Max Bell

You don’t go to karaoke bars to hear the progressive, head-nodding instrumental music emanating from L.A.’s internationally renowned beat scene. If you’re lucky, no one in your besotted cohort will belt a tone-deaf “Don’t Stop Believin’” or attempt their best Scott Stapp impression. For the last year, however, if you......

The Dogtown rap trio knows how to make laid-back tunes for long, hot days, and "Full Effect," premiered here on LAWeekly.com, is no exception....

Station director Ale Cohen is spearheading the beloved internet radio station's big leap to 99.1 FM, set for later this year....

Two producers, two singer-songwriters, a rapper and five bands — all on their way to bigger and better things....

Our appetite for underworld fare is insatiable. For evidence, see Tarantino box office figures, the bestselling HBO box sets, or all 300-plus episodes of The First 48. L.A. based rap duo The Kleenrz follow such grim fare in hazmat suits, picking apart the aftermath of the illicit, one song at......

For nearly 30 years, much of Los Angeles rap has been shaped by the same hand. Listing regional stars who've worked with Dr. Dre — Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, 2Pac, Kurupt, Xzibit, The Game, Kendrick Lamar — essentially serves as the CliffsNotes for the city's......

L.A. rapper Azad Right has made selflessly championing others the guiding principle of his career. Today he’s vice president of rising indie label Mind of a Genius (MOAG), whose roster includes recent Coachella performers Gallant and ZHU. “If you help someone that you believe in, they are naturally going to......

At this point, Kevin Marques Moo’s stage name needs no origin story. The producer, DJ, Grammy-nominated mixer and mastering engineer known as Daddy Kev has been the guiding hand behind L.A.’s “beat scene” — the loose electronic-music collective centered around internationally recognized weekly club night Low End Theory (LET) —......