Coordinates: New York City via Maluca Diplo’s Dominican-via-Bronx-via-Manhattan protégé Maluca dropped her debut video for “El Tigeraso” (Mad Decent) in December, a merengue/reggaeton/cumbia blast with a hearty serving of electro thrown in for the kids. Besides being easy on the eyes, the girl sets her hair with beer cans for rollers. What’s there not to […]

Do you know Amanda Blank? She’s the hipster rapper frequently found on stage with her Philly brethren (guys like Spankrock, Diplo, Plastic Little, etc) where she drops rhymes about all things randy and, let’s face it, necessary. You know, music you don’t want to hear around your moms. Which kind of works for homegirl cos, […]

One of LIAS’ favorite DJs (and producers and label heads), Berlin’s very own Shir Khan, has dropped a Clash Magazine mixtape in preparation for an upcoming Exploited Records double-disc compilation (Exploited, released on 14 September). The mix features both brand new and classic material, and some exclusive preview tracks from the upcoming comp. “A born […]

words by Aldo Davalos // photos by Ellei Johndro (Shadow Scene) On December 31st 1996, Los Angeles hosted one of the largest massive raves that the city had ever seen. Entitled Seventh Heaven, over 10,000 people from across the southland descended upon the Grand Olympic Auditorium to usher in the New Year. I remember this […]

Here’s the latest video by the super busy Major Lazer, who continue to elevate the artform to another level — you may remember their Saturday morning Thundarr the Barbarian-inspired video for “Hold the Line” (which was just nominated yesterday for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Breakthrough Artist…as if that’s worth a pile of […]

Like we said, Major Lazer has been on a tear lately — hanging with Angelina and Jack, and posting naked pics of Rihanna (kind of a dick move, btw, Lazer). Well I guess he’s finally getting to work battling all those zombies and vampires he claims to hate. Someone videotaped his exploits and put them […]

When you’re a struggling artist, you gotta do what you gotta do to get word out — the more clever the better. That’s just the way it is. And so goes Major Lazer, a Jamaican commando who lost his arms in the Secret Zombie War of 1984 and had them surgically replaced with lazers…and who […]

Sure, this might not be as cool as the iSnort App, but you can still be the life of the party. Forget your blow horn at home? Deleted your gunshot sample from your MacBook accidentally? No worries! Diplo’s here to save the day, offering all the annoying DJ party tools in one convenient application. (Download […]