Tabi Bonney’s latest video, “Nuthin But A Hero” and first single off the album, A Place Called Stardom was filmed in Washington, D.C., Malibu and Hollywood. The video provides a glimpse into Washington’s urban development, green initiatives and active cycling community.

Imagine a weekend where all your fantasies come true.  A weekend where you can just be…free.

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In a Lincoln Log cabin in deep rural Michigan live and work Micah Middaugh, Trevor Hobbs, and Andréa Moreno-Beals. This is Breathe Owl Breathe.

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L.A. Convention Center – Los Angeles, CA
Live Review: 6/25 to 6/27/10

From June 25-27 the amazing home design show, Dwell on Design, took place at the L.A. Convention Center, drawing 18,000 visitors and more than 250 companies. The show boasted an abundance of welcoming spaces, with individual exhibitors like Kohler, Method and Hewlett-Packard delighting attendees with beautifully designed and spacious booths that made you linger awhile.

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Chillwave alt-bro Neon Indian returns with a stop-motion video for “6669,” which follows the life of a hand-made arachnid. “6669″ is off of 2009′s summer classic Psychic Chasms.

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa just can’t catch a break. What with accusations of graft regarding free Lakers and Dodgers tickets, the mayor probably didn’t need what happened to him this past Saturday after he got on a bicycle after 30 years of not having ridden one. The mayor rode out on Venice Boulevard for 30 minutes before a taxi collided with him while not yielding for cyclists in the bike lane. He landed on his head (protected by a helmet) and elbow, which resulted in immediate surgery at the emergency center. →

Dark Sounds: Andrew Bird and Ian Schneller
Guggenheim Museum – New York, NY
8/5/10

Andrew Bird is a Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and lyricist known for his experimental forays into pop music that incorporate elements of gypsy jazz, classical, folk, and country blues traditions. Bird has released nine albums since 1996. In a live setting, passages of violin, guitar, voice, and glockenspiel are looped and layered, crafting melodic hooks and rhythms from spontaneous stabs and strums. For Dark Sounds, Bird will collaborate with sculptor, inventor, and luthier Ian Schneller of Specimen Products to present Andrew Bird & Ian Schneller’s Sonic Arboretum, an audiovisual landscape featuring audio sculptures scattered around the rotunda floor that project sound skyward.

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Ahab Rex
Lens Records
(2006)

Martin Atkins and I might agree that Ahab Rex is one of the most underrated musical projects going today. My proof is that I merely listened to this release, the Queen of Softcore EP, and a few tracks on various compilations, whereas Mr. Atkins contributed drums on two of the best songs on the album, “Ordinary Things” and “The Queen of Softcore.” Atkins Pigface co-conspirators Chris Connelly and Steven Seibold also lent their musical talents with Connelly, providing guest vocals on “Ordinary Things” and Seibold aiding Martin Atkins in a Pigface remix of “To Whom It May Concern.”

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HEARDfest 2010
Los Angeles Historic State Park
8/14/10

HEARDfest is the first multimedia festival curated by Heard of Elephants. The event, which is put on in conjunction with re:map, will take place at the intersection of Junction Block and the Los Angeles Historic State Park downtown on August 14th, 2010. Two stages, 20+ bands, scores of DJ’s, video showings, installations, food, guerrilla comedy and generally enough bells and whistles to drown out a stadium full of vuvuzelas.

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Alamo Drafthouse’s The Rolling Roadshow, co-presented by Levi’s, is coming to L.A. and will be featuring an outdoor screening of Jackie Brown. In spirit of the film, the screening will take place at the director and stars’ original shooting location of The Del Amo Mall in Torrance, CA. It’s recommended that you bring your own chair and blanket. Get there early too so you can get yourself a good spot! The event is for 18+ and any children of age of 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. Screening will begin at sunset and admission is free. Don’t miss out! →