Archive for October, 2011

It isn’t just Ray-Ban’s various shapes and sizes that make it the savviest cat in the eyewear game, but also the label’s totally awesome outings into music, where it has worked with countless artists that embody that same spirit of cool and creativity. And its latest Ray-Ban Raw Sounds is just one prime example. Tying [...]

Ten years of Ladytron and the Liverpool quartet’s got a recent Best Of comp, four acclaimed albums, a nod from Brian Eno and its part in today’s synth-pop revival to show for it. Not bad at all! The group’s fifth album, Gravity The Seducer, marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band with [...]

A reversible carry-all that transforms into either a cygnet or a swan (basically chronicling the life cycle of the winged rarity), this bag conceptualised and designed by local label Mimipong is a simple and quirky arm statement. According to Mimipong’s designer Michelle Lin, it took her a year and ten prototypes before this bag saw [...]

Americana remains on the Kitsuné moodboard this Fall/Winter, with the French label taking on two separate universes for its men’s and women’s line. The ladies’ range is a walk down New York’s Madison Avenue in the ‘60s, which means a smart and slick looking set of silhouettes, marked by neutral hues and standout outerwear. Men-wise, [...]

Born and bred in the crazy ‘90s rave scene of Southern France, Jennifer Cardini got to see legends like Electric Indigo and Laurent Garnier firsthand as teenager. Those experiences saw her grow from partygoer to aspiring professional, absorbing knowledge from obscure cassettes while picking up skills from DJ friends. And before you knew it, Cardini [...]

You may or may not know Le Specs, but surely you must be familiar with Henry “Do Me In The Park Marc” Holland. Also known as Agyness Deyn’s BFF, Henry Holland has teamed up with the Australian eyewear label Le Specs to create something infused with a nice dose of pop culture. The surprisingly affordable [...]

It’s near impossible to pinpoint when The National became so beloved and perhaps, that’s a good thing. Their expansively rich yet quietly insular sound is what you would call a grower, meaning their popularity wasn’t sprouted overnight on a blog. Starting with their breakout album Boxer in 2005 and culminating with last year’s gorgeously crafted [...]

You’ve had your laughs with Comedy Masala’s spicy brand of stand-up every Tuesday at Home Club, now come and support your faves as they go up against the region’s funniest comedians! Laugh Off Asia pits the best up-and-coming comics from two countries against each other in a series of elimination duels. But more than competition, [...]

These Leicestershire lads rose to fame on their ever catchy “Club Foot” which got heavy play everywhere from mainstream radio to Pro Evolution Soccer video games and they haven’t looked back since. Most would kind of kick back after getting a multitude of awards and nominations from the likes of Q, the Mercury Prize, The [...]

These two are fond of dropping each other’s works during their solo sets so it only makes sense for Zouk to bring these fine, young DJs together for some techno bromance. The acclaimed Brodinski has remixed and been remixed by the finest while simultaneously earning cred as a bonafide techno beast. Meanwhile, the up-and-coming Gesaffelstein [...]