Since I’m playing a darkwave and post-punk set at Underground x Shadowplay this Friday night and have Disco Matinee coming up on Sunday, I wanted to bring together all those styles in this month’s Beatique mix, which you can listen to now on Mixcloud or via the embed below.
Continue reading Listen to the New Beatique Mix with Music from Grey Factor, Body of Light, Yuksek, Jessie Ware and MoreMy latest Beatique mix is now live. To listen to the hour-long episode, either tune in on Mixcloud or via the embed here. Here’s the full track list for you.
Continue reading Beatique Mix #6 Is Out Now
What a week this has been! Got to finish it at Underground, playing upstairs all night for the party’s Cure Night. The crowd was amazing and I have so much to say about that night, but I also have a deadline to meet for a story, so I won’t be able to write about that just yet.
Continue reading Liz O. in the DJ Booth: May 28 – June 3
Liz O. here to tell you that you have three chances to catch me in the DJ booth this week. Here’s what’s coming up.
Continue reading Liz O. in the DJ Booth: April 23-29
It’s your resident DJ Liz O. here posting to let you know where I’ll be this week in Los Angeles.
Continue reading Liz O. in the DJ Booth: March 26-April 1, 2023
It’s probably pointless to write about Cracker Island, the latest album from Gorillaz, almost a month after it was released. It’s already been heavily reviewed. It’s a Billboard chart hit. If you’re into the long-running collaboration between Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and a revolving cast of star musicians and producers, you probably already have Cracker Island.
Still, I’m going to write a couple paragraphs about Cracker Island here just in case you missed it. After all, it is very easy for the albums you want to hear to get lost in the algorithms.
Continue reading Get This Album Now: Gorillaz “Cracker Island”
One of the songs I played most in 2022 didn’t come out this year. In fact, “Drop the Numb” is an indie dance mashup that dates back to the mid-’00s. I retrieved it from my Little Twin Stars CD booklet filled with music from the heyday of Soulseek and music blogs.
I still don’t know the name of the remixer who fused together Mylo’s club hit “Drop the Pressure” with Scissor Sisters’ cover of “Comfortably Numb.” I wish I did, just so I could say thank you for this banger.
Continue reading You Love This ’00s Indie Dance Mashup