Commitments follows and hides and turns corners like recurring hallucinations. Like lovers, too. See, the song titles are romanticky and full of thoughts. The beast awakes, whistling and sniffling on “Weight.” “Dark Rooms, Illuminate” is a ghost taking shape, its flesh solidifying as your eyes peel open and a gasp tries to form itself, by the bed. A “Snuffclutch” drags itself across the street, followed by a chain that keeps skipping cracks, and mutters strangeness in the ear. Some songs are short little moments, while others hypnotically stretch out like swoopy fabric made of worms. “Attachments” is folky on the outside, then bursts open, spilling a delicious yolk of glitchy beats. This is the sound of now, the 2010s. “Rhizome” will run up and down your spine as if your body is a set of stairs. Galapagoose is for fans of Flying Lotus and Daedelus. Commitments is strange and soothing, like technology. This programmer, instrumentalist, monomer from Down Under likes to start off simple but gets sophisticated and unusual as the seconds turn into minutes turn into more voices and footsteps and breathing. He fits perfectly in the extended family of Alpha Pup via Daedelus’ imprint, Magical Properties. There’s so much magic and beat crunching and crackling and bells and ebbing m and w sounds and outer space, and not much heavy bass and a lot of snapping beat fingers. See “A Time For Us.” Put this record on and spend the day in a revolving door. “One Who Can’t Move” is so sweet, Julie Andrews set it as her ringtone.

—Daiana Feuer

Days Go By by theoffspringsc

Then go watch some of these songs performed live at the Outpost tonight by the likes of Dick and Jane, Gabriel Hart (Jail Weddings), Bloody Death Skull, John Carpenter, Betty White, Olentangy John, Donna Suppipat (Tommy Santee Klaws), RT N The 44s, Sabrina Lawrie, Matt Taylor, Ghiant, Bikos, Chris Hajek, Alex Lilly (Touche), Chris Frias (Random Patterns), and MORE!

As part of a nearly endangered breed of all-vinyl mixologists, Young Adults let the records play in this ADD-riddled digital age. Purveyors of future body musics, Deep Body and Lazy Brow conjure grow house, sultry sleaze, deep lurk, sunsoaked slowburn and deviant disco concoctions. YA acts as a collective, a blog and a record label launching its inaugural two 12″s this summer.

Young Adults – YA 003 by FoFMusic

Mix by: D.Fish & Lazy Brow
Mastered by: Salva

Tracklist:
1. Suzanne Kraft – Turning
2. Erdbeerschnitzel – To An End (Tuff CIty Kids Remix)
3. AFMB – In My Life
4. Maceo Plex – Falling
5. 6th Burough Project – Changin’
6. Tensnake – Something About You
7. Benoit & Sergio – Everybody
8. Hunee – Like That
9. John Talabot – Families f/ Glasser (Lonely Club Refix)
10. Mark E – The Day

FEVER is a monthly party co-presented by L.A. RECORD and Karaoke Fever (aka Daiana Feuer), the last Tuesday of every month at Los Globos. This month, you’re in for a fiery performance by Pharaohs, as well as a primordial shift via dance beats courtesy of YA! Check out the 3-D flyer…

I often feel engulfed by flames—in a good way—listening to Corridor’s music. This video by Burke Roberts provides plenty of fiery tunnel vision and kaleidoscopic tree limb synapses as “Corridor” Quinn’s torso hovers over mud-covered girls in computer flesh. Here, he’s bigger than a mountain, hotter than a sunbeam. As we’re engulfed by a portal of bodies, Corridor’s somber tones deliver empowering doom feelings. As always, one bows down in awe of Quinn’s pecs, I mean, robust, delicious, music.

—Daiana Feuer

—Daiana Feuer