The French robots who brought you the most ubiquitous song of the summer, “Get Lucky”, have decided to bestow their legion of fans with even more music from their Random Access Memories album. The Random Access Memories Deluxe Box Set not only features the album on two heavyweight 180 gram vinyl discs, but have packaged […]

As we noted with the Motorrad R nineT Motorcycle, BMW’s Motorrad division is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. Helping to celebrate this grand birthday, French motorcycle helmet maker Les Ateliers Ruby have crafted a limited edition Munich 90 collection of its helmets — including the Pavilion, Belvedere and Castel models — and brushed them […]

We’re not really big on customized motorcycle helmets — especially the mohawk-adorned ones that seem to always compliment a hefty collection of tribal tattoos. Regardless, some better made ones certainly deserve some shine — such as Helmet Dawg‘s tribute to the Dark Knight. Their “Dark As Night” Batman-inspired helmet is based on a high performance […]

French motorcycle helmet makers Ruby Atelier continue their string of handsome, well crafted products. Like their collaborations with Ill-Studio, TRON and Maison Martin Margiela, their latest item of fashionable protection differentiates itslf via an overall powerful aesthetic image. Inspired by the black panther in Robert Kipling’s Jungle Book, the Bagheera incorporates a dark black on black […]

Keep your motorcycle gear as clean and simple as your ride with the Gringo Helmet. Biltwell’s DOT approved protective gear eschews vents and trendy accoutrements to create a minimal design that features a seamless injection-molded ABS outer shell, shock-absorbing EPS inner shell and a contrast hand-diamond-stitched comfort liner with open-cell foam and brushed Lycra construction. Throw […]

So you pre-ordered Random Access Memories way back in 2012, and have been playing it on loop since it arrived in your inbox. You’ve bought the MEDICOM Action Figures for yourself and the LEGO-like MEDICOM Toys for your little cousins. You have a tattoo of the dancing mummies from “Around the World” wrapping around your calf (arguably […]

French motorcycle helmet makers Les Ateliers Ruby have done many collaborations in the past, perhaps best known with TRON and Maison Martin Margiela, and their wildest being the mink-fur covered collab with Karl Lagerfeld. Their latest version was done in conjunction with Parisian design firm Ill Studio — a very simple aesthetic carried out on the open-faced Pavillon […]

One of my favorite bands of the ‘90s post-hardcore scene was Quicksand. They had a certain something that a lot of other bands of that time simply did not. Maybe it was being a New Yorker and finally having some hometown heroes succeed again, but whatever it was I was hooked. Part of that appeal […]