Pegleg NYC has been getting most of their attention for their collaboration pieces with Opening Ceremony including their most recent sweatsuits. Beyond that, they’re a phenomenal brand that’s got you covered when it comes to flamboyant and colourful Ts, tanks, shorts and sweats. If you’re hesitant, consider it to be a first step into man-tank tops. If you’re timid, the American Flag shorts are a good stepping stone to colourful times ahead.
More pieces ahead.
Every time I DJ I put a few songs on my playlist that are extremely raucous and all around hard. I almost never play them, but they’re there just in case what I’m playing isn’t rowdy enough for the crowd. The song “Computer Juice” by Riton & Seiji is one of these songs. It reminds me a lot of “Smack My Bitch Up” by The Prodigy.
I often stare longingly at it waiting for the exact right time to drop. Until that time comes I’m content to blast it in my apartment and infuriate close minded neighbors. I suggest you do the same.
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DOWNLOAD: Riton & Seiji – Computer Juice
In an ongoing mission to be the most mind-blowing organization in the world, NASA gives us a glimpse into their development of Robonaut. Robonaut’s a humanoid space robot that’s being created to assist astronauts while their doing work in the elements and pressure of outer space.
Robonaut is being refined for better use with tools to assist astronauts through remote control. Beyond that, one day they just may be Earth’s ambassadors traveling beyond where humans can get to.
More pictures and a video ahead.
AREAWARE is the answer to buying essential items for your place and being super excited about it. The brand/retailer lets you stalk up on clocks, bowls, plates, art and jewelery integrated with phenomenal design. After seeing a little preview at Odin, you’ll probably want to head over to the AREAWARE site to see their exceptional selection.
Highlight items include an LED clock made up of individual number cubes, a fruit bowl cast from ripe bananas and some wall vinyl made custom to order. Check out some more pieces ahead.
Producer Dot Da Genius (Day N Nite) put this track up on his site, headbangamuzik.com, recently for download. The track was recorded 3-4 years ago, but still sounds solid and strong enough to be a new Cudi track. Regardless of how you see Cudi these days he does make near-perfect music. Enjoy a little insight into what drives and slows Cudi through High N Lows.
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DOWNLOAD: Kid Cudi – High’s N Lows (Produced by Dot Da Genius)
Also, if it slipped by you last month, here’s a remix of Dan Black’s Symphonies with a couple of excellent additional verses from Cudi.
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DOWNLOAD: Dan Black + Kid Cudi – Symphonies
Watching this trailer past the 10 second mark will let you know that it’s not a typical skate movie. Watching it past the 12 second mark will let you know that it’s going to be excellent. The TIFF-selected movie from Corey Adams and Alex Craig looks Wes Anderson inspired and likely super exceptional.
Today, Handsome Clothing was featured in Yonge Street Media, a Toronto-based online publication. Check out the article for some insight into the company by journalist Julia Belluz.
“Yonge Street is a weekly online magazine named after the Toronto region’s main street and the spine that ties us altogether. Our mission is to see the future in what is working well in the Toronto region today. We will focus on the talent, innovation, diversity and quality of life stories in the region – all the things that create incredible demand for this place and keep it growing. Yonge Street also seeks to publish the news in a way that reflects the community and helps us all understand it better.”
Photo compliments of: Tanja Tiziana
These guys are starting to get a lot of attention and it’s no wonder why. This is the weirdest most foreign sounding thing I have heard in a long time.
Quick “facts” about Die Antwoord:
- Die Antwoord means “The Answer”
- Die Antwoord is a zef rap-rave crew from Cape Town, South Africa.
- Die Antwoord crew is Ninja, Yo-landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.
- DJ Hi-Tek doesn’t talk and according to their Facebook page is currently lost and cannot be found.
- “Die Antwoord is a lovable, mongrel-like entity made in South Africa, the love-child of many diverse cultures, black, white, coloured and alien, all pumped into one wild and crazy journey down the crooked path to enlightenment”…
I recently read a great article about “chillwave” as a genre and the effects of labeling a burgeoning scene over at The Bygone Bureau. A great read for fans of the genre that want to know its (very short) history & origins, and for people new to the scene who want to learn more about it. Below is a snippet but you can read the full article here.
“Since the middle of 2009, much of the online music community has been abuzz with talk of a burgeoning genre known as “chillwave” (a.k.a. glo-fi, hypnagogic pop). Acts like Washed Out, Memory Tapes, and Neon Indian were crowned the consensus forerunners of the scene, and observers scrambled to cover the phenomenon. What typifies this new sound? Here’s an excellent description from The Stranger:
Sonically, this stuff is generally as mellow and relaxed as its name implies, hazy and soft, with lo-fi washes of guitar, synth, and voice all blurring together; delay and echo are common traits, as is looping and the use of samples. Aesthetically, it’s bright but faded, beachy and pastoral. The genre’s great unifying theme is a kind of fond nostalgia for some vague, idealized childhood. Its posture is a sonic shoulder shrug, a languorous, musical “whatevs” (perhaps inspired by the bleak job prospects, especially for would-be musicians, in our current crap economy).”
Does anyone else miss Kavinsky’s 80s movie inspired electro-drama sound? If so, Midnight Club is the band you have been waiting for, and “The Answer” is the song you have been waiting for.
“The Answer” comes complete with an almost 2 minute buildup that utilizes a heartbeat monitor sound to increase that drama to almost cheese inducing levels before a drop that should cause repeated head nodding. The French do it again.
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DOWNLOAD: Midnight Club – The Machine
