Nike Air Max 90 - The Woven Ones

Dropping in May, this is just one of the latest creations from the Nike Air Max 90 team. We can definitely see this becoming a more male focused type of shoe - you know, floating on the waves from Moccasin island. These do look pretty fresh, we feel like more textures are concepted into trainer models now to bring them out and enhance the structure. The initial tonal colours are pretty minimal too - which is ideal considering you wouldn’t want to make the design too much of a headache considering it's complex panels.

Words Anna Jenkins

Via Sneakernews

Images Sneakernews

Adidas X Hyke Collaboration

Adidas have created yet another capsule collection for the brand, this time with Japanese

husband-wife duo Hideaki Yoshihara and Yukiko Ode, aka 'Hyke'. The brand, founded in 2013 is notorious for its raw denim cuts and minimalistic colour way of navys and clean whites. The Womenswear designers have constructed elegant and clean silhouettes to adapt and layer into todays throw on, subtly effortless apparel.

Adidas states that Hyke; ‘uses 3-stripes iconography to create a clean aesthetic with an emphasis on materials and tailoring’

The retail price is fairly justified. Ranging from £42 leggings - £185 python windbreaker jackets.

Watch the interactive lookbook via Yoox here:

Words  Anna Jenkins

Via Adidas, Hypebeast

Images - Various

DETROIT - THE LOST CITY

So we've always had this fascination with Detroit. It's a strange one - something about the derelict suburbs, urban exploration and all the complete decline of population, leaving decay upon the city. 

We posted a while ago, these images that were discovered from Cass Tech High School, detailing the dramatic effect the economy had on this construction and essentially demolished the school, leaving ghostly outlines of adolescence. The images circulated wildly on the internet, promoting those of adventurous souls to capture and document the city and it's terrible rot into the 21st century. 

We watched Lost River the other night too, Ryan Goslings directing debut with a smashing cast and dreamy Drive-esque soundtrack from Chromatics. Listen, you'll be pleasantly surprised. Anyway the film is too realistic to some worlds and it encounters this suburban neighbourhood, on the edge of being 'damned' into a lost river. The citizens have moved away, there are no jobs and the slightly Twin Peakness of it all has hit the roof and next thing you know, Eva Mendes is showcasing some fetish-feline act towards the big city players, which hauntingly echo's that of the Laura Palmer theory behind those red curtains. It's pretty much like a sweaty nightmare - you know. Plus Matt Smith's in it too and performs a pretty shocking opposition to his well known Dr Who role (we didn't believe it was him, IMDB'ing instantly took place to clarify). 

So this fictional town, demolished and brutalized by society recalled all this research from Detroit. Now they say Detroit is on the up again, though almost 30% of it's current population are still unemployed. The 19th century, 8 bed mansions, dusty swimming pools and boarded up 7/11's can be revived once again, but it doesn't stop one thinking of the exploration and the deterioration that caused this once, vibrant city. 

Detroit was the hub of the motor industry back in the early 1900's thanks to the foundation of Ford and it's manufacturing and growth of industrial employment. It was known as the 'Paris of the mid-west' and was just booming with life, tourism and bussle. The city now hosts over 78,000 abandoned buildings after it's great depression and it's slowly taking off the band-aids to a rebounded, re-structured type of civilization. 

A while back we stumbled across photographer Philip Jarmain who's subject of 'American Beauty' heavily focuses on the decline of Detroit and it's aftermath of destruction. Jarmain states: 

“These are the last large format architectural photographs for many of these structures.”

Could the landscape of Detroit relish with the tourism from these ruins? This is an ongoing project, more to come. 


Words - Anna Jenkins
Images - Philip Jarmain & visual from Lost River, c/o The Film Stage. 

MIDNIGHT IN PECKHAM

'TOWIP' - The Only Way Is Peckham as one commenter has stated. Dang! This is what we feel like we've been waiting for. This was discovered on one of SKITs past mixes for Plastician x Rinse FM a few days ago. Kids are fighting for re-presses on Discogs for this jammy little number. Chaos in the CBD aka the brothers that have previously featured for ClekClekBoom and have done a few circuits in the last 3 years, bringing some hussle that for us, echo's a little Kreuzberg - never mind good 'old Pecks. Have a little listen, it'll make you forget where you are for a few minutes. Blissful. 

Words - Anna Jenkins

SOUNDCLOUD ROLLS OUT AUDIO STREAMING SERVICE

Yes Soundcloud! We're pretty stoked about this. The music streaming service is now embedding and launching an Audio Streaming service which will enable us beat lovies to receive some fresh, bespoke un-released stuff . This will be updated to both Android and iOS apps within the year and you can continuously explore and witness some new tracks from an endless list - catered to you and only you. They are launching a 'Station' which essentially determines what you're gonna enjoy based on your previous mixes and re-posts. We'll always be Soundcloud babies. When the weekly Future Beats podcast get's an upload from Mr Complexion it's Westside 89.6FM takeover, easily. I put easily, like easily because there is some shit on Soundcloud and it can be a right assignment to hit the right spot and to find that non-skipping, incredible set from that guy in Ontario, or that kid from Toronto (yeah, they're all Canadian - we wonder what's in the water too). There is some damage on there and this service will (fingers crossed) demolish some the noisebleed that somehow gets on the our re-posts. This isn't on the web yet, but will be making an appearance on our app for the evenings commute for sure. Bravo Soundcloud!

Words - Anna Jenkins
Via - thenextweb

LISTEN TO ME MARLON

Our favourite place is the movies and it's been a while, so we thought we'd entice you with the recent Q&A screening we took part in aside our pals Jermyn Street Journal for 'Listen to Me Marlon'; a documentary on iconic screen legend Marlon Brando.

'Listen to Me Marlon' was released last year but we've watched it over and over and over and over to absorb it's clear-cut memoir of the legendary Brando himself, real-time, no acting. No only did every detail of the film goosebump our skins with chilling, archived footage from home-videos and audition tapes, it announced a highly sensitive Brando, a Brando that the world did not know other than Don Vito (The Godfather) or Johnny Strabler (The Wild One). Even for Marlon unknowns - those a little unfamiliar with his credits should be advised to watch this, as it details any human thrown into a spotlight - an alien life of Hollywood and multitudes of power.

Fine additions to movies, from a flitter of a piano to echoing heartbeats of the narrator can amplify a room. The audience were entirely captivated by the highs and lows of Brandos career and personal life, throwing everyone into his head, his thoughts and his ghostly accurate projections from before his time. Rachel Grimes composition of 'Loretto' played softly during flashbacks to a montage of performances and a key Chaplin routine. This is one of our favourite tunes notably added on the 'Winter' section of our Spotify playlist, for it's fall-like beat and breathable daydreamy notes.

Brando passed in 2004, aged 80. A life full of adventure and heartbreak. For a wholesome and actually quite reserved character, the film shows us an unbalanced tale of his involvement in acting. His upbringing, from a unfair childhood and his ease into Hollywood is settled into the film early on, exampling his historical televised interviews and phone calls with his parents - who slightly neglected his passion for the stage and their challenge for a 'real career of a man'. One of Marlon's most memorable tales was what he would do if he wasn't good at acting, what he would become? His unearthed human criticism of his own awards and achievements, shunned behind him as he disagreed with what many, thought was incredible. His Academy Award for 'On The Waterfront' was modestly brushed under for him. Marlon always demanded that he could and would do better, though many saw this as his peak, he did not. His romances, broad of children and milestones were largely featured throughout the film and it also gave an insight into the fierce Tinseltown behaviour and fight he put up with, with directors, fans and unruly journalists.

'I arrived in New York with holes in my socks and holes in my mind' 

- Brando on arriving in the city to catch his big break, 1943.

From voicemail recordings, cassette tapes, the library of footage edited into the movie wholly brings us this beautiful figure of energy and sadness that is and was Brando. Listen to me Marlon opened our eyes into this character, something like we'd never witnessed before. Please watch. 

Here is the Showtime preview of the documentary, to get a taste. 

S/O to our pals Jermyn Street Journal. 

DOPE CHEF

DOPE CHEF, Dope. Menswear at it's prime. Minimal colour ( or just, none) and clean cuts. The arm zips are easy and the pant texture is spot on. The only thing I don't rate is the socks and slides on some of the site showcases. Living in Hackney, East London I am now surrounded by £15 Nike slides with ribbed socks pulled up on both Girls and Guys and it's not fresh. It doesn't look comfortable and it's not gonna trend, drop that out. Fears on the pavements.

http://www.dopechef.tv