It’s that time of the year again! LGF and I are getting ready for the Belgian fashion fest that is SHOW : the graduation show of the Antwerp Fashion Academy which showcases the work of all the students…

Highlight of the evening of course is the viewing of class 2012.

Although the audience will be filled with fashion professionals from around the world, don’t forget that everybody can join in on the fun. And believe you me, it is worth it!

View our recaps of SHOW 09, SHOW 10 and SHOW 11! 

Get your tickets now:

Tickets: € 35 (seats)/ € 12 (standing)

Presale HERE

SHOW2012 – JUNE 7, 8 & 9, 2012
HANGAR 29, RIJNKAAI 150, 2000 ANTWERP
DOORS: 7PM / START SHOW: 8PM

If you would like to model for the up and coming talent, there’s a special casting:

Fashion Department, Nationalestraat 28, 5th Floor, 2000 Antwerp

Girls 1.74+/ 18-28 years - Boys 1.80+/ 18-28 years 

Saturday May 26th from 12h till 18h

Tuesday May 29th from 10h till 18h

Wednesday May 30th from 10h till 18h

More info on the Graduating Students and their Collection:

Making of the Show 2012 Poster (catch a glimpse of Walter Van Beirendonck. Aargh! Love!):

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Credits Show 2012 Poster (first two images):

Production Walter Van Beirendonck, Photography Ronald Stoops, Styling Dirk Van Saene, Make-up Inge Grognard, Hair Ed Moelands, Model Amélie Lens@Dominique, Outfit Markéta Martišková, Typography & Design Paul Boudens, Photography Asistant Tim Lebacq

MORE INFO HERE

Only three hours ago, I was having lunch with Tim from our sister blog Ü and he told me he was on ‘The Frog’, one of the best songs on the new The Hickey Underworld album: the excellent ‘I’m Under The House, I’m Dying’. Tim’s riff is in there somwehere. Which is awesome.

Then he told me the video was shot with all-time KNOTORYUS hero Nicolas Karakatsanis, featuring Kim Peers and that it was weird and probably amazing.

Turns out, I didn’t have to wait long to see the actual results. The video just dropped. And yes, it is weird. And amazing. And Belgian supermodel turned DJ/Stylist Kim Peers is in it, puking and kicking ass.

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Oozing from the minds of the same crew that’s responsible for the ‘Blonde Fire‘ video. Be sure to catch The Hickey Underworld live if you can. They are doing some out there next level set stuff with Afreux, the Antwerp design collective who helped KNOTORYUS out with the production of our Ü Eastpack collabo earlier.

A new companion to the Eyecandy Smörgasbords to give you guys an idea of what the KNOTORYUS offices sound like.

JAI PAUL – JASMIN

Two official tracks in, just demos really, and this guy is already one of the most talked about artists today.  ‘Jasmine’ is one of those slow burners that you never get tired of.

AB-SOUL – PINEAL GLAND

Part of the ‘Black Hippy’ collective with Kendrick Lamar and such + full-on illuminati.

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BEI MAEJOR – MOMENTS

Much compared to The Weeknd, but much easier on the ears and not as twisted and perverted.

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A$AP ROCKY – GOLDIE

Dat pretty motherf*cker keeps putting out must-downloads that make Harlem sound as sweltering as the South.

LIGHT ASYLUM – IPC

16 months after we first wrote about Light Asylum, they’re finally ready to release their debut album.

DEATH GRIPS – THE MONEY STORE

The hardest band to listen to on earphones is back with a real, roaring album after the mixtape. Press clip quote: “acceleration is a mantra”.

And for the encore:

Danny!

A.k.a. Danny Swain. Check out his Tumblr, which archeologists in 2075 might use as a means to discuss the status of of pop-culture in 2012, and specifically: how a young rapper experiences coming up in a post-Flocka, post-Lil B world.

Sébastien Tellier is taking his spiritual sexy crazy commune vibe to the next level with the new video for ‘Cochon Ville’ (roughly translated: Pig City). Apparently, YouTube banned it after less than 100 plays. And here’s why: you’ll see Monsieur Tellier in electric blue robes chanting over a disco tune, whipping the crowd into an erotic frenzy including slapping, choking, leg-licking and a full-on ball sack close-up at 2:03. Just so you know.

NSFW

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OFF! doesn’t do three minutes. But somehow, director Richard Kern is able to take the one minute and fourteen seconds of angry awesomeness (including *gasp* guitar solo) that is ‘Wiped Out’ and cram it full of moshpits, heavily breathing hipster girls, skate FAILs, surf FAILs, chubby kids french kissing and good ol’ punk rock shouting.

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Hmm…

Above: Christina Ricci in ‘As It Lays’, an art interview (whut?) series by Alex Israel for Purple TV.

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Looking forward to ‘Girls’, the first TV series by Lena Dunham, produced by Judd Apatow. It’s about twenty-something girls in New York, but not in the LastNightsParty kind of way, more in the Woody Allen constant existential crisis makes it funny kind of way.

Skater Girls by Petra Collins.

Kaws for Ikepod. Fourteen Thousand Dollars. Available HERE.

Five Handmade Insult Stickers by George McCallum. Five Dollars. Available HERE.

More Petra Collins, re-drawn by Evie.

Lisa Yuksavage is a new discovery for me. You’ll find her in the art catalogues under ‘hypersexual’ and ‘John Currin’.

Will!

This is Mr. Ben Venom. He makes metal quilts. I like Ben Venom.

As usual: a funny one to end. This is the best of Joan leaving rooms in Mad Men

This is a video Odd Future  shot during a Terry Richardson shoot.

I’ve been doing the Earl Sweatshirt Dance for the past couple of hours. Shit is fun!

Watch it after the jump…

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“so instead of critiquing and bitchin’, bein’ mad as fuck

just admit it, not only are we talented, we’re rad as fuck”

The OF Tape Vol. 2 is out now.

Image Earl here

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It’s that pretty motherfucker with that psychic Canadian phenomenon Nardwuar, having a chin wag about repping Harlem, A$AP samples and a certain czechoslovakian muze.

(10:57 – *dies*)

Doot doola doot doo …

You’ve been warned.

(Image above: Biggie via Jimmy’s Yayo)

Lots of NSFW material in this episode of Eyecandy Smörgasbord for some reason, so proceed with caution.

Bent Van Looy (frontmoustacheman of Das Pop) gets a guest spot on LeopardTreeDream, a Tumblr treat collecting designer Matt Maitland’s favourite LP covers. Want to know what kind of covers Bent gets lost in, sitting on an old rug next to his vintage stereo? This is where you find out.

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Team Spirit – F*ck the Beach. Even describing the animation in this video would be NSFW. Lots of funny-looking critters performing funny business with earth girls and aliens alike.

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Nite Jewel -One Second Of Love. Super rich girls invite Bacchus and his dance crew over for a houseparty. Satanality ensues.

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OFF! is Keith Morris from Black Flag and lesser-iconic members from other punk bands. OFF! shoud be one of your favourite bands right now. This is how they recorded their new album.

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Moonbotica – Iconic. A day in the life of a druggie crew. Not pretty. Not safe for work.

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Björk takes it to the microscopic level in ‘Hollow’. Great track, too. Directed and produced by Drew Berry.

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Mojo reports John Peel’s record collection will be available online HERE. Soon. They’re also reminding the world of the great John Peel’s Record Box documentary, available on YouTube. I’m just passing on the good news.

Grimes has been a staple on my playlists since what feels like forever. And that was just based on mp3′s leached from music blogs. Now there’s a stunning debut album. With artwork that looks like this:

(That’s her own art by the way.) Grimes is really Claire Boucher. If you look her up on WikiPedia, you’ll find stories like this:

“In 2009, Claire Boucher and her then-boyfriend from Tennessee constructed a 20-foot houseboat, named the “Velvet Glove Cast in Iron,” with the intention to sail it down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans. The cargo included chickens, a typewriter, 20 pounds of potatoes and a gifted copy of Mark Twain‘s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Boucher and her companion adopted the names “Varuschka” and “Zelda Xox” for the trip.^[8] Due to engine trouble and subsequent harassment from the Minnesota police, the journey was cut short and the houseboat and chickens were impounded.^[8]”

And now there’s a first video, which is for ‘Oblivion’ and directed by Emily Kai Bock. Grimes is fast becoming ‘an obsession I feel comfortable with’ (phrase culled from Emily’s documentary ‘A Space For Kyle’).

Watch the video and the documentary after the jump.

And really, if you only watch one video this week (or month), let this be it.

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