The life of a superhero isn’t just about whipping up on Turk and Grotto, hanging out in underground lairs and foiling the evil conspiracies of guys like Dr. Doom, Sebastian Shaw and Kingpin, there’s a certain level of banality in their every day lives that we rarely see. That is until Gregoire Guillemin decided to […]

Born from the ashes of Operation Ivy, Rancid exploded in the early 90s alongside fellow Cali power punk wunderkinds Green Day and The Offspring to revive in the American mainstream a reborn interest in punk… even if it was a more commercially viable strain. Having released sevens studio albums to date, it’s been three years […]

Jay-Z’s LIFE + TIMES website drops a new 40-minute dubstep mix via DJ/producer Troublemaker. Titled Pantystep – Pleasure Her Pain, the 18-track mix features bangers from heavyweights like The Weeknd, Joker, Skrillex, Clams Casino, Com Truise, Skream, Boards of Canada and James Blake. Congrats to Jay who saw the birth of his daughter B.I.C. (Blu Ivy […]

New York leather craftsmen Billykirk (makers of the Leather Schoolboy Satchel) offer their Panama Hat Summer Collection. The hat range are all hand-woven in Ecuador, among the finest makers of the classic Panama-style, and includes three different models: the diamond crown (above), the pork pie (below) and the snap brim Panama. The Billykirk Snap Brim […]

Bikinis and board shorts. Warm summer nights and parties at your friend’s beach house. Summer is looking to be just what you need, right? And it should be. But don’t forget June Gloom. With the crappy weather we’re sure to see in Southern California, there’s no better time to pack a sweatshirt just in case […]

I know what you’re thinking: Ivy League sophistication has always been the key ingredient missing from the world of hiking shoes. Never fear! Now you can walk tall (and balanced) onto campus next semester, because New Balance has announced its redesign of the hiker silhouette (in both mid and low top) for a selection of […]

A new creation by SMIT, Solar Ivy are solar panels arranged to resemble ivy growing on historic buildings. Besides adding a unique texture and aged grace to an otherwise bland facade, the thousands of panels capture sustainable solar energy to power the building. The way most solar energy works is the massive panels capture a […]

With the exception of Christopher Nolan’s rebooted Batman franchise, Marvel has consistently kicked the everliving shit out of DC’s comic universe in film format. The Bryan Singer X-Men (1 & 2, not that Brett Ratner abomination) and Ironman alone slay the best of what DC’s managed to come out with, and that doesn’t even count […]