Los Angeles-based Allah-Las are just days away from releasing their debut self titled album on Innovative Leisure, home to fellow LA-based artist Hanni El Khatib (who we’ve interviewed HERE) and Nick Waterhouse — who also happened to produce Allah-Las’ album. The quartet encompasses everything you’d hope to hear from a Los Angeles-based band as they […]
7
Sep
Los Angeles surf & psych-rock built for coastal living
29
Jul
Don't get too happy, they're as fake as Megan Fox's lips
Photographer Rusty Blaze Hoff recently shot a drug identification kit from the 1960s displaying commonly abused drugs of the era. Though it was designed as an instructional tool in education and training programs, it actually contains harmless copies of the more commonly abused drugs displayed behind a layer of plastic. The kit includes faux heroin […]
28
Mar
A documentary on the creative minds behind advertising culture
Yesterday I caught the film Art & Copy by Doug Pray, his latest documentary in a career dissecting underground art forms that end up heavily influencing mainstream culture. But unlike his previous films (Surfwise, Scratch, Hype!), Art & Copy is about one of the most mainstream and pervasive forms of art there is: advertising. The […]
29
Sep
Inspired by concert posters from the 1960’s
You know we love our Passarella Death Squad here at LIAS, so it’s always nice to see the latest that Danny offers. Brand new for Autumn/Winter 2010 comes this 3 t-shirt collection, all inspired by concert posters from the 1960’s. Each tee is named after a Velvet Underground track (“What Goes On”, “I’ll Be Your […]
