge jeans. There are two large orange-colored embroideries on both sides of its back pockets.

One side with an ape face, and the one with RA sign.

Retailing at $100. Check it out via Karma Loop.

The View - Face for the Radio

This is The View's latest single taken from their album Hats Off to the Buskers released early of the year. This song is called Face For The Radio. Good stuff!



A little background on these guys. A four piece indie rock band from Scotland and has been in the scene since 2005, releasing one album as of today. They won a NME Awards "Best New Track" for their first single, Wasted Little DJs.

YO! MTV Raps x Puma Clyde second release

Puma released three pairs of Clyde in conjunction with MTV Raps' YO! program last year. Today, both side got together once again and will be dropping a series of six new designs on Clyde. Take a look at these images taken from Sneakersnstuff.

Silverchair presents Young Modern

One of my all-time favorite bands, Silverchair is back with a brand new album after Diorama five years ago, Young Modern was released on April earlier. Their first single Straight Lines has already seen hitting the top of the ARIA charts for numerous consecutive weeks.

The trio could be considered as one of the most successful bands in the Australian music history. Daniel Johns lead the band with a very strong comeback with powerful-written songs. Although their image has differ a little, from the grungy long hair look to a whole new laid-back grown up look, their music still has the addiction to keep it playing for the rest of the day, without a stop. Since the very first Frogstomp to Freak Show to Neon Ballroom to Diorama until this new one, they just sound better and better.

Here's the video of their first hit single, Straight Lines....

Lay Down the Law by Switches

UK indie brit-rock Switches' reissued their first single, Lay Down The Law from their latest album entitled Heart Tunes to D.E.A.D. It's a pretty awkward move after the release of their second single Drama Queen. But who gives two shits about reissuing something that's so catchy that you can groove along while the song is playing.

Here's their Lay Down the Law video for you to enjoy. Drama Queen can be found via YouTube too. I'd say both sounded pretty well, so take a good listen to both by the quartet. If the music isn't your cup of tea, just take a look at their video. I think it's a nice one.

Levi's Fenom - Gold Package Light Jeans

Some new releases from Levi's Fenom, a 505 and a 207 model. Gold stitchings, gold buttons, a side zipper pocket, metal key chain loop.

Here's a little preview on the pairs. For more picture or information, log in to Tab Device.

NB Flag Edition - USA....and Japan?

Hah! There you are. Presented you the Swedish model days ago, and now we have the USA model for you! Retailing at $65 this coming July.

An extended preview, I'm not really too sure which country it represents, but it's likely to be Japan with the red dots, so, here's another add-on to the Flag edition as well...

Scissors For Lefty - Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home

This is Scissors For Lefty's latest single from their new album, Underhanded Romance. This song is called Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home.

Visvim fragrance candles

Visvim released their latest fragrance candles, a collaboration with Blaise Mautin. Smells include amber, grass and mint.

SSUR S/S 2007 release...

Once again, please take some time to check out this little piece of tee by SSUR from the Spring/Summer 2007 Collection. This piece called "Bathhouse Ladies" featuring a bunch of ladies doing as what the title speaks for itself. It's a hand-drawn print, and it's amazing work done. $35.99 USD, available at Boundless NY.

A Trash Can Up High

One of the top brilliant ad I had seen so far, Adidas did this "Trashcan" ad campaign to boost its promotion further on their new A3 basketball shoes in France. The concept is pretty simple, yet it sure attracts lots of attention with it's so-called basketball 'rims' up above the street poles a couple of metres high, along with a sign below indicating "Boost Your Jump" and the A3 shoes.

I'm sure the trashcans would be filled in a short time since it's so fun to throw waste, to one extent, you can dunk your trash. Awesome!

NB x American Football World Cup - "The Flag" Limited Edition

What we have here is one of the limited edition New Balance's 574 kicks previewed recently. The veteran shoemaker released this edition in conjunction with the upcoming American Football World Cup (every four years) held in Kawasaki, Japan throughout July. Designed by NB Japan's team, this light blue/yellow represents Sweden and translated a sneaker to a flag shoe. Another one would be the U.S edition, but no pictures were unveiled so far. Both U.S and Sweden edition will be released in stores on July 4th at $65.

Nike SB x C&K

Instrumental hip hop wizards C-Mon & Kypski was given the magnificent opportunity to be a part of the Nike SB line-ups for the summer, and it's a Nike Dunk Low Premium SB, the Dutch way. A superb collaborative work done between the two and it will be hitting numerous skate shops across Europe, as well as Asia. You MIGHT just spot a few pairs here.

The colorway of this pair were highly inspired by their newly released album, Where the Wild Things Are, early April this year. A string of frequency wave and a VU-meter are featured on a green/black/white shoe. Whereas the insole had all-over prints of their very first logo, a head with a turntable.

Their music were featured in numerous skate videos back at their home ground, and a couple of the band members are skaters sponsored by a local skate shop in Utrecht. For those who will be in Utrecht this coming June 7th, please take a trip to a local skate shop called E-zone, cos' there will be a launch for the shoe, and to make it a meaningful one, the first 50 pairs comes with a limited edition Nike SB C&K shirt. Who knows you might get some free autographed CDs from the group too.

In the meantime, feel free to take a peep at this kick.