Mad Decent is training, fighting, and winning… well maybe not in that order, but Derek DJ Allen and Dirty South Joe have rained down into the ignorant public’s rivers of Styx and Cocytus some 80s synth masterpieces mixed with some 80s synth masterpieces, all from classic 80s movies about bad guys and good guys. See below […]

Seeing as Call Of Duty: Black Ops II sold a ludicrous half a billion dollars in its first 24 hours (true story), Activision hardly needs to find new ways to promote its franchise game. And yet, of course, it has, assembling an ingenious way to bundle the blockbuster video game: a Care Package like that found […]

A clever 5-minute minimix homage to the great James Bond, everyone’s favorite Walther P99 toting, martini drinking, nubile lady-in-distress bedding superspy. Expertly mixed by UK turntablists and breaks specialists A.Skillz and KraftyKuts, the 50 Years of Bond mix features several versions of the infamous 007 theme, a steady peppering of quotes, and snippets from various title […]

Well this is definitely soemthing you don’t get every day: free music courtesy of Daft Punk. During Paris’ Fashion Week on Monday Yves Saint Laurent had their show, and who do you suppose they got to put the music together? Why none other than Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter —  SL’s fashion designer Hedi Slimane’s […]

Brooklyn rapper Rilgood teams up with rising producer Dot Da Genius (best known for his upcoming WZRD project with Kid Cudi) for this JFK-inspired mixtape aptly titled JFK. Many think Rilgood is on the cusp of breaking, with two tracks off this mix booked for the soundtrack of Keanu Reeves’ new film, Generation Um. Stream […]

Time for the fourth edition of our Best Of 2011 retrospective series (after ART, BOOKS & STYLE), where we look back on the LIAS Year In Music. Frankly none of these lists are easy — we can trim each down to about 20 but then cutting them down to 10 means we gotta chop some […]

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 […]

Fox Searchlight’s Another Earth is directed by Mike Cahill and opens today, Friday July 22nd in Los Angeles and New York City, and on July 28th nationwide. Madman Mundt Another Earth is the type of film where you have to get the premise out of the way immediately, as it requires a temporary suspension of […]