Poledancing has gone from the lapdancer’s world into the frontier of fitness fads, but is here represented for its artfulness in Nowness‘ “Pole Positions” art video. Directed by George Harvey, award-winning poledancer Sarah Scott is shown in black and white, in slow motion, depicting the pole art as one evocative enough to tug heart strings just as much as […]
18
Sep
Sarah Scott gives The Body Shop a very good name
1
Aug
Waxploitation offers 18-tracks of favela-shaking bass madness
Leo Justi of the Waxploitation label just dropped his new Heavy Baile mixtape as more proof that Brazil is always bringing the heat. Sure Baile Funk was a phenomenon that took over global dancefloors back in 2006, but that doesn’t mean the producers of Rio de Janeiro haven’t been shaking up the favelas ever since. Take a listen to […]
4
Jun
Third album from one of London's best dance/pop artists
One of our favorite artists, Tom Vek, returns with his third studio album Luck next week. The former Tummy Touch standout dropped the fucking awesome “Sherman (Animals In the Jungle)” at the end of April to get things cooking, and it certainly has our early vote for Song of the Summer. Now we get to […]
20
Dec
LIAS compiles the most thoughtful, unique sets of the year
As is the case almost every year, 2013 was loaded with amazing music put out by the most creative artists of our age. We posted mixtapes from some of the biggest names in hip-hop like Pusha T, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Killer Mike x Big Boi, Jay-Z + 9th Wonder and then other tapes by […]
7
Aug
Colbert gets cockblocked by MTV, takes it to next level
Daft Punk was supposed to play on the Colbert Report yesterday, but due to a conflict with MTV (spoiler alert: they’re “surprise guests” at the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards) they were contractually cockblocked from playing his show. Of course that won’t stop the juggernaut that is Stephen Colbert, so he took to the streets […]
24
Jul
Dance Rock meets classic 80s Vectrex arcade game
Ahh the 80’s… so many classic pieces of pop culture that we can’t seem to stop loving the crap out of. A few of my personal faves? MTV, Miami Vice, Better Off Dead, Smoking in public places, cocaine in public places, puking in… OK, sorry got carried away in my 80s memories. But fret not, […]
25
Mar
Celebrating a decade of Crosstown Rebel techno luster
Ten years of a record label whose graph of greatness increases exponentially, Crosstown Rebels anhydrates 2012 with a King Tut level of sarcophogus to celebrate one of its most prolific and outstanding years with a just released CD, Rebel Rave 3 (pick it up on beatport). Mixed by in-house producer Subb-An, named by DJ Magazine as the ‘Best […]
14
Dec
A 4-hour extended set of Wolf + Lamb & Nick Monaco
Two pairs of the tickets we are giving away for our WOLF + LAMB x LIAS Giveaway have been claimed, but there’s still time to win the last set if you want to go to the show tomorrow night. Expect dark delicious beats deep into the night, with plenty of strobe light debauchery. If this […]
