BINKBEATS breaks down 'Without You' by Lapalux

BINKBEATS is back with a beautiful reconstruction of 'Without You', originally produced by UK artist, Lapalux. (Atmospheric much!!?? - what I'd give to sit on a bean bag in the corner of BINKBEATS' studio and watch this magic happen live).

Beats Unraveled is a personal project of the talented percussionist, multi-instrumentalist and beatmaker, BINKBEATS from Utrecht, The Netherlands. Two months after releasing a rendition of ‘The Healer’ (original by Madlib / Erykah Badu) and 'Getting There'  (original by Flying Lotus) on YouTube, it’s now time for part 3! Hit the jump to watch The Needle Drop's, Anthony Fantano reviewing Lapalux's latest album Nostalchic.

'Fortress of Solitude' - Man of Steel inspired print by Luke Butland

Original illustration based on Man of Steel by Luke Butland. Its a 400mm x 277mm, limited run of 50, hand numbered, (3 colour) hand pulled screen print on 280gsm, natural white paper. Purchase 'Fortress of Solitude' HERE for £25.

Myron & E - 'If I Gave You My Love' (video)

Avatar666 'Samurai Fett'

Avatar666 has done this ridiculously good Tequila custom - 'Samurai Fett'. Hit the jump for more photos.

Julian Malone leaves StonesThrow and releases new track 'Tokyo'

So Julian Malone is no longer with Stones Throw Records but he has dropped this new track 'Tokyo' from upcoming mix tape 'Diff.Rnt' out in July. Sounds pretty good huh!

Skate decks, tees and books designed by We Buy Your Kids - all available now via PACT store (Australia)

Check out Australian 'cool sh*t' store, PACT to get your grubby mitts on some weird and wonderful apparel designed by We Buy Your Kids. Hit the jump to see more including a closer look at their adult picture book which retails for $17.50 AUD and is limited to 250 pieces.

'Obey Star' - upcoming print by Shepard Fairey

'Obey Star' by Shepard Fairey. Its is a 10″ x 13″ 2-color Letterpress with deckled edges, signed/numbered edition of 400, and costs $65. Available on Tuesday, May 21st at a random time between 10am and 12pm PDT HERE.

Shepard writes: 

I originally made the Star Icon in January 1996 as I was transitioning into a period of my work inspired by Russian Constuctivist Propaganda posters. I had made a simplified illustration of the Giant face I called the Icon and i decided I wanted to make a star iteration. I cut a star shaped window out and played with cropping until I was happy. The print below was the first print I made using the star image. I only made an edition of 90 of them and probably only sold a small percentage of the 90. The rest went up on the street or were damaged. The Obey Star has been a crucial element in my work ever since so I decided to make a letterpress variation on the 1996 O.G. Obey Star. I’m very happy with how it turned out.

HangFire 'WHAT' tee available now!

If a TMNT fanzine isn't quite your bag but you do still wanna rep the mighty WHAT crew this summer, head on over to the HANGFIRE STORE and bag yourself a limited edition 45RPM/RICHT colabo Tee for £15!

Here's the blurb for further enticement (like you need it):

"Created by 45RPM and RICHT of 'WHAT'.

Black screen print on a white, 100% cotton tee shirt.

Limited to 30 pieces, as part of the 'ASK vs WHAT: Crew Battle Series'.

Sticker pack included."

oOoOO - 'Mouchette'

New track from oOoOO from the upcoming full length album 'Without Your Love', set for release June 24th 2013.

Mondo News! There Will Be Blood - new print by Aaron Horkey

Poster by Aaron Horkey. 18.25"x39" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 435. Printed by Burlesque of North America. $65.  Variant (right) - 18.25"x39" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 200. Printed by Burlesque of North America. $125

Tomorrow Mondo will conclude their week-long tribute to Paul Thomas Anderson with a set of posters for his 2007 film 'THERE WILL BE BLOOD.' Artist Aaron Horkey curated this entire series, assigning out films to artists he felt would be a perfect match. He saved his favorite film for himself. Aaron had this to say about TWBB:

"A few years ago, when a potential PTA director's series was first mentioned, I immediately had my hand up for this one. Everything about TWBB is precisely my cup of tea - the time period, the sweeping desolation of the landscape, the soundtrack, Daniel Day-Lewis, etc. I didn't immediately come to the idea of an over-sized stock certificate but the more thought that went into it the more perfect it seemed as a visual embodiment of the film. I've also wanted to go all-in on something resembling a 19th century engraved note for quite some time so this seemed like as good an excuse as any. All told I spent over 100 hours on the illustration - it's still only about half as involved as I think it should be but after 6 weeks I felt like it needed to be put to bed. The aging of the paper is something I'm pretty proud of here - there are 3 layers of very subtle tone built up from the paper color to approximate a century old piece of acidic, weathered stock. 

This was my first large scale curatorial project - it was much more work than I had anticipated but the end result is something I'm incredibly proud of. It's been great to see the series come to life and I'd like to thank Mondo for the opportunity, especially Mitch Putnam for helping me with logistics and general organization. Also, thanks to Paul Thomas Anderson for being open to the project and of course all the artists involved - everyone came through brilliantly and certainly salvaged the project before I had a chance to run it into the ground."

You can see detail shots of THERE WILL BE BLOOD over on Mondo's blog HERE.

Follow Mondo on Twitter for the on sale announcement. These posters will be available online at a random time on Friday, May 17th.

12 Reasons To Die: Bringing The Ruckus To Comics

When hip hop meets the comic book world, its time to rejoice! Long live GFK.

A short documentary about the creative collaboration behind Ghostface Killah's 12 Reasons To Die comic book, executive produced by RZA. The comic book is available in stores everywhere and online at www.blackmaskstore.com

V/H/S/2 - Official Red Band Trailer

EXTREME CAUTION!!!!! This trailer does show footage of exposed breasts. Watch at your discretion. You have been warned!

Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance.

'Les Ballets De Faile' - upcoming print by Faile

'Les Ballets De Faile' by Faile. Its a 32″ x 44″, 27-color Screenprint in a signed and numbered edition of 500 for $500. Enter the lottery to purchase HERE.

Death Waltz Recording Company release TWINS OF EVIL and HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY soundtracks on limited edition vinyl

TWINS OF EVIL

Death Waltz Recording Company are extremely proud to announce their first collaboration with the legendary Hammer Films.  MUSIC COMPOSED BY HARRY ROBINSON. Split transparent red and solid white vinyl strictly ltd to 400 copies worldwide. Exclusive cover art by Eelus. Exclusive sleevenotes by Marcus Hearn & Eelus. Packaged with a 12 x 12 lithograph print and giant 22 x 22 poster of the cover art. Purchase HERE for £20 ($30).

HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY

MUSIC BY WALTER RIZZATI. Exclusive new cover art by Graham Humphreys. Liner notes by Stephen Thrower and Graham Humphreys. Transparent red and solid black coloured vinyl edition strictly ltd to 400 copies worldwide. Purchase HERE for £20 ($30).

Mondo News! MAGNOLIA by Joao Ruas and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE by Jordan Crane - available Thursday, May 16th

Tomorrow Mondo hits day three of their week-long celebration of Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography with two new prints. One each for PTA's third and fourth films, MAGNOLIA & PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE.

Aaron Horkey, who curated this series, had this to say about his decision to assign these films to Joao Ruas and Jordan Crane respectively:

Poster by Joao Ruas. 24"x36" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 285. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $45

MAGNOLIA by Joao Ruas:

"I'd been watching Joao's incredible progression from the moment he was tapped to follow cover artist James Jean on DC's Fables series - I don't know if anyone expected shoes that massive to be filled so effortlessly but here he was, voracious in his experimentation and so consistent in his victories as to thoroughly belie his years. Ruas has grown over the years into an absolute favorite of mine and I was thrilled that he was willing to take part in this series. His Magnolia poster (which is, I believe, his first screen print) is in my eyes a perfectly balanced illustration - hauntingly stark yet deceptively detailed and a palette over which to salivate. That he was able to distill such a dense narrative into these simple forms is truly something to wonder over - I feel absolutely cro-magnon in it's presence, more so than usual. And that title lettering - total perfection. "

Poster by Jordan Crane. 18"x24" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 235. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $40

PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE by Jordan Crane

"Just hearing the title of this movie made me think of Jordan - taken out of context it fits right in with his staggering output of comics, anthologies and children's books. I've stood awe-struck in front of a wall plastered with his amazing screen prints, have been reading his work since his groundbreaking Non anthology and, like a good portion of the population, still don't understand how the Hell he made the Maps and Legends dust jacket so it was not a huge leap to think this could be a winner. Knowing he's more than capable with a squeegee as well as with a forlorn narrative it was a relief to hear he was on board and the final poster is a fantastic addition to the series."

All of these prints have been approved by P.T. Anderson himself. The series concludes Friday with THERE WILL BE BLOOD by Aaron Horkey.

You can see detail shots of MAGNOLIA over on Mondo's blog HERE.

Follow Mondo on Twitter for the on sale announcement. These posters will be available online at a random time on Thursday, May 16th.

Beastie Boys on Joan Rivers [Jan 15th 1987]

Fonzo Loves the UK - customs still available

Just a quick heads-up that there are still plenty of customs available from the 'Fonzo Loves the UK' custom toy show on now at The Sho Gallery (Cardiff). Even the above piece by Artmymind remains unclaimed. Go fetch a Fonzo HERE until the show closes on June 11th.

Mondo News! BOOGIE NIGHTS poster by Rockin' Jelly Bean

Poster by Rockin' Jelly Bean. 24"x36" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 335. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $50

This week Mondo are hosting a week-long celebration of Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography. They continue with Rockin' Jelly Bean's print for PTA's second film, and breakout hit, BOOGIE NIGHTS.

Mondo writes: "This is Rockin' Jelly Bean's first poster for Mondo. With RJB, as with most artists we have always wanted to work with, we just needed the right project to bring him into the mix. It wasn't until this series, when we were introduced by Aaron Horkey (who curated the entire series,) that we realized it had been staring us in the face the whole time."

Aaron had this to say about working with RJB: "This poster was destined to be handled by RJB - anyone even marginally familiar with his style and subject matter would have to agree that he's been seemingly working up to this one for years. When I initially reached out (thanks to Pushead for the introduction) his auto-translated response boiled down to, "Rollergirl is my inspiration!" After that point all bets were off and the finished product is precisely what an RJB Boogie Nights poster should be - glistening, dynamic and damn near dripping off the paper."

All of these prints have been approved by P.T. Anderson himself. The series continues Thursday with MAGNOLIA by Joao Ruas and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE by Jordan Crane.

You can see detail shots of BOOGIE NIGHTS over on Mondo's blog HERE. 

Follow Mondo on Twitter for the on sale announcement. This poster will be available online at a random time on Wednesday, May 15th.

Detroit's very own Robocop statue is almost complete!

Kickstarter is amazing! Why!? Because in just over two years it allows someone to make a 10 feet tall Robocop statue for the city of Detroit. Well done all! Can't wait to see the finished piece.

New Pragmatic Theory album - 'The Soul Sessions'

"EEDIOTS!" - new print by Alex Pardee

"EEDIOTS!" - new print by Alex Pardee. 20" x 16", limited edition print of 200. Each print is signed and numbered by Alex and printed with archival inks on velvet cotton rag paper. Purchase now for $50 HERE.

Lego Casino Royale

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Mondo News! HARD EIGHT poster by Rich Kelly

Poster by Rich Kelly. 18"x24" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 235. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $40 

Poster by Rich Kelly. 18"x24" screen print. Hand numbered. Edition of 115. Printed by D&L Screenprinting. $65

This week Mondo will be hosting a week long celebration of Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography starting today (14th May) with Rich Kelly's print for his first film HARD EIGHT (or as it is better known to some, SYDNEY.) 

This series was curated by Aaron Horkey. Aaron took time to detail his decision making process and how he came to choose each particular artist for their specific project.

"I met Rich a few years ago when he was living in Chicago - he had only just started out on his phenomenal run of posters, but he was already light years ahead of the pack. Looking through his sketchbook was a fucking revelation - I can honestly say that book was up there with Crumb, Ware and Jean in terms of sheer brilliance and natural ability. When this curatorial project was taking shape I knew I wanted non-Mondo regulars to round it out, but Kelly was the obvious exception to the rule - his beautifully nuanced illustrative style was just the thing for capturing the gritty noir of Anderson's first film and I was over the moon when he agreed to take part. Even in the rough initial stages I could tell I made the right choice - another absolute stunner of a composition to add to his growing portfolio of classic pieces, the kid wins again..."

All of these prints have been approved by P.T. Anderson himself. You can see detail shots of Rich's poster over on Mondo's blog HERE.

Follow Mondo on Twitter for the on sale announcement. These posters will be available online at a random time on Tuesday, May 14th.

Bernie Wrightson print subscription - May 14th @ Nakatomi Inc.

If your keen on out-of-this-world draftsmanship and all things classic horror then make sure you head over to Nakatomi tomorrow (14th May) to take advantage of their Bernie Wrightson print subscription. They will offer up 175 subscriptions to the next 5 screen-printed art-prints in the series for $230 plus shipping. The Subscriptions will be available for 24 hours, or when 175 are sold, whichever comes first. Interested? Click HERE for further details.

Work from Hamish Steele

Check out the work of London based award-winning freelance illustrator, animator and comic maker Hamish Steele. Definitely make sure you hit the jump for an awesome 'Shining'/piñata mashup animation short.

The sculptural work of Gerardo Feldstein

Gerardo Feldstein was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) where he studied electrical engineering until he began to paint. Today he is an artist who works in many different mediums including the sculpture that we see here. Take a look at more of his work via his website HERE.

'Dream Brother' - new print by Filippo Morini

Walking Dead inspired print, 'Dream Brother' by Filippo Morini for 'I Love You Man' art show at Bottleneck Gallery.

Filippo writes: Only after having finished it I noticed that this poster showing Daryl and Merle some instants before the dramatic end of episode 3x15 is a HUGE spoiler, hope no one gets mad at me.

'Zone 6' by Erick Scarecrow available now from EscToy Ltd.

Heres a strange one for you in the form of 'Zone 6' by Erick Scarecrow. This pencil-armed skull demon is limited to only 10pcs worldwide. Each figure is signed and numbered by the artist and includes one 8" Zone 6 fig and one 4" Nasty Company fig. Purchase HERE for $150.

'To Live and Die in Lake Michigan' by Justin Santora

'To Live and Die in Lake Michigan' by Justin Santora. Its an 18″ x 24″ screenprint in a signed and numbered edition of 60. Part of the Skullamania exhibition at Galerie F. Purchase HERE tomorrow (Monday 13th May) for $30.

Work by Paul X. Johnson

Check out the stylised work of London based Paul X. Johnson. More after the jump or via his SITE.

Long Fox - they got the apparel you want!

 Why not have a browse in the Long Fox store where you will find hand drawn black and white imagery galore, all beautifully printed and ready for your shoulders / walls. Hit the jump for more examples of their work. They sell their prints for just £10 each - thats criminal!

SOB Soul Sunday #25

Week #25 - Ouincy Jones - Up Against The Wall (The Lost Man OST)

I have to admit that I've never seen this film but with a soundtrack like this, it's just made the list! Got some good samples from this track after the jump; so you better hit it to hear it!

'Dead Astronaut Gangsta' from 3A Toys

Gangsta?....skull?!....3A Toy??!!! Yep, looks like I ain't got much choice when it comes to this upcoming Ashley Wood release. What kind of person would I be if I didn't buy this guy?... an idiot thats what! We will bring you full information before he drops so stay tuned. Also, hit the jump to see more upcoming 3A releases including IRON MAN and Portal 2.

Elinor Evans solo show at Signal Gallery - 'Picasso's Pack'

It is only fitting that Elinor Evans’ muse should be her loyal Dalmatian Picasso. He has appeared in many of her works over the years, his benign presence seemingly a calming force in the compositions. In her new solo show at Signal Gallery, she has taken this a step further and developed a distinctly canine theme and called the show Picasso’s Pack.

Hit the link below to see more previews from the show and to read about the work of Elinor Evans. 

Picasso’s Pack opens 17th May - 7th June 2013 @ Signal Gallery (London).