We recently reached out to some of our female friends breaking in raw jeans. We wanted to get their thoughts on anything from the wear process, to the fit and feel of their chosen jeans.

Welcome to Hit Play, a monthly sampler of various film, podcasts, TV, memes and music our pop culture writer Shauna Wootton consumes in her obsessive, unending quest to take in all media. Every edition is loosely curated around a specific theme. This month: Pride!

Toronto can be perceived as an “every man for himself” type of city – a place where you can easily fall into the cement cracks devoid of community. But with monthly, summer events like #TheMotoSocial, it's pretty hard to lone wolf it, especially if you often find yourself perched in rush hour traffic on two wheels.

Skate and Lifestyle brand Globe tugs at our heart strings with their latest commercial promoting their ingenious speakerboard. Powered by Boombotix, the skateboard doubles as a sleek ghetto blaster when synced with your mobile device.

We were inspired to put together a playlist that speaks to the refined sentimentalism in A.P.C’s Fall 2016 pieces. It is aptly titled after the famous French phrase, La Douleur Exquise. The Exquisite Pain – because anyone who’s ever been in love knows that there’s no better way to describe that old feeling.

This month, we return to our very first Weathered Project subject, tattooer and business owner Mitch Kirilo. See how his Tellason Gustaves have transformed over the year.

We’ve rounded up our favourite Levitation Fest performances – read the reviews and look through the photo gallery.

If you can't take the heat, stay out of that heavy denim – we look at our favourite lightweight jeans and denim alternatives for the summer.

Levitation Festival returns to Vancouver from June 16-18 thanks to Austin’s The Reverberation Appreciation Society and our city’s very own, Timbre Concerts. We’ve put together a sampler playlist to get you amped up for this year’s diverse and impressive lineup.

We took a look at how the denim industry is gradually returning to natural dyeing techniques and paying homage to communities traditionally steeped in indigo production.