Since you are interested in Los Angeles, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Benga
Diary of an Afro Warrior [ Tempa Records / CD - released 17/Mar/2008 ] The most anticipated dubstep album of 2008 promises to do to 2008 what Burial's 'Untrue' did to 2007 (i.e. nudge the dubstep sound into the mainstream). |
Burial
Untrue [ Hyperdub Records / CD - released 26/Nov/2007 ] 'Untrue' is the sophomore album from the acclaimed dubstep producer, Burial, and features the tracks "Raver", "Near Dark" and "Homeless". It is a dark sonic journey through an electronic landscape... |
Gnarls Barkley
The Odd Couple [ Warner Music / CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] 'The Odd Couple' takes the playful creativity that distinguished this duo's debut and expands the energy, the soul and the psychological complexity. It establishes Gnarls as a pivotal act of the 21st Century. |
Leila
Blood Looms & Blooms [ Warp Records / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] Ten years after her genre-obliterating debut, Leila finally delivers her third full-length, with a few old friends in tow (Luca Santucci & Roya Arab) plus a host of new guest vocalists, such as Terry Hall + Martina Topley-Bird. |
Mrs Jynx
The Standoffish Cat [ Planet Mu Records LTD. / CD - released 25/Jul/2008 ] 'The Standoffish Cat' - her debut album, dutifully released through the home of I.D.M., Planet Mu - is a beautifully retrogressive and faithful electronica recording from Manc producer Mrs Jynx (A.K.A. Hannah Davidson). |