“Our goal wasn’t to create a label but rather to develop Bromance as a brand that would work as a guarantee for successful parties. Our brand is all about Music.” Words from Manu Barron, co-founder of the esteemed Bromance label. And indeed, I was originally drawn to Bromance by its sounds of SPK as stereo-totaled by Gesaffelstein on his album Aleph. Which […]


Robocop. The remake. Need we say more? Arguably Paul Verhoeven’s best film, and one of the best sci-fi action films of the 80s (the finest decade for the stuff), gets the reboot. It will be tough to live up to the original, but what the fuck can you say about a modernized ED209?! Bring it […]


17 Apr
Everyone's favorite icon of anarchy... in Smorkin' Labbit form

You ever watch A Clockwork Orange and wish you had a tiny Alex you could put on your desktop? Maybe not so rapey and murderous but perhaps in, oh I don’t know, rabbit form? Who hasn’t. Frank Kozik has your back. The artist and toy maker teamed up BlackBook Toy to fashion this 11-inch Smorkin’ Labbit […]


20 Sep
Dedicated to crafting quality apparel inspired by vintage speed

Champions Moto is known for building bikes adhering to the excellence of the vintage race bike design, yet powered by the performance of modern engines. Recently the company recruited Jason Bleick, former Vice President of Design for Quicksilver, to channel his love for vintage objects and classic motorcycles to design the Champions Moto So-Cal Speed […]


29 Jun
Lupe returns to game form for "Great American Rap Album Pt. 1"

One of our favorite social-activist musicians, Lupe Fiasco, is back in the game and honestly we couldn’t be more thrilled. After running into a debacle with Atlantic concerning the production of his second album Lasers, which gained a considerable amount of commercial success but was in no way true to the artist he is lyrically, […]


16 May
Londoner Nash Money's design for Sole DXB Sneaker Summit

London sneaker aficionado and designer Alex Nash, aka Nash Money, was commissioned by Visvim and New Balance to give their sneakers intricate culture context. Nash took a premium Visvim FBT upper and stitched it to a New Balance 1500 Encap sole, incorporating the traditional Majilis fabric (meaning ‘a place of gathering’) cross-stitched over the heel collar […]


17 Feb
An interesting but ultimately incomplete look at the most important art exhibit of 2011

We reviewed OUTSIDE IN: The Story Of Art In the Streets last summer when the film came out, and our take was that it was an interesting peak into the MOCA exhibit, but it was basically a fluff piece making all invested parties look good. Perhaps that was to be expected, but for a film […]


27 Sep
Only 191 stainless steel framed bikes available this December

In 1962 a man named Alex Moulton, an English engineer and inventor, designed what would be called the Moulton Bicycle — best known for its unconventional frame design, small wheels and front and rear suspension. Now, almost 50 years later, the bikes are set to be rolled out again with the same Reynolds and Columbus […]