Evidence of seminal Los Angeles hip hop group Dilated Peoples today released an EP of Beatles-influenced tracks after the record was leaked online. I Don’t Need Love features Rakaa, Alchemist and Fashawn, and includes several covers Evidence playing the role of the 5th Beatle. In his words: “As many of you know my intention was […]

An entertaining anecdote from John Lennon describing his first experience with LSD, which he did with co-Beatle George Harrison. And the second trip, which resulted in Lennon writing the track “She Said She Said”… John Lennon describes his first acid trip from Victtor Da Ponte on Vimeo.

A great, super quick 7-minute mini-mix from London’s incomparable A.Skillz highlighting the massive cross-genre influence of The Beatles. “This is a Mini Mix I was asked to do for The Beatles & Black Music Documentary on BBC Radio 1xtra Hosted By Semtex and featuring Interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, Q-tip, Questlove, Common, Benga and Roots […]

Comme des Garcons continue to be inspired by four famous mop-tops for a few new designs in their Beatles Summer 2010 collection. The new designs include a few bags, short sleeves, and a few very mod button-downs all featuring the famous Beatles’ Apple Records motif throughout. They are simple and a unique way to pay […]

In 2007 lead vocalist Tim Wilson and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Carbary teamed up to from Ivan & Alyosha (yes, that’s a Brothers Karamazov reference). They spent a year recording their debut, The Verse, The Chorus (Cheap Lullaby Records), which they just debuted, and have hence  begun to pick up a lot of love in their native […]

Some clever producer named  Tom Caruana just put together this Wu Tang Vs. The Beatles Enter the Magical Mystery Chambers mixtape and man it’s made my day. No, it’s not as good as Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, but it really hits a delicious intersection in my brain where the Wu meets the Beatles — a […]

I’ve had mad respect for Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, since I first heard Endtroducing at my friend Rodney’s place and the sky opened up before me, the clouds parted, and a ray of sun shown through directly illuminating my ears and eyes. It was almost an epiphany, and I’m not being hyperbolic. Then in […]

Sure, Coachella 2009 kicked off a week ago today but we here at LIAS have been busy, in case you haven’t noticed. Anyway, another epic weekend has blown by us again with a flash of desert heat and a searing blast of sonic noize, and all that remains are the pixels in our camera chips, […]