Wes Anderson returns with the trailer to his latest film offering, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Although Wes certainly has his tropes — not to mention favorite actors — the release of one of his films is always something to look forward to. His newest exercise of whimsy revolves around Gustave H (played by Ralph Fiennes) and […]


Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are back at it again in The Internship, recreating their dynamic duo energy as sort of post-Wedding Crashers Luddite salesmen who need to learn the ways of the modern, tech-filled world before they become unemployable dinosaurs. So these losers grown men land an internship… at Google. Hijinx follow. Vaughn’s third […]


Supreme notches another quality collaboration with their latest project, a tshirt capsule collection with famed record label Stax Records. The legendary Memphis, Tennessee-grown label was home to a litany of artists including Isaac Hayes, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Wilson Pickett and even comedians like Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby. The main rival to Motown Records […]


31 May
Wilson Audio's massive 655 pounds super speakers

Dave Wilson, founder of Wilson Audio, has released the Alexandria XLF Speakers back in the market. Made up of two woofers (one 15″, and another 13″), a 7″ midrange driver, 1″ tweeter and a 1″ super tweeter, this massive sound system clocks in at 70″ tall and weighs a whopping 655 pounds. Hefty sucker — […]


Boston producer Will C established himself first as a talented engineer, mastering hundreds of releases from hip hop artists such as MF DOOM, The Pharcyde and Madlib to jazz, soul and R&B greats like Tom Scott, George Benson and Patrick Adams. He now turns his attention to an often-times tragically slept on American band, The […]


20 Dec
Henry Rollins, The Weeknd, James Blake, Charlie Sheen, SBTRKT, DJ Mehdi, plenty of mixtapes & more

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 […]


7 Nov
From one of the best shows on TV straight to your headphones

I hope our readers out there watch Community, which is one of the most creative TV shows out there. Hats off to creator Dan Harmon, who infuses each episode with some sparkle of innovation that separates it from the horde of milquetoast network drivel (BTW, if you want any more evidence of Harmon’s genius, check […]


26 Oct
New Order + Ian Curtis' mistress Annik Honoré contribute

So you’re a Joy Division fan. You own Control, you’ve listened to Unknown Pleasures a gajillion times, and you’ve plastered your bedroom walls with Ian Curtis bus poster art. You think you’ve heard the whole story of love lost, brilliant talent squandered and tragic suicide. Well you haven’t. Filmmaker Grant Gee directs the succinctly named Joy […]