Derrick Mathis

Jungle-fever-stricken white boys toppin‘ the charts with bluesy wails and R&B licks can be traced back to Elvis’ first recordings in Memphis some 40-odd years ago. Yet today, one of the most enduring contributions to pop music is the ‘60s British crooner’s refulgent twist on blue-eyed soul. And a far......

syndicated columnist Dan Savage once argued, ”We are sex,“ referring to himself and the rest of the gay population. While a statement like that, narrow-minded as it is and certainly not the whole picture, could possibly infuriate upstanding queer folk -- who‘d probably react with terse replies like ”I am......

“Check this shit out.” Leaning back into his armchair, Julio G glides over to the other side of the control panel of KKBT’s 92.3 The Beat broadcast studio. The room booms with bass lines engaged in a battle for sound space with funky synth riffs. While the familiar drawl of......

Mark Lewis Sci-Fi Witch Doctor With a bumper crop of indie dance labels sprouting up all over the city, spurred on by an equally burgeoning pool of topflight DJ talent, quiet as it‘s kept, Los Angeles has been the Left Coast electronic-music beachhead for quite some time now. While Bay......