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Damian Lazarus Talks Techno and the Changing Face of Electronic Labelsnew
Damian Lazarus is sitting at the dining-room table of his Echo Park home trying to recover from a five-day touring blitz that he and his label mates at Crosstown Rebels have just finished. He's a bit worn down, but that's part of the deal.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-26-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sunn 0))) Guitarist Greg Anderson Talks 'Big Church' and 'Monoliths & Dimensions'new
Sunn 0))) offer big ideas gradually, thoughtfully, create a monolith of sound and then mold it into something graceful but menacing. It's no accident that their new album features a cover painting by sculptor Richard Serra; the band's output feels heavily inspired by Serra's massive series of Torqued Spirals.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
West Coast Sound: Kaki Kingnew
Kaki King on Timbaland, playing solo and being frightened by the Cure.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
01-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kaki King, folk music
Visions of Radioheadnew
Celebrating the 21st century's most interactive band.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
08-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Seattle's Fleet Foxes Make Languid, Woodsy Rocknew
The group like their timpani, and their echo, love the sound of waves bouncing off walls, dig the high, lonesome wail of falsetto in harmony. Can a flutist be far behind?
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
06-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesisnew
Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear on the L.A.'s scene.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
02-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Music Journalist Remembers the Old Dewey Coxnew
Cox clocked me and then I puked.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
12-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutatonew
How Mark Mothersbaugh, an Agent of De-Evolution, wormed his way into America's subconscious.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
12-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Mothersbaugh
Bob Dylan's Most Mysterious Recordingnew
Inside the elusive history of I'm Not There.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
11-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
Buy It, Use It, Break It, Fix Itnew
On the eve of its final American performance of 2007, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter discusses the duo's banner year, the future of the music industry and the current state of electronic music.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Daft Punk
