If you tweaked out at all while listening to Danny Brown‘s XXX, SKYWLKR probably had something to do with it, along with whatever drugs you happened to be on at the time. He produced a handful of the album’s best tracks (“Die Like A Rockstar,” “Bruiser Brigade”) and has also served up beats for the [...]

“I once had the pleasure of interviewing a founder member of a Detroit-based militant electronic music collective and asked him a question that I thought he might answer in a way that would help me with an artistic struggle I’d been having since hearing the phrase ‘sell-out’ at the age of fourteen during the punk rock wars of 1977. “As you get older and possibly have to burden financial responsibilities such as a family,” I asked, “does it become harder to maintain outsider credentials and anti-commercial principles and pragmatism begins to take hold?” He listened politely and pondered for ...

It looks like Patrick Stump will be joining an improv theatre group on his hiatus from music. Check out a full article on it here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.” Related Stories: Patrick Stump To Appear On ‘House’ All Time Low Writing With Patrick Stump Brendan Kelly Discusses Patrick Stump Statement Patrick Stump Opens Up About Being Tied To FOB; Dissapearing From The Performing World   The “Soul Punk” singer is currently admist internet speculation that he has joined the new intake of comics at  Upright Citizens Brigade  (‘ UCB ’); a theatre family in LA and NYC ...

Bruiser Brigade in-house producer SKYWLKR, notable for his work on Danny Brown's XXX , recently compiled a bunch of his favorite ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/skywlkr/impressions-beat-tape/65445/

The Ovas at Olvera Street in protest. The Ovas end one of their bi-weekly meet fuckyeahxicanapower : “The Ovarian-Psycos Bicycle Brigade Make a Space for Women on the Eastside Two months ago, when 22-year-old Bree’Anna Guzman was murdered in Lincoln Heights , the all-women bike group Ovarian-Pscyos Bicycle Brigade scrapped their previously planned ride to ride instead through the neighborhood to protest the killing. “Whose Streets,” one woman called out. “Our Streets” the more than 30 women riding answered. While many recent bike groups are either bicycling for recreation, bringing awareness to bicyclists on the road, or use the bicycle for ...

Watch The Belle Brigade perform "Lucky Guy" at the Sennheiser & Paste Present the Stages on Sixth.

Your Wednesday show picks: ► Portugal. The Man, which recently wrapped up another big tour behind last year’s album “In the Mountains In the Clouds,” visit UCLA’s Royce Hall for a concert also featuring Haim and The Ten Thousand. ► Rocco DeLuca headlines the Satellite behind his haunting new album “Drugs ’N Hymns.” ► Xander [...]

For those of you still floored by New Brigade , Iceage's left-field smash last year, Stockholm's Holograms should immediately qualify as Persons of Interest. Set to see Stateside release on July 10 via Captured Tracks, their white-knuckle, self-titled debut LP is a haunting set of new wave-glazed, proto-punk fever dreams...

Los Angeles' very own The Belle Brigade will perform a very special show this week, presented by American Express, at the Clive Davis Theatre for the Grammy Museum series "Homegrown" on Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30 PM. Along with the performance, The Belle Brigade will also engage in discussion with

photos by Andrew St. Clair Hilly Eye @ Acheron Hilly Eye (Amy Klein and Catherine Tung) played a Permanent Wave presented benefit for C.L.I.T. Fest at Acheron last Friday (5/11) with Claire's Diary, Lost Weekend, and The Shivering Brigade. Pictures...

Los Angeles' very own The Belle Brigade will perform a very special show this week, presented by American Express, at the Clive Davis Theatre for the Grammy Museum series "Homegrown" on Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30 PM. Along with the performance, The Belle Brigade will also engage in discussion with

Source: PitchforkTV PitchforkTV links up with Danny Brown for their documentary Detroit State Of Mind. In this clip, Danny provides imagery for his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, through his eyes, as well as his family, Bruiser Brigade, process of recording new music, performing at Dilla Day, and more.

Since the release of Eiichiro Oda’s ONEPIECE – a Japanese manga series – nearly fifteen years ago, it has gone on to become the most popular manga series of all time in Japan selling over two hundred million volumes worldwide. Now fans of Monkey D. Luffy and his brigade of Straw Hat Pirates will soon [...] Read more at Hypebeast.com

Off! – Off! | CD Vinyl Download “Cracked” (mp3) Download “King Kong Brigade” (mp3) Off! is a punk band whose four members also play in Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Rocket from the Crypt, The Black heart Procession, Hot Snakes, Thingy,...

With the first annual Great GoogaMooga just a week and a half or so away, fest organizers have revealed the daily schedule of music, comedy and food and beverage-centric panels that will take place over the course of the two days. Of particular note on Saturday is comedian Marc Maron hosting a WTF Podcast, Noshing With… Ruth Reichl, David Chang, Aziz Ansari and James Murphy, and Beer vs Wine with Garret Oliver and Alan Benton. While we’ve got the New Orleans Brass Brunch with the Dozen Brass Band">Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Liquid Brunch: The Art of Daytime Drinking ...