26 Jun
Dirty Bird Records frontman & founder turns up the heat

We’re just a little over a month away from the fifth annual two-day HARD Summer music event at L.A.’s Historical State Park in Downtown L.A. Headliners include acts like dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man, the legendary James Murphy, Little Dragon, Miike Snow, Datsik, up-and-comer Lunice and perhaps most importantly the reunion of Bloc Party (whose highly […]


30 May
More superpower-gifted kids out to wreck shop

“Reunion” is the second single off M83’s latest album Hurry Up We’re Dreaming, and is the sequel to a storyline that began on the first video for “Midnight City”. Directed by Fleur & Manu, the narrative follows a group of X-Men-like children with telekinetic powers — surprisingly not unlike that Skrillex “First Of The Year […]


It is with much childlike glee that we shut down our computers and unplug from the mainframe of the matrix for a few days and head to the glorious lands known as the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, for what is surely one of America’s best musical throwdowns. Yes it’s gotten increasingly commercial […]


17 Feb
As you do in childhood, so shall you be as an adult.

Fresh off winning 3 Grammys this past Sunday — including the ever coveted Best New Artist — brostep wunderkind Skrillex drops his latest video in celebration. The theme? As you do in childhood, so shall you be as an adult. Even if in youth you were a well coordinated ice cream heist crew… Follow LIAS […]


10 Feb
5 top producers perform with unexpected collaborators to surprisingly good results

Caught the official premier of the documentary RE:GENERATION last night at the Mann Chinese theater, and have to say we were pretty impressed. LIAS previewed the RE:GENERATION Music Project late last year when we were leaked a teaser and were hopeful with what we’d seen, but the finished product really takes the potential of the concept to […]


Let your week start off right with a freshly minted mixtape from Lorin Ashton, the American maestro of bass otherwise known as Bassnectar. Things have all been coming up roses for Lorin lately, as his past Fall Tour 2011 sold out completely in 10-20k seat venues, selling more hard tickets than any other EDM artist […]


24 Jan
Clams Casino, KiD Cudi, Florence & the Machine, Plump DJs, Skrillex, Major Lazer & Iggy Azalea's "Pu$$y"

The latest installment of Diplo’s Blow Your Head mix series, which is done in collaboration with SiriusXM radio (Channel 52), dropped this week. The hour-long January edition features Cubic Zirconia, Clams Casino, KiD Cudi feat. Florence & the Machine, Skrillex, 12th Planet & Kill the Noise, Lil Wayne and Iggy Azalea’s “Pu$$y”. Get ‘er cooking… […]


Jay-Z’s LIFE + TIMES website drops a new 40-minute dubstep mix via DJ/producer Troublemaker. Titled Pantystep – Pleasure Her Pain, the 18-track mix features bangers from heavyweights like The Weeknd, Joker, Skrillex, Clams Casino, Com Truise, Skream, Boards of Canada and James Blake. Congrats to Jay who saw the birth of his daughter B.I.C. (Blu Ivy […]