Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing

Another band with a super long name, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is an indie pop band from Springfield. Yes, it's that first President of Russia's Boris Yeltsin they are referring to.

If you're a fan of the thing called TV, you might heard of the band's music being featured in films, commercials and TV shows, including The O.C.

The band have one full length album and several other random materials. Pershing is the follow-up album to their 2005's Broom. It was released on April 8 under Polyvinyl Records.

Learning and growing from what has been done before, the band returns with a bigger bang with more massive catchy hooks and seductive beats, finer recording techniques and exploiting in all sorts of technical features.

Fans of Pavement, The Shins, Voxtrot and Okkervil River, pay a little attention on this one. Visit SSLYBY's MySpace to listen to their music. The video below is the making of Pershing....

Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk It Off

Walk It Off is the second album by indie rock band from Minneapolis, Tapes 'n Tapes. After a 3-year gap from their 2005 album The Loon, the group is back with a brand new one which was released on April 8 by XL Recordings. Their debut made a good impression to numerous reviewers and media that gave good praises on their self-released album.

Their second will make a bigger, stronger and louder comeback for the boys and this time, with something more surprising and killing tunes.

Often been compared to bands like Pavement, Pixies, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Menomena.

Hang Them All is the band's first single from this new piece.

UNIQLO New UT Collection

UNIQLO presented the new breed of UT Project (UT is the acronym for UNIQLO T-shirt), as part of their contribution to the brand's Spring '08 collection.

T-shirts produced under the UT Project are limited edition pieces designed by renowned artists, designers, photographers and notable individuals. The collection were made available in stores on March 17 at an affordable price range. Available for all men, women and children.

The brand featured actress Chloe Sevigny and actor Tadanobu Asano in their advertising campaign for this project, photographed by Dan Jackson. Some might have already seen the ads via New York Post, Time Out New York and AM New York.

Read the full press release here. You can also take a look at the line up of these tees here.

Onitsuka Tiger Trainer Vending Machine, The First In The World

Slot and wear. A brilliant marketing approach from Japanese sports label Onitsuka Tiger, the brand introduced a new way to purchase a pair of Onitsuka Tiger trainers. Now everyone can enjoy a pair just by inserting tokens in the vending machine and it will dispense a pair of sneakers of your choice, the first in the world of such kind. The dispensing device is made up of over 100 bespoke parts and can vend 24 pairs of trainers at any one time, in any of 6 sizes.

The vending machine is made it's debut appearance in London yesterday and will begin a national tour beginning from Manchester.

They are giving out free Mexico 66 sneakers for this campaign. Check out their site for more info.

Tilly and The Wall - O

Didn't I mentioned a little sum' sum' on Tilly and The Wall releasing a new album soon previously? And here it is, the indie pop band from Nebraska will release O on June 7 under Team Love.

"O is Tilly and the Wall’s most cohesive, sonically experimental album yet. In addition to building a tack piano for certain songs, the band toyed with percussion much more than their previous efforts, recording Jamie’s taps through a variety of different amplifiers and floors to give each song its own distinct rhythm. With its massive dose of high energy and hip-shaking attitude, this album will remind you of you why you fell for Tilly and the Wall in the first place." - Fanatic.

The band released a digital EP entitled Beat Control was released earlier as a teaser for this upcoming album.



They impress me. Their beat controlled my entire body. Nothing too complicated. Simply just plain spectacular vocals on a catchy rhythm beat. A recommendation by the labourer.

Tim Tsui "Blood Diamond" Da Warrior

Tim Tsui's master creation vinyl Da Warrior will soon have a new variant in addition to the other releases. As usual, the figure looks outstanding standalone already. Nevertheless adding some improvisations and technical touch ups makes it even more dashing and beautiful. A detachable helmet, an extra attachable head, red splash paints and crystal eye balls are some of the few detailing featured on this vinyl. This is known as the Blood Diamond version.

Only 200 of it are made and will go for $125 each, and soon be released on April 24 over at artoyz site. Via hypebeast.

DJ Nesh Heads To New Club

So we heard it was DJ Nesh's last night with Laundry Bar on April 12, therefore we thought we drop by and bid farewell to the charming R&B DJ before he move on to spin for his new employer, Euphoria by MOS. We aren't sure about the full particulars yet, but we sure to keep you updated on that.

Meanwhile, the resident spot for the Urban Politics night will be replaced by DJ Soya (we not too sure whether he still spins for Cafe Flam, but he was a resident there previously) continuing Nesh's musicology quest in bringing upbeat hip hop and R&B tunes to the loving people in Laundry. Swing by if you have the time.

Here's a brief recap on what happened last night. Nesh and Soya dropping some sick mad tunes for energetic people on the dance floor to groove. In the middle, Nesh invited Toronto's MC Vandal and Masia One for a freestyle session to hype up the party. Later on, Nesh did a little beatboxing demonstration to the crowd.