Low End Theory
The Gaslamp Killer Announces New Album 'Instrumentalepathy,' Shares Single "Residual Tingles"
After a near-fatal 2013 accident, the experimental producer's forthcoming LP comes out Sept. 16.
As LA's Beat Scene Evolves, Can Low End Theory Festival Survive?
LET Fest returned for a third year with fewer marquee names, but a fresh crop of rising young acts.
Chester Watson's Fantastic Visions
We spent 4/20 in LA talking high times and high anxiety with rap's 19-year-old mad genius.
Stones Throw Beatsmith Samiyam Traces His Unlikely Journey from Mops and Brooms to Rocking Rooms
Once a teenage dreamer settling for janitorial work in his Michigan hometown, he now records albums for Brainfeeder and Stones Throw.
Love Found, Love Lost, Love Found Again: Get Caught in the Cycle of Astronautica's 'Gemini'
The new album from the LA beat scene luminary will transport you to a place where forgiveness comes after a heavy synthesizer rain. Stream in full here.
Celebrate LA's Incredible Beat Scene and Listen to Zack Sekoff's Remix of Thundercat's "Them Changes"
Meet Zack Sekoff, the 19-year-old Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist who's made a name for himself in the LA beat scene and become pals with Thundercat.
A Very Normal Day with Bleep Bloop and His Computer Music
It was all spliffs, tunes, and tacos galore before the DJ Shadow protegé's Low End Theory debut.
Tokimonsta on the Changing Tides of the L.A. Beat Scene
Plus Low End induced claustrophobia and the launch of her Young Art imprint.
Seven Future Beats Compilations You Better Not Miss
Call it “wonky,” “left-field,” or simply, "beats." Either way, here's some of the genre's finest.
MIXED BY PBDY
From Silver Apples to Mala and N'SYNC—this may be the weirdest mix we've published to date.