Intern Edition Summer 2008

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Last month, Carina Giamerese wrote a note about Playing the Building, an installation by David Byrne in New York City’s Battery Maritime Building. Recently I was lucky enough to visit Byrne’s installation, with Carina and some other friends and fellow interns, to play the building myself.

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Sohodolls | Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation | Released October 18 2007 in US
Somehow the British electro trio escaped my attention since their most recent album earned them radioplay, but fortunately one of my favorite trash-rock duos remixed the Sohodolls this summer, bringing them much-deserved limelight this side of the Atlantic. Singer Maya van Doll [...]

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As is the case with any enormous outdoor amphitheater, a $27 ticket got me a bench seat at the Hollywood Bowl last weekend that took two long escalator rides and an even longer walk to reach. I was squished between friends, with a decent view of a large stage-view monitor but barely a glimpse of [...]

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One of the benefits of working in LA is that you can meet a celebrity AND be in a window-rattling earthquake, all before lunch.

Seth Rogen, the man himself, was hanging out at NPR West and Ashley and I screwed up our courage to embarrasingly, awkwardly ask him for a photo. He awkwardly complied. It was awesome.
So take [...]

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It’s hard to pull a comprehensive list for review out of an artist whose gold moments are not original albums but rather scattered mixtapes and single releases. But in light of recent gems** from Diplo, I decided to make my own list of Wes’ best and brightest tracks from the past few years. Not included [...]

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The Submarines | Honeysuckle Weeks | Released: May 13

This is a bit belated, but it took me a while to warm up to the Paul Simon-esque electro-folk duo. “You, Me, & the Bourgeoise” was the first to catch my ear; I couldn’t resist the catchy swoon of a love ballad to life, even with its [...]

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I finally feel like I have something to throw in the faces of all those kids who made fun of me in high school for listening to Moby, who said he was weird and old and bald, and who didn’t get why I listened to “stoner elevator music.” Well, the downtempo legend popped out of [...]

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Sigur Ros | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust  | Released: June 24 in U.S.
 
I tried not to like the new fast-paced version of Sigur Ros, but couldn’t help myself. Beat-heavy happy songs like Gobbledigook sound like what would have happened if the Icelanders sat in a drum circle with Sufjan Stevens, Sting, and a [...]

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Last Wednesday, Sunny Day Sets Fire keyboardist / drummer / part-time lead singer Onyee walked up to the center mic in her cutoff jean shorts, tambourine in hand, and told the seated audience at the Ford Amphitheatre: “This is our first time playing in the US. And we love LA.” I’d never heard of the [...]

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I first heard Santogold on an mp3 streamed off a post on Attorney Street a few months back. It was her first single, “Creator,” which was released in 2007. Her second track, “L.E.S Artistes,” hit the web shortly thereafter, in early 2008. Her debut album was released on April 29, but by the time the [...]

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