Monday, April 28, 2014

USOLA #5



The Beast has a new installment of our series The United Sounds of Los Angeles over at the Los Angeles Magazine site; you can check it out here.

In the print edition of the May issue, our blog bud Sean J. O'Connell profiles South L.A. saxophonist Kamasi Washington and his new record.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

In Square (Flat) Circle



Over at the Los Angeles Magazine site, the Beast has two new entries in our United Sounds of Los Angeles series. Check out Part 3 here and Part 4 here. We also haven't done some blogtrollin' in awhile, so here's a smattering of interesting links:

(Lubricity)

(Pitchfork Media)

(Indiana Public Radio)

(Slate)

(Wax Poetics)
(Smithsonian)

(Bullett Media)

(Salon)
 
(Fail Better
 
(Twisted Sifter
 
(RedDog Music)
 
(KCET)
 
(JazzTimes)
 
(The Atlantic)
 
(NPR)
 
(Dangerous Minds)
 
(Bored Panda)
 
(Stereogum)
 
(FactMag)
 
(WBGO)
 
(The New Yorker)
 
(The Jazzcat)
 
(YouTube)