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A Few Words with Ian Robertson – The Stop-Motion Director of the music video for Delta Heavy’s Single “Get By”
/ August 13, 2012 4:03 pm

A Few Words with Ian Robertson – The Stop-Motion Director of the music video for Delta Heavy’s Single “Get By”

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting down over Skype with the filmmaker behind Delta Heavy’s “Get By” music video. Ian Robertson is a 24-year-old recent graduate of Glasgow University in Scotland, winner of the young directors award at Cannes, and currently does freelance work for Sigma Films. How long have you been making stop-motion films? While [...]

Boys Noize Announces Live U.S. Tour
/ August 8, 2012 1:59 pm

Boys Noize Announces Live U.S. Tour

Last week we announced that Boys Noize is set to release his third album in a few months. However, he’s been teasing fans with new tracks and a new live show. This week, Alex Ridha announced that he will be bringing his live show to the United States. Ridha will be making performances in select cities across the country starting [...]

6Streets – Summer 2012 – Lookbook
/ August 7, 2012 2:04 pm

6Streets – Summer 2012 – Lookbook

Born and raised in Calgary, Canada 6Streets is a brand inspired by music, art, and the streets it came from. With loud graphics and colors the T-shirts catch the consumers eye. The sweatshirts are much more basic with the tasteful lettering over the hood. I see a bright future for these guys, check out their online shop. Tweet

Urulu – Sincerely 91
/ August 6, 2012 3:20 pm

Urulu – Sincerely 91

If you have been searching for a good deep house EP lately, look no further than Exploited’s latest pick out of LA. Taylor Freels aka Urulu is a young producer based out of Southern California that has begun to gain admiration from many artists in the UK and beyond. With his 2012 debut on German based record label, Exploited, he [...]

Summer Meltdown Lowdown: Medium Troy
/ August 2, 2012 8:37 pm

Summer Meltdown Lowdown: Medium Troy

The North West just seems to be a breeding ground for amazing music. It’s home to some of the America’s most prominent bands like Nirvana, The Decemberists and The Shins as well as many of the up and coming band of tomorrow. Today I’d like to tell you about a local Eugene band by the name of Medium Troy. Since [...]

Allegiance – Lookbook
/ August 2, 2012 12:08 am

Allegiance – Lookbook

Allegiance is a brand based out of Chicago, Illinois with the ideals of promoting a positive and inspirational lifestyle focused on creativity. This brand hits a soft spot here at the Leak because Allegiance was born in April of 2010 by Nina Palomba as a final class project at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Allegiance’s collection consist of graphic [...]

Daily Dose: Adventure Club – “Retro City”
/ August 1, 2012 8:03 pm

Daily Dose: Adventure Club – “Retro City”

The Montreal duo Adventure Club released a new banger today titled “Retro City”. This song has a nice mix of an up-beat bass line and some sick wobbles for the grime fans like myself. I was never that big of a fan of Adventure Club (mostly due to a lack of knowledge of their music), but this song has proved [...]

A Weekend in Review: What The Festival!?
/ August 1, 2012 2:33 pm

A Weekend in Review: What The Festival!?

To be honest, this weekend has left me speechless. What The Festival blew my expectations of what the ideal festival could be. The atmosphere, geographical landscape, and musical curation were all top notch. Forget the cluster-fuck and in-your-face commercialism of Sasquatch and Coachella, What The Festival just took the festival game to a whole new level.

Craft Brewing: Ninkasi Brewing Company
/ July 31, 2012 7:43 pm

Craft Brewing: Ninkasi Brewing Company

It's no secret, craft brewing is a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest. It's also no secret that great beer is the perfect complement to great music. As in turns out, we happen to really love both. Therefore, we've decided to launch a new project, one that involves extraordinary beer.

Primitive – Fall 2012
/ July 31, 2012 9:24 am

Primitive – Fall 2012

California-based clothing company Primitive, has released their Fall collection and although I haven’t heard much about them before, I’m loving this release. For Fall they have planned a release of tees, crewnecks, sweatshirts, hats, and skate decks. You can scope and shop all the new releases in their online store and see some of my favorite pieces below, enjoy! Tweet