welcome to the twenty-ninth edition of TTL's Thursday Clothing Report (TCR).

Last days of sale!
Includes online, annex, LA





Burton
Feedback Bag w/Speakers
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The Feedback Bag is Burton's innovative approach to the modern day ghettoblaster. The Feedback features a compact speaker system (powered by 4 AA batteries or an AC adapter) that plugs into your mp3 player for mobile music anywhere. It also... click for more info

Stones Throw
Crystal Lite Shirt
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Part of a series of collabs between Parra (aka Institubes' graphic guru) and Stones Throw, this one takes one of James Pants' more visual lyrics and prints it up nice and ballooney. Kinda makes me want to stop by Zales on... click for more info

Stones Throw
Dilla: Turn It Up Box - Brown
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Now available in a brown colorway! They're here! Super limited box set which includes the "TURN IT UP!" shirt designed by Stones Throw's Alfred Hawkins (in the brown colorway, a cassette copy of Dilla's Ruff Draft, and a frame-worthy 8"x10" B&W... click for more info

Rebel 8
Le Tigre II Shirt
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More hand-drawn heat from Rebel 8, this time switching it up from Latin-American imagery to some Far-Eastern stylings. The stripes on the back might have you (and the people you meet) looking twice. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% click for more info

Rebel 8
Le Tigre II Women's Shirt
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More hand-drawn heat from Rebel 8, this time switching it up from Latin-American imagery to some Far-Eastern stylings. The stripes on the back might have you (and the people you meet) looking twice. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% click for more info

Rebel 8
Skull Wreath Shirt
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Rebel 8 have been known to bring the Latin American imagery, and they certainly live up to the name here. Kinda has a Dia De Los Muertos vibe goin on. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% Cotton click for more info

Mad Decent
Get Mad Shirt
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Well it's about time! These shirts have been causing a ruckus (literally, in some storied instances) since SXSW way back in March. Now they're available for you, the faithful lab customer. Grab em now, cause these certainly ain't gonna... click for more info

Mad Decent
Get Mad Women's Shirt
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Well it's about time! These shirts have been causing a ruckus (literally, in some storied instances) since SXSW way back in March. Now they're available for you, the faithful lab customer. Grab em now, cause these certainly ain't gonna... click for more info

Mad Decent
Mad Decent Logo Shirt - Grey/Pink
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Just in! You know the name by now. Diplo's been putting on some sick acts this past year and it's just gaining more momentum: Blaqstarr, DJ Sega, South Rakkas, etc...Eye catching design by Mr. Catchdubs. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% Cotton click for more info

Krooked
Kargyle Zip Hoodie
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Not only does it look pretty snappy, this new joint from Krooked has a super soft liner that'll keep you warm and comfortable for the foreseeable future. Fit: Standard Fabric: 80% Cotton/20% Polyester click for more info

Krooked
Trade Symbol Web Belt
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Krooked's Trade Symbol belt is done up in classy argyle with a nice black and gold buckle. Match this to your socks and watch yourself achieve the next level. Oh yeah, holds your pants up too. Fabric: 100% Polyester click for more info

Krooked
Ollied Leather Wallet
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Krooked's Ollied wallet is crafted from genuine leather and has the Krooked logo embroidered on one side. With two bill pockets, a clear ID slot and three slots for your misc. credit or debit cards, this one can definitely hold your... click for more info

Krooked
Ollied Mug
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This new mug from Krooked follows the "Ollied Over" theme they've come up with recently. I think some of the graphics look like the center labels of Mr. Scruff records, and that's definitely not a bad thing to stare at while... click for more info

Off Bowery
Me vs. Me Shirt
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Tell em how you really feel! Sometimes you have to remind people who the boss is, and Off Bowery knows what time it is. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% Cotton click for more info

Off Bowery
Beat On The Brat Shirt
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Lots of pop culture references mashed up into this one. Misfits vs. Mad vs. Mickey... alliteration FTW. Fit: Standard Fabric: 100% Cotton click for more info

Burton
Treble Yell Pack
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Treble Yell! Despite your feelings about that pun (I'm not mad at it), it has to be said that this is a great every day laptop backpack. Like many of Burton's bags, it features the skate-carry straps on the front... click for more info

Burton
Aperture Bag
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The Aperture Pack is a fantastic and stylish solution for photographers who need a way to carry their SLR cameras and lenses. Designed for professional skate and snowboarding photographers, the Aperture features customizable compartments that attach to each other with velcro,... click for more info

Burton
Distortion Pack
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The Distortion Pack is a great new all purpose backpack from Burton. There's an easy access pocket that's fleece lined so you don't scratch up your mp3 player or sunglasses, a padded laptop pocket and straps on the front that can... click for more info

Burton
DJ Bag
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The Burton DJ bag is a versatile solution for carrying your laptop, records and digital DJ set up (Serato, Torq, etc.) in style. There are plenty of pockets for accessories like cables and needles, as well as your wallet, keys, mp3... click for more info

Moleskine
New Models + Restocks
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Basco & Paloma
Donde Esta Mi Corazon? Book
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"Donde Esta Mi Corazon" is like a gallery tour of the unique street art and graffiti culture from South America. Most of the work is from Chilean artist Basco (who works with a lot of colorful native imagery - skeletons, religious icons,... click for more info

Boogie
Sao Paulo Book
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Boogie's photography has given us a fascinating and unfiltered (and often times unsettling) look into some of the roughest and most turbulent areas of the world. From his native home of Belgrade, Serbia, to the grimy, crack-infested projects of New York City,... click for more info

Nozone
Nozone X: Forecast Book
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"Forecast revisualizes abstractions about everything from our environ-ment to our waistlines, from the stock market to the Middle East through the eyes of cartoonists and graphic designers who have made comics with a conscience: Ward Sutton imagines a nation divided into a... click for more info

Mark Boyce
Sizes May Vary: A Workbook For Graphic Design Book & CD
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Shortcuts are essential for today's designer. Equally essential are tangible, real life representations to direct designers in the virtual world of illustrator screens. This new designer tool offers the ultimate in this real world-virtual connection. Firstly, it's a sketch book featuring commonly... click for more info

Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story DVD
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Does this really need a blurb? Bob Marley is probably the most world renowned artist to take his music and ideas and become an icon for political and spiritual freedom. He's such a cultural icon, you'd have to be living under a... click for more info

Las Flores Project
Colores y Memorias CD - FREE WITH PURCHASE
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Las Flores Project has been getting tons of hype from The Annex guys. Apparently this downtempo album has been on heavy rotation there during the summer. Kinda reminds me of the moody Shadow stuff. And guess what? You get it for... click for more info

Mulatu
Mulatu of Ethiopia CD
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Now remastered and available on CD! Those in the know have long spoken of the dopeness of this man's music in hushed tones, and this sole US release from 1972 (on Brooklyn's own Worthy Records) has been one of those holy grails... click for more info

DLake
Bmore Of A Hipster V2.0 CD
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We couldn't keep v1.0 on the shelves, so you know DLake had to come with another round of that cheeky Bmore shrapnel. This volume finds Mr. Lake - an actual Baltimore native, imagine that! - gearing up for his first proper album... click for more info

DJ Elle & Egg Foo Young
In Case You Missed It CD
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Firstly, Elle looks like she can kick some ass on the cover. Michna, not so much. So what are these two Lab heads up to? Everyone knows that Elle is the best female hip-hop DJ in the city, while Michna is a... click for more info

V/A
Nobody Knows Anything: DFA presents Supersoul Recordings 2CD
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DFA trots out the first compilation under their Death From Abroad moniker, forming like an uber-hip Voltron with Berlin's Supersound Recordings label for two discs crammed to the brim with diverse German sounds, from retro Italo to minimal, house and electro. Even... click for more info

V/A
Notwave CD
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The long-awaited full-length joint release from NYC's two new disco superpowers. DFA and Rong present us with a new slant on the classic NYC no-wave sound; particularly impressive are Rong left coast associate Scotty Coats' "Beautiful Ones(1)," DFA's Free Blood with the... click for more info

Bronx River Parkway
San Sebastian 152 LP
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What do you get when you mix a gang of Truth & Soul All-Stars (like El Michels Affair's Leon Michels, Quincy Bright, Jeff Silverman) with a group of Candela All-Stars and put them to work in San Juan, PR, for eight days?... click for more info

Madvillain
Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix 2LP
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Limited vinyl pre-release of Madvillainy 2, which will be featured in the Madvillainy Boxset (which will also be available at the Lab). 25 new Madlib-Doom collabos and remixes to hold us over until the next coming. Limit 2 per customer. click for more info

People Under the Stairs
The OM Years 2LP
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When you put them all together, it's damn impressive. 13 of the finest PUTS tracks circa 1998 to 2003. If you've never heard any of their stuff, you're in for one of indy's best kept secrets. For fans, it's great to have... click for more info

Arabian Prince
Innovative Life: The Anthology 1984-1989 2LP w/FREE 7"
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SPECIAL DEAL: Purchase this LP and get a FREE Stones Throw Fan Club 45 featuring two exclusive Arabian Prince tracks not on the album. With the Innovative Life Anthology 1984-1989 Stones Throw takes it back to the 80's LA hip-hop scene, that special time... click for more info

Koushik
Out My Window Digi-LP
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It always seems like the advanced downtempo heads always progress into latin or psyche territories as their careers mature. I love em, but dusty loops can only get you so far. Out My Window is Koushik's new haircut. Not to say... click for more info

In Flagranti
Business Acumen Digi-EP
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In Flagranti might be putting this one out on Kitsune, but that doesn't mean they've changed there usual sexy disco styles. Business Acumen is a chugging disco burner that takes its time to build up with driving percussion and a droning bassline... click for more info



monday
12 for monday
wednesday
newsletter pt.1
thursday
clothing report
friday
newsletter pt.2
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