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From Los Angeles 04/30/07

The Like

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L.A. band The Like are cute as hell and gifted in the way of the dreamy pop hook.

From Portland 04/30/07

Motel Gallery

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Portland’s Motel Gallery has an impressive roster of artists. A fave from the list is Megan Whitmarsh, whose knitted, intergalactic worlds featuring yetis, crystals, boomboxes, and Flying Vs are pure gold.

From Elsewhere 04/27/07

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The Ponys Kansas In-Store permalink

More FreeYrRadio madness. This time The Ponys ripped it at our Lawrence, KS store. (Donate to KJHK here. More pix here.)

From Austin 04/26/07

Smile Forever

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There is something so sweetly demented about the characters in Michael Sieben’s artwork. If you’re quick, you can grab his latest zine, which is a signed edition of 200. 

From Portland 04/26/07

C.H.U.N.K. 666

What is C.H.U.N.K. 666? permalink

We think they say it best: ”C.H.U.N.K. 666 is a mutant bicycle jaunting club, tallbike youth brigade and civic betterment society based in Portland, Oregon, USA.”

From Miami 04/25/07

Jen Stark permalink

Jen Stark probably wasn’t thinking of her future when they handed her the safety scissors back in kindergarten. 20 years later she’s busting out these intricate, kaleidoscopic, rainbow construction paper explosions.

From Elsewhere 04/24/07

selfportrait

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Selfportrait is a new online artist community where you can post your photography, studio art, film, writing or whatever creative juice you’re sippin’. We liked the cosmic factor of the Eric Shaw piece we found there.

From New York 04/24/07

Suupa Pop

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Suupaa Pop: Package Design from Japan is going on now through May 25th at The Gallery at AIGA National Design Center. Check check it out.  (Via Fly)

From Australia 04/23/07

Liness

Deanne Cheuk’s Creative Juggernaut permalink

Australian export Deanne Cheuk is an unstoppable tidal wave of creativity. Whatever she touches - art direction for Urban Outfitters’ catalogs, her portraits of celebs, the apparel line Liness (which finds her teamed up with Rilla Alexander of Rinzen) - is imbued with a sense of the sublime and ethereal. 

From Seattle 04/23/07

Quiltsryche

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Bed down with one of these evil rock quilts and you’re guaranteed some heavy metal dreams. They’re one-of-a-kind and come from the sinister studio of Boo Davis.

From London 04/20/07

Dazed

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Counting the days until the new Dazed.

From New York 04/20/07

Marc Jacobs

On Your Marc permalink

Super cheap and seriously limited, these Marc Jacobs totes are only $12. Unless of course you miss out in stores - then they’re as much as the stranger bidding against you on eBay is willing to pay. (Only for sale at Marc Jacobs stores.)

From Philadelphia 04/19/07

Chau Frau

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Philadelphia artist Kris Chau makes pretty pictures of pretty girls. Check ‘em out here

From New York 04/18/07

Preen

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We heart Sarah (you know her from our catalog and our website, right?) and it’s good to see her getting some shine. Here she is taking charge on the cover of Preen, one of our favorite new mags.

From Chicago 04/18/07

Klaxons Chicago In-Store permalink

Klaxons showed up at our Wicker Park store on Sunday for their Free Yr Radio gig and blew doors. (Donate to WLUW here. More pix here.)

From Los Angeles 04/16/07

The Whitest Boy Alive permalink

Geoff McFetridge strikes again. This time he provides hand-drawn animation for The Whitest Boy Alive’s beautiful “Golden Cage” video. 

From Paris 04/10/07

Uffie

Uffie permalink

Uffie, part of the Ed Banger heat pack, spits brat-tastic electro-rap over squiddly finger snaps on her recent “Pop The Glock” and “Hot Chick” 12"s. Stay out of her way -or don’t- as she’s already let us know that she’s “Ready to Uff”. Dangerous.

From Miami 04/06/07

Miami Winter Music Conference

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This is how they do in Miami when the Winter Music Conference is in town. (Via The Cobrasnake.)

From Australia 04/06/07

Refill Seven

Refill Seven Laserdeck Show permalink

An amazing traveling art show featuring an equally stunning list of artists. Each artist has been asked to explore the idea of lasering away the seven layers of ply of a skateboard deck to leave their own distinctive mark. More info and dates here.

From Chicago 04/05/07

Day Trotter

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Check out exclusive alternate versions and unreleased tracks from the likes of Will Oldham, Elf Power and Frog Eyes, all recorded on the fly while passing through Rock Island, Ill. Download for free, then get the whole story here.

From San Francisco 04/04/07

Receiver Gallery

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"All in Together Now”, a group show curated by Vancouver’s Lifetime Collective, is up thru April 27 at SF’s Receiver Gallery.

From Vancouver 04/04/07

Vancouver Ed Banger Tour Urban Outfitters T-shirt

Taste the Rainbow permalink

When the Ed Banger tour comes to your town make like these Canadians and get loose. That shirt from Urban Outfitters will score you some handsome points too. (Via the Salbourg.)

From Portland 04/03/07

horse project

Hitching Post permalink

Tiny ponies are taking over Portland. Read more about The Horse Project here.

From Los Angeles 04/03/07

Life of the Mind

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Mark Owens is the creative force behind Life of the Mind and we’re feeling his well designed send-up of one our favorite dance subgenres.

From San Francisco 04/03/07

Miranda July

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We love Miranda July so we were stoked when we heard that she wrote some stories and double stoked to find out that she’s going on a book tour to support her new collection No One Belongs Here More Than You. (Photo: Autumn de Wilde. Courtesy of the photographer.)

From Philadelphia 04/02/07

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Who The Cap Fit permalink

With fitteds blowing up like nitro, it’s about time Philly’s founding father got one of his own. 

From DC 04/02/07

The Psychic Soviet

The Psychic Soviet permalink

Ian Svenonius’ toothy little book of essays spouts off on the use of rock ’n’ roll and art by the ruling class, and the sinister machinations behind popular fiction, film, and television serials. 

From Austin 04/02/07

Artist Series

Stitchin’ permalink

Sublime Stitching launches their “Artist Series”. First up to bat is Friend of Urban Kurt Halsey. Check out more from Kurt, plus other great artist finds here.

From New York 04/02/07

Alife

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Alife throws it’s hat in the skateboard ring.

From Philadelphia 04/02/07

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Body of (Art) Work permalink

The human body gets dissected by the Space 1026’ers in their latest show, No Bad Blood. It’s up thru April 29 at Cinders Gallery.