Death Cab For Cutie on Black Cab Sessions

On one recent event, Death Cab For Cutie was being featured on the latest chapter of Black Cab Sessions' One Song, One Take, One Cab phenomenal period. Unfortunately, the video has not been uploaded on YouTube for preview yet, but i'm guessing really soon it will be. Ah, no, don't get upset too fast. They've got the video for preview at their site, so check it out before it's so not talk-of-the-town anymore. In the video, they were performing No Sunlight, a new song from their new album Narrow Stairs. You can check out the video following this link.

Radius - Neighborhood Suicide

Chicago's hip hop producer Ramon Norwood or better known as Radius released his first official release Neighborhood Suicide on May 6 under The Secret Life Of Sound.

Radius is an innovative sample-based artist creating music with his MPC digital sampler. Started off his beat-making career in 2001 using the MPC Akai sampler which he still uses today, he have produced tracks for local rappers and appeared in several influential mixtapes in Chicago.

Radius commented on his new album adapted from a press release....

“Neighborhood Suicide started in late 2006 and early 2007, The Winter Season… I was tired of Chicago, but only because I felt I couldn't make anything workout here. I needed fresh air. I started working on a project that I felt reflected the way I was feeling, down and out but happy, free and expressive too, like I knew that if I could be heard I would feel better and I felt I would/could have people that would support my sound. I also was working on a lot of more break-heavy, experimental, more layered and zone out /journey tracks, as I'd like to call em. I knew I wanted to be known as a dope instrumentalist in addition to being known for crafting beats for rappers. I started piecing tracks together that had a particular energy or feeling and would not only reflect me personally but also my city. I felt my city even with all the recent progression within various types of media, still wasn’t receiving the shine it so deserved. So, I decided to make an album for Chicago, and all the elements that make it up, personally the neighborhoods. And to really make it from me, I decided to relate it to neighborhoods I for the most part lived in, frequently visited or just really enjoyed. Chicago is a high competitive city, where u are supported and can come up, but you always have to leave, you cant get stuck here, because as a whole we are disconnected and segregated and a large part of that has to do with our neighborhood and overall city layout and the elements within, including the CTA trains. So with the combination of my personal feelings as an artist and also as my regular self I felt the feeling of dying or suicide. I didn't want to really kill myself, but I knew the feeling. I chose to present that in my music, in this album. So a journey through Chicago, but also within me, u see it from the eyes of South Chicagoan but from a view from all over the city, because I lived in at least eight neighborhoods…”

Stussy x Tatami

The new Tatami sandals crossover with Stussy Japan is now available in Stussy retailers in Japan. Featuring prints of Futura's Destiny Jungle Camo. Take a closer look at Stussy.

***Tatami is one of the few brands licensed by Birkenstock. Other brands licensed by Birkenstock include Papilio, Alpro, Birki's, Footprints and Betula.***

My Education - Bad Vibrations

Austin-based instrumental rock band My Education will release a new full length album entitled Bad Vibrations on June 10 under Strange Attractors Audio House.

Fans of instrumental post rock icons like Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, Mono and Dirty Three might be interested in them.

There are uncountable bands out there in the scene experimenting and applying with instruments like violin, viola, vibraphone, saxophone and others. The question is, how many can do it right and sound good? My Education are one of them that achieved that success.

The band have received overwhelming reviews based on several media reports, and one of them was Rolling Stones commenting on the band's music after an 'accidental discovery' of My Education, "Swirling and swaying and leading your ears and your soul into a trippy, calm world, where the sky is glowing a beautiful shade of pink and the sun is always setting on a cold winter's eve."

Gap Artist Edition T's

In celebration of 2008's Whitney Biennial exhibition, Gap will release a series of limited edition t-shirts specially designed by artists who have participated the exhibition before. A project masterminded with the Whitney Museum of American Art, Artist Edition T's feature impressive artworks from 13 artists across the world.

Participated artists for this project include Kerry James Marshall, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Marilyn Minter, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ashley Bickerton, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Hanna Liden, Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Kenny Scharf and Kiki Smith.

Gap is also one of the proud sponsors for this exhibition. Visit Gap for more information.

Upper Playground Premium Line by Misprinted Type

Upper Playground's latest addition to it's Premium collection, featuring finer quality tees using premium quality materials with a slimmer fit. Misprinted Type contributed their part with numerous awesome illustrated designs to the line and is now available at UP's online store.

Crooks & Castles Summer '08 Collection

Crooks & Castles unveiled their latest collection of t-shirt line part of their Summer release. Some nasty tees were shown and they are really attractive. The line is now available at majority of C&C's stockists and retailers. Via Crooks & Castles.

Maharishi DPM Series 2 - Destructo trucks & product Deck

Maharishi DPM Series 2 feature graphics from a series of Andy Warhol's camouflage print patterns created in 1986. Maharishi tied up with skateboard trucks manufacturer Destructo to release a series of colored trucks featuring that particular prints. Not leaving out a sexy skateboard deck also featuring Warhol's camo print by product.

Asics S/S '08 Footwear Collection

Asics released their latest collection of footwear part of their Spring/Summer 2008 collection. Flauge have several of them in store right now. Models include Pro Court Hi, Pro Court Boots, Top Seven and many more.

enjoi x G-Shock

enjoi Skateboards have teamed up with Casio to release their very own unique G-Shock timepiece. The watch comes in a vanilla cream colorway, which is pretty unique in some ways. Available now at STLESS.

Hakkin.it x Puma First Round

Japanese bag manufacturer Hakkin.it and Puma teamed up together to produce a piece of dope clean look pair of First Round made out of an all-white premium leather and outer sole. The Puma logo and it's trademark curve comes in white suede. One simple yet magnificently gorgeous looking pair of shoes never difficult to match your apparels with. Available now at zozo now.

Joseph Arthur - Vagabond Skies

We reported on the release of American singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur's upcoming seventh studio album previously. A series of four EPs will be released to promote this upcoming album. Two have already been released, one will be released soon, and the other one is still unknown.

Vagabond Skies is the third of four EPs in the series, schedule to release on June 10 under his own record label Lonely Astronaut Records.

Previously, we have reported that the upcoming seventh album title is All You Need Is Nothing which will release on August 5. However, new media updates indicated that the new album title is now Temporary People and will be released on September 16.

You might not know who is Joseph Arthur, but I'm sure you have heard of his music in television shows and films including O.C, Scrubs, Dawson's Creek, Shrek 2, The L Word, Laguna Beach and many more.

Nike Rejuven8 "Olympic Village" & "Medal Stand" Pack

Nike presented a new footwear model called Rejuven8, constructed specially for athletes to have a super lightweight comfortable shoes to wear after an extremely tiring heavy-duty work out session. The shoe has been released for quite some time now and many interesting colors have been released and is widely available in major Nike stores, retail or online. Recently, the sportswear giant announced a new pack motivated by the colors of the Olympics called the Olympics Village pack, and a mixture of colors representing one country called the Medal Stand pack. More information and details on the introduction of the construction of Rejuven8 can be found at HS.