News Uber Air: Uber reveals plans for flying rideshare service by Claudia Schmidt Uber’s plans for a helicopter-based service, Uber Air, have just been unveiled. The company is hoping to start flights at some point this year, and one of the trial cities…
News Mazzy Star co-founder David Roback has died, aged 61 by Claudia Schmidt David Roback, co-founder of Mazzy Star has passed away, according to a representative. The producer and multi-instrumentalist started the band along with singer Hope Sandoval in 1989, previously co-founding Rain…
Features Interviews Allah-Las chat their new album, private parties and the smell of old guitars by Luke Saunders Having just dropped their fourth album, Allah-Las have come to define the modern Californian rock sound more than a particularly sun-kissed photo from the 1960s. While their style might be…
Features The story of Thomas Noguchi: coroner to the stars by Luke Saunders On the 5th of August, 1962, troubled beauty and famed actress Marilyn Monroe was found nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in one hand. Empty bottles of…
Features How Scott Mckenzie unwittingly wrote an anthem for the Summer Of Love by Luke Saunders The treasure trove of glorious sound that is the Summer Of Love bears gems that shine to this day. Yet it also had its fair share of bandwagon jumpers, and…
Music Introducing UMI: delivering neo-soul magic that’s out of this world by Luke Saunders Its about time that everyone sets their sights on rising Japanese-African-American artist UMI, who recently debuted her new visual EP Love Language. A new signee to J.J. Abrams’ Loud Robot, her…
News Kim Gordon was sent to Disney jail for smoking weed at Disneyland by Sarah Gillard Just when we thought Kim Gordon was as badass as badass can get, she’s just revealed in an interview with The Guardian that she was once sent to “Disney jail”…
Music Prepare to have your body taken over by the emotive dance sounds of Bob Moses by Happy You’ve probably been seeing the name Bob Moses around a lot lately. Since emerging from Brooklyn’s underground music scene in 2012, the duo have toured extensively around the world and…
Books News New photo book reveals the dark underbelly of L.A’s Golden Age by Happy From the headline crime of the Black Dahlia to the petty corruption of mayors and cops, Los Angeles from 1920s through to the 1950s was a pretty messed up place. Now, a new…
Music Chelsea Jade will mesmerise you in her eccentric and charming new clip Laugh It Off by Happy Originally from Auckland, New Zealand and now residing in Los Angeles, California, Chelsea Jade has developed a penchant for crafting shimmering pop songs that’ll warm your heart. Her latest single…
News PREMIERE: Wish you were on Venice Beach? Teleport straight to the golden sands with Abbott Kinney from Jake Bosci by Katharine Kennedy Can’t afford a ticket to LA this summer to revel with the Californians on Venice Beach? Not to worry. Jake Bosci’s newest tune Abbott Kinney will transport you to the…
News George Lucas is bringing a $1 billion art museum to LA and it looks like a goddamn spaceship by Happy After what has apparently been a lengthy and frustrating process to find the perfect site for an art museum in the States, George Lucas has signed a deal with Los…
Lists News Hollywood or Hollyweed? A group of stanky vandals have started Los Angeles’ 2017 on a high note by Happy The world famous ‘Hollywood’ sign which stands tall upon Mt. Lee has been amended in a New Years’ prank, reading ‘Hollyweed’ on January 1st 2017. While California state businesses aren’t…