Salone Internazionale del Mobile x Nike

The all new Nike Zoom Air Blazer in three different variation in black, complimenting a 'stingray' effect with the mix of leather and canvas. Nike teamed up with Salone Internazionale del Mobile on this one to commemorate the international furniture accessories exhibition in Milan which will take place from April 16 to April 21.

252 pairs, allocating 84 pairs for each style, will be made and is available starting April 13. More information available via hypebeast.

Paul Weller x Fred Perry Limited Edition Top

Fred Perry will be releasing a new batch of limited edition shirts in collaboration with Paul Weller this coming June. Unlike the previous round where they released a range of polo shirts, this time they decided to release a collarless shirt that comes in four different colorways.

We're not looking at an adaptation of it's previous design. This is a brand new one by Weller after numerous construction and fitting sessions, adjustments and changes on the design. According to a source, the sleeves are slim fitting, a longer body, curved side venting, and detailing like the buttons, stitching and color combinations are not to be left out.

1000 are made for each size, each color. It's available for pre-order at £65, and strictly for those who pre-order at a first-come-first-serve basis. Click here to order yours now!

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster

Los Compesinos! is an indie rock band from Wales. The band consists of seven members who all appeared to use Compesinos! after their first name. Hold On Now, Youngster is their debut album which was released on February 25 under Wichita Recordings. The album managed to clinch on #72 in the UK album charts.

The band named bands like Pavement, Broken Social Scene, Yo La Tengo, The Fiery Furnaces, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof and Wolf Parade as their influences.

Check out their latest video My Year In Lists...



Los Campesinos! got some great music composed, and they performed it well. Filled with fun and excitements throughout each song - boost up your fun level to have fun with it.

Comme des Garçons To Design For H&M Autumn '08 Collection

Rei Kawakubo, founder and head designer of Japanese label Comme des Garçons will be featured as a guest designer for Swedish label H&M's 2008 Autumn collection. She will be contributing her creativity and artistry to build an incredibly strong line up of H&M's women and men collection, a small range for children as well, countable accessories and an exclusive unisex fragrance.

"I have always been interested in the balance between creation and business. It is a dilemma, although for me creation has always been the first priority. It is a fascinating challenge to work with H&M since it is a chance to take the dilemma to its extreme, and try to solve it", says Kawakubo, quoted from a press release. To read on, click here.

Some early November will see the release of this strong collection at the opening of H&M's second outlet in Tokyo. The rest of the stores will get the stocks a few days later.

The good thing is, you get to purchase a product designed by CdG tagged under H&M at an affordable pricing, which is simply ten times cheaper than a CdG piece labeled CdG. The greatest bargain ever! The bad thing is, it will ruin the whole exclusivity and class of the CdG name. I don't know, you tell me. Let's talk.

Takashi Murakami x Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage Collection

Takashi Murakami will unveil his latest collaboration with luxurious designer label Louis Vuitton, blending the notable LV monogram and his camouflage print - bringing both together becoming one called Monogramouflage. This collection will feature bags and luggages, small leather goods, jewelries and apparels and will officially launch at Murakami's exhibition in Brooklyn Museum on June 1, and stocks will be available at selected LV stores worlwide starting June 15.

This isn't the first time Murakami has worked with LV on slick products. Both continue to provide meaningful reasons to the art and fashion community.

The canvas above is actually specially made for the exhibition, and it will be on sale outside the museum during that time. Definitely a piece to hunt for! Pricey lil' b**ch!

Envy And Thursday To Release Split Album

New Jersey's post-hardcore outfit Thursday and Tokyo's post-rock screamo band Envy will team up together and release a split LP+CD. However, the release date for this split album was not mentioned. The album will be released under Envy's label, Temporary Residence Limited (Mono, Explosions In The Sky, Rumah Sakit).

The LP and CD will be packaged as one and will only be available at independent music stores. A deluxe limited edition release will also be released, featuring hand-screenprinted artwork, exclusively sold through Temporary Residence.

An official statement by Temporary Residence:-
We've decided to convert rumor into fact and lay it all out for all you good peoples. New Jersey's Thursday and Old Tokyo's Envy will come together to release a split LP+CD this fall, and we will be releasing it. It will be a limited edition LP+CD set. There will be no separated CD or LP versions. Both formats will come in one package, and both will contain the same music. This means it probably won't be available in Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, or most "record" stores in the mall. But it will certainly be available at your local independently owned record store, while supplies last. We're not exactly sure how limited it will be yet; maybe 10,000, maybe a billion (probably closer to the former, as we really don't have space for a billion LPs). In addition, there will be a deluxe, hand-printed edition that will be sold exclusively through our webstore. These will be screenprinted by hand, and will be limited colored vinyl editions. There is no specific release date set yet, but look for this around Aug/Sep.

And the statement made by Thursday:-
"It's our pleasure to announce a split release with one of our favorite bands in the world. We are currently in the studio recording tracks for a 12" release with Japan's Envy. For those of you unfamiliar with Envy, they are an experimental, epic, lush post-rock band that's heavier than just about anything we've ever heard. Despite the enormous geographical distances between us, the bands have evolved from the same thrashy underground post-hardcore scene (They've toured the states and shared stages with our friends in Malady and Hot Cross). Honestly, there's no way to properly describe them."

Via Syndicate.

This Is Ivy League

This is Ivy League is a side project by two members from alternative rock band Cobra Starship, Alex Suarez and Ryland Blackinton.

"Blackinton acted in a handful of classical plays at the Pearl Theatre Company and Suarez was working as a grocery delivery boy in Chelsea. Both struggled with low wages and creative stagnation. One day, the two were reunited on a certain unnamed internet networking service. Coincidentally, they lived just twelve blocks away from one another. After catching up for a few hours they traded music and agreed that they should form a band." - Fanatic.

A self-titled debut album was released on April 1 under 27 Records.

Fans of Kings Of Convenience, The Cab and Peter, Bjorn & John, folk pop is simply wider than these few. Explore!

Check out their first single from the album, London Bridges.

Bess Rogers - Decisions Based On Information

Bess Rogers is a singer/songwriter from Brooklyn. On April 8, she will be self-releasing her debut CD entitled Decisions Based On Information.

"What’s impressive about Decisions is its ability to straddle genre-lines and to throw in more instruments than you find in a high-school band without ever veering towards the muddled or confused. Bess’ songs run the gamut from waltzy, to alt-country, to brooding folk, to twee pop, and electronica, sometimes in the space of a single song." - Fanatic.

Besides her solo effort, she performs with other musicians like Jenny Owen Youngs and Ingrid Michaelson, concurrently, she plays with her synth pop band called The Age Of Rockets.

Fans of Kate Nash, Jenny Owen Youngs, Jenny Lewis, Leslie Feist, Ingrid Michaelson, Laura Marling and Fiona Apple, consider this as your latest addition.

Go to her MySpace to sample her music.

Burton Streetwear Fall 2008 Women's Collection

Burton Streetwear (not UK's Burton) have unveiled some garments for ladies from their Fall '08 collection. Designed by the brand's in-house designer, Linda Lovemade, who previously designed Obey's women line in 2003 and LRG's Luxirie collection.

Lovemade made use of premium fabrics like leather, nylons and cashmere for this line and transform these raw materials to a beautiful garment to put on. Delicious! Here's some pictures to look at provided by hypebeast.

Hixsept Spring/Summer 2008 Preview

Hixsept is a French clothing label since 1999. They previewed some products from their Spring/Summer '08 collection and there are some slick tees that are attractively gorgeous.

The series consists of 10 t-shirts, and a part of them used the cut & sew application. All tees are strictly limited to 200 pieces only. So if you're loving one of those, get it quick. Take a closer look at their journal page.

Takaratomy Exploding Bomb Bank

An efficient product for your kids to save money everyday. Or maybe yourself.

The Takaratomy Exploding Bomb Bank is a bomb-shaped piggy bank which will burst open spilling all the contents in it if you miss inserting a coin a day. Comes with a game function as well. Fun and saves up money.

Dimensions:- 6.5 inch tall, 5 inch diameter.

Price:- $55.99

Via Audiocubes.

Pepsi & ARTCO Collaboration

This is a current project by New York's ARTCO and Pepsi working on new ideas to outshine others by executing brand new marketing plans to win the hearts of billions of people in the world.

ARTCO have gathered 10 potential artists from ten different countries to design their very own Pepsi can with strict limitations, technical restrictions and extremely specific guidelines that require to follow. The designs will be sold worldwide, however, it will be available at selected countries for the mean time before expanding to other countries. (click here to find out more!)

The ten artists include Owusu-Ankomah from Ghana, Nick Z from USA, Stella Lai from China, Dzine from Puerto Rico, Yoon Lee from Korea, Avaf from Brazil, Thurkal & Tagra from India, Jon Burgerman from UK, Dubossarsky & Vinogradov from Russia and Fernanda Brunet from Mexico.











Via Vista Art & Design.

New Balance A09BK D

It's simply astonishing. The New Balance A09 comes in a 'one piece' style pack with interesting details to observe. The layout of the shoe is printed in white, even the classic N. White stitches can be spotted around the N as well. Other detailing include an embroidered New Balance logo print on it's tongue, it's gold insole, the lace lock, the red beads on it's lace, and an embroidered red logo on it's back. It's pretty limited though. Buy it at Overkill.

Upper Playground April 2008 Release - New Era

Upper Playground introduced some New Era caps lately. Three new designs are available. Expect some new materials from SuperFishal, 12 Grain and Date Farmers. All available now at Upper Playground.

Ben Gibbard Announced Just Jazzin

Death Cab For Cutie's lead singer Ben Gibbard proudly presents his new musical project called Just Jazzin'. It's not something close to what he is doing with DCFC or Postal Service, Gibbard used this new project to express and explore his interest in discovering music free from rules and convention.

"There's this side of me and my music that desires a lack of structure and Just Jazzin' does that for me because I am allowed to just play whatever note comes into my head," says Gibbard.

Please visit his MySpace to get a piece of his new invention.

Stars Like Fleas - The Ken Burns Effect

Brooklyn-based experimental rock band Stars Like Fleas will release their third album The Ken Burns Effect on June 3 under Hometapes.

"Stars Like Fleas may truly represent a new branch on America’s phylogenetic musical tree, distinguishing themselves through an unlikely alchemy where anxiety and confrontation accompany something candid, joyous and unashamedly romantic. In already-mythic, transformational performances, Stars Like Fleas create music of its own haunted species; as accessible and humane as it is unsettling and extreme." - Force Field PR

Fronted by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Fields and vocalist Montgomery Knott, SLF contain members and contributers from other bands like TV On The Radio, The Fiery Furnaces, Beirut, Tall Firs, Mercury Rev, Celebration and The Silent League.

I Was Only Dancing is one of the 10 tracks featured in this album. A cosy-folkish song to listen to when you're in need of 5-precious minutes of relaxation with something ear-soothing that won't screw up your mind even worsen. Great rhythms. Catchy tunes.

You can sample their music at their MySpace.

Evisu S/S '08 Accessories Line Preview

Evisu have always been known to be one of the leading companies manufacturing premium denims in Japan. No doubt they make wonderful jeans, and not even realising they make a great line of accessories this spring/summer '08 collection as well.

Not a lot, but we found a couple of stuffs we thought Evisu fans might be interested to get one to match their Evisu pairs.

Consists of a denim-wrapped Zippo lighter, an Acejet helmet, a stuffed-bear, a denim tote bag, a denim shoulder bag, a camo messenger bag and a denim messenger bag. All looking fantastic.








You can get these now at ripe.

Butterfingers - Kembali

Malaysia's finest rockers of all time, Butterfingers is back with their sixth album entitled Kembali, which will be release on July 6. This is their last album with EMI since 1996. They have recently released the video of their first single 1000 Tahun (Mahu Hidup). Two versions are available - one directed by Fairuz Sulaiman, and the other one is known as the Berita Butter version, directed by KerolAzry. Check it out now!

Levi's Fenom - Green Stitch

Here's the latest Levi's Fenom denims from Tab Device. There's the 360, 505 and 207 models with green stitches. Check them out now!