Lily Moayeri

music journalist since 1992 | educator since 2004 | podcaster since 2020 | Iranian American since birth

Greta Van Fleet Just Love To Play

Marlon Young, Al Sutton and Herschel Boone aka The Rust Brothers interviewed for their production, engineering and mixing work for Greta Van Fleet for Mix Magazine November 2018 Issue: Greta Van Fleet Just Love To … Continue reading

November 1, 2018 · Leave a comment

‘Beat Hunger’ Campaign Enlists Top Drummers for Haitian Poverty Relief

Hunger Relief International‘s Rachel Zelon, Addition Media‘s Matt Williams, audio engineer Gerhard Joost, and Kenny Aronoff interviewed, plus quotes from Stephen Perkins and Kristen Gleeson-Prata for the Beat Hunger campaign for Drum! Magazine: ‘Beat Hunger’ Campaign Enlists Top Drummers for Haitian Poverty … Continue reading

October 18, 2018 · Leave a comment

Suede: First, Second, and Third Time’s A Charm

Suede‘s Brett Anderson interviewed for their album, The Blue Hour, for Under The Radar Magazine August/September/October 2018 Issue Suede: First, Second, and Third Time’s A Charm Watch the official video for “Life is Golden.”

September 21, 2018 · Leave a comment

Growing Up Gorgon

Gorgon City‘s Matt Robson-Scott and Kye Gibbon interviewed for their album, Escape, for DJ Mag North America September 2018 Issue: Growing Up Gorgon Listen to Escape on Spotify.

September 5, 2018 · Leave a comment

Rufus Has Soul

Rüfüs du Sol interviewed for their album, Solace, for DJ Mag North America September 2018 Issue: Rüfüs Has Soul Watch a live performance of “Underwater” at Electric Forest via Rufus’ YouTube channel.

September 4, 2018 · Leave a comment

In The Phace Of Bass

Florian Harres aka Phace interviewed for his album, Between, for DJ Mag North America September 2018 Issue: In The Phace Of Bass Listen to the entire album on Phace’s SoundCloud.

September 3, 2018 · Leave a comment

Labor Day Weekend Gets Wicked In Paradise

Wicked Paradise‘s Matt Orlove and Tom Astley Williams interviewed ahead of their Labor Day festivities for LA Weekly: Labor Day Weekend Gets Wicked In Paradise Keep up with Wicked Paradise via its Instagram.

August 30, 2018 · Leave a comment

Gary Richards Strikes Gold Again With All My Friends

Gary Richards aka Destructo interviewed for his new festival, All My Friends, forLA Weekly: Gary Richards Strikes Gold Again With All My Friends Get a taste of All My Friends’ sounds via the … Continue reading

August 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

Jazzanova: The Pool

Jazzanova‘s Alexander Barck and Stefan Leisering interviewed for their album, The Pool, for DJ Times Magazine August 2018 Issue: Jazzanova: The Pool Watch Jazzanova’s “The Producers,” “The DJs” and “The Pool” videos on their YouTube Channel.

August 13, 2018 · Leave a comment

Hitmaker Howard Benson: What It Really Means To Be A Producer

Producer Howard Benson interviewed at his West Valley Recording Studios about his 30+ years in the music industry for Mix Magazine August 2018 Issue Hitmaker Howard Benson: What It Really Means To Be A Producer … Continue reading

August 3, 2018 · Leave a comment

The Little Louie That Could

“Little” Louie Vega interviewed for his album NYC Disco for DJ Mag North America July 2018 Issue: The Little Louie That Could Listen to the entire double album via Nervous Records’ SoundCloud.

July 31, 2018 · Leave a comment

Kerri Chandler: Organized Kaoz

Kerri Chandler interviewed for his Best of North America Award for Outstanding Contribution for the cover of DJ Mag North America July Issue: Organized Kaoz Watch a short video made exclusively for this … Continue reading

July 30, 2018 · Leave a comment

Xcellerated Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary

Jeremy Fitzgerald aka DJ Construct interviewed for the five-year anniversary of his drum ‘n’ bass party, Xcellerated, for LA Weekly: Xcellerated Celebrates Five Year Anniversary Check out the Spotify playlist featuring all five of … Continue reading

July 26, 2018 · Leave a comment

Johnny Marr Finds His Voice

Johnny Marr and James Doviak interviewed for the album Call The Comet for Mix Magazine July 2018 Issue Watch the official video for “Hi Hello.”

July 5, 2018 · Leave a comment

Most Promising Fresh Festival Face Soothslayer Is All About the Interaction

Soothslayer aka Caroline Miller interviewed for the cover of LA Weekly Best of LA Music Issue June 14, 2018 Most Promising Fresh Festival Face Soothslayer Is All About The Interaction Listen to Soothslayer via … Continue reading

June 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

Mefjus: Bar-Faced Bass

Mefjus interviewed for his album, Manifest, for DJ Mag USA June 2018 Issue: Bar-Faced Bass Listen to Mefjus’ Manifest promo mix for YourEDM via his SoundCloud.

June 4, 2018 · Leave a comment

Pro All-Terrain Skater Blake Johnson Keeps Chasing His Goals

Skateboarder Blake Johnson interviewed for the LA Weekly People 2018 Issue:   Pro All-Terrain Skater Blake Johnson Keeps Chasing His Goals Watch the Santa Cruz Skateboards introduction to Blake.  

May 31, 2018 · Leave a comment

Just Say Gwen!

Write-up on Gwen Stefani‘s Las Vegas residency, Just a Girl, at Zappos Theater for Vegas Magazine June 2018 Issue: Just Say Gwen! Watch Gwen talk about the residency on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

May 30, 2018 · Leave a comment

Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza Pumps the Brakes

Thievery Corporation‘s Rob Garza interviewed for their album, Treasures from the Temple ahead of their BottleRock performance for The Bay Bridged: Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza Pumps the Brakes Watch the official video for “Voyage Libre.”

May 24, 2018 · Leave a comment

Pasquale Rotella: Peace, Love and Good Vibes

Insomniac Events‘ Pasquale Rotella interviewed for Electric Daisy Carnival 2018 for the cover of LA Weekly May 10, 2018: Pasquale Rotella: Peace, Love and Good Vibes Keep up weekly Pasquale’s radio show Night … Continue reading

May 10, 2018 · Leave a comment

Gaz Coombes: Weight of the World

Gaz Coombes interviewed for his album, World’s Strongest Man, for Under the Radar Magazine Spring 2018 Issue: Gaz Coombes: Weight of the World Watch the official video for “Walk the Walk.”

May 4, 2018 · Leave a comment

Arctic Monkeys: Monkey Business

Arctic Monkeys‘ Alex Turner and Matt Helders interviewed for their album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, for the cover of LA Weekly May 3, 2018 Issue: Arctic Monkeys: Monkey Business Keep up with the Arctics and … Continue reading

May 3, 2018 · Leave a comment

Mr. Fingers: The Legend Returns

Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers interviewed for his album, Cerebral Hemispheres, for DJ Times Magazine May 2018 Issue: Mr. Fingers: The Legend Returns Listen to “Electron” from the album here.  

May 1, 2018 · Leave a comment

“Leonard Bernstein at 100” Exhibition Comes to Skirball Cultural Center

My write-up of “Leonard Bernstein at 100″ exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center for LA Weekly: “Leonard Bernstein at 100” Exhibition Comes to Skirball Cultural Center Learn more about Leonard Bernstein … Continue reading

April 26, 2018 · Leave a comment

Chromeo: In The Funklordz We Trust

Chromeo‘s Dave 1 and P Thugg interviewed for the cover of DJ Mag USA April 2018 Issue: Chromeo: In The Funklordz We Trust Watch the official video for “Must’ve Been.”

April 10, 2018 · Leave a comment

Legendary Metal Band X Japan Makes Coachella Debut After Drummer Yoshiki’s Spinal Surgery

X Japan‘s Yoshiki interviewed ahead of their appearance at Coachella for Drum! Magazine: Legendary Metal Band X Japan Makes Coachella Debut After Drummer Yoshiki’s Spinal Surgery Watch X Japan’s Coachella trailer.

April 9, 2018 · Leave a comment

Street Artist Chase Explores Light and Space as His Pattern Park Debuts

Chase interviewed for the opening of his solo show, “Into Light and Space” for LA Weekly: Street Artist Chase Explores Light and Space as His Pattern Park Debuts Keep up with … Continue reading

March 30, 2018 · Leave a comment

How and Why Blair Sinta Built a Home Drum Tracking Business

Blair Sinta interviewed for Drum! Magazine February 2018 Issue How and Why Blair Sinta Built a Home Drum Tracking Business Get schooled on all things drum-related via Blair’s YouTube channel.

March 26, 2018 · Leave a comment

Beth Ditto @ Fonda

Previewed for LA Weekly Watch the official video for “Fire.”

March 22, 2018 · Leave a comment

Moby: Meatless in Miami

Moby and I put together a vegan guide to Miami for DJ Mag USA March 2018 Issue, just in time for Miami Music Week, and to mark the release of his album, Everything Was … Continue reading

March 20, 2018 · Leave a comment

Nyjah Huston: Skate and Destroy

Skateboarding beast Nyjah Huston interviewed for the cover of LA Weekly March 8, 2018 Issue: Nyjah Huston: Skate and Destroy Watch Nyjah’s skate part, “‘Til Death.”

March 8, 2018 · Leave a comment

James Zabiela: Fully Balanced

James Zabiela interviewed for the compilation, Balance 029, for DJ Times Magazine March 2018 Issue: James Zabiela: Fully Balanced Take a look at the Mix Guide or Visual Reference James speaks about in … Continue reading

March 7, 2018 · Leave a comment

Professor and the Madman: A Seemingly Quiet Daily Life, Filled with Rock Guitar

Professor and the Madman‘s Alfie Agnew and engineer Mark Bolton interviewed about the recording of the album, Disintegrate Me, for Mix Magazine March 2018 Issue: Professor and the Madman: A Seemingly Quiet Daily Life, Filled with … Continue reading

March 6, 2018 · Leave a comment

“If You Want To Be Somewhere, You’ve Got To Occupy It” How Women Are Changing The Face Of Engineering And Producing

Sally Gross, Karrie Keyes, Suzy Shinn, Beth McGowan, Dani Spragg and Maya Ramos interviewed for NPR’s Turning the Tables series: ‘If You Want To Be Somewhere, You’ve Got To Occupy It’ How Women Are Changing The Face … Continue reading

February 27, 2018 · Leave a comment

“The internet is a devastating wasteland”: How social media could be making musicians sick

Sally Gross interviewed on her research “Can Music Make You Sick” for FACTMag: “The internet is a devastating wasteland”: How social media could be making musicians sick Read Part One of Sally’s … Continue reading

February 18, 2018 · Leave a comment

The Grave Humor of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club‘s Robert Levon Been (center) interviewed for its album, Wrong Creatures, and the group’s appearance at the Noise Pop Festival for The Bay Bridged: The Grave Humor of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club … Continue reading

February 13, 2018 · Leave a comment

George FitzGerald: Going Live

George FitzGerald interviewed for his album, All That Must Be, for DJ Mag USA February 2018 Issue: George FitzGerald: Going Live Watch the “Burns” visualizer.

February 12, 2018 · Leave a comment

Daniel Avery: The Quiet Club

Daniel Avery interviewed for his album, Song for Alpha, for DJ Mag USA February 2018 Issue: Daniel Avery: The Quiet Club Watch the official video for “Slow Fade.”

February 8, 2018 · Leave a comment

Nicole Moudaber: New Heights

Nicole Moudaber interviewed for her compilation, MOOD50: The Best of MOOD Mixed & Compiled by Nicole Moudaber, for DJ Times Magazine February 2018 Issue Nicole Moudaber: New Heights Listen to episodes of Nicole’s … Continue reading

February 1, 2018 · Leave a comment

The New Heart of Miami: Travis Rogers and Heart Nightclub

Heart Nightclub Miami‘s Travis Rogers interviewed for AGNT: The New Heart of Miami: Travis Rogers and Heart Nightclub Keep up with the happenings at Heart via their website.

January 8, 2018 · Leave a comment

Pete Tong: A Classic Makes Classical

Pete Tong interviewed for Ibiza Classics for DJ Mag USA January 2018 Issue: Pete Tong: A Classic Makes Classical Watch Act 1 of Ibiza Prom with Pete Tong via BBC Radio One’s YouTube channel.

January 5, 2018 · Leave a comment

The Recording Of Noel Gallagher’s Who Built The Moon

Engineers Emre Ramazanoglu and Tristin Norwell interviewed for their work on the Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds album, Who Built The Moon?, for Mix Magazine January 2018 Issue: The Recording of Noel Gallagher: Who Built The … Continue reading

January 4, 2018 · 3 Comments

Submorphics: Making Detroit Haze

Submorphics interviewed for his Detroit Haze EP for DJ Times Magazine January 2018 Issue: Submorphics: Making Detroit Haze Watch the official video for “Whatchudo” via The North Quarter’s YouTube channel.

January 3, 2018 · Leave a comment

Nic Fanciulli: Making My Heart

Nic Fanciulli interviewed for the his album, My Heart, for DJ Times Magazine December 2017 Issue: Nic Fanciulli: Making My Heart Listen to My Heart via Nic’s SoundCloud page.

December 7, 2017 · Leave a comment

Kerri Chandler: Intimate Listening

Kerri Chandler interviewed for his contribution to the DJ Kicks series for DJ Times Magazine December 2017 Issue: Kerri Chandler: Intimate Listening Watch Kerri in action live via Mixmag.

December 6, 2017 · Leave a comment

Cut Copy: Grown Fonder

Cut Copy‘s Dan Whitford interviewed for their album, Haiku From Zero, for Under The Radar Magazine Fall 2017 Issue: Cut Copy: Grown Fonder Stream Haiku From Zero via NPR.

December 5, 2017 · Leave a comment

Erol Alkan: A Rework In Progress

Erol Alkan interviewed for his album, Reworks Volume 1, for DJ Mag USA December 2017 Issue: Erol Alkan: A Rework in Progress Listen to Reworks Volume 1 in its entirety via Erol’s SoundCloud page.

December 4, 2017 · Leave a comment

Heidi Lawden: The Woman Behind The Man Moves Forward

Heidi Lawden interviewed post her first ADE and ahead of her first European tour for DJ Mag USA December 2017 Issue: The Woman Behind The Man Moves Forward Listen to a recent mix from … Continue reading

December 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

Tricky: Gender Flex

Tricky interviewed for his album, ununiform, for Under The Radar Magazine Fall 2017 Issue: Tricky: Gender Flex Watch the official audio video for “The Only Way,” my favorite song off ununiform.

November 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

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