Lykke Li : Knocked Up Rodeo Mash Up

I just saw Kings of Leon play at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. As always, they were great live. But every time I see them play, I observe this fact: the song “Knocked Up” is absolutely epic live. Its an epic song all around. I mean every time he sings the line “people call us renegades, we like livin crazy”, with that sharp guitar noise accompanying it, I get the chills! So no surprise that my favorite girl Lykke Li had similar thoughts. She decided to cover the song, and as would be expected from anything she does, its great. Have a listen.

Listen to Lykke Li’s “Knocked Up Rodeo Mash Up” Here

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Let the countdown begin…Im giving you 15 days to get a trip to London organized, get in touch with your peeps in London to handle business for you or just enter it into your agenda if you are London…

Phase 1: FEB 15th – MARCH 15th

KTZ – London, NAKKNA – Sweden, ELTON AND JACOBSEN – Norway, WEAR IT FOR THE BOY – Denmark, DIANA ORVING – Sweden, RESTERODS – Sweden, MARIOS – Italy,

Trendland’s favorites of Phase 1: KTZ – UK

Founded by Marian Pejorskis. Inspiration for this season is drawn from Blade Runner, referencing Bronx and Kenyan tribal wear. The collection embodies the eccentrity and exuberant prints and candy colours from the 90s. The iconic detail of the collection is the application of large jewels on the pieces.

DIANA ORVING – SWEDEN

Diana Orving’s creations are characterized by layers and draped fabrics, resulting in a tailored look. Drawing inspiration from dance and movement these influences are evident in the fluid nature of her designs.

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A pretty cool design by Pablo Matteoda the Sharky tea infuser.

The Designer Words : ‘INFUSION means to extract certain properties from an soluble ingredient such as tea leaves , herbs or fruit by soaking in liquid (water) until it gets saturated. So we can say that a infuser is the in charged of make this happen. This is a ludic point of view about the color given off from the phenomenon, wich makes more interesting the waiting of the whole process.’ [via DesignBoom]

A little interview of L.A. artist Shepard Fairey ( aka Obey ) about the Barack Obama “Hope” poster, The Poster is hang in the U.S. National Portrait Gallery  since January 20th, 2009 (via Los Angeles Times)

French retoucher Christophe Huet is a true photoshop Master! His work is fascinating. He is the one who creates the famous advertising for Playstation, but also some for  Nike, Motorola, Surfrider Foundation…. I spend an hour on his site looking all of his work, and the Best of all is that he has few working progress slideshows where you can see the process of each image, Like the one above… Its really interesting and inspiring.

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Beirut : My Wife Lost in the Wild

Beirut released its third album this week, a double EP split between ‘March of the Zapotech’, which follows the orchestral band’s traditional sound as it mixes with Latin – in particular, Oaxacan – influences. But its the second half, the ‘Holland EP,’ where things get interesting. Recording under the name “RealPeople”, Zach Condon’s band incorporates electronic sounds and follows in the pretty paths of Portishead and Hot Chip. You can find the opening track “My Night with a Prostitute from Marseilles” around the internet, and I recommend doing so, but here I offer the stunning “My Wife Lost in the Wild”.

Listen to My Wife Lost in the Wild Here

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