Archival sandals.
Founded in 1970 and inspired by arty Parisian students, French footwear brand Kickers made a name for itself on the music and fashion scene by 1975 with their iconic Kick Hi, among a series of classics spotted on stage under jeans on the likes of Noel Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker and The Stone Roses. In the early 2000s, Kickers saw a resurgence on the music scene as artists from Ms Dynamite to the Arctic Monkeys made Kickers a staple on and off stage.
Today, the iconic Parisian footwear brand has unveiled a new chunky sandal silhouette for summer inspired by the brand s extensive archive and history on stage. The Knox Lo features bold silver hardware buckle fastenings and a dense base, available in both black and white, the shoe prioritises comfort with a dipped cushion sock liner for support and looks great both bare and with a ribbed ankle sock.
Feng Suave revel in that human touch.
The pair s studio is dotted with analogue kit, supplying their surging, future-facing bops with a hand-made feel.
The results speak for themselves. Racking up huge streaming figures, the duo s charismatic and infectious sound has developed a global audience.
New single Tomb For Rockets finds Feng Suave moving into fresh arenas, working with new techniques and bold new ideas.
The band - Daniël Schoemaker and Daniël de Jong - comment. For this release, we decided to record analogue to tape. This was a first for us and provided a nice change from our previous recording experiences which often involved overdubbing every instrument onto a digital grid, and this provided us an opportunity to capture a raw and dense sound.
London based collective Franc Moody (Ned Franc and Jon Moody) have disclosed ‘Tired Of Waiting’ a slammer single that will get people dancing. This French inspired disco house number exhibits a tease of what is to come in their next EP ‘House of FM’ (out on June 9th). An addictive slice which has traces of deep funk and soul, emitting sheer disco derived pleasure. Perfect timing for the coming summer. Tired Of Waiting started life (say the band) as a bass line and a trucking groove. Some Spaghetti Western, Ennio Morricone meets National Rail-style chugging guitar lines followed only to be finished off with some stabbing soul interjections from the colossus of Rhodes. Once run through the FM blender, those ingredients formed the basis of the track.”
Mia Nicolai is a true internationalist.
Born in Amsterdam to a Russian mother, she learned from a young age to move between languages and cultures, accepting them as equal.
This all fuels her future-pop vision, a trans-genre approach laden with colour, one that picks from multiple sources.
New single People Pleaser is a surging, coherent, ultra-potent offering, a song that dwells on identity, and the processes by which it is defined. This song is about the journey towards finding yourself, she explains. It can be very difficult to be true to your inner values when all you do is please the people around you instead of your inner needs. I’ve always come across as a strong-minded person. But in reality, I’m capable of helping everyone BUT myself. At some point I felt so uncomfortable in my own skin that I couldn’t even breathe properly.
Tebi Rex are back.
A wry, fun-filled return, it finds Tebi Rex incorporating fresh elements alongside their rap roots.
Out now, Hanging With Trees is completely infectious, and it comes with a bubbly video, too.
Tebi Rex comment: It’s a song about a talking tree who gives really good advice.she can be a bit blunt though.
Tune in now.
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