The LA Phil's richly-curated Concrete Frequency festival is capping two weeks of events with a special show featuring Cornelius and Plaid tomorrow night at Walt Disney Concert Hall. What defines a city and how does urban living influence art? Tokyo's artsy electro-indie-pop producer-musician Cornelius (born Keigo Oyamada) and UK electro-ambient duo Plaid will offer up their unique sonic (and visual) interpretations tomorrow night. Limited tickets were still available online at the time of this......

It should be quite apparent by now that electronic music has officially made a comeback in LA in the past couple years, if not more recently than that. While supergroups such as Daft Punk and the Chemical Brothers have maintained a steady stronghold on the genre since their inception, it would be easy to argue that electronic music never left. However, being an electronic music fan in Los Angeles seems to be slightly different......

There is pretty much nothing that I love more than great electronic music. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't ever get into electronic music because it is something that you really have to seek out, because like any other type of music, most of it sucks. Add to that the fact that there is a very limited radio audience, only a handful of credible domestic labels, and very little marketing associated with the good......

If you ever see John Tejada perform, you know he's a kickback relaxed guy. If the way he dresses is any indicator, you know he's in it for the love the music and the art and not for the rock star lifestyle and attitude. Perhaps his humbleness is one of the main reasons he's risen to be one of the art form's best. Birthed in Vienna by two classically trained parents (his father, a composer......