BBC Music has wet a huge splash with a cover of the Beach Boys “God Only Knows”, one of the greatest songs in the American cannon. They transform a surf classic into an all-star extravaganza (and accompanying high-production video) with help from an 80-piece orchestra and vocal cameos from 27 big-name musical artists. You can almost play Where’s Waldo, […]

It’s hard to update a classic, but Ray-Ban keeps trying. In addition to an onslaught of limited edition versions of its timeless Wayfarer model (including the Rare Prints Collection, MWM and CNCPT Limited Edition Wayfarers), Ray-Ban has decided to modernize the style with a foldable version. Taking a cue from the Steve McQueen 714 Persol […]

Thanks for all who entered our Need For Speed “SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED” GIVEAWAY! contest on Tuesday — our winner was announced yesterday via Twitter, see if it was you HERE. We got another SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED game at our secret headquarters (both PS3 and Xbox), so we’re gonna do pretty much the same contest again. […]

EA’s most potent racing franchise, Need For Speed, has released another edition in its much coveted catalog: SHIFT 2: UNLEASHED. As you know we did that Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Tour with EA last fall, and this latest edition builds on the superlative physics engine of that game. SHIFT 2 moves away from the […]

There are a lot of ways to help to help out our cultural brothers and sisters over in Japan, but here’s another good one. The Help Japan T-Shirt is a great way to donate money to the desperately needed relief efforts while showing your allegiance to the cause. Very similar in concept to the Japan […]

If you enjoyed the Cut/Copy‘s mixtape A Tale of Two Journeys from last week (which a lot of you apparently did), peep their latest video for “Need You Now” from their brand new LP Zonoscope (Modular Records). The video was directed by Keith Schofield. Cut Copy – Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.

Evidence of seminal Los Angeles hip hop group Dilated Peoples today released an EP of Beatles-influenced tracks after the record was leaked online. I Don’t Need Love features Rakaa, Alchemist and Fashawn, and includes several covers Evidence playing the role of the 5th Beatle. In his words: “As many of you know my intention was […]

As you know last week Lost In a Supermarket sponsored the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Tour when the traveling roadshow hit Los Angeles last week, and it was madness — the line went all the way down Vine and spilled onto Hollywood Blvd. There were so many people trying to get in that the […]