| Close Up & Personal: Crem’e’s Debut Album | August 26, 2016 |
Evan Gabriel unpacks the highly personal debut instrumental LP, Close Up, from Alpha Pup's Crem'e.
| Top of the Grocery List: On Astronautica’s “You Should” | July 28, 2016 |
Chris Daly's shopping soundtrack is better than yours. Improve that today with Astronautica's "You Should."
| Linestepping with Gnome Beats & Myka 9 | July 14, 2016 |
The latest from LA label, Dome of Doom -- featuring Myka 9 and Gnome Beats
In an epic interview, the Alpha Pup founder and Low End Theory co-founder discusses his life, music, and career.
| Premiere: Asad Ill’s “Cold World” | February 4, 2016 |
The first music video from Leimert Park's next up.
| PREMIERE: Astronautica – *69 | December 9, 2015 |
Chris Daly breaks down the POTW premier from Alpha Pup artist Astronautica's sophomore full length.
| Black & White Noise: An Interview with Toy Light | July 1, 2015 |
A conversation about Kandinsky and Zeroh, Dragon Ball Z and Aphex Twin, with Alpha Pup artist, Toy Light.
| Premiere: Mystery Cave and the Supernatural Mind | March 30, 2015 |
Stalactites bloop and Stalagmites bleep, come to death row
Smoking blunts to the face would not make Jordan Pedersen motivated. My favorite instrumentals tend to be the most anxious ones. Clams Casino does bombast exquisitely on “Motivation,” but it’s not Michael Bay, slow-motion bank robbery music. It’s the minute before in the bathroom, with the thief pulling off his balaclava to vomit in the […]
| The Koreatown Oddity Splices and Dices | June 25, 2014 |
First things first: the Koreatown Oddity isn’t Korean. He may be a wolf, but I’ve never seen him with the mask removed. You can tell from the costumes and punchlines that DOOM and Kool Keith are the two most direct fathers to Dominique Purdy’s rap style. But if you open your ears, the influences go […]
