A few days ago, Derek Vincent Smith, A.K.A. PRETTY LIGHTS, came out with a new song and music video called,”We Must Go On”. You might remember him from working on the RE:Generation Music Project, where he teamed up with LeAnn Rimes & Dr. Ralph Stanley, or when he remixed one of John Denver’s songs. There’s [...]

Holy “Must Have” Batman, how am I supposed to break this shoe addiction when the “Boss Man” of all shoe brands drops sneakers so incredibly gorgeous! The Nike iD LunarGlide 3 ‘Amen/Evora’ ultra-limited edition shoe is inspired by quality German engineering, the Lotus Evora sports car, by designer Paul Snowden. Its elusiveness is well worth [...]

Let the flood gates of haters commence, or not. Either you love this or you hate it.  I think it’s a pretty legit concept but I also haven’t had the chance to get my hands on one, yet.  Introducing, the Akai “MPC Fly“ for the iPad 2. Combining  16 backlit MPC pads into its built-in iPad 2 [...]

Many rainy days have put us in a cloudy funk but in California the sun will always come out to play. Here at Newestra our motivation has always came thru music, and today’s push over the fence has a title that sum’s it all up…”Stay Schemin” California! “Stay Schemin”. Rick Ross-Stay Schemin Feat Drake French [...]

Hailing from North Carolina and the international art crew, Army of Snipers, super vinyl master J*RYU (pronounced jay-ROO) aka Purdy Supreme blessed this 8 inch Dunny with fierce precision and handcrafted detail with the dark and ghostly styles only he can bring. A new favorite of Newestra, will be sure to look out for more [...]

Life + Times blesses us with there fresh new mix for 2012, with Valentines just around the corner, its time to gear up the sounds that will either make or brake your night. Pantystep provides you with the perfect theme music to get your night started. “Pleasure Her Pain” best describes the journey that Troublemaker [...]

Today we present retro-futuristic illustrations from German artist Michael Schmid. Blending desaturated and grey color schemes, his galactic paintings and clever musing of popular figures provide a glimpse into his beautifully grim idea of pre- and post-apocalyptic worlds.

Very dark, very mysterious and seemingly appearing out of nowhere, A.CHAL, in Facebook terms, is still about as fully grown and well known as a fetus. Ironically, though, his music feels and sounds anything but. He has various remixes dotted around youtube which range from Radiohead to Drake and touches every base inbetween. Roses On [...]

Growing up as a Hip-Hop head in Southern California during the 1990′s it was impossible to not know who the Beat Junkies were. If you turned on the radio more often than not, there was a member of the Beat Junkies behind the decks. The Junkies were not only on the radio but are also [...]

As we can all clearly see through the amount of internet circulation he’s been getting, masked London bass-pop producer SBTRKT had a gnarly 2011. Like all artists – gem upon gem of unreleased material usually see’s the light of day once they hit it big! We got one right here ladies and mates, the never-released 2009 track [...]

A couple of days ago, I sat down with DIM MAK‘s, FELIX CARTAL, at the Dim Mak offices in Hollywood. We talked about the music video for his new single, “Don’t Turn On the Lights”, music and what he has in store for the future. After circling the block, I finally figured out which building [...]

I honestly didn’t think “Original Don” could get any sicker when I first heard it, but Oi me have you heard the rework that Fool’s Gold duo Flosstradamus did on it?! Shit bosses so hard it can only be played on max volume! Enjoy.

New Miike Snow track on the horizon! Really excited for their sophomore release, Happy to You set to drop March 26.

Sadly I was disappointed to discover that Lana Del Rey‘s performance on Saturday Night Live last week was short of a train wreck, I saw that ish for myself and it was weeeell, not pretty. Nonetheless, I’m still stoked for her album to drop Jan.30th and continue to search the interwebs for some really bitchen remixes of [...]

People often ask us why we add look books to a predominantly electronic music driven lifestyle publication. One answer; Even well dressed, classy individuals listen to electronic music and we simply enjoy to blend the two. I mean, who doesn’t want to rage with swagged out people?! With that said we look at today’s feature [...]