Pleasure at Dover Street Market

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Jakarta-based collective, Pleasure, have just launched a handful of T-shirt designs at Dover Street Market in London and Ginza, including one in collaboration with the store itself, which reflects "the spirit of playful youth in all of us." The group of friends are particularly focused on music, throwing parties in their hometown and around the world, with an anything goes policy to the genres they embrace.

—Available from Dover Street Market

Revo SuperConnect Radio

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There are several excellent small home radios available for the design conscious, that are appointed with essential modern features such as Bluetooth and Spotify enablements. The best looking options have customarily come from renowned companies such as Tivoli or Bose, but Mr Porter is offering a great alternative in the form of this simple, well-designed walnut, aluminum and steel unit from the brand Revo, dubbed the SuperConnect. 

—Available from Mr Porter

New Releases from The Trilogy Tapes

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—01. Rezzett: EP 2.
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The Trilogy Tapes is releasing a pair of very good records this week, one by the mysterious duo that make up Rezzett, and the other from French producer Coni. There's been no shortage of new releases from the UK-based label lately, but these two – EP 2 and Imaginarium Essai EP – are especially strong.

—Available from The Trilogy Tapes

Bianca Chandôn Presents & Co. – Best of Friends

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Quietly released last week by independent clothing label Bianca Chandôn, Best of Friends is the first record by & Co. The group is made up of Alex Olson, Alberto Bof and Paul T., who met one another in California through surfing and skateboarding. The trio's debut 12-inch "blends the piano-heavy, slo-mo style of Still Going, with twinkling jazz pianos, an air of humid Balearic sunshine, and occasional flashes of Timothy J. Fairplay style acid."

—Available from Juno Records

Strangeways NYC Pocket T-Shirts

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One thing I’ve noticed in listening to The Smiths and Morrissey over the years is that they can be pretty polarizing. There are obviously those that are blissfully unaware either way, but few music fans seem to take the work lightly – loving it or hating it, with not much room in-between. These T-shirts from Stangeways NYC would be a great way to show your allegiance to the divisively outspoken frontman.

—Available from Union

A.P.C. T-Shirts Musique

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—01. Paradis T-Shirt.
—02. Nicolas Godin T-Shirt.

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This fall A.P.C. has worked alongside four musicians to create a special range of T-shirts. The French brand has long been involved in music, going so far as to install a recording studio in their Paris headquarters back in 1998. The small collection features artwork which ties into a particular recording from each artist. My favourite corresponds to Contrepoint by Nicholas Godin, but the other three by Étienne Daho, Flavien Berger, and Paradis aren't bad either.

—Available from A.P.C.

SoundCloud Update: Rodney Graham – Inventory Mix

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The sixth mix for our SoundCloud has been assembled by the renowned artist Rodney Graham. This eclectic playlist features a plethora of garage, pop, world and psych rarities, as well as a few more well-known songs. It is unlike the other mixes we’ve posted in almost every way, seamlessly blending a selection of disparate sounds that further show how perfectly his choices work together. Just wait until you get to the Olivia Newton-John hit ‘A Little More Love’ – you’ll never want it to stop. 

—Inventory SoundCloud

Weekend Listening: Bowery Electric

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Looking through recent additions to my iTunes, none of my listening lately includes anything from the past decade. Modern music has me increasingly bored, with no new artists compelling me to pay attention. The only ones that I’m obliged to follow are probably solo artists who started in the ‘90s and I’ve been a fan of for a long time, such as Bill Callahan, Will Oldham and Dan Bejar. Consequently, I’ve resorted to filling in the gaps of the late ’90s post-rock, shoegaze and experimental scenes as best as I can; all of which I didn’t get to participate in at the time since I was still too young to be fully aware. One such release is the self-titled record by Bowery Electric, which turned 20 this year. Exercising the perfect blend of droning guitar lines, ambient passages and simple metronomic drum patterns, this is a seemingly underappreciated gem from an excellent band with an all-too-short career. You’re in for a real treat if you’ve never heard it before.

—Available from Bleep