January 14th, 2010
You don’t need thousands of dollars and big-name directors to make a hot music video when you’ve got a hundred bucks and a Macbook – if you’re M.I.A., anyway. Check out this dreamy made-at-home video for her brand new track “There’s Space For Ol Dat I See (Space Odyssey),” which M.I.A. dropped via her Twitter account. Her new album is out sometime in Summer 2010, and we can’t wait.
January 12th, 2010
Maison Martin Margiela: Atelier Artisanal from Materialiste Paris.
January 11th, 2010
The Force is strong with this one: the Star Wars legacy has lasted over four decades, with incarnations of the franchise from stop-motion series Robot Chicken to the formation of Jediism (no joke, it’s a faith based and dedicated to the practice and philosophies of a Jedi knight). This month ushers in the most coveted Star Wars item yet: adidas Originals x Star Wars sneakers.
January 7th, 2010
December 29th, 2009
It was pretty good year for music in The Block. We chatted with Passion Pit and La Roux (and got stood up by Florence and The Machine), but loved every minute we spent backstage and on the dancefloor. From the lush melancholia of Fever Ray, to Calvin Harris’s booty-shaking collaboration with Dizzee Rascal, check out our favourite songs of 2009 on 8tracks.com.
December 18th, 2009
This isn’t a coffee-table book inspired by Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill, instead, the likes of Richard Avedon’s photograph of China Machado to Catherine Deneuve’s Belle de Jour, are a few of the likely inspirations taken by François Nars for Nars’ 15 x 15 anniversary book. Celebrating 15-years in the industry, Nars has published a book dedicated to its successful line of beauty products and the icons who inspire the label; and The Block is madly in love with all 40-pages of it.
December 3rd, 2009
We’ve got our hands all over Five Dials. Well, not literally; this understatedly hip little lit journal only distributes online, through PDF. But don’t be fooled by the low-maintenance distro: Five Dials pulls in some pretty big names. The most recent issue, themed around Paris, features writing from the likes of Ali Smith and John Updike; an “addendum” to the issue, posted today, centres around Guy de Maupassant. Previous issues include writers such as Arundhati Roy and Jonathan Safran Foer.
November 28th, 2009
Don’t be fooled by Dragonette’s online merchandise shop. Sure, they may be selling knock-off Dragonette-inscribed LV and Dior scarves for only $10 American, but the band does have some taste. Since their debut album, Galore, Dragonette has been really “getting around;” lead singer Martina Sorbara has since collaborated with Martin Solveig for “Boys and Girls,” which was filmed inside Jean Paul Gaultier’s Paris studio.
November 23rd, 2009
With its recent, star-studded opening on November 22, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is now showing a Tim Burton exhibition. A tribute to Burton’s extensive life work, the exhibit features childhood sketches, paintings, storyboards, puppets, and costumes, as well as other completed and non-completed projects, and screenings of his major movies.
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THE BLOCK MIXTAPE
by CFCF
CFCF Mixtape
01. Nacho Patrol - Mind World
02. Mr. Fingers - Waterfalls
03. Arthur Russell - In the Light Of the Miracle
04. Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina
05. Dungen - Det Tar Tid
06. The Prime Movers - Strong As I Am
07. Michael Shrieve – Communiqué: “Approach Spiral”
08. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
09. Popol Vuh - Aguirre III
10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Format & Journey North