From El-P’s album of instrumental suites comes this video of “Time Won’t Tell,” an understated track with a simple guitar riff and beat. Director Shan Nicholson reconstructs a memory from his childhood in New York, where children had to use their imaginations to make something of their bleak urban surroundings. El-P’s Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3 is out now on Gold Dust Records.

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With mint green shorts, Marc Abrams (aka the Silver Lake Walker) used to walk 200 miles a week, always on the same loop across West Silverlake, Griffith Park Blvd. and Sunset. He became such a fixture of the Los Angeles neighborhood that he was immortalized in a mural. On July 21, Mr. Abrams, a retired doctor, was found dead at 58. Alissa of Gelatobaby recounts her encounters with the Walker here.

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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. →

New music video for the Converse-exclusive single “All Summer” by Kid Cudi, Best Coast and Rostam of Vampire Weekend. The track was produced as part of the brand’s Three Artists. One Song collaboration.

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New video and retinal candy from Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma, for the track “MmmHmm.”

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Sean Bones’ new video features adult people doing fun things that they should’ve outgrown years and years ago. “Let’s Do Somethin’ Else” is from Bones’ latest EP, Rhumba Beat. This is Bones’ latest release since summer 2009′s Rings, which was released in conjunction with the feature film Wah Do Dem, starring Norah Jones and Bones himself.

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There is no end in sight for songs dedicated to California, which come as frequently as songs dedicated to women. A short round-up of recent songs featuring “California” in their titles reveal there’s no paucity of appreciation for the Golden State. There’s “In California” by Joanna Newsom, “California Goths” by Wavves and “California English” by Vampire Weekend (the latter I’m wary of since what do a bunch of punk East Coast kids know about my state?).

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For those who found the new LCD Soundsystem record disappointing, there’s redemption for this summer’s somewhat anemic summer jams. !!! (or Chk Chk Chk) return with Strange Weather, Isn’t It, the latest album from Sacramento’s dance punk outfit. New single “AM/FM” hits all the right points to become a likely summer hit, just as heatwaves begin across the country (if it hasn’t already). The acid-puke video for the song is directed by Black Dice.

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Like Ry Cooder before him, British DJ and Brownswood Recordings founder Gilles Peterson is in the business of bringing fresh sounds from distant places. Peterson’s jazz background makes him an able compiler of contemporary Cuban music, which has over the years expanded its palette with the rest of the world. Jazz and Latin rhythms still pervade Cuba’s music scenes, but today’s Cubans also record and perform hip-hop, reggaeton and R&B.

“Roforofo Fight (Louie Vega’s EOL Mix)”

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Against the sounds of a rustic night, the Chapin Sisters sing “Digging A Hole,” the latest single from their sophomore album Two. Lily and Abigail Chapin have been performing together as sisters since 2004, when they formed the group with a third sibling Jessica Craven, who’s now taking a leave of absence with her new baby. The sisters, who were formally trained at a Waldorf school as children, come from a distinguished line of folk musicians including their father, storyteller and songwriter Tom Chapin.

The Chapin Sisters – “Digging A Hole”

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