Let’s face it: unless you’re camping, pass the age of twenty-two the old two strap, schoolboy backpack is downright unacceptable. Once you’ve graduated it’s time to upgrade. Pendleton has released a 21.5 -inch leather plaid weekender duffle bag to replace that shabby sack you keep laying around for quick trips to the coast — it […]

If any album deserves a re-issue, it’s Massive Attack‘s 1991 masterpiece Blue Lines. The Bristol collective have spent some time in their studio piecing together original recordings to produce a fully remastered version of this groundbreaking debut. Influenced from the glories of downtempo, electro, soul, reggae, jazz, hip-hop, and god knows what else, the innovative album […]

Fantasmes formed between Mario Negrón and Darío Morales a few years after meeting one another at high school where they lived in Puerto Rico. Mario released an EP on his own, The Reveller, and soon asked Darío to join the band. After they began working together, however, Mario battled bouts of depression while bandmate Darío relocated to […]

The Spring/Summer collection from Lifetime Collective was inspired by a road trip to Arizona — experiencing what mother nature has carved and molded into mountains and flats, a dusty land of perpetual red rocks. Amongst the magnificent landscape an idea took form, a color palette revealed itself and a new collection took shape. Each piece […]

Seminal Finnish trip hop/downtempo/breakbeat outfit Pepe Deluxé just dropped their fourth longplay, Queen of the Wave, this week. They’ve come a long way since their 1999 debut Super Sound, their electronic output taking a deeper delve into live breaks and organ-led rhythms. To illustrate their influences and direction, Pepe Deluxé — aka Jari Salo and […]

British culture magazine i-D offers up an interesting selection of tracks for their August mixtape. The longest mixtape they’ve ever assembled, the August edition treads from bass, grime and trip-pop to acoustic, folktronica and alt ambient, including tracks from an army of artists such as Afrikan Boy (who rapped on DJ Shadow’s “I’m Excited” video), Joe […]

Made in Italy from 100% leather exterior and 100% cotton interior lining, the Belstaff Pelvin Leather Holdall is a solid choice for weekend getaways and business trips. Featuring a detachable shoulder strap with metal buckles, zip closing, front pockets with press studs, a side pocket and Union Jack tab, the bag is featured on the […]

There are no words for my love of Ninja Tune. They have put out so many of my favorite records, and filled my life with so much sonic joy, that to try to assemble words to explain my love would only sully our magical relationship. And now they’re celebrating 20 years of awesomeness, and to […]