Custom motorcycle builders (and clothing brand extraordinaire) Deus Ex Machina held their now-annual Boundless Enthusiasm Bike Build Off on Saturday, October 26th. The competition brought together all the campuses of the Deus Empire (Sydney, Los Angeles, Bali and Milan), where they selected the one-off custom bike they prefer most. Each store had between 40 to […]

Los Angeles’ SSUR specializes in the art of subversion via clothing, as we’ve seen in previous items like their COCO Made Me Do It hoodie. Now Ruslan Karablin’s label returns with a Biggie Smalls inspired snapback — a traditional black cap with a large “Notorious” logo emblazoned across the front in a large appliqué. The […]

Our friend and artist extraordinaire, Jim Mahfood — aka Food One — is having his first solo exhibit in Los Angeles this Friday. How the hell he hasn’t done a solo show in LA before is beyond us, seeing as he’s one of the city’s most important underground artists. Whether its his LA Ink Stains […]

There’s nothing like getting to the bottom of a bag of drugs only to realize you have another smaller bag of drugs stashed somewhere that you forgot about. It’s kind of like venturing out to a show and BAM — the opening act is on par with the headliner. Such was the case at the […]

A new track by the illustrious VonStroke, Mr. Claude VonStroke that is. Although his upcoming album Urban Animal, his third studio LP, is notable for the new directions the Detroit-via-San Francisco-via-Los Angeles producer is exploring, “Dood” is quintessential VonStroke — meaning, expect bass, booty shanking rhythms and idiosyncratic beats. In other words, superb underground house.  If […]

Madlib returns with his right-brained Quasimoto alias for a new video off the Yessir Whatever album. As as typical for Quasimoto the visuals take on an abstract air, with one of the world’s most bizarre drug dealers selling wares in a very unique way. You can get the Los Angeles rapper/producer’s album Yessir Whatever over […]

Bicoastal Los Angeles/New York producer/DJ and Fade to Mind label boss Kingdom drops this Vertical XL mix for LOGO in anticipation for his forthcoming Vertical XL EP. The EP is the Night Slugs regular’s 5th — “a personal body of work” made during his first years living in Los Angeles, molded with elements of grime, jungle […]

The second single from Iggy Azalea’s upcoming debut album The New Classic has just gotten the video treatment. “Bounce” sees the Australia-via-Los Angeles rapper making her way through India incorporating what has become a bit well worn by now: synchronized Bollywood dancing. It seems like she’s come a long way since her breakthrough “Pussy” track, […]