LIAS beloved record label Ninja Tune bestows a mega 61-track playlist upon the end of 2014. Their Ninja Tune & Family in 2014 collects their best releases plus tracks from sub-label family members like Big Dada Sound and Technicolour Recordings. Expect edgy hip hop from artists like Wiley and Busdriver interspersed like boulders in a stream between tracks […]
25
Dec
London label unleashes 61 track, 5-hour megamix
22
Aug
Introducing the Jane Jupiter side of Melissa Young
Kid Sister — born Melissa Young and big sis to Josh, one-half of DJ duo Flosstradamus — finally has some new music to for the world. Her Dusk 2 Dawn: The Diary of Jane Jupiter mixtape not only claims to push the envelope of the artist’s boundaries in terms of style, but actually serves as an introduction to […]
21
May
Festival hits the Whittier Recreation Center August 2nd & 3rd
Time to get HARD for summer at the Whittier Recreation Center this August 2nd & 3rd. Equipped with five stages and a serious lineup, HARD Summer will feature a very comprehensive sampling of roof-raising knob-twiddlers including: Jack U (the new Skrillex & Diplo superduo), Axwell, A$AP Mob, Tiësto, Dillon Francis, NERO and Disclosure, along with A-Trak, Baauer, Martin Garrix, Pusha T, Maya Jane Coles, […]
10
Apr
The industrial shoegaze sounds of London
Binary’s EP Amber came out right before the vernal equinox on March 18, released through their own imprint, Echoplex Records. The music on this, their latest, engages as it builds. The confessional symbolism on the first track (and their first single) “You Need the Blue Key” establishes the London-based band’s place in the universe of industrial shoegaze — […]
5
Apr
Paulina Porizkova and Tom Jane get their weird on
I could try to cross reference Paulina Porizkova and Tom Jane on IMDB if I really wanted to konw what film this was re-splicing, but really who gives a shit. It’s the latest track from Jeremih + Shlohmo, “Bo Peep (Do U Right)”, as put to 80s video, and I’m not even sure it’s official… but […]
11
Oct
Marvel's most under-valued hero gets a tshirt homage
The Punisher is, without a doubt, one of the most undervalued characters in the Marvel Comics catalogue. Frankly he should be bigger than Spiderman (in whose comic, incidentally, he debuted… as a villain), yet due to two shit movie attempts at capturing the story of Frank Castle he languishes in the zeitgest somewhere between Ghost […]
21
Mar
Space age rock lunacy from Oakland, California
It’s almost impossible to try to define the music of Lumerians, so we’ll just run with their self-appointed description as a Space Rock quintet from Oakland, California. If you want to get a good idea of their influences, just press play on the streamed mix below that highlights an hour worth of their influences — […]
