We’ve unfortunately seen them live, caught them at a festival assaulting the eardrums of the brainless & clueless, and avoided their residencies at Ed Hardy-filled clubs from New York to Las Vegas, Miami to Los Angeles; but how much money are they actually making from pretending to play stuff? Check out who made the Top […]

We’ve covered N.A.S.A. (North America South America) here many times in the past, partly because they’ve managed to corral an almost unholy stable of collaborators to work with (“People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Z-Trip and Gift of Gab, “Whachadoin?” with M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock, “Spacious Thoughts” with Tom Waits and Kool Keith, […]

We’re not the biggest fans of super clubs here at LIAS, preferring to get our drink on at cheaper more intimate spots, but there’s still something to be said about seeing a DJ tear up a dancefloor packed full with thousands of bodies via bad ass soundsystem. One such night that’s been holding it down […]

I had the opportunity to check out the R-16 (R = Respect) festival last year in Suwon, just outside of Seoul, Korea. I haven’t been to many breakdancing contests. OK, that was my first one. It didn’t take much, though, to realize that the event is bringing a level of legitimacy to an artform that […]

The line-up for Hard was announced, with a major banger of Underworld headlining. Instead of the usual spot, they’re gonna pack out the LA Forumwhich might be tough given the 15,000-capacity. Other artists include Canadian electro-funk duo and talk-box enthusiasts Chromeo, Crookers (perhaps maybe you’ve heard their remix for Kid Cudi’s “Day N’ Nite”?), Crystal […]

I don’t know who Squeak E. Clean has naked photos of, but that guy’s got somebody powerful in his pocket. Maybe it’s Steve Aoki Jello wrestling that gay senator, while one of the Olsen Twins holds the camera and force-feeds them Oxycontins. Who knows. Nevermind the coup of getting M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock all […]

DJ AM’s Welcome Home party went down Tuesday night in LA and it was easily the party of the year…if not years. A lot of people wanna hate on AM (aka Adam Goldstein) cos of the whole “celebrity DJ” angle, but that’s just cos kids are ignorant — AM’s an extremely adept technical DJ and […]

You know we like to make fun of Hipsters as much as anyone else in the world, but that’s only cos, well, they’re just so damn ez to make fun of. Plus, if we’re completely honest we may fear that maybe we’re Hipsters too. How do we know? Cos we think this is pretty much […]