It’s Friday, in July, which means it’s just about our favorite time of the year here at LIAS. July is pretty much the best, cos you still have all of summer to look forward to while things keep heating up. DJ Jazzy Jeff and MICK, aka Mick Boogie, understand this. So they’ve assembled the fourth […]


Tyler, The Creator just did his legion of fans a huge Friday gift by uploading his entire album Wolf for streaming. The highly anticipated followup to Goblin, Wolf is 18 tracks of Odd Future love, including plenty of OFWGKTA cameos from the likes of Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, in addition […]


We’re all anticipating Los Angeles producer and main dude behind Brainfeeder records, Flying Lotus’ (or FlyLo), new album Until the Quiet Comes. The album is set to be released October 2nd in the U.S. via Warp (Oct. 1 in the UK) and will feature guest spots from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and singer/songwriter Erykah Badu to […]


10 Feb
5 top producers perform with unexpected collaborators to surprisingly good results

Caught the official premier of the documentary RE:GENERATION last night at the Mann Chinese theater, and have to say we were pretty impressed. LIAS previewed the RE:GENERATION Music Project late last year when we were leaked a teaser and were hopeful with what we’d seen, but the finished product really takes the potential of the concept to […]


13 Dec
Kieran Hebden's 120-minute mixtape of ambient aural pleasures

It’s Tuesday, the holiday parties are in full swing, and chances are you’re gonna get boozy a couple times this week. Who’s really thinking about work anyways? We know you’re really spending most of your time shopping online for friends, family and self, so why not slip on the headphones and do it with some […]


6 Dec
DJ Premier, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, Crystal Method & Mark Ronson team up with unexpected collaborators

RE:GENERATION looks to be a really interesting documentary following 5 world class DJs/producers as they break away from their comfort zone and collaborate with musicians from far-flung genres and backgrounds. Sponsored by the Hyundai Veloster and made in association with The Grammys by award-winning documentarian Amir Bar-Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story), […]


16 Aug
Goran Hugo Olsson's award-winning documentary opens Sept 9th

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 gleans rolls of forgotten 16mm film found languishing in the basement of a Swedish TV station for 30 years, and makes a modern documentary from it of a pivotal time in American history. Documenting the explosive Black Power movement of the late 60s/early 70s, the film takes archival never-before-seen footage […]