It’s been a minute since Captain Murphy was unveiled as the cartoon superhero emcee alter-ego of headspace music producer Flying Lotus. But if you’re wondering more about the cartoon backstory of the Captain, you can thank director Lilfuchs for the “Birth of Captain Murphy” video below. The Adult Swimy vibe being no surprise considering the well established ties between the channel and […]

I’m so ready for this! All of our friends here in Barcelona are begging for the weather to be great over this week and into the upcoming Sonar weekend. Why, you ask? Well it’s been unusually wet and cold here in BCN for this time of year — putting a bit of a damper on […]

As the anticipation builds for LA-based electronic producer Flying Lotus’ (aka Steven Ellison) album Until the Quiet Comes, set for a October 2nd release, he’s teamed up with filmmaker Kahlil Joseph for a short film to highlight some of the album’s most notable tracks. These tracks include features from Erykah Badu (“See Thru to U”) […]

Pitchfork presents a new documentary in their series, this time focusing on Los Angeles’ own Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) or FlyLo — known for his trippy, tactile like electronic productions. Or the head honcho of Brainfeeder Records, depending on how in-tune you are. The documentary starts following FlyLo at Forecastle Festival in Kentucky where he […]

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 […]

As we previewed a couple weeks back, LIAS correspondent Freddi C braves the wilds of Sonar Festival in Barcelona, and lives to tell the tale… Well, I’ve finally recovered from Sonar and already the weekend here is madness again. It sounds like I’m in the middle of a war zone — loud, and I mean […]

Whenever I visit a new city for the first time I’m always armed with my trusty Lonely Planet travel book. Come the second visit, having gotten all the classic sightseeing locations stricken off my must-see-in-my-lifetime list, I dump the guide books and make sure to Facebook people residing in that same city and get the […]

Well what can we say, Coachella Weekend One came and went with a mighty sonic boom, lysergic blur and warm tropical brush of palm fronds. It was, as usual, epic. However for the first time ever, it was not the final weekend Coachella had to offer. No, instead of having to wait an entire year […]