Blackwing Collaborates with TRAVELER’S COMPANY

We've teamed up with our friends at TRAVELER'S COMPANY to create a new capsule collection dedicated to our shared love for all things pencils and paper.

Dylan Goes Electric – 50 Years ago Today

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If you’ve been following us for the past few months, you probably know the number 725 has some sort of significance. Not only was it the number of our first Volumes edition, July 27th also marked the date of Bob Dylan’s first electric performance…

Weekly Discoveries 03.06.2015 – Ryan Cullwell, Hyperview and Mike Mitchell

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Alex Title Fight - Hyperview When Hyperview dropped last month, I didn't give it a fair shake. I listened to it and dismissed it as a band trying to do "too much,"  before really letting the music sink in. Title Fight's evolution from one…

Weekly Discoveries 02.13.2015 – Snarky Puppy, New Blacklisted Album, Future’s Monster

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Mahlon Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an instrumental  jazz fusion band based in Brooklyn and is one of the funkiest groups I’ve heard in a long time. The core group is made up of about 18 musicians and several different instruments. They are…

Weekly Discoveries 11.06.2014 – Wonder Woman, 10 String Symphony & Timmy’s Organism

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Charles Mary Norris' Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen This week I received a galley copy of Mary Norris’ new book Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen which will be published by W.W. Norton during Spring 2015.…

Weekly Discoveries 10.16.2014 – Noodles, Trigger Hippy, Kenner, and Borges

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Alex Frank’s Noodle House I’m a sucker for handmade stuff, and that includes food. Last night, I finished up the 12 hour drive from our headquarters in Stockton, California to Portland, Oregon, where we’ll be exhibiting at Coffee Fest…

Weekly Discoveries 10.09.2014 – Sway, Richard Hell, Realistic Pokemon and Heigh Ho

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Alex Whirr - Sway I’ve neglected listening to Sway for the past few weeks, despite the near constant urging of my circle of friends. The album is currently sitting at 141 on Billboard’s Top 200 list and, for this genre, that’s an astounding…