Coordinates: Sydney [Every Coordinates we’ll be bringing you the best of a city, a personalized tour of a locale’s dizzying highs n terrifying lows as seen through the eyes of an LIAS Ambassador.] For the inaugural installment of our Coordinates series we could not have chosen a better subject than Angus Gruzman, aka Gus da […]
18
Nov
The inimitable Gus da Hoodrat from Australia's biggest DJ crew the Bang Gang DJs gives us a tour of his hometown
You know how when 2 great things combine? Stanton Warriors + Rye Rye = the sonic equivalent of cookie dough ice cream…
3 weeks ago we posted that behind-the-scenes short doc of Rye Rye making her debut video with MIA (who directed) and Blaqstarr (who produced the track), and lo and behold it was released today. The 18-year old Bmore native laid down a Bodymore, Murderland homage that would make all of her home city tip their […]
8
Jun
A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Making Of The Video
Baltimore’s Rye Rye landed big with “Shake It To The Ground” and now we get “Bang,” Rye Rye’s speaker-thumping single produced by Blaqstarr and featuring M.I.A. Here’s a behind the scenes look at the making of the video and their summer tour dates. Look for the album this summer. Tour Dates: (w/ MSTRKRFT, Major Lazer, […]
Sure, Coachella 2009 kicked off a week ago today but we here at LIAS have been busy, in case you haven’t noticed. Anyway, another epic weekend has blown by us again with a flash of desert heat and a searing blast of sonic noize, and all that remains are the pixels in our camera chips, […]
Ok, few things have me excited as the upcoming project from producers extraordinaire Diplo and Switch‘s new creation. They’ve been hard at work on this for awhile, spending time holed up in Kingston, Jamaica studios (including Tuff Gong) with various dancehall artists (Vybz Cartel, Ward 21, Fambo, Busy Signal) creating alter ego Major Lazer — […]
Everyone’s favorite feisty female Chicago rapper Kid Sister has again delayed her album Dream Date, this time indefinitely. Originally it was supposed to drop last July (on Downtown Recs), then September, then again this February, and now she’s made the decision to hold off completely until the album’s a fully cooked masterpiece. To be honest, […]
The pic is old, the track is new. “Shells” is currently only available on the How Many Votes Fix Mix EP, which you can find on iTunes for $2.49. It’s also a bonus joint off the forthcoming Kala expanded LP. Honestly, not at all Maya Arulpragasam’s best work…in fact close to her worst. Still better […]
