“Like the last embers of a fire burning” Our friends at Motion Ward have announced their final release of the year with a “CD of dimly lit tunes […]
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The two-day celebration includes a film screening, panel discussion, and musical performance. In 2017 David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label released an album of Alice Coltrane’s music recorded with […]
Join the crew behind Discostan at 2220 Arts for the first Los Angeles theatrical screening of ‘Showgirls of Pakistan’. If you’ve been following along, you may remember Discostan […]
McIntosh announces an updated version of their classic power amp. More than 50 years ago, the hi-fi magazine Stereo Review opened its assessment of the then-new McIntosh MC-3500 […]
The Promises saga continues with new behind the scenes footage released by Luaka Bop. From the very first notes of Promises, it’s clear that something magical is about […]
The ensemble formed by jazz legend Horace Tapscott performs this Saturday, October 23, at the World Stage in Leimert Park. Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra performs live […]
ICYMI, watch dublab’s Artbound episode exploring Los Angeles’ emerging generation of community-focused black musicians. Our good friends over at dublab just celebrated their 22nd anniversary this past weekend […]
Next-gen audiophile designer Devon Turnbull talks shop with the Audiophiliac. To hear the speaker-maker Devon Turnbull, whose DJ and graffiti name is OJAS, discuss the intentions in creating […]
Sunday, October 10th In Sheep’s Clothing joins 30+ vendors at Fault Radio’s Shifting Plates Record Fair. Our good friends at Fault Radio are back after a long hiatus […]
Our friends at Numero Group deliver a definitive tribute to gospel legend Pastor T.L. Barrett. In late 1960s Chicago, not long after bands like the Rolling Stones and […]
The listener-funded non-profit radio station will host a patio and dancefloor party at Zebulon in Frogtown. Our good friends at dublab continue their annual tradition with a 22nd […]
Our good friend Frosty has a new project out with dub legend Lee “Scratch” Perry. Last year before the pandemic blew everything apart, Dublab co-founder Mark “Frosty” McNeil […]
Released by Mute and Spoon Records, ‘Live in Stuttgart 1975’ is available to stream today. Looks like listening for today is sorted! Here’s one and a half hours […]
‘Promises: Through Congress’ will premiere virtually on April 24th 12pm PT at The Broad and Whitney. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and Luaka Bop head into the second chapter […]
Featuring tracks from Teenage Fanclub, Arthur Russell, Pixies, The Go-Betweens, Frank Zappa, and many more! Looks like we have our listening sorted for today… ISC favorite Suzanne Kraft […]
Third Side Music has announced their signing of tenor sax legend Pharoah Sanders to a worldwide deal. Some more incredible Pharoah Sanders news… Following the release of his […]
Listening, a recent film by Stereophile, explores how one deaf audiophile experiences music through a Mylar balloon. In a touching video tribute to late writer Art Dudley, Stereophile […]
Our favorite record shop in Los Angeles is finally opening the doors of its new location in Hollywood. Like many record obsessives in Los Angeles, we were extremely […]
Promises: Chapter I, a non-visual experience, has been announced for 11AM PT on Sunday, March 21. Five years in the making, Promises is a historic collaboration between electronic musician and […]
Musician Joe McKee releases ‘Ultra Letizia’, using field recordings captured along a three-week voyage aboard a cargo ship. British-born, LA-based musician Joe McKee found a whole new world […]
The upcoming album PRSNT features artists Ryuichi Sakamoto, Laurie Spiegel, Lafawndah, Visible Cloaks and more. This current age of algorithmic-efficiency and the chase to capture fleeting attention spans […]
The live stream benefit concert and Q&A with Arkestra director Marshall Allen premieres Saturday, February 27th at 6pm PST. As part of their “ongoing initiative exploring the intersection […]
A new full length-album from G.S. Schray arrives March 5th on Last Resort. We’ve been closely following Akron musician G.S. Schray ever since his album Gabriel was released […]
Rare recording released on 12″ for the first time on Séance Centre’s Mixed Signals sub-label. Here’s a new release out today on Séance Centre‘s excellent archival dance music […]
The final segment of The Broad’s three-part video series dedicated to the famed New York City artist is available now. Time Decorated: The Musical Influences of Jean-Michel Basquiat […]
The life of illusive transcultural mutant Dick Verdult reads like a Hunter S. Thompson, and his unbelievable story is told by Luuk Bouwmann in his film Dick Verdult: […]
HBO releases a meditative new show with NY underground figurehead and Lounge Lizards saxophonist John Lurie. Thirty years after the subversive cult classic Fishing with John first aired, […]
ESP Institute will release Chee Shimizu + miku-mari’s ‘Reconstructions’ on January 29th, 2021. Just received some great and unexpected news from Andy Hogge aka Lovefingers. ESP Institute will […]
“Some of the sounds that filled the abode of James Baldwin in St. Paulde-Vence, a town in the south of France. These songs document the vinyl records left […]
Selections from revered Japanese record collectors Eiji Taniguchi (Revelation Time) and Norio Sato (Rare Groove). Music from Memory returns with another compilation of Japanese gems. Compiled by long-time […]
New documentary shows how six African American women – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – changed American culture. American Masters: How […]
It would behoove every listener-collector — vinyl freaks and Hi-Fi heads included — to consider subscribing to a streaming service, politics be damned. Yes, royalty payments to your […]
The music lounge known for hosting eclectic listening sets from selectors around the world closes permanently at their At Six Hotel location. Hosoi’s founder, Victor Sanchez, shared this […]
Here’s a wonderful early Christmas gift from our friends over at AD–the Holiday Edition of the Aquarium Drunkard Picture Show. If you haven’t seen it already, the Aquarium […]
The Music Center and dublab team up to bring ‘A Quiet Scene’, a new audio-visual installation from pioneering ambient composers Roger and Brian Eno, to Los Angeles. Here’s […]
Here’s a break from what looks like an extended election cycle… Test Pressing‘s Apiento has recorded a tribute mix to the late Ibiza DJ and Balearic music legend […]
Here’s a bit of light during these dark times… My Record Dealer is a new web platform and interview series launched a few months ago to support record […]
Launched earlier this year, Synth History is a wonderful online music resource created by recording artist and synth aficionado Danz, who records under the name Computer Magic. The […]
Few artists have so masterfully combined oxygen, lung-power and brass to create beauty as Pharoah Sanders. Across his 80 years on the planet, the great tenor saxophonist has […]
Why “Silver Apples” is a deep listening classic Nestled in the back-cover liner notes of Silver Apples’ 1968 self-titled debut album is a simple instructive that will resonate […]
The Brooklyn-based experimental jazz & hip-hop group delivers “A SPECIAL SHAPE SHIFTING MESSAGE OF CONCERN” Another required viewing ICYMI from a few months ago… Gio Escobar’s Standing On […]
The jazz musician follows up his excellent album ‘My Garden’ with a relaxing, introspective series featuring Los Angeles’ best. In case you missed it, our friend John Carroll […]
Here’s a fresh one from London’s bright young jazz scene by tenor saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia on the iconic Concord Jazz imprint. Garcia’s debut album follows a […]
