Flying Lotus (Musician)

Frankie Eder: The 13-year-old DJ

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Last year Frankie Eder DJed at underground beat music club Low End Theory, joining the ranks of Thom Yorke, Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus. Pretty cool. He's no professional musi ... More >>

Hard Summer 2013 Lineup Announced

This year's lineup for Hard Summer is out. Headliners include Knife Party, Duck Sauce, Dog Blood (ie Skrillex and Boys Noize), and Bassnectar See also: Our Hard 2012 slideshow This sixth annual edition of the two-day, EDM-focused festival takes place in downtown's Los Angeles State Historic Park ... More >>

Tokimonsta Leaves the Nest

The producer's new album is on a big-time label

Nosaj Thing Is Back

But the producer and Low End Theory stalwart is not in the mood to party

Bizarre Ride: Jeff's Humorous Predictions and Most Anticipated Albums for 2013

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Half of January has elapsed and we've survived. There was no collapse due to fiscal cliff, Central American apocalypse or dubstep deluge. A new year unfu ... More >>

The Top 10 L.A. Albums of 2012

Los Angeles music was a big part of the national conversation this year, from Frank Ocean and Miguel's artisan R&B to Top Dawg Entertainment's hip-hop dominance to the electronic inspirations of Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer. Picking but ten albums from this crop as the West Coast Sound writers ha ... More >>

How To Dress Well - Soho House - 12/3/12

How To Dress Well Soho House 12/3/12 Whether it's Bradford Cox starring in the new Jared Leto movie or Terence Malick filming at Austin City Limits, it's always a strange occurrence when Hollywood and the indie rock world cross paths. One side always seems to have an ulterior motive, and How To Dre ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend: Oct. 19-21

Friday, October 19 Nosaj Thing LURE PATIO Nosaj Thing's 2009 album, Drift, was arguably the first in the trio of holy-shit records that made Low End Theory regulars -- and by extension, Los Angeles electronic music -- a global phenomenon. (The other two? Gaslamp Killer and Gonjasufi's A Sufi and a ... More >>

The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Week: Oct. 15-18

Monday, October 15 Joyce Manor CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK South Bay punk-pop band Joyce Manor have gone from house parties to festival shows pretty damn quick, but what can you do? They have charisma, hooks, the decorum you need to keep going even when your fans get obsessive, and of course th ... More >>

What the Hell Is Trap Music (and Why Is Dubstep Involved)?

You may have heard the term "trap music." You may even realize that what people are calling "trap music" today (which sounds a whole lot like dubstep) is not necessarily what people were calling "trap music" a few years ago. See also: Flying Lotus' Nocturnal Visions: Once believing himself destined ... More >>

Dublab 13th Anniversary Party - Echoplex - 9/22/12

Dublab 13th Anniversary Party Echoplex 9-22-12 Better than...waiting in a Wendy's drive-through congested with D.U.I. candidates at 2 a.m. At the 13th anniversary party for Dublab -- L.A.'s beloved nonprofit web radio collective -- there were nine DJs on one stage in roughly five hours. The party ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, September 21 Azure Ray LARGO AT THE CORONET Both Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor went on to successful solo careers and side projects after their band Azure Ray broke up in 2004, but there was something irreplaceable about the way the two singers used to blend their sweetly sad voices together ... More >>

Dublab Anniversary Party Moved to Echoplex

For our music feature this week Rebecca Haithcoat profiled Freak City, the Hollywood dance club that throws, perhaps, the best parties in the cities. They don't like to call themselves a club, however, partly because they're not zoned as one and don't have a liquor license. See also: The Freaks Com ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Tuesday, September 4 Krzysztof Urbanski conducts "Three Russian Masters" HOLLYWOOD BOWL The classical canon today is both questioned for its relevance and pounced upon eagerly by a new generation of composers, performers and conductors of prodigious technical and scholarly gifts. The young firebran ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in L.A. This Week

Monday, July 23 The xx FONDA THEATRE These U.K. goth-soul ghouls haven't played in the United States since 2010, when The xx wrapped up support of their self-titled semi-hit debut and subsequently went into studio-hibernation mode. This summer, they're back on the road ahead of the Sept. 11 release ... More >>

Shlohmo Brings His 
Ambient, but 
Not Chilled Out, Electronic Music to Europe

Since dropping out of art school in 2010 to pursue music full-time, Shlohmo has become an L.A. electronic-music rising star. Born Henry Laufer and raised in the Fairfax District, the lanky 21-year-old producer -- a regular performer at beat mecca Low End Theory -- combines house and hip-hop with his ... More >>

Music Picks: Skrillex, Diplo, Wu-Tang Clan, The Health Club

Also, Art Lande, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Gilad Hekselman, The Stitches, The Villains and others

Bizarre Ride: Jeff Weiss's Five Los Angeles Music Archetypes

[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's new column, "Bizarre Ride," begins today. You can find it on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] The L.A. cliché is a war of shadow and light: fallen stars gone to seed, saccharine pop and gangsta rap. But this is 2012 and Dr. Dre is a headphone g ... More >>

Eagle Rock Music Fest Preview: Feeding People On Their Debut LP And A Particularly Memorable Encounter with the Devil

See also: Eagle Rock Music Fest Preview: Flying Lotus Plans To Direct A Feature Film On the cover of Feeding People's debut LP, a lifeless pink lady with blue nipples is sprawled out over a three-eyed rainbow-colored lion and a blue devil with blood spilling out of its mouth over a row of tiny jagg ... More >>

Touching Amy

Odd Future, Move Over: Flying Lotus Gets Jazz Treatment By Canadian Trio

Alex Sowinski on drums, in a pig mask​Who says jazz is dead? Nobody, if Canadian trio BADBADNOTGOOD has anything to do with it. Back in April, we happened upon the group's eight-minute re-imagining of two songs from Tyler, the Creator's Bastard and (our personal favorite) Gucci Mane's "Lemon ... More >>

Low End Theory Bouncers Bounced Following Bribery Accusations

Regal Dee​On Wednesday night The Airliner club replaced its security guards at the popular Low End Theory party, following widespread reports of bribery. The uber-popular beat scene gathering regularly hosts big-name performers in its tiny space, drawing massive Wednesday-night crowds hoping ... More >>

Day 1: Coachella's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs (featuring Paul McCartney, Black Keys, Chemical Brothers and Craigslist)

Colin Young-Wolff​ Compared to last year's problems with wristbands and overcrowding, the first day of Coachella 2011 was smooth sailing. Greasy even. Let's take a look at yesterday's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs.

Top Ten Ways to Make Your Band an Epic Fail in 2011

Our Epic Fail Band could be your life! Here's how.​ We're gonna start 2011 by being servicey. We have seen too many talented bands (and the PR people they pay) squander opportunities and/or generally make our lives in the music press difficult. We thought we'd give you our (100% unsolicited) ... More >>

Best Music of the Year Lists: Do Pitchfork, Billboard, NME, Vibe Have A Certain Gender Bias?

"Hey bro, we hear you like bros, so we put some bros in your End of the Year Best Music Lists so you can bro while you bro!"​Well, 'tis the time of year for lists and charts! Several mags and blogs attempted to answer the question you've been dying to ask: Who had the best album/"new music"? ... More >>

L.A. Artists Take Up 32.5% of Gorilla Vs. Bear's Twelve Favorite Videos of 2010

OFWGKTA's Earl Sweatshirt​ L.A. in sound and in spirit is nicely represented on GVSB's favorite videos of 2010 list. Flying Lotus, HEALTH and OFWGKTA's Earl Sweatshirt are in and let's include a bit from Bruce Haack in there, too, since L.A. label Stones Throw did that reissue ... and let's i ... More >>

LAPD, L.A. Fire Department Shut Down Dance Club Night In Lincoln Heights

CuriousJoshNobody move, nobody get hurt.​A Lincoln Heights dance club was shut down temporarily early Thursday as a result of alleged overcrowding, according to witnesses and authorities. It's the second such club closure since Friday, when fire and police officials put the brakes on an electr ... More >>

This weekend: HARD Haunted Mansion, Ninja Tune 20th Anniversary, KCRW Masquerade, Of Montreal, Stone Temple Pilots

Perou.co.ukUnderworld​Whether you're all about the costumes or just in it for the tunes, Halloween weekend offers some massive show-going choices ... starting with, well, something very close to a massive. HARD Haunted Mansion, with an eclectic electro lineup including Bloody Beetroots, Busy ... More >>

From Russia, With Fuzz

Meet Moscow's L.A.-Inspired Beat Scene

Song of the Week: Sumsun Channels Four Tet and Neon Indian on 'Call It Home' [MP3 Exclusive]

Sumsun's Judson Rogers channels Four Tet and Neon Indian on the exclusive track, "Call it Home"​Who: Judson Rogers, a.k.a. Sumsun, a Florida (and occasionally North Carolina) based electronic musician who has been releasing music through L.A.'s own Low End Theory affiliated label, Leaving Reco ... More >>

This Weekend: HARD Summer, Silversun Pickups, Weezer, New L.A. Folk Festival, Power of the Riff festival

Soulwax​The two most pressing questions about Saturday's HARD Summer in downtown Los Angeles have nothing to do with quality. With Soulwax, Crystal Castles and Major Lazer topping a bill that includes the likes of Flying Lotus and Diplo, promoter Gary Richards has assembled the kind of dance ... More >>

This Weekend: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rage Against the Machine, Robyn, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Delta Spirit

via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-Ferguson​Tonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>

New HARD Summer Lineup Unveiled, Featuring Cancelled Acts from M.I.A. Fiasco

​ [See update re: M.I.A., Rye Rye, and Sleigh Bells.] So, the new, amalgamated lineup for HARD Summer has been announced by beleaguered organizer Destructo (aka, Gary Richards). After the hasty, officially unexplained cancellation of the M.I.A.-led HARD, Richards tried to book some of the ac ... More >>

Thundercats Ho!!!!! New Video of SA-RA Creative Partners Featuring Bass Virtuoso Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner

Thundercats Ho!! New Live Video of SA-RA Creative Partners Featuring Bass Virtuoso Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner

Vinyl of the Week: Found Sounds and Beat Music from Take and Matthewdavid [Mp3]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community, believing that good music deserves much more than a handfu ... More >>

Live in LA Tonight: Flying Lotus, Links, Ingrid Michaelson, Stanton Moore, the Head Cat

Links​Whoever said the best things in life are free never got gouged for parking in Hollywood. So suffice to say a couple of the best things tonight are ... convenient. Flying Lotus -- his acclaimed sophomore album "Cosmogramma" having just hit the shelves -- plays a 7 p.m. in-store at Amoeba. ... More >>

TONIGHT: The Final Installment of Calling All Kids, with Brainfeeder and Dublab

Too much of a good thing?​West Coast Sound has been a vocal supporter and loyal patron of Calling All Kids nearly since its inception in January of 2009. Which is why it saddens us to learn that the free, weekly Friday-night club at Silver Lake's Hyperion Tavern is coming to an end. It seem ... More >>

MP3 Exclusive: "Discipline09-3" by Ras G, Forthcoming on Leaving Records

Ras G can't be stopped.​Ras G may call L.A. home, but the man clearly hails from a land even stranger than our fair city. The self-described "brotha from anotha planet" deals in thick analog textures, dubby digital drums, chiming organic percussion and warped synthetic melodies -- not to ment ... More >>

INCHES reviews Ascend, Blank Realm, Active Child, Ernest Gonzales [MP3s]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy record-making community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing tha ... More >>

INCHES reviews Sunn O))), Flying Lotus House Shoes, Russian Circles, Langley Sisters [MP3s]

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

The 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s

From Beck and Dilla to Fiona, Jenny and Quasimoto, a mishmash decade of Southern California sounds

Bassmaker Shlohmo Signs To Friends Of Friends, Plays Calling All Kids Friday [MP3]

King of Shloh-Fi​Friends Of Friends -- friends of ours responsible for a growing crop of exciting releases -- has just announced its signing of L.A./S.F. beat music artist, Shlohmo, a.k.a. 19-year-old Henry Laufer, a former intern at Dubab. (Oddly enough, just last week the label that digitall ... More >>

Is Eric Wareheim the Next Spike Jonze? A Look at the Adult Swim Star's Music Videos

Eric Wareheim's foray into music video directing is marked by sequins, awkward dance moves and a few downright scary make-out sessions. One half of the team that brought you Adult Swim favorites Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric, Awesome Show! Great Job, his style is over-the-top, perhaps even ... More >>

Who Do You Love: Spleen United Vs. Mr. Oizo

Who Do You Love: Spleen United Vs. Mr. Oizo Tonight!

Best New Micro Label: Leaving Records (Download Free Oscar McClure Sampler, Lots More)

In honor of this week's 'Best of Los Angeles' issue, West Coast Sound is offering a week's worth of items that haven't been included in the print issue. Expect a string of additional Bests throughout the week. Quietly psychedelic electronic music? Warm beat-ish ambient dronescapes? Hip-hop concrèt ... More >>

Rock Picks: Broken Nobles, Anny Celsi, Seu Jorge, the Killers

The 50 Best Albums of the Year (#10-1) (Sponsored By My Secret Identity )

And people acted surprised when Jerry O' Connell landed Rebecca Romjin. 10. Why? Alopecia (Anticon) It's tough to write about Why?'s breakout record without anxiously jotting down a few choice lyrics from songwriter Yoni Wolf's notebook. Not to downplay its musicianship, but Alopecia is forem ... More >>

Dublab and Creative Commons Deliver Awesome Music and Art Project 'Into Infinity' featuring Flying Lotus, Lucky Dragons, Odd Nosdam and Others

Don't click on this link if you're bored at work, have an important deadline, are really really high or just don't feel like getting into gear. For the last few months Dublab, with the support of Creative Commons, has been designing, augmenting and uploading music and art to play with, and the res ... More >>

The 10 Best Non Hip-Hop Albums of the Half Year

Image Via Natalie Dee In case, you were wondering, I do have a pair of boombox pants and yes, they're quite comfortable. 10. King Khan & The Shrines-The Supreme Genius Of.... (tie) If my review of Khan's Pitchfork Fest set didn't convince you, this interview that ran today should seal the ... More >>