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No Coachella this year? Check out Record Store Day!

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:44:54 +0000

If you’re not packing up and heading to Coachella with everyone else in LA, consider checking out Record Store Day events on Saturday, April 17th. Record Store Day is a day for independent owned record stores to celebrate artists and music. A win win for you. There will be special CD and vinyl releases and events exclusively for the day. Check out www.recordstoreday.com for more info including a list of participating stores. (p.s. we hear that the Smashing Pumpkins will be playing later that night and tickets will only be available to the first 250 Amoeba shoppers who pre-order the new Pumpkins album.)

The rest of you….have fun at Coachella!

Big Boi is back!!!

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:04:07 +0000

Wow! Finally Big Boi’s long anticipated album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty has a release date of May 4th. Outkast fans have put in their dues waiting for something new and according to a MTV news report, Big Boi reports that Andre 3000 will be “featured prominently” throughout the album. While that could mean, well whatever you want it to, we’re hoping that this project will prompt them to release something together soon. But in the meantime, check out Shutterbug, a single from the album courtesy of thefader.com. We think you’ll quickly remember why you have been anxiously waiting!

http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/05/big-boi-shutterbugg-mp3/

New York loves Tokyo

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:34:05 +0000

OK, so not everyone is a NY Yankees fan but we had to share this On Spotz and New Era collaboration. On Spotz is a Tokyo based site that has teamed up with New Era in the past to create some one of a kind caps. But this one caught our eye as we were lovin’ the NY meets Tokyo vibe that the cap creates. The imagery of the culture clash not only looks dope, but really makes a statement that we are in full support of.

Kiehls: saving the rainforest with unique, celebrity designs

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:08:47 +0000

Kiehls is launching an Earth Day 2010 campaign and is marketing a 100% organic, Acai Damage-Protecting Toning Mist. Each 6 oz bottle will run for $26 and 100% of the proceeds, up to $200,000, will be donated to the Rainforest Alliance. The designs for each label were created with Jeff Koons, Pharrell Williams, Julianne Moore and surfer Malia Jones. We have to admit that in this case, we love the use of the celebrity names and fun designs to help raise money for the rainforest.

Marvel and Airwalk join forces

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:19 +0000

It was recently announced that Marvel and Airwalk will be teaming together to launch a line of apparel, accessories and other various merchandise. Airwalk, the action and board sports brand, seems like an ideal fit for generations of character franchises created by Marvel. The line is set to be released in the second half of 2010 and we haven’t seen any samples at this time. We’re excited to see how the two brands merge together as we anticipate that the partnership should help the individual brands draw in a new set of fans. Stay tuned for more details, or let us know if you have seen any samples of merchandise or the logo!