Listen: Daft Punk - "Saint Laurent Fashion Show Soundtrack"

Fashion Week is wrapping up in Paris and on Monday the Saint Laurent show was the main focus. The high profile event is increasingly drawing more and more big name artists to provide the backing track for the top collections with groups like the Chromatics having preformed live there only a few days ago. Parisian due Daft Punk put together a mix for the aforementioned YSL show featuring music by the late blues artist Junior Kimbrough. Of course the robotic two themselves are no strangers to being involved with the industry in one form or another. 

Video: Jeff Soto Black Keys poster process

Jeff Soto has really come on strong in the gigposter world the last 2 years.  He is an amazingly detailed painter whose work is always super colorful and vibrant but has been able to successfully transition his work into the much simpler, flatter medium of screenprinting.  He recently released a process video for his new Black Keys print (for Paris & Lille) which gives an nice look into how he goes from sketch to final.

"The inspiration was sculptural works I got to see in France, in particular those celebrating the French Revolution. I designed the poster loosely as a representation of Marie Antoinette’s head. I wanted it to be beautiful and sculptural, and maybe just a bit tragic."
"The lettering was inspired by the fonts used in the Paris Metro. I couldn’t believe them the first time I saw them. It reminded me of 60′s era hippy letters, but older looking."

The image above is a variant of the the final copy.  Prints go on sale Jan. 25th at PotatoStamp.

Kaws - 4ft Seated Companion

Photos: StreetArtNews

A new Kaws 4ft Seated Companion made it’s début on the Galerie Perrotin stand @ the International Fair of Contemporary Art in Paris, these were actually cast in bronze as opposed to the fiberglass 8 and 10 footers.

Fleet Foxes live in concert from La Bataclan in Paris, France

Photo: When I Was A Bird 

Here’s a Fleet Foxes concert from Le Bataclan in Paris on May 30th. The show was broadcast live on French public radio station Le Mouv’. Excellent quality, download the entire concert here.

Sunday Matinee - Celebrating Sunday's with a live clip - MAN MAN

Philly based band Man Man is back on tour after a 2 or 3 year hiatus pushing their new album "Life Fantastic" and in celebration of the boys being back they are our Sunday Matinee. Here they are playing on and through the streets of Paris.

The clip is a bit long as it also shows some on stage and post-show footage... but well worth it. If you ever get a chance to catch em live... do!!!!

Video provided by lablogotheque