Fall Fashion: Roots Sage dress

Does it get more Canadian than Roots? Unless you’re an actual beaver, you’re probably looking for ways to wear local designers and with the Sage dress from Roots, you can do just that. One of our country’s most-trusted brands has moved beyond sweatpants in the last decade and really come into their own as a casual fashion powerhouse. Plus, the Sage dress will keep you warm in the coming months when the weather gets all pissy as it is wont to do in this country.

Review | King of Leon - Walls

There are bands out there that transcend trends and time. Bands that we’ve come to expect to a certain level of experimentation, bands that push themselves to create music that is not only good but also interesting, that offer a point of view other than to sell out arenas and garner social media likes. Kings of Leon are not one of those bands. After a three-year wait the band has dropped their new album, Walls.

Wants & Needs | Rains Poncho

It rains sometimes this time of year. It messes with your hair, your clothes and your shoes. With the Poncho from Rains you get protection from the elements plus you’ll look dope. This practical and stylish pullover has side buttons making it easy to pull on and off. What an aptly named company! Rains. It’s like they knew what they wanted to make and didn’t bother to come up with a silly name. Respect.

MILES TO GO: Call of Cthulhu Tee

Let’s face it, HP Lovecraft was a major donk (re: horrible dude). However, he did invent some of the tropes and themes still used in today’s horror genre. MILES TO GO’s Call of Cthulhu Tee is made of 100% combed cotton and features one of Lovecraft’s most beloved and feared creations, the Great Old One himself. Cthulhu is older than dirt and looks like the love child of Aquaman and the Kraken.

Music Profile | Beach Slang

There's no hyperbole to the title of Beach Slang's second album, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings. The band itself is comprised of guys well out of their adolescent times, frontman James Alex himself already into his 40s, but the in-song emotions pushed to the red between washes of punk distortion and pop melody are equivalent to the raw, fresh feelings coursing through the young at heart.

Smash Boom Pow Video: Listen To Me

Vancouver sibling two-piece Smash Boom Pow hit the road in “Listen To Me”, the new single from their EP Higher Power Of Desire.

Directed by the enigmatic Room Collective, the clip finds the brothers embarking on a journey through a myriad of psychedelic backdrops in hopes of reaching the higher power of desire. Set to a distorted riff and an air tight drum groove, the pair travel through time, space, the ocean, Vegas and other assorted green screen-ery on their search.

Wants & Needs: 2Alas Black and White Print

Art collective 2Alas has a new black and white print that you need for your bedroom. Or your kitchen. Or your living room. Or your bathroom. Just put it somewhere in your house. You’ll be in awe of its beauty and never stop staring at it. Your friends will text all like, “WHERE ARE YOU”. And you’ll be like, “STARING AT AWESOME PRINT BYE”. Then your friends will come over and stare at it with you.

Shawn Patt Designs: Mixed Brass Bib Necklace

If you’re a messy eater, you need a bib to catch crumbs and other food debris before they make a home on your clothes. If you’re not a messy eater but like bibs - because why not? Do you. - then this Mixed Brass Bib Necklace from Shawn Patt Designs is very much needed. Handmade in Toronto of mixed metals like brass, this bib isn’t actually a bib. But you knew that. You know it’s a statement necklace and you know you should get it and wear it immediately.

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