London based trio We  Have Band is anticipating their debut album WHB. To be released on May 11th, the part electro-pop and dually-sided new wave group have already received accolades from critics. Their sound percolates with jittery synths and  pulsating drums that are comparable to Eighties ensemble Animotion’s “Obsession” and  new age sensation Hot Chip.   →

World-famous street artist Banksy makes his feature film debut in Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary film following the life and career of the elusive artist. From Disneyland to the West Bank, the Bristol-based artist has left his trademark signatures in the form of stencils, sculptures and paintings. →

Let’s admit it, some of us are just addicted to art. Without it, the world wouldn’t be quite as beautiful. Hell, I’d look around and despite a couple things here and there, the world would be pretty shitty. Anyways, if you are like me and are in need of your art fix on a lovely Sunday afternoon, come by the Artist Curated Projects hosted at the home of →

Infamous, inflammatory, and insane — few directors have stimulated more arguments, divided more opinions, or inspired more fervent fans and vitriolic haters than that great Dane, Lars Von Trier.

First we have The Purified, the chronicle Von Trier and three fellow Danish directors launching the Dogme 95 movement, complete with manifesto and “vow of chasity” in which filmmakers were →

Did you know that plastic bottles take 700 years to begin composting in a landfill? Or the fact that less than 1% of plastic bags are recycled and it costs more to recycle a plastic bag than to produce one, so there is no monetary incentive to recycle plastic bags? Or how about the fact that approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die per year by ingesting plastic bags? As a sequel →

Aperture Gallery is proud to present Sawdust Mountain, which showcases a compilation of four years worth of photographing throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northern California by Eirik Johnson. Johnson focuses on the relationship between the dependency that industries have upon natural resources and the communities which they support and its uncertain place in the future. →

Shafiq of Sa-Ra Creative Partners presents his first solo album “Shafiq En A-Free-Ka” off Plug Research. The title “A-FREE-KA,” meaning spirit, commemorates Shafiq’s thirty-year voyage as he traversed through spiritual and musical journeys. Shafiq is known for lending his writing skills to the likes of Erykah Badu, and working alongside some of hip hop’s best. →

Photographic Investigations of the Americas
Craig Krull Gallery-Santa Monica, CA
04/24/10

Craig Krull Gallery is pleased to present two photo-based exhibitions that investigate our relationship with the inhabited, arid American West. Michael Light: Inter Mountainand Marc Valesella: Not Negotiable are two exhibitions that consider our impact on the extended ecosystem of the West in terms of development, resource extraction, environmental changes and related issues. →

Pupils Dilate
Cinefamily Theater-Los Angeles
05/01/10 

Open your pupils wide and join the ever-expanding, dynamic Dublab crew for another program of rarely-seen music videos (including clips featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Dan Deacon, B+, Daedelus, MGMT, Lucky Dragons, No Age and more!), new VisionVersion films (scenes of amazing musical artists performing live in exciting locations around Los Angeles), comedy clips, out-there animation and other eye-melting magic. →

Design in the Blood
Design Opinion

Even though the follow-up to 1982′s Tron won’t be released until December this year, I still couldn’t resist jumping the gun about how unbelievably amazing Tron Legacy looks to be. My excitement is certainly multi-fold because while it’s too early to write anything resembling a review of the movie, there are enough facts, rumors and most importantly, visuals, accelerating around our own Tron-like ether of information to give me something to go on. →