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Watch Spotlight: Spinnaker Hull Commander Automatic ‘Lapis Lazuli’

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Watch Spotlight: Spinnaker Hull Commander Automatic ‘Lapis Lazuli’

Having featured Spinnaker on our Watch Spotlight before, it’s no surprise that they are making another entry on our list with their latest limited edition release, the Hull Commander Automatic (Lapis Lazuli). With its unique dial, this exciting piece catches the eye at a glance, feels great on the wrist, and makes us wonder just how much better can these Spinnaker watches get.

Design

With a beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli dial, this dive piece stands out from the get-go. Its earthy look that is in harmony with the silhouette of the watch feels well executed and presents nicely on the wrist with its robust appearance. The stunning 42mm case of the watch is embraced by a stainless steel bracelet and is accompanied by an alternative rubber strap if you prefer softer wear.

Movement

The watch carries a Seiko NH35 Automatic movement with 3 hands date. If you didn’t know, it’s a well-respected movement with 24 jewels, 21,600 vibrations per hour, and a power reserve of 41 hours. Many known brands such as Seiko, Vostok, D1 Milano and others have embraced this reliable movement that is budget-friendly and provides durability and reassurance for the wearer.

Conclusion

With only 250 pieces made, the individuality this piece brings makes spending £520 seem like a no-brainer. Once again, Spinnaker has delivered a dive watch that is thrilling not just for the wearer but for the lovers of microbrands. It’s entertaining, mighty, and offers outstanding value at its price.

La Force Announces New Album, Unveils New Song ‘condition of us’

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La Force Announces New Album, Unveils New Song ‘condition of us’

La Force, the project of Canadian artist Ariel Engle, has announced a new LP titled XO SKELETON. Co-produced with Warren Spice, the follow-up to her 2018 self-titled debut lands September 29 via Secret City Records. Check out the lead single ‘condition of us’ below.

“The theme of the album revealed itself in the making,” Engle explained in a press release, which notes that the title track is based on a telephone call with her life-insurance broker. “At one point she said, ‘God forbid you should die.’ I was gobsmacked. And a bit hot-tempered. And I said those lines: ‘Well, there’s one thing guaranteed: no god or goddess is going to keep me alive.’”

XO SKELETON Cover Artwork:

XO SKELETON Tracklist:

1. condition of us
2. how do you love a man
3. october
4. empathy sympathy
5. rock song
6. xo skeleton
7. ouroboros
8. zipolite
9. outrun the sun

Finding the Best Photo Studios in Los Angeles for Your Next Project

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Finding the Best Photo Studios in Los Angeles for Your Next Project

Los Angeles is a city full of creative energy and opportunities, and as a photographer, you’ll need the perfect studio location to bring your vision to life. Finding the best photo studios in Los Angeles can be an overwhelming task, but don’t worry. This post will guide you through everything you need to know to find the perfect location for your next project.

1. Do Your Research

Before starting your search, it’s essential to do your research to understand what you’re looking for in a photo studio. Determine what your project requires in terms of space, lighting, equipment, and availability. You can leverage the internet to access online directories, reviews, and ratings to narrow down your choices.

Don’t just settle for the first studio you come across – take the time to browse online reviews, check out portfolios, and even visit the studios in person if possible. By doing your due diligence, you can rest assured that you’re choosing a studio that has the equipment, experience, and creativity necessary to bring your vision to life. Trust us, the extra effort you put into research will be well worth it in the end when you’re looking at stunning, high-quality photographs that exceed your expectations.

2. Location, Location, Location

Location is everything in Los Angeles. The city is so vast that finding a photo studio in a convenient location becomes a top priority. Consider finding a studio that is located near public transport, major highways, and parking options. Additionally, if you’re looking for a studio with a particular aesthetic, there are a few neighborhoods worth considering, such as Downtown Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

Los Angeles is the city of dreams, the hub of the entertainment industry, and the ultimate destination for creative professionals. It’s no wonder why finding the perfect location for your next photo shoot is crucial. The old real estate adage “location, location, location” rings especially true when it comes to photo studios in Los Angeles. A photo studio that’s convenient for your team, clients, models, and props is worth its weight in gold. With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to find the best one for your needs. But with a little bit of research, you can uncover hidden gems that will elevate your project and make it truly unforgettable.

3. Studio Amenities

The right studio amenities can make all the difference in creating stunning images. Be sure to look for a studio that offers a variety of backgrounds, props, and lighting options to enhance your shots. Additionally, if you need additional equipment, such as cameras or lenses, look for a studio that can provide everything you need on-site.

Some must-have amenities to keep an eye out for include ample parking, reliable Wi-Fi, on-site equipment rental, and versatile shooting spaces. By finding a studio that offers these perks and more, you’ll be able to focus on your creative vision without any unnecessary roadblocks getting in your way. So don’t settle for a lackluster studio—find one that offers the amenities you need to bring your photography game to the next level.

4. Price

Budgeting wisely is essential when searching for photo studios in Los Angeles. The cost of the location can vary depending on several factors such as location, size, and available amenities. It’s crucial to understand what fees the studio charges upfront to avoid any surprise charges.

You want to make sure you are getting the most value for your money without sacrificing quality or creativity. Fortunately, there are plenty of studios available in LA that offer competitive pricing for various packages and services. Take the time to shop around and compare prices, but also keep in mind that the cheapest option may not always be the best. Look for studios that offer a great balance of affordability and excellence to ensure a successful and satisfying photoshoot.

5. Schedule and Availability

Studio schedules can book up fast, so it’s essential to plan in advance and ensure the studio you need is available for your shoot time. Consider reaching out to multiple studios to compare pricing, available times, and potential discounts. It’s essential to find a studio that can offer flexibility in case you need to reschedule.

Looking for the perfect photo studio to bring your vision to life can be a daunting task, especially in a creative hub like Los Angeles. Fueled by innovation and industry, the city demands nothing but the best. And that’s exactly what you’ll find with the top photo studios. But, how do you narrow down your options and find the studio that suits your needs? One factor to consider is the studio’s schedule and availability. The best studios should offer a flexible schedule that fits around your needs, ensuring that you can get your project done on time and within budget. So, when searching for your perfect studio, make sure you check their schedule and availability, and find the one that matches your vision and your schedule.

Conclusion

Finding the perfect photo studio in Los Angeles can be overwhelming, but with the

How Convenience Has Changed the Gaming World

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How Convenience Has Changed the Gaming World

It used to be the case that if you wanted to play video games, you had to have a home computer of some description or a console you plugged into the TV. Those games have grown in quality and complexity over the decades but require you to sit down for possibly several hours at a time and immerse yourself in what you are doing.

While that is not a problem, those who just want something to play while they are waiting for the bus or in a spare five minutes were left out, as were those that didn’t have their own computer or the ability to use the household TV for hours on end.

This all changed as games for your phone became more popular, and like their console equivalents, grew in quality. This convenience has changed the way people play games and for some, even the definition of gamer itself.

Freemium games

This is a broad term for what is probably the most popular type of game played on mobile devices. Freemium is used to describe any software or game that is free to use but where you can buy enhancements to improve your experience. In the gaming world, these games come in many formats, the most popular of which are Match 3 games, management games, and RPGS.

An example of a match 3 type game might be Candy Crush, and the management games can be anything from running your own virtual diner, farm, township, island, or mythical kingdom. This ties in nicely with RPGs, where you can build characters and have them interact with the world around them. In all of these circumstances, you can buy extra resources, lives, or equipment or stick to the free-to-play regime.

Casino Games

Another growth area has been the rise of casino games in locations where they are allowed by law. Technology has played its part in taking casinos online so that those that live far away from a land-based casino don’t miss out. In recent years the quality of games has improved to help create a more authentic experience, to the point where live dealer options are available at most sites.

This has also created a slight problem where there are now so many online casinos available that you can spend longer looking for the right one than you might spend playing the games. This is where guidance from sites like freeextrachips.com is useful, as they have already checked most of these sites out for you and rated them.

Final thoughts

Playing games on your mobile device used to involve clunky graphics and little or no online interaction. In recent years, technology has gifted players with a host of new games that they can play, matching crystals, slaying dragons, or just making sure their virtual cows get milked on time. It has also given players the chance to have their own online casino in the palm of their hand, as well as access to sites that tell them which ones are best.

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos Joins Pip Blom on New Single ‘Is This Love?’

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Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos Joins Pip Blom on New Single ‘Is This Love?’

Pip Blom have released a new track, ‘Is This Love?’, featuring Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. It accompanies the announcement of their third LP, Bobbie, which is out October 20 on Heavenly and includes the previously shared single ‘Tiger’. The follow-up to 2021’s Welcome Break was produced by Dave McCracken. Check out ‘Is This Love?’ and find the album’s details below.

“The nice thing about working with Alex, besides the fact that the atmosphere was really good, was that we both had quite different perspectives,” the band said in a press release. “Whereas I am a bit more rock by nature, Alex is a lot funkier. And that turned out to be the perfect addition for this song, both in the verses and completely in the chorus. Never before has such a funky Pip Blom song appeared, and we all absolutely love it.”

Bobbie Cover Artwork:

Bobbie Tracklist:

1. Not Tonight
2. Tiger
3. Red
4. Kiss Me By Candlelight
5. I Can Be Your Man
6. Where’d You Get My Number
7. Brand New Car
8. Is This Love?
9. Fantasies
10. Again
11. Get Back
12. 7 Weeks

Strawberry Runners Unveil New Single ‘Circle, Circle’

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Strawberry Runners Unveil New Single ‘Circle, Circle’

Strawberry Runners, the songwriting project of Emi Night, have returned with ‘Circle Circle’, their first new single since 2017. Check it out below.

“‘Circle Circle’ is a song I wrote one delirious evening while I was sick with a fever – experiencing cyclical thoughts, rumination, and anxiety during the strange waking hours illness brings,” Night explained in a statement. “The song, the consistent melody and rhythm, felt like a lifeline of certainty through the existential dread of fever dreams.” Night continued:

Writing this song, I gleaned a new understanding of the transmuting power music carries. It’s difficult to describe, but if you’ve ever felt at sea in the midst of a disorienting transformation, and can imagine that through torrents of emotion you find a pillar of stability to cling to, to climb and gain your bearings, to witness the whole stormy sea thrashing about without being swept up in its current – that’s a bit how music began to feel to me while writing this song.

The song’s lyrics illustrate a search for meaning in a lifetime of disparate moments that can feel both monumental and insignificant, and maintaining curiosity in what can be simultaneously a mundane, cruel, chaotic, lonely, and beautiful world.

Musically, I wanted to create a song that would evoke the sensation of climbing a mildly sloped but deceptively long hill on an old road bike during a spring day, plodding ever upward over false peaks: the slow start, the frenetic frustration, the eventual surrender into the groove, the sensation of never quite reaching the destination, but finding purpose + strength in little joys along the way.

Michael Cormier O’Leary helped me arrange the song, drawing inspiration from the music of Virginia Astley. He played many of the parts, providing a playfully off-kilter synth backdrop and a curious, meandering solo to the persistent, if idiosyncratic rhythm.

The music video begins with three tarot cards that set the tone for the song’s meaning. It continues using match-cutting to tie seemingly random circular objects to key lyrics, related memories, and each other. This technique was championed by the editor, Santi Slade, who punctuated the music’s rhythmic movements in his edits. I gathered the footage and we worked together to find a balance of humor and candor in pairings.

Strawberry Runners released their In the Garden, In the Night EP in 2017.

The Clientele Share New Song ‘Dying in May’

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The Clientele Share New Song ‘Dying in May’

The Clientele have released ‘Dying in May’, the second single from their forthcoming record I Am Not There Anymore. It follows the previously shared track ‘Blue Over Blue’. Listen to it below.

Speaking about the new single, the band’s Alasdair MacLean said in a press release:

I think ‘Dying in May’ is the first Clientele song with no guitar, It also has no chords, as such — it’s a drone, with french horn, cello and Mellotron. So the rhythm does a lot of the work — the drums and percussion are in 9/8, but the singing and instruments are in 4/4, so as each bar goes past, there’s a slightly different rhythmic emphasis. This was a complete accident, but I loved it when I heard it — the patterns are a bit disorientating, but there’s a pulse that goes through it. I almost feel I could dance to this, but not quite. It’s based on an Arabic flamenco rhythm.

The words are all fragmented too, simple images repeating, like someone in a high fever. I took some inspiration from cante jondo, Spanish flamenco – there tend to be two or three very focused, repetitive images in the words. There was no way in hell I could play guitar along with these rhythms, so I scored out a simple melody which would leave space for the drums, and be something the bass could latch on to. By the end, the words go over and over, like someone beside themselves with grief. Hence the title. It’s a harrowing subject, but I think it’s presented with love – the song hopefully opens it out and lets some air in. It feels like an exorcism for me.

I Am Not There Anymore comes out July 28 via Merge.

Palehound Release New Song ‘My Evil’

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Palehound Release New Song ‘My Evil’

Palehound have released a new single from their upcoming LP Eye on the Bat, which was led by the song ‘The Clutch’. It’s called ‘My Evil’, and it comes with a lyric video that pays homage to The Sopranos. Check it out below.

“‘My Evil’ is about the extremely humbling experience of realizing that yes, you are the asshole,” El Kempner remarked in a statement. “I found myself acting in ways I was ashamed of, and realizing how capable I was of hurting somebody when I was trying so hard not to. Sometimes when you try so hard to be a “good person” you’re actually swinging so far and recklessly that you make a full circle back to being a shithead. It can be very hard to forgive yourself, and this song is a portrait of that struggle for me.”

“The Sopranos is a show that’s been constantly on loop in my life for the past few years,” Kempner added of the video. “When I got the idea to make a video based on the intro credits of Tony driving through Jersey, I knew I had to do it with my friend Richard Orofino. He’s possibly even a bigger Sopranos fan than I am and he did an incredible job mapping out a lot of the original locations from the show, including Tony’s house that we see at the end of the video. This whole thing was super DIY, just me and Richard (and his camcorder) having the time of our lives and being embarrassing superfans. It’s not exactly shot for shot of the original but, to brag for a sec, I’m truly amazed at how close we were able to get it.”

Eye on the Bat is due out July 14 via Polyvinyl.

Joanna Sternberg Shares New Single ‘People Are Toys to You’

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Joanna Sternberg Shares New Single ‘People Are Toys to You’

Joanna Sternberg has released a new single, ‘People Are Toys to You’, lifted from their upcoming LP I’ve Got Me. It follows the previously unveiled title track and ‘Mountains High’. Check it out below.

“I wrote this song while I was in a rush walking to the subway with my double bass,” Sternberg explained in a press release. “I was upset about something and the song sort of wrote itself. The funny thing is that Soundcloud Pro’s ‘who is listening’ feature told me the person I wrote this song about listened to it four times when I posted it on Facebook. Oops!”

I’ve Got Me, which was made alongside producer Matt Sweeney and engineer Daniel Schlett, is out June 30 via Fat Possum.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Share New Song ‘Open the Door, See What You Find’ With Johnny Marr

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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Share New Song ‘Open the Door, See What You Find’ With Johnny Marr

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have released a new track, ‘Open the Door, See What You Find’, which features Johnny Marr. It’s taken from the new LP Council Skies, which is out this Friday (June 2) and includes the advance singles ‘Pretty Boy’, ‘Easy Now’, ‘Dead to the World’, and the title track. Check it out below.

“Lyrically, the premise is that, at a certain point in your life you look in a mirror and you see all you’ve ever been and all you’re ever going to be,” Gallagher said of ‘Open the Door, See What You Find’ in a statement. “It’s about being happy with that. Being happy with where you are in life, with who you are, and where you’re going. Life is good!”

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