February means two things: bone-chilling weather, and heartwarming valentines. Whether you’re on the corporate love-bus or not, we’ve rounded up some tracks that’ll help you stop singing those wintertime blues…unless, of course, that’s how you prefer to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields cover)— The Shins Love Will Tear Us Apart— Joy Division Wishes and Stars— Harper Simon Beta Love— Ra Ra Riot I Don’t Love Anyone— Belle & Sebastian  Girlfriend— The Modern Lovers She Loves Everybody— Chester French New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down— LCD Soundsystem Love In Vain (Robert Johnson cover)— The Rolling Stones Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand— Primitive Radio Gods Ask— The Smiths Up The Junction (Squeeze cover)— The Decemberists All links to Hype Machine.
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February means two things: bone-chilling weather, and heartwarming valentines. Whether you’re on the corporate love-bus or not, we’ve rounded up some tracks that’ll help you stop singing those wintertime blues…unless, of course, that’s how you prefer to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Strange Powers (Magnetic Fields cover)— The Shins

Love Will Tear Us Apart— Joy Division

Wishes and Stars— Harper Simon

Beta Love— Ra Ra Riot

I Don’t Love Anyone— Belle & Sebastian 

Girlfriend— The Modern Lovers

She Loves Everybody— Chester French

New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down— LCD Soundsystem

Love In Vain (Robert Johnson cover)— The Rolling Stones

Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand— Primitive Radio Gods

Ask— The Smiths

Up The Junction (Squeeze cover)— The Decemberists

All links to Hype Machine.

Like any heritage enthusiasts worth their salt, we know that it’s just not the holidays without those traditional songs— Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby—but somewhere between Black Friday and December 24th, we go a little stir-crazy with the classics and feel the need to bust out some new favorites in order to stay sane. Below are our favorite modern and alternative holiday jams— think of them as your musical lifeline during this most wonderful (and most stressful) time of the year. Holiday (What Do You Want?)— Mike Doughty & Roseanne Cash Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)— Slow Club Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming— Feist Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing— Sufjan Stevens 2000 Miles (Pretenders cover)— Coldplay Getting Ready For Christmas Day— Paul Simon Baby, It’s Cold Outside— Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel Santa Claus is Back in Town— My Morning Jacket Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me— Belle & Sebastian Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas— Eels Donna & Blitzen— Badly Drawn Boy Auld Lang Syne— Black On White Affair All links to the Hype Machine.
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Like any heritage enthusiasts worth their salt, we know that it’s just not the holidays without those traditional songs— Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby—but somewhere between Black Friday and December 24th, we go a little stir-crazy with the classics and feel the need to bust out some new favorites in order to stay sane. Below are our favorite modern and alternative holiday jams— think of them as your musical lifeline during this most wonderful (and most stressful) time of the year.

Holiday (What Do You Want?)— Mike Doughty & Roseanne Cash

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)— Slow Club

Lo, How A Rose E’re Blooming— Feist

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing— Sufjan Stevens

2000 Miles (Pretenders cover)— Coldplay

Getting Ready For Christmas Day— Paul Simon

Baby, It’s Cold Outside— Leon Redbone & Zooey Deschanel

Santa Claus is Back in Town— My Morning Jacket

Santa, Bring My Baby Back to Me— Belle & Sebastian

Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas— Eels

Donna & Blitzen— Badly Drawn Boy

Auld Lang Syne— Black On White Affair

All links to the Hype Machine.

Right now, if you’re anything like us, your mind is millions of miles away from the concept of “Black Friday”. Maybe instead your thoughts are consumed by turkey temperatures, directions to grandmother’s house, or where the heck all of your relatives are going to sit once they arrive. Worry not. We at RYE & RIVET have done all the legwork for you in the second installment of our yearly small business post-Thanksgiving shopping guide, so you can go back to focusing on what’s really important, like whose turn it is to bring the Bourbon. Oh, and, of course, what you’re thankful for. ART OF SHAVING: $25 off any purchase of $125 or more in stores this Friday. BALL AND BUCK: Hot shaves and cocktails in-store; spend $150 in-store or online to receive a $20 gift card; $300 gets you a $50 gift card; $500 gets you a $100 gift card all weekend. BLACKBIRD: 20% off everything all weekend with code “BLKFRD”. CXXVI: 25% off any purchase on Friday, plus a free bandana with any purchase between now and November 27. DEAR CREATURES: Snag something nice for your lady with 30% off new styles using code “DCBLACKFRI” on Friday. ERNEST ALEXANDER: Buy any two shirts and get $50 off with code “POCKET50”, now through November 26. FREEMANS SPORTING CLUB: 20% off all sportswear and tailored clothing in-store and online this Friday with code “STUFFING”. HICKOREE’S: 20% off in-store and online with code “BLACKFRIDAY” all weekend. HOLLOWS LEATHER: 15% off all weekend with code “BF2012”. INDIGO & COTTON: 20% off in-store and online with code “STUFFING” now through November 25. J. PETERMAN: Up to 70% (discounts already applied) now through November 26. THE KNOTTERY: 25% off everything now until Monday with code “GOBBLE”. MADEWELL: 25% off chic things for that girl you want to impress with code “TREAT”, plus free shipping on all orders now through November 26. MOHAWK GENERAL STORE: 20% off all Fall/Winter seasonal merchandise in-store and online with code “BLACKNOIR” through November 26 (plus, stay tuned at their LA store for their upcoming Made In The USA Holiday Market!). OAK: 50% off all house collections (OAK and A.OK) in-store and online this Friday; 30% off Saturday and Sunday. RUE + STATE: 20% off now through Monday with code “20BFCM”. SMITH + BUTLER: 20-40% off select merchandise online with code “BLACK20”. STALWARD LTD.: 30% off everything all weekend with code “BLACKWEEKEND” SURFACE TO AIR: 30% off Autumn/Winter 2012 collection all weekend (applied automatically). If you represent a company listed here and would like your link removed, or if you would like your company’s promotion to be added to our list, please don’t hesitate to let us know here.
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Right now, if you’re anything like us, your mind is millions of miles away from the concept of “Black Friday”. Maybe instead your thoughts are consumed by turkey temperatures, directions to grandmother’s house, or where the heck all of your relatives are going to sit once they arrive. Worry not. We at RYE & RIVET have done all the legwork for you in the second installment of our yearly small business post-Thanksgiving shopping guide, so you can go back to focusing on what’s really important, like whose turn it is to bring the Bourbon. Oh, and, of course, what you’re thankful for.

ART OF SHAVING: $25 off any purchase of $125 or more in stores this Friday.

BALL AND BUCK: Hot shaves and cocktails in-store; spend $150 in-store or online to receive a $20 gift card; $300 gets you a $50 gift card; $500 gets you a $100 gift card all weekend.

BLACKBIRD: 20% off everything all weekend with code “BLKFRD”.

CXXVI: 25% off any purchase on Friday, plus a free bandana with any purchase between now and November 27.

DEAR CREATURES: Snag something nice for your lady with 30% off new styles using code “DCBLACKFRI” on Friday.

ERNEST ALEXANDER: Buy any two shirts and get $50 off with code “POCKET50”, now through November 26.

FREEMANS SPORTING CLUB: 20% off all sportswear and tailored clothing in-store and online this Friday with code “STUFFING”.

HICKOREE’S: 20% off in-store and online with code “BLACKFRIDAY” all weekend.

HOLLOWS LEATHER: 15% off all weekend with code “BF2012”.

INDIGO & COTTON: 20% off in-store and online with code “STUFFING” now through November 25.

J. PETERMAN: Up to 70% (discounts already applied) now through November 26.

THE KNOTTERY: 25% off everything now until Monday with code “GOBBLE”.

MADEWELL: 25% off chic things for that girl you want to impress with code “TREAT”, plus free shipping on all orders now through November 26.

MOHAWK GENERAL STORE: 20% off all Fall/Winter seasonal merchandise in-store and online with code “BLACKNOIR” through November 26 (plus, stay tuned at their LA store for their upcoming Made In The USA Holiday Market!).

OAK: 50% off all house collections (OAK and A.OK) in-store and online this Friday; 30% off Saturday and Sunday.

RUE + STATE: 20% off now through Monday with code “20BFCM”.

SMITH + BUTLER: 20-40% off select merchandise online with code “BLACK20”.

STALWARD LTD.: 30% off everything all weekend with code “BLACKWEEKEND”

SURFACE TO AIR: 30% off Autumn/Winter 2012 collection all weekend (applied automatically).

If you represent a company listed here and would like your link removed, or if you would like your company’s promotion to be added to our list, please don’t hesitate to let us know here.

We’re not going to insult your intelligence by telling you for the billionth time how much we love fall. This month, we’re particularly enamored with songs that have a bit of that smokey, sultry, spooky vibe that makes autumn the best part of the year. Que Sera— Wax Tailor Black Keys— The Minutes Twin Peaks— McChris October Song— Amy Winehouse The Fox— Niki & The Dove A Commotion— Feist Girls’ Night Out— The Knife Morning High— Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Patti Smith (all links to Hype Machine)
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We’re not going to insult your intelligence by telling you for the billionth time how much we love fall. This month, we’re particularly enamored with songs that have a bit of that smokey, sultry, spooky vibe that makes autumn the best part of the year.

Que Sera— Wax Tailor

Black Keys— The Minutes

Twin Peaks— McChris

October Song— Amy Winehouse

The Fox— Niki & The Dove

A Commotion— Feist

Girls’ Night Out— The Knife

Morning High— Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Patti Smith

(all links to Hype Machine)

This past Saturday, we were lucky enough to be able to go down to the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governor’s Island. Between the St. Germain cocktails and Charleston lessons, we snapped a few “street” (“lawn”) style pics of sharp-dressed gents we came across. Unfortunately there won’t be another one of these parties until next summer, but look on the bright side— that gives you plenty of time to research and plan your getup for the big day. And to stock up on particularly lush picnic accoutrements to make everyone else jealous, if that’s your thing.

What’s summer without a road trip? We spent a few days in the Windy City soaking up some tunes, beer, and (a little too much) sun. Here’s our August Playlist, masquerading as a Not-To-Miss list representing some of the acts at Lollapalooza. Solitude Is Bliss— Tame Impala Always Looking— Dum Dum Girls Telephone— The Black Angels Kiss With A Fist— Florence and the Machine No You Girls— Franz Ferdinand Gold On The Ceiling— The Black Keys Mercury— Moon Taxi Make It Home— Thenewno2 It’s Only Life— The Shins The Devil Takes Care Of His Own— Band of Skulls Sixteen Saltines— Jack White Miles Davis And The Cool— The Gaslight Anthem (All links to Hype Machine.)
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What’s summer without a road trip? We spent a few days in the Windy City soaking up some tunes, beer, and (a little too much) sun. Here’s our August Playlist, masquerading as a Not-To-Miss list representing some of the acts at Lollapalooza.

Solitude Is Bliss— Tame Impala

Always Looking— Dum Dum Girls

Telephone— The Black Angels

Kiss With A Fist— Florence and the Machine

No You Girls— Franz Ferdinand

Gold On The Ceiling— The Black Keys

Mercury— Moon Taxi

Make It Home— Thenewno2

It’s Only Life— The Shins

The Devil Takes Care Of His Own— Band of Skulls

Sixteen Saltines— Jack White

Miles Davis And The Cool— The Gaslight Anthem

(All links to Hype Machine.)

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