Bizarre blends and mash-ups created out of Stephen Ives’ mind, Strange Toy Remixes are fantastical, creative and some border on grotesque. From the reinvention of the face Mr. Potato Head into Saddam Hussein to the epic comic rewriting of the story of Pooh Bear to Ives’ own line of Lego prostitutes, Ives’ inversion of cultural […]

The latest installment of Diplo’s Blow Your Head mix series, which is done in collaboration with SiriusXM radio (Channel 52), dropped this week. The hour-long January edition features Cubic Zirconia, Clams Casino, KiD Cudi feat. Florence & the Machine, Skrillex, 12th Planet & Kill the Noise, Lil Wayne and Iggy Azalea’s “Pu$$y”. Get ‘er cooking… […]

Japanese department store chain Isetan will be releasing an exclusive Head Porter collection consisting of wallets, a pouch and an iPad and iPhone case in light blue and yellow plaid design. The limited edition collection will be offered exclusively at Isetan retail stores around the world.

Scandinavian brand URBANEARS achieves a nice blend of style, comfort and functionality with its Plattan Black Quilted headphones. The quilted pattern around every inch of the headphones means hours of music listening without discomfort, while the highly compatible 3.5mm steer plug can be used with smart phones such as iPhone, Blackberry and HTC. A special feature […]

We’re starting a new series highlighting a genre of art that has long been held dear to my heart: rock posters. For the inaugural edition of Rock (Poster Art) Gods! we’re kicking things off with Dan Stiles, a 15+ year veteran laying it down from his studio in sunny Portland, Oregon. We loved Dan’s interview, […]

The year 2008 was a great one for Robert Downey, Jr. The same year he played Tony Stark in Iron Man he also played Kirk Lazarus, the black faced “method actor” in Tropic Thunder. Both were big hits, but it was Iron Man that had legions of acne-pocked fanboys clamoring for more of the villainous […]

Normally we don’t post teasers of tracks, but we worship the almighty Modeselektor here so we are totally stoked that the Berlin future bassheads are blessing us with a small sample of their third LP (out September 20). Monkeytown sees the German producers (aka Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) teaming up with Thom Yorke on […]

Wow, if the quality of any Conan movie is based on how much blood is shed, then the new re-boot of Conan the Barbarian certainly looks like it has a chance. Everyone was a bit iffy on the decision to cast Jason Momoa as Conan — Arnie’s are big shoes to fill — but after […]