21 Jan 2025
Too Bad at MainFest Alhambra 9/10/16. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13) for www.BlurredCulture.com.
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Venice Beach’s Too Bad Kicked Off MainFest Alhambra

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE For More MainFest Alhambra Coverage! RECAP: The Venice Beach based trio Too Bad had the privilege of being the first act to grace the main stage of MainFest Alhambra’s inaugural music festival. Though the crowd…

The Avalanches' "Wildflower"
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The Wait Was Worth It; The Avalanches’ “Wildflower” Is Exuberant Brilliance [LISTEN]

[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Since I Left You, The Avalanches’ 2000 debut full-length, was essentially a CD-length testament to the pleasures of plunderphonics. Over the course of the 900+ samples extracted from impossibly obscure sources (the album was notably delayed when…

Big Freedia at L.A. PRIDE 6/12/16. Photo by Derrick K. Lee, Esq. (@Methodman13)
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Big Freedia Twerked It Out at L.A. PRIDE

CLICK HERE for more L.A. PRIDE Coverage! Until relatively recently, homosexuality and LBGT issues were not part of the hip hop dialogue. With Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ hit “Same Love” to Frank Ocean’s coming out, that discussion has moved more into the mainstream, with various voices impacting…