In honor of this momentous occasion—a newfangled regime and a new lease on life—LAist would like to extend a musical goodie bag of sorts. LA-based record label Vosotros has released their latest endeavor ¡YES WE PUEDE!, a compilation of local artists covering nationalistic public domain tunes in honor of today's Presidential inauguration. The free eight-song disc, released under a CC BY-NC license, features LAist favorites Obi Best (LAist Interview, Review, #2), weyou and Learning Music. After all, we all deserve a handful of sweet songs for roughing it the last eight years. more ›

Last Sunday, local Alex Lilly's solo project Obi Best (MySpace), formerly known as Colorforms (MySpace), performed the first show of her month-long residency, celebrating the release of her debut album , at Tangier in Los Feliz. more ›