There are many different approaches to the art of the flyer, as many as there are mediocre photoshop hacks and “artsy” fonts. One glimpse of the flyer wa
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A set from the Tleilaxu Music Machine begins as many electronic performances do, with a boy and his laptop working together to create the midtempo electro dance sou
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It’s the 30th Anniversary Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend. Three decades ago a lot more jazz giants (and fans) walked the Earth, and the
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Maybe instead of wallowing in unchecked misery over “the girl with the fat diamond ring” (really, the fat diamond ring is the main thing that you remem
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It's been a bad month or two for music industry reporters at America's major daily newspapers. You probably remember the LA Times' retraction of Chuck P
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Maybe not the most appetizing moniker, but Infected Mushroom’s psy-trance trips sure have a unique flavor, especially in the flesh. The Israeli-bred, L.A.-based g
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Below: snapshot of Grizzly Bear founder Ed Droste “getting crunk” — yes, that's a quote — in the parking lot prior to their appearance at
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Let's be real for a moment–I don't know much about the sound of the underground Lagos Dance Floor during the years 1974-1979. The truth is those y
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There's a reward at the end of this post for those of you who read it, by the way.
There are a few words that you don't hear in mixed company, and two of the
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Thursday March 6th to Saturday March 8th, cult singer-songwriter Phil Elverum is playing a handful of California shows. We've used this as an opportunity to talk
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“This is the number one rule for your set/In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets/And through our travels we get separated, never forget/In or
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