LIAS friend and contributor Jason “Id rather be at an ICP Show” Shaltz took to his lens to photograph NYC-based label MISHKA‘s latest lookbook. This time around our man duked it out in the ring at the legendary Gleasons Gym in Brooklyn with up-and-coming (and still undefeated) pro boxer Zachary Ochoa for the Death Adders: […]

In collaboration with adidas, Jay-Z ‘s culture site Life + Times premiers a new mixtape created by hip-hop beat veteran DJ Neil Armstrong. Mixing for eclectic hip-hop legends like The Roots, De La Soul, Kanye West and even formerly the Jigga himself, the Adidas Global Ambassador carries a deep knowledge of musical history and impeccable turntable skills. With a musicologist’s touch, Armstrong has […]

Brooklyn-based duo Sleigh Bells (Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller) blasted their way into the music scene and onto everyone’s radar with explosive bass hits, aggressive guitar riffs, and celestial vocals off their debut album Treats in 2010. After turning on the crowd to their powerful sound, a question that crossed my mind was, ‘Where do […]

Time flies when you eat, sleep and poo techno – as goes for our friends at DROID Behavior. Though best known for their Interface series, today Droid celebrates the 2 year anniversary of PRIME, a monthly world-class techno and house series that maintains Los Angeles’ status as the echelon for underground sounds. For this special […]

The rattling of the above ground subway is almost audible in the new mixtape from Brooklyn collaborative effort Mosholu. Supposedly the recording process began in the legendary Bushwick bathroom of Eastern District Gallery, although producers (including Ghost Dad of WIN WIN, Picture Plane, Amaze 88, and more) were brought in to clean things up and make things […]

Today two of the best of the new wave of hip-hop artists dropped mixtapes — Lil B and Theophilus London. Among the top in the fresh crop of Twitter Rappers, the two albums include the Bay Area’s Lil B, aka Based God, who has compiled all his freestyle raps into one expansive encyclopedia of stream-of-consciousness babble […]

Acclaimed Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear has announced today that they will be releasing a new album this fall, September 17/18th. After gaining much attention from their last album Veckatimest, which was released three years ago and reached #8 on Billboard 200, all eyes (and ears) are on them to produce an album that […]

This week The Drums wrapped up their North American tour on the stage of El Rey Theatre in the Miracle Mile of Los Angeles, and there was no doubt the night held special meaning — for both the audience and the band itself. Photos by Damon Cirulli After a great warmup set by Stockton-via-Seattle’s Craft Spells, […]