Time for the fourth edition of our Best Of 2011 retrospective series (after ART, BOOKS & STYLE), where we look back on the LIAS Year In Music. Frankly none of these lists are easy — we can trim each down to about 20 but then cutting them down to 10 means we gotta chop some […]
20
Dec
Henry Rollins, The Weeknd, James Blake, Charlie Sheen, SBTRKT, DJ Mehdi, plenty of mixtapes & more
1
Nov
More highly suggestive NSFW fan made videos for Abel Tesfaye
As is the MO for The Weeknd, the latest video for his “Initiation” track is not official but rather fan made. And as usual of his fans’ work, the video is highly suggestive (and NSFW) in nature. Having just dropped his second mixtape of 2011, Thursday, we can be expecting the last third of Abel […]
12
Oct
Abel Tesfaye leaks his latest track of future R&B goodness
What is one of the most of played new artists at The Meadows continues to be The Weeknd, the Toronto crooner’s post-dubstep sound being something we cannot get off our playlists — his Thursday mixtape being a weekday standard. The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, recently leaked his latest track “Initiation” and it’s just more bassy […]
19
Aug
Toronto future R&B crooner drops second mix in trilogy
Highly secretive future R&B/slow-step crooner The Weeknd come through this fine morning with his new Thursday mixtape, the followup to the justifiably hyped House of Balloons which came out this past spring. Utilizing highly stylized user-created videos, the Toronto-based The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) has managed to keep a very low profile despite much scrutiny, […]
