True Groove All-Stars, headed up by producer/singer-songwriter and guitarist Tomás Doncker, have released a cover of Nick Lowe’s 1970s classic, “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding”. Founder of the True Groove record label, Doncker is a music icon in and of himself, getting his start in the NYC No-Wave movement of the 1980s. This track is […]
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Dec
The sound of our collective conscious
21
Nov
An homage to the Brothers Dewaelen greatest influence
The Brothers Dewaelen — aka Soulwax, aka TooManyDJs — return with another edition of their Radio Soulwax sessions. Following such classic installments as their Pin-Ups Mixtape/Video, an hour-long eye-popping homage to 70s boob-inspired album cover art, as well as their Under The Covers Vol. 3 mixtape, another audio/video mashup, Soulwax return with the aptly titled RSWX […]
28
Sep
Covers of Bowie classics from The Luyas, CFCF, Austra & more
Toronto-based label Paper Bag Records is releasing another digital LP as part of their successful cover series, of which fans receive a free download. This cover LP spans twelve songs from David Bowie’s groundbreaking The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, which happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary […]
29
Mar
The Weeknd producer Illangelo's latest Toronto crooner
It’s no secret we’re big fans of The Weeknd, so when we heard one of his producers, Illangelo, was working on a new project our ears pricked up. The Toronto producer has teamed up with upcoming post-R&B crooner TALWST (pronounced “Tall Waist”) for a seven-track EP titled Alien Tentacle Sex — an album born of […]
23
Feb
Atlanta hip-hop producer remixes Australia-via-Los Angeles MC
21 year-old Atlanta-based beat machine and hip-hop hybrid producer ForteBowie decided to take on Iggy Azalea’s Ignorant Art EP — which you can download HERE in its original form — and remixed five of the tracks. Of course he opted for “PU$$Y” and “My World“, as well as 3 lesser know songs from the Australia-via-Los […]
23
Dec
LIAS interviews the Düsseldorf-based artist
Angie H. Iver‘s artwork has a dream-like affect to it — surreal in content, and hazy and sometimes dark in execution. In fact, depending on your perspective, some might argue more nightmarish than dreamlike. Born in a “a pretty charming medieval town” in East Germany, Iver has since moved on to the larger Düsseldorf to […]
