Brandon Goei 
Hoping to bridge the gap between live and synthesized, Kickstarter’s latest oddity (the Wheelharp) is a barrel-shaped keyboard instrument with the ability to produce actual bowed-string sounds.
The latest collaboration between Puma and Hypebeast pays homage to that most wonderful of mid-morning meals: dim sum.
Now up on Kickstarter, the OWL (open ware laboratory) seems able to bring effects designing down to a universal level, offering a fully open-source and open-hardware pedal that requires no proprietary tools or hardware-specific knowledge.
The limited-edition vinyl release of David Yow’s first solo effort is literally a concrete slab.
Filmmaker Joe Granato seeks to make a documentary about the far-reaching influence of the Legend of Zelda games.
In the latest installment of “whoa, didn’t see that coming,” The Roots drummer Questlove and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello have collaborated on a full-length album.
The Flaming Lips has never been short on innovation, but now the band is outsourcing a T-shirt design to fans — and donating money from its sales to victims of the recent tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.
New for this summer is Vans Vault’s Prison-Issue LX “Perf” Pack, which takes the classic stubby shape and Velcro straps of the standard Vans Prison-Issue #23 and decks it in unbelievably soft-looking perforated leather.
Comics are great, but they haven’t been just superheroes and villains in quite some time. If you’re around the Windy City, check out the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo on June 15 and 16 at the Center on Halsted.
Stream the indescribable new album from Les Rhinocéros here, but be warned: you might leave with sonic vertigo and the sudden urge to score a film.
Roots member and Late Night bandleader Questlove has opened a chicken-and-dumplings food stand in NYC’s Chelsea Market.
Hydra Head Records is liquidating awesome stuff (as well as office furniture and anything hanging on the walls) at its LA headquarters this Sunday for its “Super-Power-Yard Sale.”