Archive for March, 2010

MY KITSUNÉ Already turning music’s tide with its heaps of Maison comps and stable of fresh blood (Two Door Cinema Club, Delphic, etc), while setting fashion’s trends with its eponymous line, Kitsuné’s obviously got the best of both worlds sitting in its little Parisian hand. We recently caught up with Gildas, one-half of the label/line, [...]

SEXUAL SPORTSWEAR Fred Perry’s laurel wreath logo stands for many things, but primarily: its sporting pedigree and its authentic cool. After all, the label was born on the tennis courts of the ‘40s, marking a sportswear milestone, while in the ‘60s, being adopted as uniform of choice by mods, Fred Perry inadvertently laid down links [...]

This Killa’s headed straight for Zirca this weekend, where he’ll be showing off his beatboxing talent via the electro/hip hop/d’n’b medium. Damn straight: the guy’s raked up tour miles with the likes of Jurassic 5, Prince and N*E*R*D, been in collabs with everyone from Martin Rushent to Does It Offend You Yeah?, and has no [...]

Our pal Has is now on his third single and it is a good one. As a twisted example of house music, “The Hunter” builds up with brutal stabs and off tune synths before sending us on one trip-py journey, while “The Thingmaker” goes deep, dub-by and rave-y like a sexy beast. This stuff is [...]

WEARING MANY HATS Canadian singer and songwriter, Emily Haines, wears three hats and they all fit really well – one as the vocalist and songwriter for Canadian indie rock band, Metric; the other as a close collaborator of art rock outfit, Broken Social Scene; and the last as a solo artist with her band, Emily [...]

Coming from the same place as Irregular Choice, Poetic Licence has naturally got some um, poetic licence when it comes to shoe design. This label’s pieces are made of unusual and exceptional stuff, drawing influences from urban and Brit culture, and all set to turn heads. This season, you’ll love the colour and pattern overload, [...]

With Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett behind the wheel, the world’s one-and-only virtual band is back with album number three – and it is pretty swell. On this Plastic Beach, there’s all-new hip hop, pop and electronic sounds, made sweeter with a guest list that reads like Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Mick Jones, Lou Reed, [...]

All you street punks are in for a treat this season as the almighty DC Shoes gets in with our very own SBTG (Mark Ong to us) for a collaboration collection. Inspiration for this first season comes primarily from skateboarding, and more specifically our island’s earliest skate crew, Circus of Mutants – pioneers, all of [...]

EPIC STUFF For a band of such compact size, Muse sure packs a punch. The trio’s got the kind of mammoth presence that fills stadiums, sells records and acquires fans. And with the recent release of their ninth album, The Resistance, these Britons are proving to be an everlasting alt-rock stronghold. Before their smashing performance [...]