How kids are reacting to the media?! A lot of studies show that children are overcome by major current events and headlines of our time. In this ‘In The Playroom’ series by Canadian photographer Jonathan Hobin, utilizing only kids props, created a metaphor for
Even though you are paying the same price, you are getting a little less! A recent investigation by Consumer Reports found that many of the everyday items you buy have been suspiciously shrinking, despite no similar reduction in cost !? Are we being fooled?
This man’s been around a long time. In the music business for over thirty years now, Bragg has collaborated with the likes of Kate Nash, R.E.M, and Wilco. But now he’s finally getting some recognition for his own tunes. The track below reminds me a bit of a more upbeat Morrissey. Its fun and sweet. Great song for Spring tine! Enjoy.
For those heading to SXSW, look out for Supra’s presence. Supra collaborated with Stubb’s Bar-B-Q. A definite out-of-the-box collaboration indeed but a product of the 413 series. Partnering up with Spin Magazine and Stubb’s BBQ, Supra is proud to present the Stubb’s Skytop.
The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s are about to release a new album. We have here for you a sneak peak slice of their awesomeness. It seems Karen O and her bandmates have become progressively less weird and more palatable over the course of their 2 most recent albums. Personally I liked them better at their sassiest and most abstract. I dont know, maybe Karen started meditating and no longer feels…
Ladies and gentlemen, behold the young Robert Francis. He is a delicious man with talent beyond his years. Evoking legends of before his time, such as Jeff Buckley and Johnny Cash, Francis sings from his broodey heart. His lyrics are dark and intense. His melodies-a bit country, a bit bluesy. He’s a little slice of special. Listen to one of his many love songs “All of my Trains” below.
I realized this week that I have yet to write a post about Beach House. This struck me as being odd, because I have, after-all been listening to them constantly for some time now, and they’re music gets better and better with each listen…
He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, a space-folk collective from Echo Park, was formed by siblings Rachel and Rob Kolar, featuring Lauren Brown as a tap dancing percussionist and Molly Collins on backup vocals. Lauren and Rachel are a performance team- their play “NEW”, an avant hardist portrait of socialites in a post-apocalyptic world, recently had several sold-out runs in L.A. and will soon be touring on the East Coast.
Your music bleeds of truth, vulnerability and exquisite beauty. I spin your record, sip my tea, and I am happy.
Sincerely,
Danielle
A gazillion amazing artists collab’d on this piece to make your brain cower in the infinite display of creativity it will shoot out in pixels. They want you to buy the video here, but you can watch all you want for free here (in the true spirit of anti-capitalism) or you can toss these hard-working artists a bone (or 99¢) and pay for the track here.
Grammy Award-winning rapper, record producer and Fashion Lover Kanye West plans to ditch his music career in favor of fashion.
He tells the Daily Mirror he’ll move to London next year to begin at the bottom with an internship at Louis Vuitton‘s UK -
“I’m going to go and take…
Starting today we will be offering you daily music downloads, 1 song per day (sometimes maybe more) – We were thinking that Trend Land was missing some beats – so here it is – The first one is :