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 […]


One of our favorite labels at LIAS, Budapest’s Chi Recordings, collects their largest and most diverse compilation album to date and is giving it away to their fans. Aptly titled Allstars Uncovered, the 18 tracks were all carefully selected, nurtured, and mastered for your sonic pleasures — all for FREE. Alongside main label heads Fine […]


4 Sep
Romy Madley-Croft, Oliver Sim & Jamie xx's sophomore album

We’ve kept close tabs on the hyperly anticipated second album from The xx, and its time has (almost) finally arrived. While you’ll have to wait till next week to purchase Coexist via iTunes or Amazon, the fine and awesome folks at NPR have set up the entire album for streaming. Yaye! We’ve previewed as much […]


5 Jun
Fourth studio album out August 21 from Wichita Recordings

Bloc Party has been working hard ever since they elusively decamped to New York in the winter of 2011 to create their fourth studio album Four — a welcome surprise for fans who mourned the band’s earlier announced “break-up”. While repetitive synthesizer anthems blow in a through breeze  and Okereke’s vocals escalate from mild annoyance […]


11 May
3rd & final installment of our feature with the reclusive producer

Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has lit the interwebs aflame with his recent Coachella performance. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music maverick has always been two steps ahead of his sonic contemporaries. But with his […]


27 Apr
Part 2 in a 3-part feature with the reclusive sonic magician

Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has recently lit the interwebs aflame with a Coachella performance these past two weekends. It was, by all accounts, a cinematic tour de force. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music […]


Although not a name well known outside music nerd circles, Amon Tobin has recently lit the interwebs aflame with a Coachella performance these past two weekends. It was, by all accounts, a cinematic tour de force. We were among those that were there, and were properly dazzled. The Brazilian born, London-raised, Redwood Forest-dwelling electronic music […]


7 Jun
Ninja Tune's bass virtuoso using digital mapping for upcoming shows

Ever pushing the boundaries of music — both in production and presentation — Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin, aka Amon Tobin, is taking his next project ISAM to the highest level of live digital execution. The Brazilian producer and electronic music soundsmith has decided to present his latest album with a live experience only […]