Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels label has been making some waves these past twelve months. An uncompromising vision for the future of house and techno has the label breaking acts left, right and center, and infusing some serious fun into a musical blueprint that regularly leaves dancefloors bouncing till dawn. Full length album releases from Art […]

Today Skrillex drops his latest video for “First Of The Year (Equinox)” from his More Monsters and Sprites EP. In a clip somewhat reminiscent of Aphex Twin’s “Come To Daddy“, the Los Angeles dubstep producer/DJ unleashes a demonically possessed kindergartener who unleashes vengeance on what appears to be a very standard issue pedophile. Perverts everywhere […]

There are no shortages of music festivals in Los Angeles every year, but none carry the cultural cajones of the the Sunset Strip Music Festival. After all, when you’re celebrating one of the most famous streets in the history of rock n roll it’s tough to compete. Hall of Famers like Van Halen, The Doors, […]

Pittsburgh DJ/producer Kastle dropped a really interesting mix this week, one that heavily samples an interview by WNYC’s Radiolab with Ann Druyan. Druyan was interviewed about her NASA-driven love story with Carl Sagan and their role in the compilation of the Voyager Golden Record. “Toward the end of the summer of ‘77, NASA launched two spacecraft as […]

The legend and hype of Odd Future shows no sign of slowing down, and in an attempt to share more of the LA hip hop crew’s inner circle with fans OFWGKTA is releasing their first photo album book, Golf Wang. The 196 pages, full color book is being released via Picturebox who write: “This book, […]

Glitch/8-bit/bass/breakcore/noise producer Baseck is hardly averse to giving away some stellar music, as he did with his Heavy Metal 8-Bit mixtape and Strawberry Muck: Remixes EP projects. This week, in anticipation of his upcoming show/birthday celebration “So Simple presents: Some More Dope Shit” this Saturday, August 13th (flyer after the Jump), the Los Angeles-based Baseck […]

DNTEL joins Nite Jewel in dropping a mixtape for the “Check Yo Ponytail” party. With the various aliases that James Tamborello produces under (including The Postal Service, Strictly Ballroom and Headset), you never quite know what you’re gonna get from the Los Angeles producer, but via his DNTEL moniker you can expect some quality downtempo […]

In the novel The Summer We Came to Life, three lifelong friends unite for their annual summer journey of discovery. What has changed with this trip, however, is the death of their fourth friend, Mina. The protagonist, Sam, battles hardest with the loss in the wilds of Honduras where she has temporarily relocated, and through […]