Edward Sharpe, "Up From Below" (Live Acoustic)

Thank you, Internet. Sometime in March, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros piled into their biofuel powered converted school bus and headed south to Mexico. A month later, we're presented with this video of Alex Ebert's 11-member ensemble of merry hippies performing an acoustic rendition of "Up From Below," live from a Yucatan jungle. Such is the speed of the web, and one of the......read more

Fluffy McCloud

For Conor Finnegan's IADT grad project, the young Irish animator gathered an assortment of cameras and went to work with paper clouds and scale models to create this wonderful, dialog-free short film that speaks to man's relationship with nature. It's a delight to watch. With talent like this, it seems pretty certain that Finnegan will get some solid clients in no time....read more

Dulux Walls

For Dulux Walls' Let's Colour Project, director Adam Berg shot everyday citizens brightening their communities by painting schools, streets, homes and squares in vibrant colors. A total of 120 different colours were utilized in four weeks of footage shot in four countries: Brazil, France, the UK and India. The wonderful song is "Go Do" by Jonsi (of Sigur Ros fame)....read more

The Wooden Sky, "Grace On A Hill Part 3"

There's no sense denying the fact that live performance music videos are generally hum-drum affairs. In fact, many of them are straight B-O-R-I-N-G. Oh neat, you're playing your instruments. Cool. I think I'll press stop now. Toronto outfit The Wooden Sky breaks the mold with Grace On A Hill, a five-part video series shot in the city's Grace On A Hill Church. Like the first couple episodes, the......read more

Birds on Guitar

Spellbinding new piece commissioned by the Barbican in London, featuring a flock of zebra finches creating strange soundscapes on an electric guitar. Amazing idea, beautifully filmed. More info here....read more

Timber Tree Hooks

These Timber Tree Hooks from Live Wire Farm offer a nice natural accent to the home. Each is handmade by Live Wire's John Robohm, who sources maple, beech, cherry and other hardwoods locally around his hometown of Jacksonville, Vermont. The hooks, which can also be used as shelf supports, come shaped and sanded, with pre-drilled mounting holes (screws included)....read more

House of Marley: Lively Up Scout Pack

Any bag we buy has to feature the necessary trifecta of style, function, and sustainability. House of Marley's Lively Up Scout Pack has those bases covered. The military-styled daily pack sports padded laptop and iPad sleeves as well as three external pockets, so you can safely stash everything you need for your day. Just as important, it's eco credentials run deep. The bulk of the bag......read more

Griffin AirCurve

The AirCurve is a cleverly-designed acoustic amplifier that turns your iPhone into a no-power-drain alarm clock on your nightstand, or a mini sound system that never needs batteries or adapters. AirCurve looks like a simple, elegantly minimal stand for your iPhone. But inside is a coiled waveguide "horn' that collects the sound from the built-in speaker of your iPhone, amplifies it (by about 10......read more

Kings of Convenience, "Me in You"

Bergen seems like a fascinating place. The picturesque little city on Norway's west coast was an infamous epicentre of the country's black metal scene, which in its 90s heyday stole headlines for spawning a string of church burnings — not to mention a murder or two. At the opposite end of the spectrum stand Kings of Convenience, the whispery Bergen folk-pop duo who sound like Simon and......read more

A Life Well Lived

A big thank you to Seattle's Eric Becker for introducing the Internet to Jim Whittaker, who fifty years ago became the first American to climb the tallest mountain in the world. The clip features some incredible footage from the first American Mount Everest Expedition, which reached the summit on May 1, 1963. It's a beautiful portrait of a seriously awesome and inspiring guy, with plenty of great......read more