Admittedly, I’m still not finished listening to the second week of Mary Anne Hobbs Vs. The Volcano, Or I Got Stranded in LA and All I Got Was This Lousy Podcast, but I suspect that like last week, it will go down as one of her finest shows of the year. Hobbs calls a mix […]

IAMSOUND’s rapidly gained national and international stature since I first wrote about them in 2007, as a part of an article on the next generation of Los Angeles bedroom indie labels. But their most recent release series, The LA Collection (described at length here), represents arguably their most ambitious project yet. Recruiting some of the […]

The Low End Theory crew coming through to ensure that your weekend is 22 percent more wonky. In the magical dream world I inhabit (where I get to be a Viking), there would be medical marijuana dispensaries that played nothing but Nosaj Thing, Gaslamp and Flying Lotus, et. al and sold Willy Wonky Weed Bars. […]

A temporary break from our regularly scheduled programming. This is probably the only way I will ever willingly listen to Drake.  I mean,”I’m shutting shit down in the malls?” Is that really something you should brag about? 2010: the year of New Kids on the Block rap. As always, Jason Chung creates a eerily gorgeous […]

I’m still reeling from last night’s Brainfeeder Sessions. Mono/Poly, ESKMO, and Nosaj Thing torpedoing my mind into scattered tessarae. Think a hip-hop laserium, cat-nip for the stoned–as evidenced by the billowing clouds of smoke periodically erupting in the darkened Downtown Independent theatre. Standing room only, clumps of people, commanding the stairwells, the aisles, every last […]

Photo by Christopher Soltis Give XLR8R credit. While the economic crash has turned most print mags into skeletal shells (shills?) of their former self or has found them unable to find an Internet niche, the San Francisco-based dance publication has survived with its integrity intact. Outside of RA, few places have covered the bass/wonky/dubstep explosion […]

After years of blogging, you’d think I’d learn my lesson and not invoke grandiose posts that traffic, migraines, and malingering conspire to prevent me from writing. But despite the linguistic similarity to my surname, I am not wise. So perhaps something on Attention Deficit tomorrow, perhaps not. In the meantime, a fulfilled promise alluded to […]

Nosaj Thing elaborating on the inspirations behind Drift, which is increasingly looking top five for the year. I recommend listening at 35,000 feet at 3 a.m with a pair of steroid-strong headphones and zonked on a quart of red wine. Yours Truly also captures Jason Chung rocking his tracks live with surprising style and flair […]