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The New York Times has become my go-to source for US news of any kind. I find their writers to be intelligent and able to convey their ideas through words with little apparent effort. I also love the fact that the outlet hasn't held back in any way/shape/form to adopt the internet as a perfect vehicle to communicate information with speed and creativity.

Moving away from the New York Times… Andrew Kuo is an artist who (to the best of my knowledge) is best known for the info-graphics that he creates for the New York Times. The illustrations each…

Sat 6 Sep – Light over North America

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I love Nine Inch Nails. I love Nine Inch Nails so much that when their Lights Over North America Tour was announced, I went twice. Seattle was amazing because I had no idea what to expect save for a great light show; LA was amazing because I knew exactly what to expect. Maybe that makes some sense, just read on if it doesn’t (and if it does…) At this stop, Deerhunter was the opener.

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Sat 26 Jul – Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Castles
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Last night at the Key Arena in Seattle, WA, I witnessed a legendary rock band at it's finest. While I haven't been listening to Nine Inch Nails (NIN) from its Pretty Hate Machine days (come on, I was 3 months old), I have been listening for quite some time now. After I went through my industrial phase a few years ago, NIN was one of the few bands I kept with me. Trent Reznor has been one of the outspoken artists when it comes to digital rights management, and to…

Fri 25 Apr – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

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Heading back to the polo fields after an exhausting Friday, we knew that we’d be in for a treat on Saturday. From my standpoint (and that of many others) it was the strongest day by far. After the peanut butter sandwiches and water-bottles were loaded into the backpacks and the sunscreen amply applied, we trekked back to the pat-down lines and started Coachella Day 2. Here are the links to the different shows we saw on Saturday: Institubes (Orgasmic, Curses, Para One, Surkin), the…

Mon 28 Apr – Hot Chip, Free Blood

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If you think seeing Hot Chip twice in three days sounds like fun, let me tell you, it definitely is. I speak from experience. Coachella Saturday = Hot Chip & the Mayan Monday = Hot Chip. Both great, but very different. BTW: Free Blood wasn't half bad either.

I believe that this whole ordeal earned a bit of back-story, so here goes. Back way before February, I bought tickets to a tiny Hot Chip show at the El Rey. It was one of two shows that they were going to be…

Fri 25 Apr – Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

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Coachella 2008 has come and gone, and it was amazing. Two (our trip was cut short) hot days in the desert and plenty of good music later, here's my rundown of the artists I saw on Friday. I hope my reviews can give you insight onto how great live music is. The artists that I checked out on Friday (Day 1) were: Battles, Dan Deacon, The Breeders, Vampire Weekend, Diplo, Pendulum, Aphex Twin, Fatboy Slim.

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Sun 2 Mar – MSTRKRFT, DJ Z-Trip, La Riots, DJ Diabetic

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This post is a celebration of electronic music and the city of Los Angeles, or maybe just of music in general. Regardless, MSTRKRFT's show last night with LA Riots and Z-Trip at the El Rey Theatre was insane. Being the second sold-out show of MSTRKRFT's two night stand in LA, it was obvious that the packed (and tiny) venue was full of people who share a love of hard-hitting electronic music.

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Fri 1 Feb – NHM First Fridays
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Everyone loves tons of taxidermies surrounding them when they go to shows, right? No? Oh well. Last night at the LA Country Natural History Museum, Kid Sister & A-Trak put on a great show surrounded by deers, seals, and buffalo.

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So just in case you happened to miss my comments on the 2007 Neighborhood Festival that took place last September, in short, Steve Aoki blew me away. Taking into account that this man is the king of the L.A. electro scene right now and that he is the mastermind behind the Neighborhood Fest, let's see how his new mix-album titled "Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles" weighs in.

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Remember that post I did a while ago about Daft Punk's incredible concert at the L.A. Sports Arena? This is the review of the live album for that tour, not the actual experience of the concert. If you are a dedicated Daft Punk fan, I'll try to have some info in here that interests you, but with this review I'm looking more to those who don't "get" Daft Punk or what it (as a movement) has come to encompass. Let's get the obvious points out of the way. 1) Anything Daft Punk does right now blows my mind. 2)…