TAG: LA

Aug23

“To Live & Ride in LA” Trailer: SoCal’s Fixed-gear Scene on Film (Video)


Not to be outdone by our friends to the north (Seattle, San Francisco) or back east (New York), LA comes correct with director David Rowe’s To Live & Ride in LA, a first-of-its-kind fixed-gear flick. Locally shot and produced, this is an authentic look into the what, where and now of aggressive urban biking.

You can catch a screening at the Los Angeles leg of the Bicycle Film Festival on 9/3.

From the official release:

To Live & Ride In L.A. features talented local riders tearing up the streets with first-time visitor Keo Curry (Fast Friday, Macaframa), one of the living legends of the sport. From races through rush-hour traffic to midnight loft parties, To Live & Ride In L.A. is a fast-paced trip through the busy streets and back-alleys …

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Aug07

8.4.2010 EL-P : Low End Theory (Live Review) (Video)

Quite the celebration/release show for “weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3″. I’ve seen EL-P do a live show a handful of times before, but never a straight beat set. At Cage and Yak Ballz’s El-Rey show last year he was on hand to watch the emcee’s like everyone else, this time was something completely different.

Low End Theory has been a staple of the Los Angeles night life for years. Technically nestled in the Lincoln Park neighborhood a few blocks north east of downtown, it’s dirt cheap compared to, well everything else in Los Angeles. Other than the cost of waiting in line, that is if you happen to get there late.

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Nov10

DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek – Solar Life Raft (Review)

DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek

Solar Life Raft

Released by The Agriculture


Dub always has a curious way of rattling loose the connections between disparate entities and then binding everything together in viscous bass. New York natives DJ/Rupture and Matt Shadetek bring that approach, if not always those exact sounds, to the selections they threw together while dreaming up Solar Life Raft. Coming together as a DJ mix, but showcasing the two artists’ production skills in numerous ways, this three-turntable odyssey starts and ends in warm echoy places. Along the way Rupture and Shadetek highlight an array of fellow ...

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Aug27

URB Issue #158 Kid Cudi


URB’s summer issue offers up our first ever guest editor, hip-hop phenom Kid Cudi. Plus MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, Amanda Blank, DJ Craze vs. A-Trak and 90,000 LA Ravers

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