Interview with DJ Vidis
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The Dance music aficionado, DJ Vidis created a unique partnership in the sphere of the burgeoning Lithuanian dance music scene.  He teamed up with seasoned producer, Mario Basanov in 2007 to form what is cited as a highly influential production duo whose delivery is a fresh approach to electronic music and the art of video making, with a distantly Baltic vibe.  After dropping their debut album, Changed, to critical acclaim across the blogosphere, EM takes some time out to chat with Vidis about their current and upcoming projects. →

An interview with John O’Connor
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John Blek and the Rats are brought up on a healthy dose of country ballads and American folk roots mixed with the deep Irish countryside.  The Irish four piece is showing Europe that not all new bands have to be skinny jeans, ray-bans and haircuts. With tracks that sound way past their years and arrangements far more interesting than a lot of what’s currently on offer in Europe, it will be exciting to see how the future unfolds for them.  →

An interview with Mr. Hudson

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At the Wireless Festival Evil Monito had the chance to sit down with Mr. Hudson and talk about his musical influences and creative process.

The Oxford graduate had a monumental year, following the UK release of his successful album Straight No Chaser and he recently toured and collaborated with the likes of Jay-Z, Kid Cudi and Kanye West. Having also played at the Wireless Festival in 2009, a few months prior to the release of his second album, I ask what it was like playing this year compared to the last. →

Interview with George Langford (Javelin)
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In No Más (Luaka Bop), Javelin’s George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk revise psychedelic rock, hip-hop, folk, disco and other artifacts of musical history with live instrumentation and unusual juxtapositions. Their songs often sound like mutant forms of old genres, performed with enough nostalgia and perspective to create music that is fresh and emotive. In this interview, George talks about boom-boxes, thumb pianos, 2pac and Biggie. →

Interview with Chris Ziegler (L.A. RECORD)
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Chris Ziegler is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of L.A. RECORD, West Coast Editor of PAPER magazine, freelance writer and DJ. He writes widely about arts and culture in Southern California, and through L.A. RECORD, he has documented the goings-on of the L.A. music scene with rare and hard-hitting interviews. Currently, he DJs at the Black Boar in Eagle Rock as part of a weekly Monday night series called Big Freak. In this interview, Chris talks about the future of alternative press and the best and strangest interviews of his journalism career. →

Los Angeles trio Pollyn has been pollinating their music like wildflower. After being commissioned to remix tracks for known acts like Gorillaz and Liquid Liquid, they self-released their debut album This Little Light- an electronic flourish that stirs emotion into unpredictable moods. Sound man Adam Jay Weissman, vocalist Genevieve Artadi, and guitarist Anthony Cava, gave us the skinny about their musical evolution. →

I’m My Own Greatest Lobbyist

Blurb: We sit down with hip hop-veteran Lyrics Born to discuss hip hop’s fascination with Twitter, Facebook and blogging.

Traditional media corporations newspapers, radio and TV stations, and news services have always acted the parents of the world, ethically filtering the news in bite-sized morsels. For ages, we suckled at the power teat, absorbing everything we were given, whether we agreed with it or not. →

At the mere age of twenty-one, tattooist, illustrator, painter and all around visual alchemist, Jun Cha, has established a veritable name for himself.  He has worked alongside Los Angeles tattoo legends, Mister Cartoon and Jose Lopez, collaborated with The Hundreds on a capsule collection and recently, was commissioned by footwear and apparel company, C1RCA. The limited sneakers entitled “The Black Tear Project” carry Cha’s signature look- stark, black and gray imageries that channel a reoccurring theme of spirituality and growth. →

Philip and Katy Leakey never hesitated to pursue their passions in conquering their humanitarian endeavors to do good for the Maasai people. Philip served as a member of the Kenyan Parliament for 15 years, Deputy member of the Cabinet for 14 years and a member of Cabinet for a year, while Katy nurtured her hunger to learn about diverse cultures as an artist and designer by breaking barriers and boundaries through understanding one anothers motivations.

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Portland-based Parenthetical Girls are about to release their fourth album, entitled Privilege, Pt. 1: On Death and Endearments. They started off with original members Zac Pennington and Jeremy Cooper under the name Swastika Girls, taken from a Brian Eno song, and released their debut EP Christmas With Swastika Girls in 2002 →