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  • Kanye West 1996
    January 16, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Kanye West 1996

    Everyone has an opinion on Yeezy aka. Mr Kanye West, one of the most polarizing figures in hip-hop. Love him or hate him, no one can deny his influence on modern music. But…

  • Moonrise Kingdom
    January 16, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Moonrise Kingdom

    Wes Anderson has just released the trailer for this latest feature – Moonrise Kingdom. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the…

  • Dominique Young Unique – She’s Unique
    January 15, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Dominique Young Unique – She’s Unique

    Dominique Young Unique has just released the third video from her ‘Stupid Pretty’ mixtape – ‘She’s Unique’ is a bouncing, synth laden club banger backed by a fierce 808 kick – just as…

  • The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence
    January 15, 2012 · Eugenie.Johnson

    The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence

    Trilogies can be a tricky thing to pull off. If you think about some of the more famous film trilogies – say Star Wars or Lord of the Rings – the first one…

  • LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up And Play The Hits
    January 12, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up And Play The Hits

    On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played their final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands…

  • Herve – Better Than a BMX
    January 9, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Herve – Better Than a BMX

    Herve’ the electro stalwart and head of one of the UK’s most exciting dance label’s ‘Cheap Thrills’ has just dropped the video for his latest single ‘Better Than a BMX’. The track is…

  • The Thing x Pingu – Lee Hardcastle
    January 5, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    The Thing x Pingu – Lee Hardcastle

    Remember the classic film ‘The Thing’ by John Carpenter? Remember beloved childrens TV character Pingu? Wouldn’t it be grand if someone combined the two? That was budget DIY claymation enthusiast Lee Hardcastle’s idea…

  • Kool A.D – The Palm Wine Drinkard Mixtape
    January 5, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Kool A.D – The Palm Wine Drinkard Mixtape

    Last year, we were promised solo mixtapes from the members of Brooklyn based Das Racist. The band hit the scene in 2008 with the crowd splitting “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” a…

  • Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles
    January 5, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Chiddy Bang – Ray Charles

    2011 was an incredible year for Chiddy Bang. Their infectious debut single ‘Opposite of Adults’ surpassed sales of 500,000 downloads and was certified gold by the R.I.A.A in the US. 2012 is set…

  • Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee TV Mixtape
    January 3, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

    Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee TV Mixtape

    Dizzee Rascal has just dropped a new mixtape to celebrate the release of his online “tv channel”, featuring guest spots from the likes of Example, Kano &  The Newham Generals. The mixtape is…

  • Monument Valley
    January 2, 2012 · Tom Revell

    Monument Valley

    It’s getting hard to write about singer-songwriters. Not that Monument Valley, the musical alias of the promisingly talented Ned Younger at all deserves to be pigeonholed into being just another post-Mumford singer-songwriter –…

  • The XX – Open Eyes (demo)
    December 26, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    The XX – Open Eyes (demo)

    The XX have delivered us a tasty little Christmas present this year, with a brand new barebones recording of the track ‘Open Eyes’. ‘Open Eyes’ was recording during the bands recent sessions for…

  • BLEEDING KNEES CLUB – Bad Guys
    December 22, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    BLEEDING KNEES CLUB – Bad Guys

    Austalian Surf/Garage/Trash kids BLEEDING KNEES CLUB, recently teamed up Tiger Tiger Photography to produce their latest video for ‘Bad Guys’ and it comes in the form of a raucous look at their most…

  • Northeast
    December 22, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Northeast

    Northeast follows the life of Will (David Call), an unemployed and aimless playboy living in Brooklyn, New York, who has spent his 20′s skating on easy charm from one casual, distant affair to…

  • Kid Ink – What I Do
    December 22, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Kid Ink – What I Do

    Kid Ink is a 24 Year old Rapper & Producer from L.A. After recently dropping his 3rd Official project “Wheels Up”, Mr Ink is making some serious noise right now online and in…

  • Skream + Benga Presents w/ Zinc, Artwork + Oneman
    December 22, 2011 · Daniel Willis

    Skream + Benga Presents w/ Zinc, Artwork + Oneman

    Wednesday the 15th of December saw the final appearance at Store Street of an artist whose career has developed immeasurably during the past five years. Shortly after featuring on BBC Radio 1′s Essential…

  • Modeselektion w/ Modeselektor + Four Tet
    December 22, 2011 · Daniel Willis

    Modeselektion w/ Modeselektor + Four Tet

    Arguably the most highly anticipated night of the Warehouse Project season each year, December 11th saw the return of Modeselektor to Manchester with the last date of their ‘Monkeytown’ show. The German legends…

  • Dog Is Dead – Christmas Wrapping
    December 13, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Dog Is Dead – Christmas Wrapping

    We got a Christmas gift from Faux’s favourite Nottingham based indie pop band, and it comes in the form of a cover of The Waitresses classic Christmas track ‘Christmas Wrapping’. It’s been a…

  • Marshall: On The Road
    December 12, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Marshall: On The Road

    Marshall’s On The Road series has just launched season 2. The series follows Tim Harrington of Le Savy Fav as he travels through America meeting the unsung heroes of Rock n’ Roll. The…

  • Mickey Moonlight
    December 12, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Mickey Moonlight

    Following last years ‘Love Pattern’ EP and before that ‘Interplanetary Music’ (described by The Guardian as “the thinking fan’s pop moment of 2008), Ed Banger has just released Mickey Moonlight’s debut album ‘and…

  • B. Dolan Ft. Toki Wright, Jasiri X, Buddy Peace, Sage Francis – Film The Police
    December 12, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    B. Dolan Ft. Toki Wright, Jasiri X, Buddy Peace, Sage Francis – Film The Police

    In a nod to N.W.A’s classic infamous track ‘Fuck Tha Police’, B.Dolan and the Strange Famous crew have just dropped ‘Film The Police’ – serving as a call to action for a worldwide…

  • Tinie Tempah & Big Sean – Lucky C**t
    December 12, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Tinie Tempah & Big Sean – Lucky C**t

    The second track from Tinie’s upcoming ‘Happy Birthday EP’ features one of my favourite US rappers of the minute – Cali’s finest and internet darling Big Sean. The duo go back and forth…

  • Stalley – Go On
    December 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Stalley – Go On

    Ohio based MC – Stalley has just dropped the video for ‘Go On’, taken of his recently released album ‘Lincoln Way Nights’, which contains a few additional tracks and completely re-mastered sound from…

  • Hero by Miguel Endara
    December 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Hero by Miguel Endara

    Created from 3.2 million ink dots, this excellent piece of pointillism is a Miguel Endara’s portrait of his father. His series of stippling/pointillism has stunning attention to detail and the meticulous working process…

  • Touch Of Evil
    December 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Touch Of Evil

    Touch Of Evil is a series of video portraits directed by Alex Prader for the New York Times Magazine. Described as “A video gallery of cinematic villainy, inspired by nefarious icons and featuring…

  • Daley – Smoking Gun
    December 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Daley – Smoking Gun

    Meet Daley, the new wunderkind of modern R&B. You may already be familiar with him from his two visits to the charts, either via the Gorillaz single ‘Doncamatic’, a collaboration with Damon Albarn…

  • Chibuku w/ Erol Alkan + Fake Blood
    December 8, 2011 · Daniel Willis

    Chibuku w/ Erol Alkan + Fake Blood

    As we arrive in the last month of the Warehouse Project’s final season at Store Street, Liverpool based Chibuku came to town with some of the biggest names in electro-dance. Superstar producer, remixer…

  • WRONG
    December 1, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    WRONG

    Last year we previewed Quentin Dupieux (aka. Mr Oizo)’s debut feature ‘Rubber’, which was an experimental genre film about a killer tyre. WRONG, about to unleased on audiences at this years Sundance; is…

  • Little Printer
    December 1, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Little Printer

    Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely,…

  • The Producers: Season 2
    November 28, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    The Producers: Season 2

    Now in its second series, The Producers is a joint project between Red Bull Studios London and VICE Media. This year The Producers builds on last year’s stellar cast and explores the methods…

  • The Collectable Few – Model Behaviour
    November 28, 2011 · Tom Revell

    The Collectable Few – Model Behaviour

    The Collectable Few, whose debut single ‘Headstrong’ earned a fair bit of radio airtime, are set to release follow-up ‘Model Behaviour’ on December 12th. With guitar pop stuck in a bit of a…

  • Gustavo Minas
    November 25, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Gustavo Minas

    Sao Paolo based Brazilian photographer Gustav Minas documents the everyday lives of the unique characters that surround him. Below is a showcase of his work and you can find out more about him…

  • Pizza! – Big Mammoth Skull
    November 20, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Pizza! – Big Mammoth Skull

    L.A Based “Pizza!” (formerly The New Motherfuckers) have just premiered their latest video – Big Mammoth Skull. NY-based arts and culture blog Arcade 44 debuted the video a couple of days ago and…

  • Scanner + Sandwiches = Scanwiches
    November 20, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Scanner + Sandwiches = Scanwiches

    Popular time-wasting (read: Borderline pointless, yet stupidly intriguing) blog Scanwiches has just released its extensive collection of scanned in sandwiches in a neat little print publication via Powerhouse books. The brainchild of Jon…

  • Uptown XO- B.A.M.N.
    November 14, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Uptown XO- B.A.M.N.

    The latest collaboration between D.C.’s Uptown XO and CLCTVE, ‘By Any Means Necessary’. Shot in the heart of Southeast, D.C. at the intersection of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Boulevard, with additional…

  • Theophilus London – Love Is Real
    November 14, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Theophilus London – Love Is Real

    Produced by the High Five Collective, ‘Love Is Real’ is the new video from Theophilus London. It follows ‘cute boy’ & ‘cute girl’ as they frolic around in a vague montage, doing the…

  • The Awakening
    November 14, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    The Awakening

    Set post-World War I in England, THE AWAKENING follows a skeptical woman – the excellent Rebecca Hall (THE TOWN) – who travels to a countryside boarding school to investigate rumours of an apparent…

  • Made By Hand
    November 14, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Made By Hand

    Made By Hand is a project from Keith “keef” Ehrlich – a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and winner of Dusty awards. It celebrates the people who…

  • Lost & Found: Finger Parkour
    November 13, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Lost & Found: Finger Parkour

    Remember that fingerboarding advert that came out? The French clothing label – Hermes – one that blogs had a mini fit over. Well, scrap that, a more tongue in cheek “Finger Parkour” one…

  • Audio Doughnuts 1st Anniversary
    November 12, 2011 · Mike Coleman

    Audio Doughnuts 1st Anniversary

    Considering the inimitably schizoid nature of electronic music at present, it’s near impossible to find a cross-section that captures every exciting mutation in its entirety. As far as live experiences though, the first…

  • Benny Gold x Jansport
    November 10, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Benny Gold x Jansport

    One of Faux’s favourite streetwear designers, Mr Benny Gold has just announced a collaboration with one our most treasured classic brands; Jansport. Renowned for creating simple, functional and durable backpacks worn the world…

  • Hideout Festival 2012
    November 9, 2011 · Daniel Willis

    Hideout Festival 2012

    Billed as the event which will establish Croatia as the new Ibiza and prime European, summer party location, Hideout Festival has just announced the beginnings of its line-up for 2012 complete with new…

  • Jakwob – Let It Fall
    November 9, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Jakwob – Let It Fall

    Jakwob, aka 22 year-old James Jacob, is finally ready to unleash the first taste from his debut LP. Album track ‘Let It Fall’ received a world premiere on longtime supporter MistaJam’s 1XTRA show…

  • Real Estate – Its Real
    November 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Real Estate – Its Real

    Real Estate have just dropped the video for ‘Its Real’ the lead single from their sophomore album ‘Days’. The New Jersey boys decided the best thing to do for their Domino Records debut…

  • Nneka – Stay
    November 7, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Nneka – Stay

    Nigerian-German soul songstress returns with her latest video ‘Stay’ taken from her forthcoming album Soul Is Heavy. The video takes her ever present logo to life and presents a visual landscape for her…

  • Pharrell vs Tokyo vs Palladium Boots
    November 7, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Pharrell vs Tokyo vs Palladium Boots

    A little while ago we posted the trailer for the Palladium Boots/Vice produced mini doc on Pharrell exploring Tokyo – Tokyo Rising. It is now up in its entirety to watch online. Split…

  • We Were Promised Jetpacks – Human Error
    November 2, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    We Were Promised Jetpacks – Human Error

    We Were Promised Jetpacks continue to build momentum with the release of a powerful new AA single coupling ‘Human Error’ and a new non-album cut ‘Ink Slowly Dries’. After a sold out UK…

  • Barbiturik Laces
    October 31, 2011 · Faux Magazine

    Barbiturik Laces

    Slick packaging always makes me smile, and the more unique it is the better. Barbiturik, the skate brand started by Rémy Hernandez after he became a quadriplegic during a skateboard accident in 2002,…

  • Lost & Found: Graffiti
    October 31, 2011 · Faux Magazine

    Lost & Found: Graffiti

    Picture the scenario. Your tagging a new wall deep in the underground of London, your buddies surround you spraying their logos and creating art on every conceivable blank concrete canvas; you suddenly have…

  • High Contrast feat Tiësto and Underworld – The First Note Is Silent
    October 29, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    High Contrast feat Tiësto and Underworld – The First Note Is Silent

    Following his collaboration “Scribble” on Underworld’s album “Barking” last year, and his remix of Tiësto’s “Kaleidoscope” in 2009, the Cardiff based producer behind such contemporary classics as “If We Ever” and “Kiss Kiss…

  • Red Bull: Canimation
    October 29, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Red Bull: Canimation

    Red Bull Canimation is a new nationwide competition that calls for aspiring animators to get creative by producing a short film where the Red Bull can takes centre stage, and get their work…

  • Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin
    October 27, 2011 · Avalon.Lyndon

    Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin

    Hailed as a success at Cannes and the BFI London Film Festival, We Need to Talk About Kevin has taken its time to filter over to UK screens. But it has been worth…

  • New Blood: Kissey
    October 23, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    New Blood: Kissey

    Over the last two years, jumping between her two homes (Stockholm and New York), Kissey (formerly, Kissey Asplund) dove deep into an enclosed world of bass-heavy speakers, songwriting and beat-making, even enrolling herself…

  • The Wombats & Morning Parade @ The Engine Shed
    October 22, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    The Wombats & Morning Parade @ The Engine Shed

    On their second visit to Lincoln The Wombats pulled up, safe in the knowledge this sell out tour would be one to remember. Survivors of the recent lull in interest in indie music,…

  • 4 PLAY – T.E.E.D
    October 21, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    4 PLAY – T.E.E.D

    Channel 4′s 4 Play film on Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs debuted on UK-TV last night. Directed by David Terranova for Falko Haus, it follows Orlando from his home studio in Oxford to Dour…

  • Shystie Feat. Ghetts & Nolay – Takeover
    October 21, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Shystie Feat. Ghetts & Nolay – Takeover

    London fashion meets London street culture in this amazing track and video as three of the biggest grime artists Shystie, Ghetts and our favourite female MC Nolay come together for the theme tune…

  • The Warehouse Project Live Stream Presents: Carl Cox / Sven Vath and Hospitality
    October 21, 2011 · Daniel Willis

    The Warehouse Project Live Stream Presents: Carl Cox / Sven Vath and Hospitality

    This week sees the continuation of the Warehouse Project with two unique events, the likes of which you are unlikely to see anywhere else. One night of techno, one night of drum and…

  • Calm Down Dearest: Broken Fruit
    October 15, 2011 · Teddy Long

    Calm Down Dearest: Broken Fruit

    I feel like I’ve just been shagged in the bum hole. Pants round the ankles, bent over and taken from behind. Why can’t technology just fucking work? It’s literally the bane of my…

  • Keira Rathbone
    October 13, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Keira Rathbone

    Keira Rathbone has risen to fame over the last few years as that cooky girl who draws using vintage typewriters, but there is more to her art than a gimmick. Using the typewriter…

  • The Monk
    October 12, 2011 · Avalon.Lyndon

    The Monk

    “Love is a burden. A poison. Never fall in love.” French thriller director Dominik Moll’s adaptation of this gothic 1796 novel is an ambitious attempt to revive an old and controversial story for…

  • Torches – VTOO
    October 10, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Torches – VTOO

    London based quartet Torches have just dropped their debut video ‘VTOO’. With primal beats at the heart of their music, electronic rhythms combined with broody vocals and walls of both aggressive and atmospheric…

  • The Drums – How It Ended
    October 10, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    The Drums – How It Ended

    The Drums return with their second single from new album ‘Portamento’, this is ‘How It Ended’… Fast becoming a live favourite, the final track on the record ‘How It Ended’ comes with a…

  • Deadly People Present: Visions
    October 10, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Deadly People Present: Visions

    Created by London-based Deadly People, Visions is a brand new global tour featuring three like-minded, forward-thinking young DJs who are quickly garnering a reputation on an international stage. With a box full of…

  • Cinemagraphs – Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg
    September 12, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

    Cinemagraphs – Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg

    A Cinemagraph is an image that contains within itself a living moment that allows a glimpse of time to be experienced and preserved endlessly. Visual Graphics Artist Kevin Burg began experimenting with the…

Dominique Young Unique – She’s Unique
January 15, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

Dominique Young Unique – She’s Unique

Dominique Young Unique has just released the third video from her ‘Stupid Pretty’ mixtape – ‘She’s Unique’ is a bouncing, synth laden club banger backed by a fierce 808 kick – just as…

Moonrise Kingdom
January 16, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson has just released the trailer for this latest feature – Moonrise Kingdom. Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the…

Kanye West 1996
January 16, 2012 · Martyn Cooling

Kanye West 1996

Everyone has an opinion on Yeezy aka. Mr Kanye West, one of the most polarizing figures in hip-hop. Love him or hate him, no one can deny his influence on modern music. But…

Hero by Miguel Endara
December 8, 2011 · Martyn Cooling

Hero by Miguel Endara

Created from 3.2 million ink dots, this excellent piece of pointillism is a Miguel Endara’s portrait of his father. His series of stippling/pointillism has stunning attention to detail and the meticulous working process…

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