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The Invisible's Dave Okumu Electrocuted In Lagos
On-stage incident occured last week as a part of the Nigerian leg of the Olympics River Of Music team-ups; Invisible singer Okumu reported to be OK and on his way home. The Invisible are playing with King Sunny Ade 21 July at the London Pleasure Gardens
21st May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Chimpstore Lookbook: Chimps in Caps
Another simple idea executed well from Leeds outlet Chimpstore
18th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
8 Bit Community
More from the ever-evolving world of Community: an 8 bit trip c/o the warped mind of Hawthorne's dad, featuring Giancarlo "Gus" Esposito. In the words of Abed: cool-cool-cool. Expect to see it sometime in 2013 if you're in the UK and watching on Sony Entertainment
18th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Song Of The Day: Sunny Ali & The Kid - Chai
like the sleepy Beckalike groove on this - check their Bandcamp for more
17th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
All Hail The 808 State
Short in praise of the Roland 808 by Nelson George (via @glenefriedman)
16th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Board To Death: Super Slo-mo Surfer
More super-sloooooow mo from Charles Bergquist, this time some San Diego waves
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Sabotage Peewee Edition
One of the more inventive MCA tributes: a dad's backyard remake of Sabotage using his kids and nephew (via The Poke) #RIPMCA
16th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Micro-Living Unit
Gary "Domestic Transformer" Chang has some neat solutions to micro living in Hong Kong
15th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Revolution
New NBC TV thriller with JJ Abrams' hands all over it: 15 years on from a global blackout everyone's fighting with swords, bows and arrows, there's a secret militia and someone's still got a green screen chatroom running ... Have to say, I'd be happy to give anything starring Giancarlo Esposito a shot after his sterling form in Breaking Bad
15th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Cornelius for Uniqlo Wake Up
New alarm clock app from Uniqlo, with custom wake-up music and weather data from @CorneliusJapan and Yoko Kanno. might make you feel like you've woken up playing Outrun ... More Cornelius news: his salyu x salyu project is coming to London, 15 June at the Jazz Cafe, and Barcelona for this year's Sonar Festival 16 June
14th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ashton Kutcher's new Jobs Job
first look at Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs
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Skate or die: Charles Bergquist
some verrrrrrrry slo-mo tricks in this skate vid from Charles Bergquist
14th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Gangster Squad
Penn, Gosling, Nolte in Bugsy Malone bloodbath ... Could be good
13th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Crate Digging: Theo Parrish
vinyl thoughts from house guru Theo Parrish, via Slices DVD mag
10th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or die: Open Horizon - Russell Houghten
boards, concrete and slo-mo skies - this short from Russell Houghten has it all (via MashKULTURE)
10th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Lee Scratch Perry: the Bobblehead
from the people who brought you the J Mascis doll...
9th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Cornershop - Milkin' It
relaxed beats and old school shout-outs from the new Cornershop album Urban Turban
8th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
In Bed With Invader
A retractable ladder, some concrete mix and a lot of prep: a night out on the tiles with French street art legend Invader (via @booooooom)
8th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Bobby Womack - The Bravest Man In The Universe
OK, as far as promo videos go, this is just a picture of Bobby Womack in an astronaut suit - but then again, it's BOBBY WOMACK IN AN ASTRONAUT SUIT. Damon Albarn produced album out on XL in June
4th May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Game Of Thrones - The Beers
Keeping it real (ale) Game Of Thrones-style - beer-inspired merch
3rd May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Matthew Herbert: One Pig live
tickets still available for Matthew Herbert's One Pig show at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Weds 9 May; saw it a few months back at the Convent Garden Opera House - the Sty Harp is pretty amazing.
more dates: 13th May - One Pig Live @ Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
18th May - One Pig Live @ Future Everything, Manchester, UK
21 May - One Pig Live @ Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK
2nd Aug - One Pig Live @ OFF Festival, Katowice, Poland
3rd May 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Mr Oizo - Stade 3
fun William Fichtner cameo in this trailer for @oizo3000's new EP Stade 3 - free over at www.mroizo3000.com
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Skate or die: Very Old School
Nomad take things way back in this ad for a new cruiser - more #PreSkate than #PostSkate
23rd Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park - 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience
Doc looking at the evolution of arcades in Japan
9th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Song of the day: White Denim - Get Back To Love (Street Joy)
Another mellow jam from WD. MPfree over at rcrdlbl.com/artists/White_Denim/
6th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Wave of the day: Gabriel Medina, North Shore
Medina: funky, not cold
4th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Song Of the day: Jai Paul - Jasmine
sleepy new tune from Jai Paul, out on XL, the long-awaited follow-up to BTSU
31st Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tenacious D - To Be The Best
"Some call them kings, others call the gods" not sure anyone's been hanging out for more Tenacious D, but there's some nice Entourage-level cameos in this short
28th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Total Recall
Colin Farrell steps into Arnie's shoes in a remake of the "hang on - is this Mars or what?" sci-fi blender. Bryan Cranston is in charge of the cops so it's got that going for it at least
28th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Peaking Lights Present: Lucifer FM
new mixtape up on Lucifer.FM from @PeakingLights - it's a taster for their follow up to last year's 936 (decent stuff, came late to this party for some reason). full album out in June on Domino. pre-order the Special deluxe bundle and you get: album on coloured vinyl (complete with download codes), a stroboscopic vinyl slipmat, exclusive Lucifer woven patch and a limited edition Lucifer T shirt.
28th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Invisible - Rispah
The Invisible are back w a new album (Rispah, out in June) and a new label (Ninja Tune). Single Protection is available here
22nd Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
AC/DC - Fine Rock, Finer Wines
Like us, you probably love rock. And you probably love wine. Wait! What if - I KNOW! - we could somehow combine them into one awesome package? Too late - AC/DC are one step ahead of you... I'll sure be chugging down some Back In Black Shiraz, Highway To Hell Cabernet Sauvignon and Hell’s Bells Sauvignon Blanc next time I'm headbanging in Napa. Available here in the UK
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20th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: The Horrors - Changing The Rain
wooooh trippy video from Peter "Monsterism" Fowler for The Horrors. Plus you can download wallpapers, and more usefully, some Horrors masks to cut out. Love it when people make a bit of an effort. Still listening to this album too
20th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
BBC's Downloads-To-Own Plan
The BBC has plans to let you purchase digital TV downloads to keep, just after broadcast - sounds like a decent solution
15th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: St Vincent - Cheerleader
good piece on Pitchfork interviewing Hiro Murai, the director of this video, who talks about using old Godzilla techniques
14th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Grimes - Oblivion
video from the new 4AD signing, good album too
13th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ari Going To Selfridge's?
Hug it out - in the Food Hall? Jeremy Piven in talks to play Mr Selfridge - the American playboy shopowner who set up the department store in the 1900s - in ITV's upcoming miniseries.
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
MPFree: Bobby Womack
Following on from their work with Gil Scott Heron, XL are releasing a new Bobby Womack album, with Damon Albarn and label boss Richard Russell here's a taster: Please Forgive My Heart
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: LCD Soundsystem - Shut Up And Play The Hits
"I blink twice more and I'm 50..." (ahem, got no idea what he's talking about)
9th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
John's Phone
new mono-function phone (you can make calls on it) on sale at Colette
29th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Willis Earl Beal - Evening's Kiss
Best pencil pop video since Take On Me?
25th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Austin On The Hoof
Heading to SXSW this year? This new map from @herb_lester will point you in the direction of the best "Tex-Mex restaurants and German beer halls, honky-tonks and cemeteries, record shops and natural springs. And then there’s barbecue too."
24th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Raid
This month's "Most kills in a trailer" award goes to relentless Indonesian all-out martial arts cops n guns fest The Raid (@THERAIDMOVIE). Have heard bloody good things (well, it's bloody and it's good) from early reports - something of a tribute to early (ie pre-Hollywood) John Woo from Welsh director Gareth Evans by all accounts. Looks like they've borrowed The Wire's font too
24th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Beyond The Black Rainbow
about time someone picked up that Cronenberg video-terror / mad scientist ball and ran with it... (bonus points for the VHS poster here)
17th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet