Finally we had some time to upload the new tees. If you bookmarked this page you wouldn’t have seen the lookbook that’s on the index. have a look at it here and go to the shop to check them out. The set of tees are called ‘The White Collection’ and feature 3 artists: Joran Rapa Manche, Niki Young and Lisa Zammit Endrich. I will post a bit more info on who’s who, what music they listen to and what they do when they’re pissed off. Thank yous go to Kris Micallef for the awesome shoot, Aki and Naomi for their modelling skills and Niki, Joran and Lisa for their awesome designs.
Chilly Gonzales, the Canadian born pianist extraordinaire has done it again. A fresh new approach on the art of mixtapes Pianist Envy is strangely brilliant. Half an hour of what all I can think to call call “piano remixes” of songs from Lil Wayne to Daft Punk. Between his piano remake of Waves, holding the record for longest solo performance, which lasted 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds, and now this, Gonzales has proved himself to be someone we should all keep an eye on.
Track Listing for Pianist Envy
1. Tipsy
2. Many Men
3. Touch It
4. Vocal Chords (Claude Von Stroke)
5. A Milli
6. Grindin’
7. Rollin’ and Scratchin ‘
8. Single Ladies
I am a massive fan of Foals… The band not the baby horses, and they have finally released a song off their up and coming album ‘Total Life Forever’. When I first started listening I was expecting Foals’ trademark math rock calculated guitar riffs and jumpy vocals. To my surprise a very toned down, emotional euphoria inducing side of Foals was exposed. A slow burning number that escalates so perfectly, manifesting into a beautiful heart warming tune.
If this is the standard at which ‘Total Life Forever’ will be, I think were in for a treat.
Thanks to this dude and dudette over here, we are now available in Baystreet Paceville. Not to sound cheesy or biased, but I really think its one of the coolest shops on the rock. It’s called Riot, and is owned by non Maltesers Aki & Zoe, whom we thank from the bottom of our fat, golden heart. It’s a relatively new streetwear shop/cafe that stocks cool brands like Vans, Dickies, Electric, Stüssy and some custom clothing designed by Zoe. You’ll also be seeing a lot of Aki here too in the coming month. Go there, have a coffee or Corona and browse through the cool tees and caps.
Respect.
Ever had that one song you just stick on repeat and listen to it for 26 hours non stop? This has got to be mine. It’s the soundtrack of the new comedy ‘How to Make it in America’ and its by Aloe Blacc, such a humble track called ‘I need a dollar’. Love it. Kid Cudi and Brian Greenburg are the main guys in the series… Looks like its a good one.
A friend of mine, Hutch has this cool online magazine called Platinum Love, an art and culture zine, which looks pretty hot if you ask me. He asked me to do a collabo with him: he shoots the pics, I illustrate over them. This is what we came up with. You can see the unedited shots over at Platinum Love’s site. I got to use my brand new Wacom tablet too, still getting used to it but we’ll get there eventually.
