The Suzan are one of those bands that resist categorization like the Mujahideen resist foreign invaders. You start off with a quartet of punk-inspired Japanese girls, throw in some doo wop melodies, xylophone and tribal drums, and finish it off with surf guitar and a smattering of playful electronic lines — voila, The Suzan. The […]

In a video straight up designed to melt the interwebs comes Duck Sauce’s “Barbra Streisand”. You knew when you first heard about Duck Sauce that the duo involved — namely A-Trak and Armand Van Helden — would come with some dancefloor heat, and this second single (out on A-Trak’s own Fool’s Gold label) doesn’t disappoint. […]

Wow this looks awesome. Roberts & Tilton present the Projections film festival starting tomorrow (Saturday, January 16th) — billed as a “A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films”. It begins its run in Los Angeles at their Culver City gallery with an opening reception from 6-9 pm. The festival is curated by Aaron […]

As my friend, Alexi Lawless, who sent this to us said, “Maybe you dont love the folks in the remix — but its a fuckin well done song.” Amen! For commercial dance music, it doesn’t get any better than this. Culled from available Youtube interviews (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Drake, & Lil Wayne), Boston […]

One of the many great things about living in La La Land is the bevy of boutiques and mom n’ pop stores in which to look for dope shit. Whether it’s the stalwarts like Union, Stussy or Undefeated, or smaller indie boutiques like SBL, Barracuda, Blackmarket or Reserve, there’s just never a shortage of locales […]

Remember how Kid Sister had her debut album all ready n set to go last year, then pulled it at the last minute? Well, we applauded that given the fact we thought the album was…well…weak. It’s not that it was pooptacular or anything, it’s just that it didn’t live up to the expectations she created […]

I bemoan the recent blowup of M.I.A.  The other day the Madman was walking home and passed two 12 year-old girls bouncing around singing “Paper Planes”, making up their own lyrics (something about “checking on veins”), and I shook my head ruefully. Then, last night whilst drinking a Captain n’ Coke at a Hollywood douche […]

You might remember we love The Presets, as Arnald Babar announced the release of their new album Apocalypso a couple months back. Well, since then the duo from Oz have rolled on to become the Best Selling local act of Australia in 2008 (moving almost 100,000 albums), have sold out a tour across the US, […]