Lily Moayeri

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

Book Nook: Total Chaos: Interview With Author Jeff Gold

Rock music memorabilia collector Jeff Gold interviewed for his book, Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges/As Told by Iggy Pop for New Noise Magazine Issue 29: New Noise: Book Nook Total Chaos: The … Continue reading

March 8, 2017 · Leave a comment

KSHMR: Keys To The Soft Spot

KSHMR interviewed for the cover of DJ Mag USA March 2017: KSHMR: Keys to the Soft Spot Watch KSHMR perform live at the DJ Mag Awards in 2016.

March 7, 2017 · Leave a comment

Rhys Langston Is Trying to Create a New Language Through Hip-Hop

    Rhys Langston interviewed for his album, Full Frontal Incumbent: An Incongruous Mixtape, for LA Weekly: Rhys Langston Is Trying to Create a New Language Through Hip-Hop Listen to Full Frontal Incumbent via … Continue reading

March 7, 2017 · Leave a comment

Jagwar Ma: Glory in the Gloom

Jagwar Ma‘s Jono Ma interviewed for their album, Every Now & Then for Under The Radar Magazine 15th Anniversary Issue: Jagwar Ma: Glory in the Gloom Watch the official video for “OB1.”

March 6, 2017 · Leave a comment

The Radio Dept.: Builders Not Destroyers

The Radio Dept.‘s Johan Duncanson interviewed for their album, Running Out Of Love, for Under The Radar Magazine 15th Anniversary issue: The Radio Dept.: Builders Not Destroyers Watch the official video for “Swedish Guns.”

March 2, 2017 · Leave a comment

Thievery Corporation: On Island Time

Thievery Corporation‘s Eric Hilton and co-producer, Gianmaria Conti, interviewed for their album, The Temple of I & I, for DJ Times Magazine March 2017 issue: Thievery Corporation: On Island Time Have a listen to Eric … Continue reading

March 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

Bass Music Queen Reid Speed Is As Loud And High-Energy As Her Music

Reid Speed interviewed ahead of her gig at Bassrush presents Funktion with Calyx & TeeBee and State of Mind for LA Weekly Bass Music Queen Reid Speed Is As Loud And High-Energy As … Continue reading

February 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

Bonobo: Making Migration

Bonobo‘s Simon Green interviewed for his album, Migration, for DJ Times Magazine February 2017 Issue Bonobo: Making Migration Listen to Bonobo’s “Best Of” Playlist via Spotify.

February 1, 2017 · Leave a comment

Face-Off: Calyx & TeeBee VS State of Mind

Calyx & TeeBee and State of Mind refereed for Bassrush ahead of their Funktion show: Face-Off: Calyx & TeeBee vs. State of Mind Listen to Calyx & TeeBee’s Essential Mix via their SoundCloud. Listen … Continue reading

January 30, 2017 · Leave a comment

A-Trak: Battler’s Boutique

A-Trak interviewed for his remix compilation, In The Loop: A Decade of Remixes, for the cover of DJ Mag USA January 2017 Issue: A-Trak: Battler’s Boutique Listen to In The Loop via Fool’s Gold Records’ … Continue reading

January 26, 2017 · Leave a comment

Danny Says: Interview With Writer/Director Brendan Toller

Danny Says Writer/Director Brendan Toller interviewed for New Noise Magazine Issue 28 Danny Says: Interview with Writer/Director Brendan Toller Watch the official trailer for Danny Says.

January 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

Pacifique Studios

Pacifique Studios‘ Tony Valenziano and Ted Greenberg interviewed for Mix Magazine January 2017 Issue Pacifique Studios Take a video tour of Pacifique Studios.

January 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

Five Questions With: Alex Noyer

808 The Movie‘s producer, Alex Noyer, interviewed for Electronic Musician Magazine February 2017 Issue: Five Questions: Alex Noyer Watch the official trailer for 808 The Movie.

January 25, 2017 · Leave a comment

The Night On Broadway Festival Has Become One Of L.A.’s Best Free Events

Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar and Immanent‘s Drew Best interviewed for Night on Broadway for LA Weekly: The Night On Broadway Festival Has Become One Of L.A.’s Best Free … Continue reading

January 24, 2017 · Leave a comment

Phace Unleashes the Funk on Nasty Neuro Number “Connected”

Phace interviewed for the premiere of “Connected” from his Plastic Acid EP on Blackout Music for Insomniac: Phace Unleashes the Funk on Nasty Neuro Number “Connected” Listen to “Connected” via Phace’s SoundCloud.

January 4, 2017 · Leave a comment

The BPM Festival’s Craig Pettigrew: Creating the Ibiza of the Western Hemisphere

BPM Festival‘s Craig Pettigrew interviewed for AGNT: The BPM Festival’s Craig Pettigrew: Creating the Ibiza of the Western Hemisphere Listen to the sounds of BPM via the festival’s SoundCloud.

January 2, 2017 · Leave a comment

Empire of the Sun: Song Creation, Vocal Dancing – An L.A. Story

Empire of the Sun‘s Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes, and Jonathan Sloan interviewed for their album, Two Vines, for Mix Magazine December 2016 issue: Empire of the Sun: Song Creation, Vocal Dancing – An L.A. Story Watch … Continue reading

December 21, 2016 · Leave a comment

Saint Motel: Expert Reintroductions

Saint Motel‘s A/J Jackson interviewed for their album, saintmotelevision, for Mix Magazine December 2016 issue: Saint Motel: Expert Reintroductions Listen to saintmotelevision via Spotify.

December 21, 2016 · Leave a comment

Sam Roberts Band On A Tone Quest

Sam Roberts Band‘s Sam Roberts and producer Graham Nash interviewed for the album, TerraForm, for Mix Magazine December 2016 issue: Sam Roberts Band on a Tone Quest Watch Sam Roberts Band perform “Fiend” … Continue reading

December 21, 2016 · Leave a comment

DJ, Manager And Mom Heidi Lawden Does It Her Way

Heidi Lawden interviewed ahead of her headlining A Club Called Rhonda for LA Weekly: DJ, Manager and Mom Heidi Lawden Does It Her Way Listen to Heidi’s weekly radio show, “Magic Roundabout,” … Continue reading

December 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

In The Studio With: Dusky’s Outer Limits

Dusky‘s Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman interviewed for their album, Outer, for DJ Times Magazine December 2016 issue: In The Studio With: Dusky’s Outer Limits Watch the video for “Sort it out Sharon” featuring Wiley.

December 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Club Life: Growing Up In Dance Music

Leiel Hazut interviewed for Insomniac: Club Life: Growing Up In Dance Music Follow Leiel’s movements via his Instagram.

November 23, 2016 · Leave a comment

New Photo Book Captures The Energy And Personality Of Great Drummers

Deirdre O’Callaghan interviewed for her book, The Drum Thing, for LA Weekly: New Photo Book Captures The Energy And Personality Of Great Drummers Watch a slideshow of images from The Drum Thing here.

November 23, 2016 · Leave a comment

Jamie Lidell Builds A Beginning

Jamie Lidell interviewed for his album, Building A Beginning, for Mix Magazine November 2016 Issue: Jamie Lidell Builds A Beginning Watch Jamie perform the title track live with the Royal Pharaohs at Giel.

November 16, 2016 · Leave a comment

Pete Kalamoutsos & Glow: Always Building

Pete Kalamoutsos of Glow, Echostage, Soundcheck, and Moonrise interviewed for the Organizer Spotlight for AGNT: Pete Kalamoutsos & Glow: Always Building Follow Pete on Twitter.

November 7, 2016 · Leave a comment

Head to Head: Kasra vs Mefjus

Kasra and Mefjus interviewed for Insomniac‘s Head to Head series: Head to Head: Kasra v. Mefjus Watch the teaser video for Mefjus and Emperor’s Hello World 2 EP on Kasra’s Critical Music.

November 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

Guns N’ Roses Keyboardist Dizzy Reed Gives His First Interview Since the Reunion

I reunite with Guns n’ Roses‘ Dizzy Reed for LA Weekly: Guns N’ Roses Keyboardist Dizzy Reed Gives His First Interview Since the Reunion Watch Dizzy’s piano solo from a Guns n’ Roses … Continue reading

November 2, 2016 · Leave a comment

Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom

Gorgon City‘s Matt Robson-Scott and Kye Gibbon interviewed for their mini-album, Kingdom Vol 1, for the cover of DJ Times Magazine November 2016 Issue: Gorgon City: Keys to the Kingdom Listen to Gorgon City … Continue reading

November 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Wild Beasts: In Search For The Male Identity

Wild Beasts‘ Hayden Thorpe interviewed for their album, Boy King, for Under The Radar Magazine Issue 58 The Protest Issue: Wild Beasts: Searching For The Male Identity Listen to most of Boy King via Wild Beasts’ … Continue reading

October 21, 2016 · Leave a comment

Japanese Superstar Yoshiki Finally Gets The Rock Documentary He Deserves

Yoshiki and Stephen Kijak interviewed for the documentary, We Are X, for LA Weekly: Japanese Superstar Yoshiki Finally Gets The Rock Documentary He Deserves Watch the trailer for We Are X.

October 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

Head to Head: Optical vs. Matrix

Optical and Matrix interviewed for Insomniac‘s Head to Head series: Head to Head: Optical vs. Matrix Listen to selections from Optical’s 20 Years of Optical LP via his SoundCloud. Listen to “Fire” the latest … Continue reading

October 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart: Bass Battle on Everything Is No Thing

Producer Youth interviewed for his work on Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart album, Everything Is No Thing, for Mix Magazine October 2016 Issue: Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart: … Continue reading

October 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

Noisia: Outer Edges

Noisia‘s Nik Roos interviewed for their album, Outer Edges, for DJ Times Magazine October 2016 Issue: Noisia: Outer Edges Listen to the full album via Noisia’s SoundCloud.  

October 3, 2016 · Leave a comment

Angela McCluskey Returns With a New Album and a Wild Colonials Reunion

Angela McCluskey interviewed for her album, The Roxy Sessions, for LA Weekly: Angela McCluskey Returns With a New Album and a Wild Colonials Reunion Listen to The Roxy Sessions in its entirety via St. … Continue reading

September 28, 2016 · Leave a comment

In The Mix With The Sound Team For Preacher

Preacher‘s sound team Richard Yawn, Mark Linden, and Tara Paul interviewed for Mix Magazine September 2016 Issue: In The Mix With The Sound Team For Preacher Learn more about Preacher here.

September 6, 2016 · Leave a comment

Glass Animals: Raw, Dead Sound

Glass Animals‘ Dave Bayley and engineer Matt Wiggins interviewed for the album, How To Be A Human Being, for Mix Magazine September 2016 Issue: Glass Animals: Raw, Dead Sound for How To Be A Human Being Watch … Continue reading

September 2, 2016 · Leave a comment

In The Studio With Optical D-n-B Legend

Optical interviewed for 20 Years Of Optical for DJ Times Magazine September 2016 Issue: In the Studio With Optical D-n-B Legend Hear tracks from 20 Years Of Optical via Optical’s SoundCloud.

September 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Lenzman: The North Remembers

Interview with Lenzman about the launch of his label, The North Quarter, for Bassrush: Lenzman: The North Remembers Watch the official video for Children of the Zeus featuring DRS “Still Standing.”

August 31, 2016 · Leave a comment

Netsky Aims Higher

Netsky‘s Boris Daenen interviewed for his album, 3, for DJ Times Magazine August 2016 Issue: Netsky Aims Higher Listen to 3 in its entirety via Netsky’s SoundCloud.

August 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Five Questions With DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow interviewed for his album, The Mountain Will Fall, for Electronic Musician Magazine August 2016 Issue: Five Questions With DJ Shadow Watch the official video for the title track.

July 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

AM & Joey Waronker Unplug On Precious Life

AM & Joey Waronker interviewed for their album, Precious Life, for Mix Magazine July 2016 Issue: AM & Joey Waronker Unplug On Precious Life Listen to the title track via AM’s SoundCloud.

July 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

Wild Beasts: Boy King

Wild Beasts‘ Hayden Thorpe and producer John Congleton interviewed for the album, Boy King, for Mix Magazine July 2016 Issue: Wild Beasts: Boy King Watch the official video for “Get My Bang.”

July 5, 2016 · Leave a comment

Calyx & TeeBee: Creating 1×1

Calyx & TeeBee interviewed for their album, 1×1, for DJ Times Magazine July 2016 Issue: Calyx & TeeBee: Creating 1×1 Listen to a cross section of Calyx & TeeBee productions via their SoundCloud.

July 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

Moby On His New Memoir And His Wild ’90s Years

Moby interviewed for his memoir, Porcelain, for LA Weekly: Moby on His New Memoir and His Wild ’90s Years: I Was a Debauched Drunk Listen to audio samples of Porcelain via Moby on Spotify.

June 20, 2016 · Leave a comment

Book Nook: Good Trouble: Interview With Author Joe Biel

Microcosm Publishing‘s Joe Biel interviewed about his book, Good Trouble, for New Noise Magazine Issue 24: Follow Joe on Twitter to keep up with his activities.

June 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

Seven Tracks That Influenced Groove Armada

Groove Armada‘s Tom Findlay interviewed for their FABRICLIVE 87 compilation for DJ Mag USA: Seven Tracks That Influenced Groove Armada Watch the trailer for the compilation via Fabric.

June 9, 2016 · Leave a comment

Underworld: Above The Influence

Underworld‘s Karl Hyde interviewed for their album, Barbara, Barbara we are facing a shining future, for Under The Radar Magazine May/June 2016 Issue: Underworld: Above The Influence Watch “Tokyo Street Poem,” an installation by … Continue reading

June 8, 2016 · Leave a comment

Electronic Duo Classixx Proves That You Can Get By With A Little Help From Your Friends

Classixx‘s Michael David and Tyler Blake interviewed for their album, Faraway Reach, for Nylon Magazine June/July 2016 Music Issue: Electronic Duo Classixx Proves That You Can Get By With A Little Help From Your Friends Listen … Continue reading

June 2, 2016 · Leave a comment

We Are Scientists: Helter Seltzer

Producer Max Hart interviewed for his work on We Are Scientists‘ album, Helter Seltzer, for Mix Magazine June 2016 Issue: We Are Scientists: Helter Seltzer Watch the official video for “Classic Love” via Noisey.

June 1, 2016 · Leave a comment

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