2 Sep
Distressed leather boots from Vancouver

Up and coming Canadian label Wings + Horns are pretty much unstoppable right now, putting out some of the best menswear around. Here they team up with Dayton to create this distressed leather service boot. Available soon in Black and Brown versions, you can pre-order at Roden Gray for $670. Check out the Black Wings […]


25 Aug
Jeff de Boer has decided cats and rats need armor, and we're not about to dissuade him

Canadians — what can you say that hasn’t been said? America’s Hat has spawned some great artists, world class musicians and genius comics, but has it ever birthed a man destined to build armor for cats and rats? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. Calgary born artist Jeff de Boer has created something which on paper sounds […]


17 May
More electro rinsed hip-hop from the Prince of Montreal

I don’t know if it’s because it’s mad gloomy in Los Angeles today (at the beach, anyway) or if it’s just because it’s Monday but I’m having a very hard time motivating with work today. Luckily the music gods have been kind this morning, delivering us that Free Energy video and now this: A-Trak’s brand […]


7 Apr
Smell like a smart, fashion-minded Canadian

It’s fair to say Dsquared² hit bullseye in almost whatever arena they choose to enter, so it’s understandable they’d follow the tried and true fashion path and venture from cut & sew into spray & wear. Twins Dean and Dan Caten head their design house into the world of signature scents with He Wood and […]


Watching the USA vs Canada gold medal game this weekend — one of the rare times I cannot TiVo through commercials — they played this Michelin ad and I actually rewound and watched it  again. Great animation, and what’s there not to like about a giant, evil Kaiju-like gas pump to battle? That’s how you […]


UPDATE: You Say Party! We Say Die!’s album XXXX dropped this week, available from iTunes or Amazon, so we’re re-posting their To Whom  It May Concern Q&A. There’s also a video for “Dark Days” and a new remix for “Laura Palmer’s Prom” below, as well as expanded tour dates coming up in March, so why […]


18 Feb
Director takes the TED stage to explain his world view

We were big supporters of Neill Blomkamp’s directorial debut District 9, but lacking the sort of intellectual gravitas of most of TED‘s lecturers I wondered if he was out of his league at the Vancouver conference. Asked whether he believed aliens would really look like the creatures he imagined in District 9, Blomkamp used the […]


5 Feb
Drinking cider has never looked this cool

Chez Valois was brought on to recreate the design of this ice cider from La Face Cachée de la Pomme, a cidery in the cold climate of Québec, Canada. By utilizing ice wine production techniques and embracing a minimalist snowflake design, Neige’s cider is just another product working hard to make Canada look cool. God […]