KCRW

L.I.E.S. : Label You Should Know

Based in Brooklyn, the L.I.E.S. (Long Island Electrical Systems) labelspecializes in a left-field brand of House that is rooted in minimal wave synth “pop” and avant garde noise. But unlike other ...
Complex

a l l i e Talks Travel, Ancestral Ties, and Musical Rebirth on Her New Album 'Tabula Rasa'

a l l i e Talks Travel, Ancestral Ties, and Musical Rebirth on Her New Album 'Tabula Rasa' Toronto R&B singer-songwriter a l l i e opens up about starting a new chapter on her sophomore album "Tabula ...
Los Angeles Times

‘L.I.E.’ Takes Honest Look at Male Sexuality

At the opening of Michael Cuesta’s “L.I.E.,” one of the year’s strongest--and riskiest--films, 15-year-old Howie Blitzer (Paul Franklin Dano) is standing on an overpass, looking down on the Long ...
The Fader

Nothing But the Truth: An Oral History of L.I.E.S.

15 L.I.E.S. ARTISTS RECOUNT THE LABEL'S HISTORY From the magazine: ISSUE 87, August/September 2013 For more on L.I.E.S., read Emilie Friedlander's profile of the label. Quick to deflect praise from ...
AV Club

L.I.E.

A giant artery feeding one of the largest middle-class suburban sprawls in the country, the Long Island Expressway snarls like a monster in Michael Cuesta's L.I.E., but as a metaphor, it's closer to a ...