Moby (Musician)

Best of Coachella 2013: Weekend Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, aka all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant floresce ... More >>

The Sahara Tent Kicked Ass This Year

The EDM-focused Sahara tent is twice as tall this year, and much wider and longer too. It's now roughly the size of an airplane hangar. The arched mega-tent is not just a dubstep paradise, but a behemoth of truss and LED panels. The visuals are otherworldly, with kaleidoscopic light and graphic disp ... More >>

The Economics of Music Festivals: Who's Getting Rich, Who's Going Broke?

By Chris Parker It's as though the sad, lamentable death of recorded music was accompanied by a kick-ass wake. Sure, label executives have had to sell their fancy homes and put their kids in public schools, but the rest of us have been feasting on a musical smorgasbord. Nothing better exemplifies ... More >>

One Woman's Super Annoying, Super Lazy Quest to Meet Moby

Moby will hang out with anyone. It's practically written in the Constitution. Short only perhaps, of Bill Murray, everyone has their "hanging out with Moby" story: "Oh, my sister's college roommate's best friend's cousin made out with Moby last year" or "My neighbor sent him an email once and he jus ... More >>

Moby: L.A. Architecture's New Mascot

See also: *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Those hoping for Moby to launch into the lyrics from "Extreme Ways" in this video might have been surprised to see him riffing on L.A.'s "baf ... More >>

We Attended the KCRW Pledge Drive - And Lived to Tell the Tale!

It's pledge drive time again at KCRW. twice a year, the station -- one of the pre-eminent public radio stations in the country -- interrupts regular programming to ask for money. But this isn't your typical "send us five bucks and we'll mail you a bumper sticker" pledge event. No no, this one has Co ... More >>

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television? Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas Explains

It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she says. "We're pick ... More >>

The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All-Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List Considering that most all of today's popular music -- be it roc ... More >>

The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 15-11

See also: *Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: 20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time 15. Michael McDonald A yacht-rock refugee, McDonald took the blandest elements of his former bands Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers -- smooth jazz keys, pinched falsetto harmonies, bass lines kidnapped from d ... More >>

Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer

Jena Ardell​Guess we hit a nerve when we called out Dave Grohl for his anti-EDM Grammy Awards acceptance speech. Besides tons of hate mail (our favorite told us to " ... go eat a bag of dicks") and some support (Moby's former manager noted we were there when that real punk rocker went electro ... More >>

Dave Grohl: His Grammys Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit

See also: Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer We like Foo Fighters. They're the Samuel Adams beer of pop -- solid, familiar, a good call in a one-jukebox town. But innovators they're not. Quite the opposite: If one could feed off a dying ... More >>

Limelight Review

Moby, Milagres, Mariachi El Bronx - KCRW Masquerade Ball - The Legendary Park Plaza - 10-29-11

Molly BergenMariachi El Bronx hanging out backstage.​Moby, Milagres, Mariachi El Bronx KCRW Masquerade Ball The Legendary Park Plaza October 29, 2011 Better than...NPR member drives Hordes of revelers streamed into the Legendary Park Plaza Hotel last night for KCRW's annual masquerade ball. ... More >>

Monster Massive Halloween Rave 'Canceled,' Says Ticket Seller: Top DJs Armin Van Buuren, Erick Morillo Pull Out

erickmorillo.comErick Morillo is frightened by the L.A. market.​Groove Tickets announced on its website today that the Halloween rave Monster Massive has been canceled. The party, which had Moby, Armin Van Buuren, Erick Morillo and other superstar DJs on its lineup, apparently had trouble fin ... More >>

Music Picks: Joan Osborne, Tears for Fears, the Cute Lepers, J. Cole, Low

Also Bon Iver, Cerebellion, Surfer Blood and others

Peter Hook and The Light - The Music Box -9/14/11

Daniel Kohn​Peter Hook and The Light The Music Box 9/14/11 See also: Peter Hook on Joy Division and New Order: "Ian Curtis Was Too Unique a Person to Copy" Better Than... attending the X-Factor premier. When a musician reaches back into his catalog and hits the road playing a classic album, ... More >>

Moby Does Photography in Destroyed, His New Book and Culver City Exhibit Featuring Photos From Stage of His Cheering Fans

Courtesy of MobyThousands of fans raging to Moby's music.​ Picture this. You are sitting in a windowless, grey room. It's empty, apart from a chair and an old leather sofa. You hear a knock at the door; someone's there to fetch you. Five minutes later, you're standing in front of a cheering cr ... More >>

Best Blog Post: Moby.com

L.A. DJs Jason Bentley, Damian Lazarus Headed to Ibiza Next Month For Dance Music Summit

J to the B rockin' Stussy like it's '93.​While we like to think of ourselves as worldly ragers, the City of Angels often doesn't rate on the world map of professional partying. You know, Miami, Vegas, Berlin, Ibiza. But we're getting there (glad we have our priorities straight). Some of the g ... More >>

Tuesday Twofer: The Sounds at Avalon, Punk Rock Karaoke at The Dragonfly

Kirsti Anna UrpaThe Sounds' Maja Ivarsson ​Tuesdays are always teeming with possibility when it comes to live music in Los Angeles. Of course, the toe-to-toe hipster hoedowns that are Dim Mak Studios and Check Yo Ponytail dominate the night most of the time, but other venues big and small seem ... More >>

Foo Fighters' Secret Shows: NEWER UPDATE Next Show Was Going to Be at the Echo/Echoplex, Keith Morris' OFF! Was to Be Opening Act But Apparently It's Been Cancelled: Original Guess The Troubadour Also Being Mentioned

​ [UPDATE 2/11/2011: It goes like this: Tomorrow (Saturday)'s night Secret Foo Fighters show was going to be at the Echo (or the Echoplex) and the opening act was going to be the Keith Morris/Raymond Pettibon LA punk supergroup OFF!, but it apparently has been cancelled due to the fact that, ... More >>

Top Ten Musician Restaurant Franchises (In Honor of Flavor Flav's New Fried Chicken Joint in Iowa--Yes, Iowa)

Don't Believe the Hype! 10 Musician's Restaurants Less Strange Than Flava Flav's Chicken Joint

David Lynch, (Non-)Musician: The L.A. Weekly Interview

L.A. Radio Personality Michael Linder To Start Venice-Centric Internet Station, Following Layoffs At KABC And KNX

KVB.fmFinally -- a voice for stoned skater kids and funnel cakes​Internet-only news outlets Yo! Venice! and AOL Patch's fluffy Venice branch are about to have some friendly competition on the neighborhood news watch. "If Venice Patch was a print newspaper, it'd be more of a shopper," says L.A ... More >>

Monster Massive Rave In L.A. Sees As Many As 40 Arrests, 37 Medical Emergencies

Ravers are under the microscope in Los Angeles.​It was a spooky scene for as many as 40 people who were put in the back of police cars at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, where the annual Monster Massive rave attracted about 16,000 other law-abiding dance music fans. The arrests were mo ... More >>

DJ Q&A: Pete Tong Says 'L.A. Is The Home Of The BIG Event' When It Comes To Global Dance Music

It's all going Pete Tong Saturday at Monster Massive.​Pete Tong, as the U.K.'s Independent newspaper put it, is "the god of dance music." With BBC Radio 1's "Essential Selection" and "Essential Mix" shows, he certainly is global clubland's most influential DJ. He's the guy who every other A-l ... More >>

This weekend: Sufjan Stevens, Interpol, the Temper Trap, Shakira, Monster Massive, Bobby Brown

Denny RenshawSufjan Stevens​If you take in Sufjan Stevens' shows in Los Angeles this weekend expecting some warm-and-fuzzy orchestral pop from a banjo-toting folkie, you've got another thing coming. In fact, dancing shoes may be in order. Stevens' newest album The Age of Adz is full of insist ... More >>

Nightranger: Studs and Poses

Dance Documentary 'The Electro Wars' Nearly Neglects Los Angeles Scene for a NY-Centric View

​ If the frustrating new documentary The Electro Wars gets any kind of notable media attention (it gives major shout-outs to the significance of music blogs, so we're guessing it will), we guarantee "the war" will end with more than a few artist and DJ casualties and no Jedi mind trick will pr ... More >>

Video Of Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Depicts Crush Of People, Injuries

View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. YouTube​Video of a crush of gatecrashers Saturday at the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Exposition Park de ... More >>

Raves Temporarily Banned At Los Angeles Coliseum Following Problems At Electric Daisy Carnival

​ View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. The president of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission has temporarily banned raves at the venue following the d ... More >>

Should A Los Angeles Public Venue Be Used For Raves? Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says Maybe Not

Timothy NorrisElectric Daisy Citizens.​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week questioned whether a public venue should continue to be used for a massive rave that claims to have drawn 185,000 people to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over the weekend.

Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Dies After Attending Electric Daisy Carnival Rave; Drug Overdose Suspected

​A 15-year-old girl who attended an Exposition Park mega-rave died of a suspected drug overdose Tuesday, on a day when headlines were dedicated to mayoral and police concerns about the more than 200 medical emergencies and reported 65 arrests related to two-day event at the Los Angeles Memoria ... More >>

More Than 200 Medical Emergencies At Mega-Rave

Via Twitpic​The Los Angeles Fire Department reported over the weekend that it responded to 226 medical emergencies at the annual Electric Daisy Carnival mega-rave in Exposition Park, with 114 people being taken from the event to hospitals. CBS2 reported that many of those requiring emergency ... More >>

This Weekend: Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Dead Man's Bones, Warped Tour, Black Francis, Danzig

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings​Can it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>

Henry Rollins Meets Vampires

Henry Rollins, "Suck"​Beatcrave points us to the intriguing trailer for rock'n'roll vampire movie Suck, which will be previewing at SXSW this coming week. According to Beatcrave: the new vampire flick [...] stars rock legends Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins (and Moby). The name of the ... More >>

Interview: Moby Talks David Lynch, Wait for Me, and Being a "Free Agent"

Timothy NorrisMoby behind the decks at Giant Maximus 2009It's a strange time to be a musician, to be working on the creative end when the business model that has sustained your industry for so long has spent the past several years in the midst of a nosedive. What do you do when people continuously p ... More >>

Over the Weekend: New Year's Eve Giant Maximus, Stone Temple Pilots, Bank Run, Art Core, Haunted Vogue Theater and Anime Convention

Goodbye 2008 and hello 2009. It's funny how a five-second countdown can turn into a five-day party just to ring in the new year. You'd think one late night would do it, but then again, this is Los Angeles and moderation has never been in vogue. Let's put it this way, I doubt I'm the only one that ha ... More >>

Party Like It's 2009: AM and Travis, Armin Van Buuren, Cast of The Hills

Plus, Trannyshack, Infected Mushroom, Katy Perry, Skeet Skeet

You Could Even Say It Glowed: The Electric Daisy Festival

The green-lit masses at the L.A. Coliseum, the pulsing beats of Paul Van Dyk, Moby and Benny Benassi

Martin Landsky Lands in L.A.

A Diamond Is Forever

Heathen Worship

American Idols

The Nine Lives of Rave

The Body Electric

Warrior saints from a microhard world

Nice Work If You Can Get It On

Get a Clue, Little Dreamer

Edited by Kateri Butler & Libby Molyneaux

Hardboiled Wonderland

Moby's electronic overtures for sentient beings