That man Mergs has done some original artwork for the launch of the Adidas Superstar 80 x Pochoir shoe (part of the 523 artist pack), to be unveiled at the Adidas Concept store tomorrow night, 6 Newburgh Street London, W1F 7RQ.
Pochoir’s kicks are part of a series of modified classic Adidas joints by artists from around the world, and Pochoir himself has handpicked Mergs alongside 6 other artists to exhibit exclusive pieces especially for the show. Below are a couple teaser images but I suggest you get yourself down to the store to get a real look at the incredible detail and craftsmanship that goes into the delicacy of Mergs artwork, plus the kicks of course!
You can check a preview of the Superstar 80 x Pochoir here.
To celebrate the launch of Nash Money’s DC shoe the ‘Cadwell’ the man himself will be celebrating the momentus occasion with much merrymaking at Samuel Smith’s Famous City of Yorke public house…All info on the flyer below! Get down and show some love for one of the dopest shoes to come out for a very long time, it’s no shit sherlock, trusssst.
Last Thursday we went to check out Man Like Me at Jazz Cafe, if you were there you’ll know it went off, and if you weren’t you missed one of the best shows I’ve seen at Jazz Cafe for a long while.Critics might say the band channel the influences of old boys Madness a little too much, so much so that Suggs himself was down there giving it plenty from the upper balcony, perhaps proof that that Man Like Me are less ‘channeling’ Madness as they are the successors to the sound Madness made popular.
With tunes like ‘Donut’ and ‘Single Dad’ that hark back to the glory days of Garage and Grime mixing soulful hooks with cheeky cockney charm and reggae swagger, these boys are making some seriously catchy tunes that refreshingly don’t take themselves too seriously. The front man is certainly a true showman, entering the stage in a bowler hat and Burberry mac, holding a steam iron and a bowl of exotic fruit. His costume changes were swift and for all to see, maneuvering through the set and a mixture of moschino jeans, more burberry waistcoats, shirts and pearl necklaces and of course the rudementary ‘nothing but underpants’ steez before climbing and subsequently jumping from the balcony on to the stage during the encore of ‘London Town’ before piling it all back into a Lidl bag.
These lot are ones to watch I tell thee. Big up to Nick from Reprise too for inviting us down.
Undoubtedly on the rise as one of the districts finest, XO drops his latest video for the track ‘All I had’, with illustrated animation by Nabeeh Bilal & Andrea Bowman, and the final installment of vids from the Monumental LP, entitled F.R.N.O.
