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As if the end of a long weekend wasn't sad enough on it's own, this video for Fryars' "On Your Own" will get those tear ducts working double-time. The haunting, emotion-packed track is paired with morose visuals dominated by images of young ladies crying. We're not -- sniff-sniff -- the types to cry over a music video, but this is breaking our hearts. Fryars’ sophomore album is due out this......read more
Brighton, UK's lo-fi pop darlings Fear of Men just dropped this video for their bittersweet single, "Seer," from taken from their singles compilation Early Fragments (out now on Kanine Records). It's a suitably dreamlike clip for a pretty track, with vocalist Jessica Weiss assuming the lead role as a lonely beekeeper in a gorgeous, hazy landscape. Directed by Falvey and Weiss with Williams /......read more
The NYC-based outdoor gear maestros at Endstar hit another product design bullseye with the Darwin Rucksack, a versatile 60-litre pack that's perfect for a weekend trek to the wilderness. With ample storage space in the main compartment, the Darwin also features an expansion harness and smaller storage compartments for quick-access items. And like all Endstar products, the Darwin is manufactured......read more
If you were into Where the Wild Things Are, you'll love the new video for "Lilies," the ornate art-pop opener from Bat For Lashes' Haunted Man LP. The playful clip features a group of monsters who chill and throw down some dance moves alongside singer Natasha Khan, who sports a black bikini and an impressive set of abs. Meanwhile, Khan creates stop-motion landscapes with her breath, barfing......read more
In the latest episode of The Perennial Plate, series creators Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine travel to East Asia, where urban farming is beginning to take hold on empty rooftops. The clip introduces us to Osbert Lam at City Farm in Hong Kong and Guichun Zhang in Beijing, each of whom have created rooftop garden oases in their respective cities. In both cases, it seems like the motives......read more
The spark that started SHFT was a simple act of sharing between friends. Adrian and I would email each other an article on a new sustainable product, a great video or an interesting post. We would get inspired and excited by these digital gifts. Adrian sent me a link to OVERVIEW last week and it reminded me of those early emails. We hope you find it as awesome and humbling......read more
Since moving to LA from Maryland in 2002, Nicholas Alan Cope has been documenting the infrastructure of his adopted hometown in stark, black-and-white photos. Those images of the city's geometric modern architecture are collected in a new book, "Whitewash," out this month on powerHouse. Cope relies on stark abstraction and the power of contrast to deliver what looks to be a surreal and special......read more
Last year saw the successful launch of Click & Grow, the hands-free, idiot-proof indoor planting device, and now it's back in a second iteration. And this time the Palo Alto-based founders turned to the crowd to develop it. Specifically designed to grow herbs at home, Click & Grow 2.0 is dubbed the Smart Herb Garden, and comes equipped with seeds for basil, thyme and lemon balm. Don't......read more
With more and more people interested in local, sustainable food, there are more and more people looking for meaningful work in the field. Enter Good Food Jobs, a “gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm, and intellect.” Launched in 2010 by “friends, partners and ice cream......read more
It's been six years since An Inconvenient Truth won two Oscars and got everyone talking about climate change. Then the recession hit, and the climate debate faded into the background. Chasing Ice, a newly released documentary from filmmaker Jeff Orlowski, is the latest global warming wake-up call. The film documents the work of photographer and scientist James Balog, who spent five......read more
