Handsome new button down shirts from the ongoing Junya Watanabe & Brooks Brothers collaboration. As can be expected of everything that Junya Watanabe touches, the slim fitting shirts are beautifully detailed: plaid lining and pockets, corduroy shoulder patches and wool elbow patches. Nice way to perk up the usually more classically restrained Brooks Brothers look. […]

Sure, the above photo may illicit a “WTF?” from you, but don’t let that deter from appreciating the work of Italian designer Fabio del Percio. Percio’s line, known as Hver?, has introduced a new range of furniture called Hey*. And guess what it’s made of? That’s right — hay. You may associate the material as […]

Featuring stitch down construction which lends the footwear a vintage appeal, the Barrett Lace-No-Lace Boots from John Varvatos are manufactured from fine calfskin. The boots feature grey leather lining and double blind metal eyelet detail — the bottom eyelets fully lace with cotton laces. Grab a pair for $275. More photos of the Barrett Lace-No-Lace Boots […]

Following in the disco-infused indie rock of its Aussie compatriots Cut/Copy, Midnight Juggernauts and Empire of the Sun comes Strange Talk, who just released their self-titled debut EP on Neon Gold Records. The first single from the record, “Climbing Walls”, shimmers with all the swagger, melody, rhythm and background vocal textures that have made Australia […]

We usually don’t post a batch of music videos together, but we came across a bunch of good ones over the weekend so screw it, that’s what we’re gonna do. Yuck’s video for “Shook Down” actually debuted today, but seeing as it’s NSFW we’ll leave that one for after the Jump. Check out Friendly Fires […]

Venice Beach manufacturer LINUS uses French and Italian bicycle designs of the 1950s and ’60s as inspiration for their simple and dependable city bikes. As bike culture grows evermore from LA to Portland and Denver to NYC, new companies seem to crop up everywhere, but few have put as much thought and personality into the […]

Sure the weather’s been a bit crap lately in Southern Cali, but there’s no denying spring is in the air and summertime thoughts are percolating. So no better time to start stocking up on the ultimate summer material, madras.The camp over at Cape Madras unveil this lightweight comfortable long sleeve shirt as an option vs […]

I’m just gonna say it: Noah & the Whale’s debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, is one of my favorite albums of the decade. No shame, no caveats, no qualifiers. Not only is it an emotionally candid album (sometimes painfully so), with some of singer/songwriter Charlie Fink’s most personal lyrics, but it is […]