Jan
25

Daedelus – “California”

Alfred the Great drops a bomb to rip up the nu-”California” stereotype established by Phantom Fucking Planet in 2002 and continued until whenever The OC croaked. How much would you rather hear this than that wrist-cutting-in-the-sunshine sop that soundtracked Adam Brody’s amateur neuroses? (Let the pro’s handle this, son.) Maybe I’m biased. Daedelus’s original last… Continue reading »

Nov
28

James Pantses Daedelus’ Armada

Dublab? Stones Throw? Daedelus? James Pants? Symmetry? Mandatory posting implied and explanation unnecessary. I am nothing if not congruent (caveat: this may be a Geometrical term that I do not fully fathom). Pants takes Daedelus’ “An Armada Approaches” and turns it into intelligent yacht music. The official title is the “Cruise from Here to the… Continue reading »

Sep
09

Dublab Takes Over LACMA Tomorrow Night, Ticket Giveaway

On general principle, I never do ticket giveaways because we are a very serious music website devoted to very serious things like weed smoking and music about weed smoking and occasionally epic songs about African funk lords swallowing weed and getting arrested, and being forced to switch stool samples with people who don’t smoke weed.… Continue reading »

Sep
14

Tidal Waves and Teebs

DAEDELUS – TIDAL WAVES UPRISING from StrangeLoop on Vimeo. Due to time constraints, I’m combining Daedelus’s latest video with the latest MP3 to leak from Teebs’ forthcoming and excellent Ardour, which is this year’s Nosaj Thing’s Drift. I.E. the Low End Theory cross-over album that will cross-over inasmuch as you can when you’re an American… Continue reading »

Jun
29

Daedelus – “Off Angles Edges”

On my way to see Tame Impala at the crackerbox Silverlake Lounge, so a quick link to this post about Proximal Records, the new beat label in Los Angeles. Their first compilation, “Proximity One: Narrative of a City,” is solid, but Daedelus’ contribution is superb — and another example why it’s impossible to dislike a… Continue reading »

Jun
01

Low End Theory and Teebs Podcasts

With each passing month, the Low End Theory podcast covers grow darker and weirder. Barring a collage of Josef Mengele’s greatest hits, it will be tough to imagine how they’re going to top the latest episode — a Columbine still of a rampaging Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold that seemingly matches the sinister beat music… Continue reading »

Apr
29

Mary Anne Hobbs — Volcano Refugee Party in L.A. ft. Daedelus, Ras G, Take, Teebs & Tokimonsta

Let the record show that this is the only volcano that I fuck with.  Eyjafjallajokull, Krakatoa, and Joe Vs. can get the finger — what finger? The middle. As the LA Weekly reported earlier this week, Mary Anne Hobbs has decamped to the city of the Angels for the next month, to duck the travel… Continue reading »

Feb
15

Daedelus and The Golden Dawn

Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo. Yes, it’s President’s day, so in honor of that snuffed-out, wooden-teethed, powdered wig-wearer who never met a cherry tree he couldn’t chop, sloth and languor are the order of the day. However, it is also Chinese New Year, which means that it’s appropriate to unveil… Continue reading »

Nov
27

Black Friday With Daedelus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYElsvpB8RA Because if nothing else, my jangled mind is a sucker for “whoa trippy” visuals, garish coats, and a tastefully employed Smashing Pumpkins sample. Consequently, Daedelus delivers in a way his hubristic namesake could only manage to descend. Also, because I have an interview up at Pop and Hiss with the dapper dandy himself, discussing… Continue reading »

Oct
26

Daedelus & Lorn on Mary Anne Hobbs

The mutual admiration society between Daedelus and The Low End Theory always made sense. Since ’01, Alfred Darlington (he of the best chops since Ambrose Burnside), has aspired towards a futuristic blur of hip-hop, dance, and grimy, glitchy beats–the same combination favored at the Lincoln Heights hang-out. Last year, he dropped Live at Low End… Continue reading »