I’ve been meaning to write about this album for a couple of weeks now – it’s pretty much been on repeat since I first listened to it. The Year of Hibernation is the debut album from Youth Lagoon, aka Trevor Powers (a former urban employee!) who has seen incredible success from the LP, which he recorded in his bedroom. Read more »
I can’t believe Christmas is in 5 days?! Someone still has a lot of shopping to do… to help get you all (and myself) in the holiday spirit, here’s a playlist of xmas tunes for you to enjoy today :) Read more »
I was first introduced to Twin Sister over the summer, when they were at Pitchfork Festival and singer Andrea Estella made waves with her amazing seafoam hair. Read more »
Do you guys have artists or albums that you tend to listen to at a certain time of year? I definitely do – and this time of year, one of them is Bon Iver. Read more »
We were so impressed with all of your recommendations last week on store music! There were some that are already on our mixes or that we’ve talked about in our meetings, and also a lot of new ones! Read more »
As FP Julia mentioned on Tuesday, Phantogram was playing here in Philadelphia last night. We headed to the show in a group lovely Free People ladies, and had an amazing time. Read more »
Ever wonder who picks the music you hear in our stores? This is our music committee, we meet and listen to songs, and collectively decide which ones we think are a good fit for our stores! It’s one of my favorite meetings to attend :) Read more »
Back in August, I was at Outside Lands in San Francisco handing out Free People bags and fliers in Golden Gate Park when I heard the mesmerizing sound of Phantogram‘s music creeping up on me from a nearby stage. My ears perked up and didn’t stop listening until the band left the stage. Read more »
This just in! Our “Once” Pop-Up shops in Brentwood and 5th Ave officially open tomorrow, but we are having a special preview event tonight at our Brentwood store and are opening it up to the public at 8pm when there will be a live performance by Jade Castrinos (of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)!!! Read more »
If you’ve been in one of our stores over the past couple of weeks, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the catchy single “Let’s Go” by Madi Diaz – from her soft opening croon to the attention-getting beat it breaks into, we can’t stop listening! Read more »
For our Holiday catalog, “Through the Decades,” our Vintage buyer rounded up some incredible objects to represent the different decades explored in the book. And when it comes to the 1950s, it would be difficult to find something more iconic than the Wurlitzer Jukebox. Read more »
I like bands that are difficult to figure out. The ones that can’t be pin-holed as a certain genre, and are nearly impossible to describe when someone asks you “what kind of music is it?” Usually that means they’re doing something different, and that is definitely the case with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Read more »
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