As part of its ongoing sponsorship and support of the brand, Kirk Originals is prominently featured in Aerosoul Limited’s cartoon based promotion for its 2007 collection of urban-wear t-shirts.
Formed in 1998 by DJ and designer Leke Adesoye, who trained at the London College Of Fashion, Aerosoul was inspired by the jungle, breakbeat, soul and hip [...]

XL Recordings You’ve got to wonder what it was like at Jack White’s recent Amazonian wedding to English model Karen Elson, who’d have hardly provided a bag of crisps-worth of snack to prowling piranhas had she fallen in during the shamanic nuptials on board a shonky canoe.
Would Meg, for instance, have been allowed out [...]

Multi million selling album artists over the last nine years, Morcheeba have always built their career success in taking on board stylish influences and collaborators in their deep multi facteted languid funk, hip hop, soul soundscapes which been met both live and on disc by a cool, cultured and sophisticated fan base. And also [...]

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ might have been one of the Future World Funk’s aptly named clubs but for Russ Jones – a firm lover of good sounds and good eyewear – it is more like a way of life. With a string of successful re-mix albums under his belt and an ear for [...]

Many but perhaps not all of the eagle eyed fashionistas amongst you will have noticed the three Mancunian Rock Star Legends who’ve been out and about in Kirks Originals this summer past. Like many of those who reach the level of uber-celebrity, they all only need one name to introduce them. If we were to [...]

Motion City Soundtrack
– Definitely Not Another Teen Movie Band…
Motion City Soundtrack, a Minneapolis melodious rock quintet sound somewhat like the musical offshoot of certain great Dazed and Confused, Breakfast Clubbing Eighties teen movies with Generation X and US slacker Nineties influences thrown in.
Like [...]

With his rebellious early career with Dexys Midnight Runners to a now more settled period as an artist, musician and DJ, Kevin Rowland has courted many varied interpretations in his career. Artist, artisan, poet, philosopher, pugilist, hes led a challenging course creatively, right from the gang mentality of Dexys to his wizened underground attitudes today.
Despite [...]

As a founding member of the innovative, seminal, early Eighties band Bauhaus, whose atmospheric, gloomily rich, post-punk music led to the rise of “gothic” rock, Kirk Originals wearer, David J. (Haskins) exudes a worldly, intellectually artistic cool. Yet not withstanding the persistent reputation of the influential Bauhaus, David’s career beyond “that” band has seen him [...]

LILY ALLEN – Hammersmith Apollo, London

PlayLouder has witnessed some monumental, hairy rock outs at the Hammersmith Apollo, a venue synonymous with ear bleeding, finger wiggling and the whiff of acrid young [...]

It’s not everyday you can boast about a visit from a clan that revolutionised the rap world back in 1993. Well we can! It was a hot smoggy July afternoon in Floral Street with everyone going about their business as usual when a fleet of black London cabs pulled up outside the Kirk Originals Store [...]