Gearing up for another weekend of Coachella madness? Or perhaps your headed elsewhere this summer (Sasquatch, Bonaroo, Lollapalooza, Lightning In a Bottle, etc), and will need to keep your pickled liver hydrated and healthy? Pick up The Loyal Subjects vs. Joe Ledbetter’s Thirsty? reusable aluminum 10″ water bottle, equipped with it’s own keychain clip so […]


9 Apr
40oz to freedom... and a cheap & boozy Friday night

There was a time when I was so broke, my favorite friend on a Friday night was a chilled 40oz of Olde English 800 (St. Ides, Mickey’s and Crazy Horse all making decent substitutes). One downed and you were feeling dandy, two and you were most likely clutching a porcelain sink somewhere in the throes […]


15 Mar
The second installment in a bizarre narrative series of videos

Miike Snow return with the second video from their Happy To You album (out March 27 on Downtown Records/Universal Records). If you have no idea what the hell “The Wave” is about (don’t blame you), it’s the second part in a narrative series of videos started out with “Paddling Out”. Let’s see where the weird […]


15 Mar
192 pages of the controversial artist's bold collage work

M.I.A. gets her own eponymous hardcover book from New York publishing house Rizzoli. Titled simply M.I.A., the 192 page compendium is an autobiographical monograph of the button-pushing artist’s collages. Known for her ability to combine styles with bombastic results — be that aurally via music or visually through her engaging fashion style, bold look, colorful […]


We confessed our closet love for Katy Perry a couple months back, and although her performance at this year’s VMA’s were was downright awful, she still remains one of our favorite pop stars. What can we say, we appreciate a girl with a good sense of humor. For March 2012 Katy appeared in Interview Magazine, […]


30 Jan
First single from upcoming 4th full length album

2011 may have been a quiet year for Maya Arulpragasam, but the world pop star M.I.A. is looking to rebound in 2012 and make up for her 3rd album, /\/\ /\ Y /\, which was critically panned by many but beloved here at LIAS headquarters. Her first move is to release a single lifted from the […]


9 Jan
Everyone's favorite Disney rodent as a “stained-glass” vinyl toy

Artist David Flores takes his signature “stained-glass” painting techniques and applies it to Disney’s favorite mouse, Mickey. Flores created a visually striking 10” statue of Mickey but with the minor change of replacing Mickey’s head with that of totenkopf symbol. The totenkopf is a German symbol of death, and makes the usually jolly Mickey Mouse […]


21 Dec
Van's low-top tribute to The Stooges' musical Icon

Vans upcoming Spring 2012 line contains a premium version of the popular 106 vulcanized low top sneakers dedicated to the great Iggy Pop. As fitting for the music icon and Stooges legendary frontman, the shoes are made of black premium leather with wool lining (to emulate boots, ostensibly). But why Vans by the way, shouldn’t […]