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Each day for the entire week, Pitchfork is featuring special performances of songs from The Hold Steady's new album, "Heaven is Whenever." Check out Tad Kubler in Paul Frank's Lost in the Library.
They're currently on tour and will be making a stop in Southern California, with two shows at the Glasshouse in Pomona followed by Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, which is right around the corner from the Baumvision office. We're looking forward to seeing them!
Check out Baumvision's very own Arthur Tam showcasing his talent and his Paul Frank Peace of Mind in this year's Top Idol event. Top Idol is an annual talent search contest hosted by ETTV America, a Chinese TV channel. Past winners have even gone to Asia for other competitions and have even received record contracts with some prominent record labels in Asia.
Check out Long Beach-based artist, painter, and graphic designer, Ignacio Villanueva, in Paul Frank's Drag Race to Freedom. His work with Etnies is currently featured here. You can see more of his work at gammaray.tv.
Indie film director, Jim Jarmusch, spotted on the set of his 2009 movie The Limits of Control. He wears Paul Frank's The Crafty Engineer.
He has directed indie classics such as Deadman, Stranger than Paradise, Mystery Train, and Coffee & Cigarettes. His movies have featured acting performances from musicians such as Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, the White Stripes, and the late Joe Strummer. You may also recognize his cameo on HBO's Bored to Death.
Check out Italian indie punk rockers, The Fire, wearing Paul Frank shirts and frames in their new video for "Scars". They've recently been the supporting act for some of Alice Cooper's European shows.
Another Italian band, The Sun, previously featured on our blog, has released their new music video, "1972." You can watch it here.
Special thanks to Flavio of Baumvision Europe for sending these over!
Their record 'Acolyte' was released in January in the UK on Polydor and reached #8 on the UK Albums Charts. It's also available in Australia and will be released in the US at the end of June by the good people at Dangerbird Records.
They're also featured in the 40th Anniversary issue of Filter Magazine, available now:
After performing at this year's Coachella festival, they're now headed to Brazil for the first time and will play a few US shows in June. Check out their myspace for tour dates.
Igor Escudero, drummer of Barcelona-based synth-pop band, Delorean, wears Post Aerosol Years by Paul Frank Eyewear. They're wrapping up their tour with Miike Snow this week, but you can catch them at several music festivals in Spain this summer or at the Pitchfork Festival in July. Their new album Subiza is also set to release in June. If that's too long to wait, however, you can pre-order the album; check out their myspace for details.
Bryan Sheffield photographed Mary Pearson, one-half of the experimental duo, High Places, at one of their recent LA shows. She's wearing Modern Amusement's 53's.
High Places is currently touring Europe, browse their myspace for dates. For those in Europe and beyond, you can check out their new album, High Places Vs. Mankind, available now!
Baumvision heads down to Austin, Texas for SXSW 2010. Here are some of the artists from this year's lineup sporting Paul Frank and Modern Amusement Eyewear:
TJ Orscher of Bear Hands wears Legion of Indecency. The band is wrapping up their tour with Passion Pit but will be on the road with As Tall as Lions in April and May.