The local musical tastemakers at KCRW are obsessed of late with newcomer Declan Mckenna of late…and we’re right there with them.

The young Londoner is only 17 years old and the sound he lays down on his track “Brazil” is both unique and wildly compelling. We kind of can’t stop playing it of late.

Excited to see what this kid does. From what we hear, he’s got a full-length coming out on Columbia later this year. Check out his video for “Brazil” below.

A shout-out to El Matador State Beach in Malibu, our go-to beach when we want to impress east coast guests.

We’ll add this to our portfolio proper in the near future, but wanted to share the new brochure we did for Yosemite-based Balanced Rock. They’re a great client with a touching backstory (which we wrote up a while back).

Find out more about them and book a visit on their site.

Shooting our store the other day for general social media promotion and couldn’t resist sharing this shot of our (new) store cat, Maki, endorsing some vegan bags from Canadian company, Matt & Nat.

I have a rule that I can’t start using a new work notebook until I somehow decorate the title page.

Happily just broke this new, bright yellow Moleskin in.

Just got the cutest of cards from one of our favorite illustrators and letterpress mavens Jane Buck at Brooklyn’s Foxy + Winston.

You can see more of Jane’s work and shop her cards, textiles, and other adorable gifts via F+W’s site.

Some awesome branding and brand new logo pins from our favorite coffee shop in Los Angeles, Woodcat.

Woodcat—an old slang term used for ‘rabbit’ when speakers didn’t wish to bring about the bad luck associated with saying the animal’s proper name (weird)—is located in Echo Park and run by an old friend of ours from my touring days, Saadat Awan and his wife, Janine, a talented artist and graphic designer and the one responsible for the shop’s branding. And this awesome new pin they now sell.

Woodcat serves Wrecking Ball Coffee outta SF and they hands-down make the best soy latte in town. Give em a go.

Untitled, 2010 by Italian/American artist Rudolf Stingel, a 132 x 180 3/4 in. piece which can’t accurately be captured photographically—you need to experience its presence in person. Stengel painted this Alpine scene and then left the massive canvas on the floor of his studio for months as he and others walked across the surface of it before declaring it finished.

Untitled, 2010 is on view nowat The Broad.

Today’s Top Tune from KCRW is especially fitting for the coming holiday weekend—Norwegian singer Ane Brun‘s new track “All We Want is Love” embodies everything that Valentine’s Days should be.

You can download it for free till midnight pacific time tonight and hear Brun performing the song live below.

Have a love-filled weekend, everybody.

Wall-jumping outtake from a photoshoot we ran yesterday.