Lily Moayeri

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

Hear The New EP From David Holmes’ Star-Studded New Project, Unloved (Premiere)

Unloved‘s David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia, and Jade Vincent interviewed for their debut EP, Guilty Of Love for LA Weekly: Hear The New EP From David Holmes’ Star-Studded New Project, Unloved (Premiere) Watch the … Continue reading

October 12, 2015 · 2 Comments

Chinese Indie Night Is What The Culture Collide Festival Is All About

Alan Miller of Culture Collide and Michael LoJudice of Modern Sky interviewed for Culture Collide Festival‘s Chinese Indie Night for LA Weekly: Chinese Indie Night Is What The Culture Collide Festival … Continue reading

October 5, 2015 · Leave a comment

Knowledge Is Power: Why More Producers Are Sharing Their Secrets

Optical, Ed Rush, TC, and Digital Labz interviewed for my production culture piece for Bassrush: Knowledge Is Power: Why More Producers Are Sharing Their Secrets Watch a two-minute snapshot of … Continue reading

October 1, 2015 · 4 Comments

Rudimental @ Fonda

Previewed for LA Weekly: Rudimental at the Fonda Theatre (and the Belasco Theatre) This Week’s Best Concerts In Handy Playlist Form Listen to Rudimental Essential Mix for BBC’s Radio 1 from … Continue reading

October 1, 2015 · 1 Comment

AM & Shawn Lee: Outlines (Celestial Electric Music)

Reviewed for Electronic Musician Magazine September 2015 Issue: AM & Shawn Lee Outlines (Celestial Electric Music) The transatlantic union of Los Angeles’ AM and London’s Shawn Lee produces a third full-length … Continue reading

September 29, 2015 · Leave a comment

Disclosure: Caracal (UMG)

Reviewed for The A.V. Club: Disclosure Caracal (Universal Music Group) Listen to a mini-mix of Caracal via Disclosure’s YouTube channel.

September 25, 2015 · 1 Comment

Modestep @ Avalon

Previewed for LA Weekly: Modestep at Avalon This Week’s Best Concerts In Handy Playlist Form Watch Modestep’s amazing short film/album trailer, London Road.

September 17, 2015 · Leave a comment

Francesca Belmonte: Anima (False Idols)

Reviewed for Electronic Musician Magazine August 2015 Issue: Francesca Belmonte Anima (False Idols) Featured on a few Tricky albums, Francesca Belmonte’s voice is a familiar one. For Anima, Belmonte’s solo debut on Tricky’s … Continue reading

September 16, 2015 · Leave a comment

Five Questions With Martin Gore

Depeche Mode‘s Martin Gore interviewed for his solo album, MG, for Electronic Musician Magazine‘s July 2015 Issue: Five Questions With Martin Gore Martin Gore is not one to take time away from making music. … Continue reading

September 14, 2015 · Leave a comment

Marques Wyatt’s DEEP Celebrates 16 Years Of Soulful House Music

Marques Wyatt interviewed for the 16th Anniversary of his club night, DEEP, for the LA Weekly: Marques Wyatt’s DEEP Celebrates 16 Years Of Soulful House Music Listen to Marques’ set from … Continue reading

September 11, 2015 · 1 Comment

Deep’s Sweet 16 @ Belasco

Previewed for LA Weekly: Deep’s Sweet 16 at the Belasco Theatre Listen to Marques Wyatt’s set from Might Deep which took place in May of this year. photo credit: AJ Herrera

September 10, 2015 · 1 Comment

Kelis Graduated From Le Cordon Bleu–Now She’s Written Her First Cookbook

Kelis interviewed for her first cookbook, My Life On A Plate: Recipes From Around The World, for LA Weekly: Kelis Graduated From Le Cordon Bleu–Now She’s Written Her First Cookbook Check out … Continue reading

September 9, 2015 · 1 Comment

Mercury Rev’s The Light In You

Mercury Rev‘s Jonathan Donahue and engineer Scott Petito interviewed for the album, The Light In You, for Mix Magazine September 2015 Issue: Mercury Rev The Light In You Listen to album opener, “The … Continue reading

September 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

Metric’s Daily Jams Create Pagans In Vegas

Metric‘s Jimmy Shaw and engineer John O’Mahoney interviewed for their album, Pagans In Vegas, for Mix Magazine September 2015 Issue: Metric’s Daily Jams Create Pagans In Vegas Watch “Lie Lie Lie” from Pagans In Vegas.

September 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

Painted Palms: Horizons (Polyvinyl)

Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Painted Palms Horizons (Polyvinyl) Listen to “Tracers” via Stereogum.

September 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

Diane Coffee: Everybody’s A Good Dog (Western Vinyl)

Reviewed for Under The Radar Magazine: Diane Coffee Everybody’s A Good Dog (Western Vinyl) Watch the first video, for “Everyday” via NPR First Listen.

September 2, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Orb: Moonbuilding

The Orb‘s Thomas Fehlmann interviewed for their album, Moonbuilding 2703 AD, for DJ Times September 2015 Issue: The Orb: Moonbuilding

September 1, 2015 · Leave a comment

Whitestone Is Turning Album Artwork Into an Immersive Social Networking Experience

Whitestone founder Roey Tsemah interviewed for Insomniac.com: Whitestone Is Turning Album Artwork Into an Immersive Social Networking Experience Watch Roey’s video explaining Whitestone here.

August 24, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Sonar System: Restoring Peace Through Sound System Culture

The author of The Sonar System, vocalist, MC, painter, and wordsmith Ras Mykha interviewed for Insomniac.com: The Sonar System: Restoring Peace Through Sound System Culture Watch the book trailer here.

August 20, 2015 · Leave a comment

Miguel Migs, Marques Wyatt, Isaiah Martin @ Sound

Previewed for LA Weekly: Miguel Migs, Marques Wyatt, Isaiah Martin at Sound Nightclub Listen to Migs’ guest radio mix “Shadows On The Wall” via his SoundCloud. Listen to Marques’ DEEP Exhale … Continue reading

August 13, 2015 · 1 Comment

Jamie xx: Going Solo With In Colour

Jamie xx interviewed for his debut solo album, In Colour, for Soma Magazine August 2015 Film And Music Issue: Jamie xx: Going Solo With In Colour Watch Jamie’s performance of “Loud Places” on Late Night … Continue reading

August 7, 2015 · 1 Comment

Corsica Arts Club Releases Self-Titled Debut

Corsica Arts Club‘s Arash Parsee and Brendan Thompson interviewed for their debut self-titled EP for Mix Magazine August 2015 Issue: Corsica Arts Club Releases Self-Titled Debut Listen to the whole EP via … Continue reading

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

Foals: What Went Down (Warner Music)

Reviewed for Mix Magazine August 2015 Issue: Foals What Went Down (Warner Music) Watch a live performance at Maida Vale of “What Went Down” on Annie Mac at BBC Radio 1.

August 6, 2015 · 1 Comment

The Night I Fell In Love With Dance Music: Lily Moayeri

Superstar scribe Katie Bain interviewed me for Insomniac.com: The Night I Fell In Love With Dance Music: Lily Moayeri Read more of Katie’s fantastic writing.

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

This Guy Created The 5-Minute Mind-Altering, Virtual-Reality World For Squarepusher: Rob Pybus

Illustrator Rob Pybus interviewed for Insomniac.com: This Guy Created The 5-Minute Mind-Altering, Virtual-Reality World For Squarepusher: Rob Pybus Watch Rob doing his illustrated comedy for the first time and another time.

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hot Chip @ Greek

Previewed for the LA Weekly: Hot Chip at the Greek Theatre Listen to the whole album via Hot Chip’s site.

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

This Is The Guy That Makes Calvin Harris Look Amazing: Dave Thomas

Stylist Dave Thomas interviewed for Insomniac.com: This Is The Guy That Makes Calvin Harris Look Amazing: David Thomas Watch Dave in action on his YouTube channel.

August 5, 2015 · Leave a comment

Clubbed To Deaf: Is Music Killing Your Ears?

My write-up on how music is affecting your hearing and how to protect it for Bassrush: Clubbed To Deaf: Is Music Killing Your Ears? Check out some Musician’s Earplugs from … Continue reading

July 31, 2015 · Leave a comment

Duff McKagan: How To Be A Man

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Duff McKagan How To Be A Man Read a great interview with Duff about his book by Lina Lecaro in the LA Weekly.

July 30, 2015 · Leave a comment

Maribou State: Portraits (Counter)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Maribou State Portraits (Counter) Listen to Maribou State’s Radio One Residency Mix.

July 28, 2015 · 1 Comment

My Library In Old Navy #Unlimited Video

My library at Abraham Lincoln High School is featured in this Old Navy #Unlimited video.

July 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

Ducktails: St. Catherine (Domino)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Ducktails St. Catherine (Domino) Watch the video for “Headbanging In The Mirror.”

July 24, 2015 · 1 Comment

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Live In Paris (Vagrant)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Live In Paris (Vagrant) Watch the trailer for Live In Paris.

July 23, 2015 · Leave a comment

Penguin Prison @ The Roxy

Previewed for LA Weekly: Penguin Prison at the Roxy Watch the official video for “Never Gets Old.”

July 23, 2015 · Leave a comment

Major Lazer: Peace Is The Mission (Mad Decent)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Major Lazer Peace Is The Mission (Mad Decent) Listen to the whole album via Major Lazer’s SoundCloud.

July 22, 2015 · 1 Comment

Martin Gore: MG (Mute)

Reviewed for Electronic Musician Magazine July 2015 Issue: Martin Gore MG (Mute) Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore continues the minimalist electronics of his VCMG project with former bandmate Vince Clarke on MG, an ambitious 16-track … Continue reading

July 20, 2015 · 1 Comment

The Chemical Brothers: Born In The Echoes (Astralwerks)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: The Chemical Brothers Born In The Echoes (Astralwerks) Watch the official video for “Go” featuring Q-Tip.

July 17, 2015 · 2 Comments

MS MR: How Does It Feel (Columbia)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: MS MR How Does It Feel (Columbia) Watch an acoustic performance of “Wrong Victory.”

July 15, 2015 · Leave a comment

Sam Sparro @ Hammer Museum

Previewed for LA Weekly: Sam Sparro at the Hammer Museum This Week’s Best Concerts Have a listen to Volume One of the Quantum PhysicalEP mini-series via Sam’s SoundCloud.

July 9, 2015 · Leave a comment

Leon Bridges: Coming Home

White Denim‘s Austin Jenkins and Joshua Block interviewed for their production work on Leon Bridges‘ debut album, Coming Home, for Mix Magazine July 2015 Issue: Leon Bridges: Coming Home Watch Leon performing “Lisa … Continue reading

July 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Penguin Prison: Lost In New York (Downtown)

Reviewed for Mix Magazine July 2015 Issue: Penguin Prison Lost In New York (Downtown Records) Listen to the whole album via Penguin Prison’s SoundCloud.

July 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

Hannah Wants: To Want And To Have

Hannah Wants interviewed ahead of her first North American headlining tour for DJ Mag USA July 2015 Issue: Hannah Wants: To Want And To Have Check out some sets from Hannah … Continue reading

July 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Martinez Brothers: A Sound View

The Martinez Brothers interviewed for their Masters At Dutch project, Dutch Masters Vol. 1, for DJ Mag USA July 2015 Issue: The Martinez Brothers: A Sound View You can stream or download Dutch Masters … Continue reading

June 25, 2015 · Leave a comment

Underworld @ Hollywood Bowl

Previewed for LA Weekly: Underworld at the Hollywood Bowl This Week’s Best Concerts: Wattstaxx Revisited, Underworld, Bell Biv Devoe Listen to Underworld’s cover of Frankie Knuckes’ “Baby Wants To Ride” with … Continue reading

June 18, 2015 · Leave a comment

Talk In Tongues: Lightspeed

Talk In Tongues‘ Garrett Zeile interviewed for their debut album, Alone With A Friend, for Under The Radar Magazine April/May 2015 Issue: Talk In Tongues: Lightspeed Watch the official video for “Still Don’t … Continue reading

June 17, 2015 · Leave a comment

Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys (PIAS)

Reviewed for Under The Radar: Roisin Murphy Hairless Toys (PIAS) Watch the official video for “Evil Eyes.”

June 16, 2015 · Leave a comment

L.A.’s 50 Best Music Venues

Write-ups on Getty Center and Mack Sennett Studios for LA Weekly: L.A.’s 50 Best Music Venues

June 15, 2015 · Leave a comment

Giorgio Moroder: Back In Business

Giorgio Moroder interviewed for his album, Deja Vu, for Soma Magazine June 2015 Issue: Giorgio Moroder: Back In Business Listen to the wealth of Giorgio’s music via his SoundCloud.

June 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

Jaga Jazzist Records Starfire

Jaga Jazzist‘s Lars Horntveth interviewed for the recording of their album Starfire for Mix Magazine‘s June 2015 Issue: Jaga Jazzist Records Starfire Check out Jaga Jazzist via their SoundCloud.

June 7, 2015 · Leave a comment

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