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Converse x Summer Tunes

// July 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Clothing, Music

In the world of ever confusing dollars for musicians is this the wave of the future? Sponsored fresh collabs in support of popular brands? I’m cool with it if the artists are. Anything where I can get glimpses of Bethany Cosentino is right on in my opinion.

Just so that we arnt one in a million blogs posting this today, here is last year’s Converse project with Julian Casablancas, Santogold and Pharrel. This appeared as the bonus track on NERD’s last album.

Five & Dime presents photographs by Hermann & Audrey

// January 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // Art, Clothing, Music

World’s keep colliding as the massively popular Five & Dime booking show will feature work by Hermann and Audrey next weekend. Be sure to check out the Five & Dime site to learn more about the program including a show at Sound Academy from some original WU; GZA will be in the house!

Peep The Stoop

// August 27th, 2009 // No Comments » // Clothing, Music

Little did we know but one of the best inside track blogs as to what’s new in hip hop is being written from Toronto’s outskirts in the form of Peep The Stoop. If you like the hip hop music, culture, clothing any or of all of it you need to be adding this blog to your daily favourites on the quick time.

Never more than a few hours behind and usually a few hours ahead Peep The Stoop has the realm on lock and its becoming the newswire for hip hopheads all around. You can peep the stoop at www.peepthestoop.wordpress.com

Now you know.

RAEKWON x FIVE & DIME CONTEST

// August 13th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Clothing, Events

Five & Dime is Toronto’s very own life style fashion trade show featuring many of the most innovative and stylish culture based brands. This year to kick off the show, Five & Dime and LRG are presenting Raekwon at Sound Academy on Saturday night with their “Get Nautical” VIP Schooner Sail (boat cruise) from 7 to 11pm. The boat will bring you back just as Raekwon steps on the stage. Walk your VIP ass down the plank and into the show. Not a bad night at all.

We have a pair of passes to give away to both!

Real simple, to win you must email info(at)gradescool.com with your answer to the following question.

List the original members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

All emails with the correct names listed will be entered into a random draw that will be held Friday (tomorrow) afternoon at 4pm.

Ready. Set. Go!

Grade Scool tees will be on sale this Sunday at Rolly’s Day Market

// July 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // Art, Clothing

Come visit us at Rolly’s Day Market this sunday. All the info is in the poster above. If you can’t see the poster above. The address is 124 Ossington Ave, the bbq will be cooking, the music will be hopping, and the Grade Scool summer tees will be a vending. Come check us out and support local Toronto artists.

Grade Scool Summer 09 x Jalani Morgan photography

// July 5th, 2009 // No Comments » // Clothing

Grade Scool’s Summer 2009 tees are now available. We had a great time putting our first run of tees to market and we hope very much that you like what were putting out. We recently held a photoshoot at Studio 407 with photographer Jalani Morgan. Setting ourselves up in a Studio plastered with famous faces from the past work of Toronto star Steve Carty, we were destined for a good look from Jalani’s fresh lens.

Many thanks to all those who helped us get this going, we would be no where without the love and support we’ve been surrounded with; you are all fam. The tees are now available online via the Grade Scool shop. Take a look and get yours before they run out.

Grade Scool x Times Neue Roman – Summer 09 Sneak Peak

// July 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Clothing

Listen while you look… (Times Neue Roman – Record Store)

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Lucky for us we managed to sneak a little post party photoshoot with the mad snapper Alex Felipe and TNR on the heels of their NXNE showcase.

After putting a serious dent into the North by Northeast music festival (4 shows in three days) the guys had just enough left in them to shock an early morning party that happened to showcase some of Grade Scool’s summer 2009 tees  that’ll be dropping early next week and available to buy online through this website.

Crack those piggy banks kids, cause these tees aren’t going to last for long!

And for our friends in the Montreal area, get live taste for what these guys do on stage as TNR and Styrofoam Ones will be in lurking in your back-alleys doing shows at:

July 3rd – Quebec City @ Le Cercle
July 4th – Montreal @ Blizzarts

Times Neue Roman: Alexander The, Arowbe Arowbe Arowbe
Special Guest: Mr Hands
Photography: Alex Felipe