Bon Iver: Towers.

Jay-Z: Life + Times

Greatness. It's in all walks of life.

Jake Davis Test Shots: Adrianne Ho

This Is My Home.

People always say that you can learn from your elders and despite the few grumpy gits, this is usually the case. And it has never more been the case than with this little old man who lives in Manhatten. He lives in a house, a house that is more antique store than comfortable abode, in which he invites anyone that wishes into to have a look around. Some may call him naive, I prefer to look at him as sweet, sincere and honest. What a beautiful man.

The Playlist: Bonobo ft Dels / Pretty Lights / Stori / Made In Japan / Mr Fogg

Bonobo ft Dels - Eyesdown



Pretty Lights - We Must Go On



Stori - Just Another Day



Made In Japan - What It Is



Mr Fogg - Stay Out Of The Sun



Bonobo - The Keeper (Banks Remix)

Warmer Corners - The Tiger's Lament

It's great to have friends. It's even greater to have talented friends. A few of mine are in Warmer Corners and a few of them are wearing tights in their first video for the song The Tiger's Lament. It's bizarre and awesome all at the same time, and if you knew these guys, you wouldn't expect anything else. And the fact that it's set in my old stomping ground the beautiful New Forest is even better. Show some love for Warmer Corners here.

Art In The Streets: Graffiti's Importance.

Over the past couple of years I've become a really interested and intrigued by street art and the world that goes along with it. And no I don't have a Banksy print on a tshirt or up on my wall.

There are so many aspects of graffiti and street art that it's hard to restrict the reasons as to why I like it so. It is so diverse. The pure aesthetic, technical skill, the social commentary or just the ingenuity of it all fascinate me. It really is hard to deny graffiti's place in society nowadays. Whether it be Shepard Fairey's appearance in The Simpsons, or him designing Obama's election poster, or Banksy's Exit Through The Giftshop film and the millions he has earned, or David Choe who's mural at Facebook is set to become the most expensive piece of art ever at £126m. It's everywhere. It's so influential. It's so important. Yet it's still so frowned upon. The trivial 'vandalism' argument is becoming less valid, yet it is still an argument that is sending some of the most lauded, famous and richest street artists to jail. But this is part of it for them. It shows the dedication, commitment and inhibited passion they have for their art. And yes, Mr Judge, it is art. I defy anyone to call it anything else.

Below is a brilliant documentary from behind the scene's of LA's MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) exhibition - Art In The Streets, America's first professional and organised graffiti exhibition in a museum. Learn from the curators, documenters such as Martha Cooper and the artists themselves as to why graffiti is so important to our society and needs to be encouraged and nurtured, not victimised and judged.

Bon Iver X Stuart Carey

Bon Iver has always had a strongly dedicated fanbase but he has always been somewhat underground and under the radar. His second album Bon Iver, Bon Iver got huge critical acclaim and did well commercially too, getting a decent amount of mainstream radio play. He even went on and picked up two much deserved Grammys, though he did shun performing with Alicia Keys. Wise move.
This has opened the door for Bon Iver to perform in new and interesting ways. In the last couple of weeks he has played on SNL and performed a brilliant version of Perth with The Roots. He now teams up with musician Stuart Carey, a couple of pianos and a few hand-picked songs. This 24 minute piece is wonderfully filmed and even more wonderfully performed, two very talented men, doing what they do best.

WESC Spring/Summer Lookvideo.

WeSC Spring 2012! from WeSC on Vimeo.

For Spring/Summer 2012 Swedish label WeSC have released a campaign video featuring WeActivists such as actor/skateboarder Jason Lee, Giovanni Reda, Ray Barbee, Eli Reed and many more.

Bon Iver X The Roots

I think this is what heaven sounds like.

Jay-Z and Kanye West - Niggas In Paris

It's only just February and it looks like the best music video of the year is already upon us.

This is PERFECT. The filming, the production, the editing, the imagery. Perfect.

But did we really expect anything else?

Lana Del Rey On Letterman.

See she can sing?

Nas X The Roots X Fallon

M.I.A - Bad Girls

Arabs meets Fast & Furious.

The Playlist: Clear Soul Forces / SBTRKT / M.I.A / Frank Ocean / Jack White / John Hawkes

Clear Soul Forces - Get No Better



SBTRKT - Atomic Peace



M.I.A - Bad Girls



Frank Ocean - Voodoo



Jack White - Love Interruption



John Hawkes - Marcy's Song