Esteemed avant garde fashion designer Rick Owens has released a limited edition 8-track vinyl package complete with a sleek silver USB stick containing the digital tracks, and artwork photographed by Owens himself. Tracks include Michèle Lamy and Matthew Stone’s “How Do You Feel” record, remixed by underground artists like Richelle, Mister Tweeks, Reilly Steel, B. Ames, […]

In our humble opinion, there is no better hip-hop party album ever recorded than the Pharcyde’s stellacular Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde. It is pure celebration in sonic form (oh how many brain cells we’ve happily surrendered to “Oh Shit”). In honor of The Pharcyde’s groundbreaking 1992 debut, (which, by the way, was quoted as Kanye […]

If you have an infant, or even seen one in close proximity, then you can imagine where the inspiration struck for Ron English’s famous Tantrum Tot character. Having graced many a painting of the tenured street artist — and knowing his penchant to incorporate his family and personal life into his art —  it’s clear […]

Anybody who even moderately pays attention to music knows how difficult it is to survive as an independent label nowadays — the shit is brutal. What’s even harder is surviving when you’re uncompromising about your product, discriminating with your roster and meticulous about your craft. Such is the case with Los Angeles’ Stones Throw Records, […]

While we southern Californian’s wade in the downtime of September, patiently waiting for the heat wave to leave us with shorter, cooler days that we know as “fall”, this new, all vinyl 52-minute mix from The C90s should help us during the transition period. The C90s pieced together the mixtape in preparation for a show […]

I’m not sure what it is with artists and baby rabbits, but there is some serious bunny affection going on. People just love bunnies. We featured artist Joe Ledbetter’s Colossus Bunny earlier in April, and now Los Angeles master toysmiths The Loyal Subjects have released one of Ledbetter‘s more rare collectibles. The Rainbow Burger Bunny […]

As we continue to live our lives in the very digital world, there’s a major decrease in what’s accessible to us in the physical world. Independent record shops, for example, have been a pervasive topic of conversation when it comes to what’s disappearing due to lack of demand in the physical world. We’ve replaced the […]

What do you get when you give the simplest of souls that which he seeks most? In the case of Homer J. Simpson and frosted donuts, you get a level of contentment on par with the most disciplined and enlightened of Zen monks. Ergo, Homer Buddha. Kidrobot has teamed up with The Simpsons to craft […]