17 Sep
A tender love story of boy meets phone sex girls

Shlohmo and Jeremih have been doing the collab thing for a minute, culminating with their free EP “No More” back in July (which we posted HERE). Now they’re back with the visuals for the very understated love song “Fuck You All the Time”. The tender video was directed by Austin Peters and Sus Boy, and tells the […]


Dieter Rams, the product-design mastermind behind four decades of Braun products (and this iconic watch), first published Less, but Better in 1995. Though the book has since gone out of print, the titular phrase has withstood as emblematic of his approach to design. Or better yet, how Rams would say it “Weniger, aber besser”. The classic has now been […]


10 Jun
More psychedelic soul off upcoming "Idle No More" album

One of favorite psychedelic soul acts, King Khan & the Shrines, is back uploading “Born to Die” for all to hear. Off of their upcoming album Idle No More out September 3rd (Merge Records), “Born to Die” is classic King Khan at their purest. As Khan explains, the album’s opening track is “an apocalyptic ode to […]


One of the best musical institutions on Earth, Solid Steel, has just released this mixtape of storied sets from the early days of Coldcut — aka the founders of Ninja Tune Records and Solid Steel itself. The mixtape is culled from the last mixes that Matt Black and Jon More — the duo behind the […]


12 Jan
Para One, Mount Kimbie, Justice, MJ Cole, Little Boots & more

A-Trak returns with another episode of his Fool’s Gold Radio Series — the first of 2012. The January mix starts of tough with A-Trak & Zinc’s “Stingray”, a great nod to Zinc’s bingo beats breaks style. Showcasing DJ A-Trak’s peerless turtablism abilities, the set then moves on to a fantastic hour-long voyage through tracks by […]


31 Oct
The final book in trilogy of complete world knowledge

God I love John Hodgman. Ever since first seeing him on The Daily Show I recognized his genius, and so did apparently Jon Stewart, as from that first appearance he’s grown to become the show’s re-occurring “Resident Expert”. Since then of course he played the role of the hapless “PC” in those brilliant Mac ads, […]


18 Jul
Cee-Lo Green and The B-52's provide a stalker's soundtrack

As we explained in our Revenge Of the Teddybears feature a couple weeks back, we’re big fans of the half-man, half-bear hybrid producers. Finally the Swedish trio release their first official video from their Devil’s Music album — for the single “Cho-Cha”, which features the vocal stylings of Cee-Lo and The B-52’s. The video stars […]


I’m not sure what they infuse their vodka with up in Sweden, but the tiny nation (population under 10 million) churns out more impossibly catchy hitmakers per capita than anywhere else on Earth. From the early days of Abba to the 90s pop dominance of Roxette, Cardigans and Ace of Bass onto the modern indie […]