This album feels like a deliberate challenge to Gaslamp Killer, not only to claim his throne as the most intense, crazy sample-based hip-hop sound in California, but also to reinstate the MC’s role firmly in the new era. Death Grips’ MC Ride shouts with an in-the-red intensity somehow stranded in the Bermuda Triangle of soccer hooligan chants, “Who Let the Dogs Out,” and Onyx.

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In honor of Low End Theory’s Japan benefit show tomorrow, we are posting VJ/artist/electronic musician Strangeloop’s guide to sci-fi, avant-garde anime and films that feel like DMT trips. He brings the psychedelic visuals that accompany the sonic landscapes of Flying Lotus. This interview by Lainna Fader.

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Today is the day of ticket giveaways! We’re giving away a pair of tickets to Magical Properties at House Of Blues this Saturday! Email us at rsvp@larecord.com for a chance to win.

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UPDATE: As reported by L.A. TIMES, HARD L.A. is canceled! More details here… Summer will be high in the sky as the luminaries of the hip hop, electro and indie rock worlds join forces under the HARD LA banner this July 17th. Here are some highlights from the upcoming festival: Sleigh Bells has even the [...]

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photography by Melissa Moore If you were in the vicinity of Echo Park on Saturday night, May 15th, you’d have noticed that the local bars and eateries surrounding the The Echoplex were filled to the brim with those turned away from the highly anticipate and sold out Flying Lotus show. And for good reason, with [...]

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Since I did pretty good on exclusives last year—Dengue Fever/Chicha Libre split, Sonic Youth/Beck split and This LP Crashes Hard Drives, among others—I thought I would post my shortlist of 2010 Record Store Day exclusives that I’ll be looking for early Saturday morning. The full list is here if you wanna look, and if I [...]

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Download: Flying Lotus “Computer Face // Pure Being” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Cosmogramma out May 4 on Warp) Real news of the day so far: L.A. RECORD alums Flying Lotus and dublab will team up to present a special live radio session on Tuesday, April 20, which will team Lotus and [...]

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While I did catch a glimpse of the mound of confiscated drugs at the venue’s entrance, it’s undeniable that a fair amount of mind altering substances made it past the double doors—if the sea of completely uninhibited, barely clothed dancers was any indication.

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