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So a good friend of ours Emily Fox started a little side business a while back that we think you guys will like! Its called Worn and Tattered. W&T offers a vast assortment of vintage Lingerie with a series of other goodies and one of a kind finds. When it comes down to these vintage renewal companies its all about having good taste and translating the right aesthetic. we believe Emily is killing it on both!
Check out her store HERE!
DESPITE HIS AGE...ZELOOPERZ HAS BEEN KILLING IT FOR A WHILE NOW. ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP WITHT THE BRUISER BRIGADE. WE FEEL LIKE HE IS THE ONE WHO IS GETTING IT RIGHT. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS DELIVERY WE JUST GET. ALTHOUGH THIS NEW TRACK IS ALL HYPE. WE STILL HAVE MAD LOVE FOR WHAT HE'S DOING! CHECK OUT HIS NEW VIDEO FOR HIS TRACK "I SHOULD BE DEAD"
Well we are stoked for our dudes in Athenas Grace. Lots of good shit coming their way. Check out their first single and music video off of their new record Martrys. Recorded at our boys at Undead Studios!
Here it is DEATHWISH!
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HEAD OUT TO THE SANCTUARY LATER THIS MONTH FOR THE MARTYRS CD RELEASE!
I've gone over a bunch of different strains and wax. Now, its time to talk about some edibles. There are a bunch of different types of edibles you can make. Anything from brownies to even fried chicken. What i'm going to talk today is True Labs Co2 chocolate covered Oreos. In all honesty, these could be considered dangerous because of how delicious they are. I call these crack cookies because as soon as you take a bite, you want another one. There are a few methods of making edibles. The most popular to the public would be canna-butter. But, that isn't the only way. You can also use Co2 oil or even use wax to make edibles. Im which both of these methods tend to be stronger. The chocolate cover oreos are made with 44mg of Co2 oil. The perks of using Co2 oil over canna-butter is the taste and potency. Canna-butter tends to taste a lot like weed and sometimes seems weak because its hard to distribute how much goes into a product evenly. Co2 is very easy to spread out in food so it has a more even potency throughout the products. The Ture Labs Oreos are absolutely great for low tolerance patients that aren't fans of smoking but need a natural sedative. They are fantastic for pain relief and insomnia. Hopefully you get to enjoy one or two during this winter hibernation months!!! -Colin
So if this post gets really wordy and ranty about how amazing this girl is, I'm apologizing ahead of time.
Kristen aka Lil Bambii is a 21 year old fashion blogger of LIL BAMI ,stylist, and visual communications major student at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) based out of Los Angeles, California! I met Kristen a few years ago through Tumblr, back in the days when I was really into Tumblr, and had a ton of internet friends! We were mutuals, and as time went on, we developed similar styles, and interests! She's always looked like a bad ass Baby Spice babe to me! I remember when I found out she went to FIDM, I was so jealous because it's seriously my dream school. I'm one of those people just does not like school at all, but if I lived in California, I would 100% go to FIDM. I've always wanted to be a stylist myself, so seeing a friend of mine get to do it, and do amazing with it as well, makes me so happy!
She's been able to work with some really great companies and people like Nicki LIpstick and Gitsie Wood, ShopTunnelVision, and TiltedSole , and she has been featured on my UNIF's Instagram page, which is pretty major in my opinion! She's doing some amazing things, at just 21. She's very inspiring, stylist, and gorgeous. If we lived closer, I know we'd probably be the best of friends! Kristen is my WCW every day, let just be honest.
Here are some photos from Kristen's blog, Lil Bambi, and a few pictures from shoots that she's styled!
Follow Kristen on Instagram: @_lilbambi
XO
MELANIE
WELL THE WILSON BOYS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. A NEW RECORD, INTERNATIONAL TOURS, AND SPENDING THEIR DAYS BANGING THEIR HEADS THOUSANDS OF FANS. WITH ALL OF THIS TIME ON THE ROAD THEY HAVENT LOST THEIR ROOTS HERE IN DETROIT.
CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME BACK STORY FOR RIGHT TO RISE:
"When we wrote the song we wanted to tell a story about the area of the world we live in. After traveling so much the past few years we realize the magnifying glass that the media has put on Detroit has damaged not only our city’s image but more importantly our PEOPLES’ image. We all struggle with life's weight no matter where we live in this world...our peoples’ story is not unlike the millions of other people out there put against the wall daily, cast aside as underdogs and thought of as "already dead". It's through the struggle to survive in those conditions that we create our strengths.
What we’ve tried to achieve visually is to tell a story thru the POV of a pack of dogs moving thru the blight of our city; the places most identifiable to the rest of the world. The abandoned house the band is performing in starts to crumble as the "underdogs" move from the rubble of our past into the present parts of Detroit's rebuild, showing our people coming together in strength to unite as one. It’s a picture of hope and growth through hard work, resilience and ingenuity, while honoring our past as we rise towards our future.
The video was produced and directed by Tradesmen Films and Chad Nicefield."
WELL WE ARE VERY STOKED AT VILE HQ ON SEEING ALL OF THIS PLACES THAT MAKE OUR HOME...OUR HOME. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO HERE! -AREN
WELL YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD US REP'N THESE DUDES ALREADY. CRUCIBLE A HEAVY SIDE PROJECT MADE UP OF ANDY (BASS), DAVE (VOCALS) AND LOU (GUITAR) FROM WE CAME AS ROMANS, TODD JANSEN (VOCALS & GUITAR) FROM ASSASSINS AND EVEN NICK FREDDELL (DRUMS) FROM TAPROOT! (BET YOU NEVER SAW THAT ONE COMING) FROM EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD SO FAR FROM THESE DUDES YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE IN STORE FOR SOME LOW SLUDGY CHUGS, SOLID HOOKS, AND SOME ALL AROUND HEAVY SHIT!
WHEN I TALKED TO DAVE AND ANDY ABOUT THIS PROJECT A WHILE BACK, THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE EXCITED TO BRING IT BACK TO THEIR HEAVY ROOTS AND JUST LET LOOSE. WE THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE IMPRESSED BY THE SOLID LYRICS AS WELL AS FIND SOMETHING TO BANG YOUR HEAD TO.
CHECK OUT THEIR FIRST SINGLE DEATH RATE ON THE CRUCIBLE FB PAGE. AND COME OUT FOR THIS EP RELEASE NEXT MONTH!
Dot work, also known as stipple shading, is a shading technique that artists have been doing for many many years in tons of different forms of art, whether it's pencil, ink, paint, digital art, etc. I've never been able to successfully create something that great using stippling, because I'm an impatient person as a whole. When I say that this technique takes time.... It is such an understatement. It's definitely a tedious technique, that one must be very meticulous about where to place every little dot!
When it comes to tattooing, it isn't much different. Dot-work tattoos have been my favorite style of tattoo for quite some time now, I just wasn't been able to find a tattoo artist in my area that I would trust with such a task, until I came across Alan Lott of Dogstar Tattoo Co. and I fell in love with his work instantly! There are tons of artists who do dot-work, and do it well. If you're thinking about getting some dots done, I wouldn't just go to any tattoo artist. I would find someone who has done it quite a bit, of course! I found the guy who did my most recent tattoo, through a page of tattoo artists all around North Carolina! I feel like a lot of states have pages like this on Instagram, so search for one for your state! One of my favorite dot-work artists is the lovely Hannah Pixie Sykes. It's a dream of mine to get tattooed by her for sure!
XO
MELANIE
I've been on this random kick of obsessing over everything latex, and oil slick. I think it's from watching so many Violet Chachki videos, and consistently lurking her instagram, and watching Rihanna's "S&M" music video a hundred times.
I've always loved vinyl, and latex and I've been especially into it all recently, because I'm planning for my Halloween costume, because I'm going to be Him from Power Puff Girls, and wanted to wear a latex catsuit as skin instead of painting my whole body red. Yesterday, I stumbled across the London / Milan based company, Dead Lotus Couture, and immediately wanted basically everything.
"Dead Lotus Couture's identity is bourne of an emotional world, comprising sinuous, sensual shapes that reveal a dark spiky elegance with a sophisticated touch. Volumes and devious geometry are combined to bring out your foxiest alter ego."
A big part of what DLC stands by, is the way their garments hugs the wearer, so that every curve you want to see, is accentuated to the fullest, and shape your body to it's absolute best! A big part of why I love DLC so much is the photography on their entire site, including their product shots on the listings. All of the women look very powerful, and very sexy!
Follow Dead Lotus Couture on Instagram:
@nange.magro_dead.lotus.couture
XO
MELANIE
So we were excited to announce the release of our boys in WolfShark EP FINDING YOURSELF! Check out these videos they put together to promote the EP in collaboration with Brandan Keller!
As part of the backstage series Founder's new release is exactly what the name implies: dank. It's a red ale but thanks to the generous amount of hops it's also an IPA. Chinook, mosaic and simcoe are featured here along with caramalt and roasted barley. It's a very big, very juicy and sticky brew that I'll honestly be buying more bottles of. Nice frothy crystal head, big 9.5% abv and a punch to the pallet at 90ibu's. The perfect release as fall starts to creep in. I haven't heard if this was kegged but there seems to be plenty of bottles to go around. Cheers!
My Score: 94
With fall and winter quickly approaching I'm running out of time to constantly talk about ipa's. Soon I'll be spouting off about browns and stouts and porters and oktoberfesters, but before I do all that I have to tell you to go buy Stone's new Anniversary ale. Of course it's a giant hop bomb, that's expected. What's new and awesome here is the use of 100% Australian hops. Malt too. 4 hops specifically: topaz and galaxie but also newcomers ella and vic secret. The use of these make this beer one intense tropical fruit tasting, super sticky and dank ipa. To no surprise either as Stone is known for being kings of the ipa in my opinion. Sort of a heavy hitter at 8.7% abv this one is sure to please you hop heads searching for the new what's next. Cheers!
My Score: 98
WELL ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN! DIRT FEST WILL BE ROCKING OUT THIS WEEK! THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE FULL OF GUILTY PLEASURES! BANDS LIKE FEAR FACTORY, COAL CHAMBER AND EVEN MUSHROOM HEAD! BUT WE ARE STOKED FOR THE STRONG MICHIGAN ACTS LIKE KING 810, CHILD BITE BEAST IN THE FIELD AND OUR BOYS IN WOLFSHARK! COME VISIT OUR TENT AND LETS PARTY HARD AND GET OUR METAL ON !
SO OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WHO LET LIVE IS ...OR AT LEAST YOU SHOULD! WELL THE DUDES ARE COMING TO TOWN AND PLAYING AT OUR BELOVED SHELTER. THIS SHOW IS GOING TO RIP FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT WE ARE STOKED BECAUSE OUR BOYS IN WOLFSHARK AND NARCO DEBUT WILL BE SHARING THE STAGE! SO YOU ALL BETTER BE THERE!
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW WHO WILSON IS....YOURE FUCKING UP! WILSON WAS WITH US FROM THE START OF VILE. THESE DUDES HOLD THE FLAG HIGH OF WHAT IT MEANS "TO KEEP IT VILE" AND SPREAD "FUCKERY!" WE ARE SO PROUD BECAUSE IN LESS THAN A WEEK WILSON WILL BE RELEASING THEIR SECOND FULL LENGTH ALBUM "RIGHT TO RISE." ON RAZOR AND TIE RECORDS THE DUDES WILL BE HAVING A "LOCALS ONLY" RELEASE PARTY AT THE CROFOOT THIS SAT, ALONG SIDE WITH OUR BROTHERS IN WOLFSHARK.
SO FOR THE TIME BEING WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS OF FUCKERY, APPRECIATE THE ROAD THAT THEY HAVE FOUGHT FOR, AND GET STOKED FOR THE YEARS TO COME! XOXO -AREN
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, FOR THOSE WHO DONT KNOW ABOUT THE SYCAMOUR DUDES, WELL YOU SHOULD BY NOW. IF YOU DONT KNOW WHO BRANDAN KELLER IS BY NOW, WELL YOU SHOULD. BRANDAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AWESOME CINEMATIC VIDEOS THAT THE SYCAMOUR DUDES HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR. NOW THE DUDES AND BRANDAN HAVE RELEASED THIS LIVE VIDEO FOR THEIR SONG "CALM DOWN JULIET" ON AP MAGAZINES! PROUD OF YOU GUYS!
PS CATCH THE DUDES ON THE TAIL END OF THEIR "TOURS FROM THE CRYPT" TOUR!
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ALRIGHT! FOLLOW UP POST ON OUR DUDES IN WE CAME AS ROMANS! CHECK OUT THEIR NEW VIDEO THAT DROPPED TODAY. "REGENERATE" WAS SHOT IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS FULL OF PEOPLE IN OUR MUSIC SCENE! SO CHECK IT OUT AND I YOU ARE A LOCAL, SEE IF YOU CAN SEE YOUR FRIENDS OR EVEN YOURSELF.
MAKE SURE YOU GUYS CATCH THE DUDES ON THIS YEARS 2015 WARPED TOUR!
Meet miss Dominique (Niki) Urban, a Detroit College for Creative Studies 2012 graduate who went on to create some of the most breathtaking, shocking and creepy art, and to create Niki Urban Artwork! HEAVILY Influenced by the Polish Gothic architecture of her youth, THIS VILE GIRL ISN'T HERE TO PLEASE THE PRETTY, FRILLY, AND CUTE PARTS OF YOUR DREAMS.
"Urban's body of work for Red Bull House of Art takes the audience through the back alleys of a dark dream steeped in fantasy; a part of your imagination you don't normally explore."
Her work has been called obsessive for the attention to detail. With her art being displayed at the Red Bull House of Art in April 2015, it was Urban's largest gallery showing to date.
Urban says she enjoys the tedious nature of some of the mediums she enjoys using in her art. What those are you may ask? Well.. The question is what doesn't she use.. Niki uses mediums such as paint, charcoal, digital art, and even ink pen on goat and sheep skulls! She's done many skateboard designs, portraits of others, and of herself as well!
Urban says her works usually have a very "gloomy" or dark theme to them, and it comes from a special relationship with fear and anxiety, the same reason I believe why people like watching horror films, and getting on horrifying amusement park rides, just for the thrill. With the creepier sides of things, you can go to the deepest parts of your mind, and pull out the most illogical scenarios, and characters. So why not go with it, and keep it a little creepy, right?
MELANIE XO
WE ARE STOKED FOR THE RELEASE OF OUR BROTHERS IN WCAR'S 2015 SELF TITLED RELEASE. WE KNOW THE DUDES HAVE BEEN DOING A TON OF TOURING AND TRAVELING ALL OVER PLANET EARTH AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR LAST RECORD "TRACING BACK ROOTS.'' THE DUDES ARE ALL A LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE WISER AND MORE MATURE. SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS RECORD IS GOING TO BE FULL WITH WELL PLANNED HOOKS, ANTHEMIC MELODIES AND OVER ALL SHOW STOMPERS.
CHECK OUT THIS TEASER AND PRE ORDER...CUZ THERE IS ALWAYS COOL EXTRA SHIT THAT COMES WITH PRE ORDERS! SO DO IT!
