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Listen to Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe’s “Feeling of the Day” series on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic. Earlier this month, KCRW announced a special collaborative radio project with ambient […]
From Lustmord to unnamed techno bangers, these tapes survived long after the machines that played them. When dublab moved into its new building in late 2021, they found […]
Space Ghost & Teddy Bryant’s Majestic Fantasies is out June 13th on Peace World Records. Back in 2022, the duo Space Ghost (Oakland) & Teddy Bryant (South Carolina) […]
A classically trained bassist with a mind for cosmology and non-linear math, he set out to build an instrument that could express both intuition and structure. The result […]
Join us Saturday 4-8pm at the Jerry Moss Plaza for the third annual On the Record Vinyl Fair presented by Music Center. The Music Center’s annual “On the […]
“O Dengo Que a Nega Tem,” hidden for 50 years, delivers 7 minutes of slow-building, percussive bliss. In 1972, Gal Costa was riding high. Her live album Fa-Tal – Gal a Todo Vapor had just cemented her as one of […]
One new collection draws from Wolfgang Seidel’s counter-history of the German underground, Krautrock Eruption. The other, Ambientale, is compiled by Charles Bals and explores ambient obscurities and digital […]
New album from two cornerstones of Chicago’s experimental scene arrives ten years after their first collaborative release Ten years ago the Bitchin’ Bajas and Natural Information Society released Automaginary, […]
With lost tracks and a vinyl reissue, the cult LA band gets a well-earned revival. Bryan Ling takes us back… The music scene in Los Angeles circa the […]
Kwame Yeboah and Ben Abarbanel-Wolff’s band returns with a genre-blending new release. “I have a problem with choosing an instrument,” Ghanaian musician and producer Kwame Yeboah said in […]
His long journey was restless, unscripted and unbound. Michael Hurley died last week, more than 60 years after his remarkable debut album for Folkways, First Songs, hit the world. […]
Les Éditions Vermillon revives Western France’s obscure musical moments. Les Éditions Vermillon works more like a cultural salvage operation than a typical record label, driven by a desire […]
The project represents a landmark collaboration between LA Phil Insight, REDCAT, and Wild Up uplifting the legacies of these maverick artists. Here’s another incredible archival project co-produced by […]
‘Psychic Geography’ leaves drums behind to explore inner topographies. Roland TB-303, Juno G, Prophet 5, Elektron Octatrack MKII, Make Noise DPO and René, Mutable Clouds, SH-101, Behringer TD3, Sherman […]
Dancefloor mysticism and ancestral resonance collide on his recent IBOGA. “The iboga plant is indigenous to the humid, tropical climates of West Central Africa, including Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, and […]
DJ Funk once described his style as “…more like a megamix. It’s tracky and minimal most of the time—you’ll just have a beat, a bassline, a hi-hat, a clap, […]
Though no longer active, the magazine’s preserved works continue to influence and inform diggers and obsessives. The news landed quietly, and it still hasn’t fully sunk in for […]
The Sun Ra Arkestra bandleader becomes the oldest person to release a debut album. Space is still the place… Avant-garde jazz saxophone player Marshall Allen has been with […]
Dariush Dolat-Shahi’s Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar fused Persian tradition with synthesized experimentation, crafting a sound both timeless and otherworldly. Long overlooked, his visionary work has resurfaced on […]
A collection of songs that don’t insist on being heard — but reward those who listen. Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures doesn’t introduce a new world so much as trace the […]
A lost TV series, a landmark exhibition, and a reissued book bring her transcendental vision back into focus. Late-night television was a singular platform in the 1980s, especially […]
How a decade of innovation, frustration, and reinvention led to Ultramarine’s most defiant statement—now reissued on vinyl by WRWTFWW Records. Ultramarine’s A User’s Guide is getting a long-overdue return to […]
A legendary archive returns with a massive new collection of rare texts, recordings, and technical resources for sonic explorers. Last week, about a year after it stopped uploading […]
Join us on Sunday, February 2, for a Fire Relief Fundraiser and Record Sale at ROW DTLA. Losing a life’s work to fire is every collector’s nightmare, whether […]
The below link directs you to a list of musicians, producers, label owners, backline help, managers, publicists and other music-related people who have lost their homes in the […]
“… you will never find a superior version. This is IT.” So reads the text introducing Blue Note’s acclaimed Tone Poet series of essential jazz titles. Those who […]
Limited edition 6 LP set features ISC favorites including Mary Lattimore, Laraaji, Hand Habits, More Ease, Asher White, Sade, claire rousey, Eli Winter, Arthur Baker (feat. Pharoah Sanders), […]
The Kikagaku Moyo guitarist/vocalist delivers a woozy psychedelic rock burner with an accompanying book titled Dream of the Egg. Those who haven’t yet discovered the work of the […]
Before you start reading this (too late), check out this drum solo from by Roy Haynes, who died Tuesday at 99. It’s a solo from 1966 when he […]
And Thomas Brinkmann drops a new post-election track called ‘Deep Trouble.’ Music can help lighten dark days. Can’t it? This morning, German techno genius Thomas Brinkmann issued a […]
Good Neighbor’s fully recyclable PET vinyl pressings combine superior sound quality with sustainability. Tim Anderson and Scotty Coats remember the moment that proved they were onto something with […]
Check out a new book from the musician, journalist, reggae scholar, and “Professor of Punk” at NYU. A founding member of the experimental new wave group The Flying […]
The Way Out of Easy is out November 22 on International Anthem. Join us for a special listening event on October 28th at In Sheep’s Clothing HQ. The […]
Last week Achim Szepanski, German techno force of nature who founded Force Inc. Music Works and cofounded early 1980s German experimental group P16.D4, passed away after a lifetime […]
There are songs and videos that rewire your brain, shock you with wonder, overwhelm you with spirit and the whoosh of time flying by in remarkable increments. Songs […]
Slowcore before there was such a term. Hints of shoegaze and shimmering ambient music. Early post-rock. Released by Brian Eno’s label. Born New York City in the 1980s. […]
‘Everything Squared’ will be released on August 30th via Warp Records. Too Pure darlings Seefeel are back 13-years after their 2011 self-titled album! Based in London, the core […]
Griot families such as that which the great kora player Toumani Diabate, who passed earlier this week, was born into play a crucial part in West African culture. […]
A new documentary about the Sun Ra Omniverse is currently in production. Support the Kickstarter today! In partnership with the SUN RA Estate and veteran bandleader, Marshall Allen, […]
Explore our newly designed and expanded webstore developed in collaboration with bean.la. Free shipping this week on orders over $100! Hey friends! It’s been a little while since […]
Step into the creative home base of one of the visionary architects of the Los Angeles beat scene. Last week, the William Grant Stills Arts Center opened its […]
Those fortunate enough to have seen the brilliant jazz pianist Austin Peralta before his heart wrenching death in 2011 at 22 understand the bittersweet thrills of listening to […]
It’s safe to say that few record labels have been as sampled as Blue Note. The classic New York jazz label, which was founded by Alfred Leon and […]
A new reissue by Wewantsounds brings back a raucous free jazz, soul funk session recorded in an empty St. Louis sanctuary. In 1973, the late alto saxophonist Luther […]
The musician and visionary, a founder of the genre, died Saturday. The best path for understanding the music and philosophies of the artist known as Iasos is to […]
Join us for the opening of SOUND & VISION at the ROW in DTLA! Hello friends! It’s only been about two months since our record store on Fairfax […]
LA3C festival will take place in DTLA’s historic core from November 10-12. Tickets available now! We’re bringing the In Sheep’s Clothing record fair to a festival setting for […]
So much Zorn! The Tzadik Records catalog is now available on streaming… Last week, more than 25 years after it launched, the crucial New York label Tzadik released […]
Join us Saturday, October 7th at Platform Park with Good Boy Wine and Sound of Make Believe. What better way to end the summer than with an outdoor […]
Visit the Numero Group pop-up shop at Rappcats this Thursday through Sunday. One of our favorite labels, Numero Group is back in Los Angeles this week for a […]
This week, while much of the music world has been discussing the blowback from Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner’s confounding interview with David Marchese at The New York […]
Inside the Harvest Time Project, an ambitious archival initiative created for Pharoah Sanders’ website, is a simple story about the birth of ‘Love Will Find a Way,’ the […]
Planet Q is available for pre-order now via In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi Selects and Pure Person Press! To explore and absorb Planet Q, the new record by artists […]
Experimental trailblazers join Meredith Monk for a supercharged musical ride celebrating her 80th birth year. Easily one of the most influential vocalists of our time, Meredith Monk is a […]
Listen to ambient music in the natural, biodiverse landscapes of the Descanso Gardens! Following up from last year’s smash hit, Tonalism, dublab’s night time ambient music extravaganza, returns […]
The long out-of-print holy grail private press album is finally being reissued on vinyl. One of the best parts of being a music freak is having your brain chemistry forever […]
Join us for the Moonface Experience on March 11th at XTR Studios, with music and sound curated by In Sheep’s Clothing. If you visited the In Sheep’s Clothing […]
Dublab has released a new book chronicling the non-profit online radio station’s storied 20+ year history. It’s difficult to imagine what Los Angeles’ music scene would be like […]
Love Injection has launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish a compendium of Klipsch’s Dope From Hope newsletters. Here’s some big news for all our fellow Klipsch fans… Nearly […]
By now you’ve likely learned that Tom Verlaine, the brilliant New York guitarist, singer and lyricist best known for his work with Television, has passed. Though a foundational […]
The 5+ hour, 79-track mix moves from Coil to the Scientist to Eno, YMO, Model 500, 808 State, and beyond. Got plans this weekend? Autechre’s got the dance-all-night […]
Featuring hurdy-gurdy, harp, voice, and Bruno Menny’s arrangements. In 1977, when much of Western music culture was being upended by both the distorted aggression of the global punk […]
Essential new music from the great Jeff Parker… Starting in 2018, LA-based guitarist Jeff Parker set up camp at the Enfield Tennis Academy in Highland Park for an […]
A new reissue of Horace Andy’s Wackie’s classic ‘Dance Hall Style’ has arrived and is available now in the shop. In 1982, Horace Andy carried his sweet, sweet […]
Audio-Technica celebrates 60 years with a limited run of their cult classic Sound Burger. We’re a little late on this, but figured it makes sense to share anyway […]
Sun Ra improvising on a Prophet VS synthesizer in 1986? Pump it straight into our veins. In the summer of that year while in Boston with his band, […]
The Melbourne duo has released a live video and album recorded at Syndey Opera House. If you were lucky enough to catch Melbourne-based duo HTRK on their international […]
Fly or Die. Rest in peace jaimie branch. Like the rest of the world, Tuesday afternoon turned dark for us as news broke that trumpeter, bandleader, and composer […]
Mid-80’s digital new age meets the voices of Lyra Pramuk, Holly Herndon, and Mindar the Buddhist Robot on the Seahawks’ latest album. Let’s talk about headphone music – […]
A tribute to singular musician and spiritual leader Alice Coltrane in celebration of her 85th birthday. Here’s another very special happening coming up at Grand Performances in downtown […]
Efficient Space returns with another narrative driven comp, this time focusing on the regional backwaters of North America. If you were a regular at the ISC listening bar, […]
McIntosh, Technics, GLI, Acoustic Research, and more legendary gear and memorabilia from the godfather of rap, DJ Kool Herc. Later this month the esteemed auction house Christie’s will […]
A suite of raga-inspired compositions and improvisations centered around just tuning, deep listening, and resonant spaces. To better appreciate the sublime forthcoming collaboration by Christina Vantzou, Michael Harrison […]
There is no equality without access to comprehensive reproduction health care. Another dark day in America last Friday as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade eliminating the […]
A living legend and one of the all-time great sonic explorers, Bill Laswell, needs our help. It is no exaggeration to say that we are huge fans of […]
An ambient music exhibit featuring spatial audio works by Morton Subotnick, Patrick Gleeson, Craig Leon, Suzanne Ciani, and others. Dublab’s long-running Tonalism series is making it’s way to […]
Support one of the best independent radio stations in the world during their annual Membership Drive Fundraiser. We all love dublab… The non-profit, listener-supported radio station has been […]
Richard Thompson’s gorgeous score for Herzog’s Grizzly Man will be reissued this Friday on No Quarter. In the early aughts, film auteur Werner Herzog traveled to Alaska to […]
Celebrate the release of “Recordings from the Åland Islands” tonight at 2220 Arts + Archives. Out now via Chicago’s International Anthem, electronic musician Jeremiah Chiu & violist Marta […]
Members of the Sai Anantam Ashram will be performing Swamimi’s devotional music Sunday, April 10th at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church. If you missed The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers […]
Shoegaze, indie, and synthesizer magic live at Zebulon on April 16th. We’ve been patiently waiting for this one… Suzanne Kraft aka Diego Herrera will perform songs from his […]
A must-see pipe organ performance from the Royal College of Music alumnus Kali Malone. If you ever visited the In Sheep’s Clothing hi-fi bar in the morning, you […]
With her recent signing to Nonesuch, the MacArthur-winning musician flexes her creative muscles. At this point the electric guitar has been around long enough that, stylistically, it sometimes […]
Beautiful guitar atmospherics, fragile lyricism and droning incidentals. Calling all fans of the Sky Girl compilation frequently played at the In Sheep’s Clothing listening bar… Here’s another gorgeous […]
TIOH Arts & Culture and dublab proudly present Morton Subotnick’s ‘As I Live and Breathe’ on Thursday, March 31. Our good friends over at dublab bring you an […]
The Amsterdam-based label has released a 17-track compilation with all proceeds donated to Red Cross Ukraine. One of our favorite labels doing more great things… Music from Memory […]
In Sheep’s Clothing announces the first edition of our ISC Hi-FI Selects series. Back in 2018, Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, and Sam Gendel played one of the first […]
The lost 1984 follow-up to ‘Kakashi’ and ‘Utakata No Hibi’ will be released on NYC label Palto Flats. Japanese experimental saxophonist, producer, and composer Yasuaki Shimizu needs no […]
Dive into the origins of Weatherall’s personal mantra “Fail We May, Sail We Must.” Yesterday, February 17th marked the second anniversary of the passing of Andrew Weatherall aka […]
A memorable and crucial 2021 set from our good friend Scott Zacharias. Here’s your listening sorted for today! The weekly podcasts from Detroit’s No Way Back: Streaming From […]
New York friends! Head over to Colbo NYC to shop a curated selection of sounds from In Sheep’s Clothing. We’re excited to announce an ongoing collaboration between In […]
Watch the Lovely Music composer’s classic TV opera on February 11th at 2220 Arts + Archives. Here’s another great thing going down at the new 2220 Arts + […]
Touch Music celebrates 40 years with a three day festival at 2220 Arts produced in collaboration with dublab. Touch Music, notes the company on its website, is “not […]
Hauntingly beautiful “soulfolk” from the segregated south. Our friends at Forager Records continue their streak with yet another crucial archival project. Beyond the Willow Tree traces the early […]
Classic indie acts, your favorite DJ’s, and the McIntosh-powered Despacio soundsystem all in our backyard. Goldenvoice along with some friends of ISC have recently announced a new festival […]
“A light, guiding you home” compiled by NTS Radio’s Flo Dill and Bruno (Perfect Lives). It’s here! Our good friend Flo Dill (NTS Radio) has put together a […]
“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 […]
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 […]
