For the upcoming Spring/Summer 2011 season visvim is dropping two new shoes in its “Folk” collection. The top shoe is a new black moccasin-style boot made from genuine UK cowhide suede. It features a fold-over cuff around the ankle, turquoise beads and natural cork sole, and is now available in 4 colorways. Next for the […]

Portland’s AgesandAges is a a seven piece allegedly non-cult band that refers to itself as a cult in the interview, so we’re confused. Considering the beautiful acoustic driven indie-folk AgesandAges play, however, we’d gladly spend a weekend in their foresty compound listening to them jam away — even if some dubious Kool-Aid were involved. Clearly […]

The creative minds at Edit have come together for a project, Edits By Edit, that combines most graphic designer’s two passions: design and music. Each designer was asked to choose one genre of music and represent it graphically in print. The catch, you ask? Well each artist was limited to using only one element and […]

Named after the famed peak in Switzerland, that which Heidi frolicked through green pastures and flowers in front of, visvim release their new Zermatt Boot Folk model. The Japanese label crafted their boot in a kudu suede upper, with a natural cork footbed, linerless construction and a Vibram outsole. The Zermatt Boot will be released […]

When looking through Tixinda‘s portfolio, it’s hard not to get blown away almost immediately. What strikes you first is their talent for conflating the best of Western street culture with Hong Kong street culture, and lacing it out in Aztec and indigenous Mexican cultural influences. They’re dedicated to making this cultural bouillabaisse accessible to all […]

When we first heard about Shawn Rosenblatt’s (aka Netherfriends) goal to record a song in each of the 50 states, we figured it was just another low-end stunt to garner hype in a post-MySpace universe. After all, so many have tried similar experiments before and so many have failed (perhaps most famously Sufjan Stevens and […]

Ninja Tune artist Antibalas (aka Martín Perna) and partner Adrian Quesada (of Grupo Fantasma ) are the latin funk and afrosoul wonder that is Ocote Soul Sounds. The duo are releasing today a deluxe re-issue of their third LP, Coconut Rock, which was released in June on ESL Music. The deluxe edition features include five […]

We dig Cathal McAteer’s understated playfulness and attention to design and detail with his fashion line Folk. This grey cardigan with multi-colored textured square detailing is a prefect example. You can pick it up here.