Huddled around a phone camera, Aylen Reynoso, Diamela Spina, and Julia Percowicz of Argentinian trio TRÍADA look like they’re skipping school. At 19, they’re not far removed from the Buenos Aires classrooms where they met and started performing together. When they say “hi” in unison, it already sounds like harmony. Their Instagram offers a window […]
Holed up somewhere on Mulholland Drive, high above the Hollywood Bowl, Nick Hexum, Doug “SA” Martinez, Tim Mahoney, Aaron “P-Nut” Willis, and Chad Sexton—collectively known as 311—laid the demo for “Down,” the third single from the band’s 1996 self-titled album. They could have never predicted it would be the song to launch them into another […]
For Iranians, cassette tapes have long been conduits of communication and change. An underground network of tapes carried Ayatollah Khomeini’s messages, fueling the revolution that toppled the previous government. In the pre-internet years of the Islamic Republic, another covert cassette circuit emerged, distributing bootlegged Western albums. Facing persecution and artistic restrictions...
Calvin Harris, Peggy Gou, Four Tet, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex and Dom Dolla will meet in the California desert Oct. 10-11 for the one-off festival HEAD TRIP, which is being held on the same grounds as promoter Goldenvoice’s evergreen Coachella and Stagecoach festivals just outside Palm Springs. The full lineup features Harris, Fisher b2b Chris […]