Record Store Day 2016: DJ Lloyd’s Deep Cuts

The Lot Radio regular and Tiki Disco co-founder shares eight gems from his 5000+ collection

In case you’ve forgotten, Record Store Day is tomorrow. Regardless of whether the hundreds of “exclusive new releases and reissues” were worth pressing to vinyl, the event celebrates the long-loved medium and rekindles the flame with albums old and new. And NYC’s Lloyd Harris (aka DJ Lloydski) is getting us in the mood by sharing some deep cuts you’re immediately going to bookmark. He’s one …

Jambinai: They Keep Silence

Almost an antithesis to manufactured K-pop is South Korean band Jambinai, who use their country’s traditional instruments to rock out with intensity as seen in their music video for experimental metal track “They Keep Silence.” Eun Youg Sim vigorously plucks the large geomungo to establish the bass line; on Bomi Kim’s knee is the wailing haegeum, bowed sort of like a cello—later breaks out into …

Khe-Yo Celebrates Lao New Year

For those not afraid of the funk, a fishy, fermented tasting menu on offer this week at the NYC restaurant

NYC restaurant Khe-Yo has been serving Laotian-inspired cuisine in TriBeCa for almost three years now, led by Chef Soulayphet Schwader, or “Phet”—whose family escaped war-torn Laos when he was three, eventually relocating to Wichita, Kansas. This week, Phet has put together a special, shareable menu ($68 per person) celebrating Lao New Year and it’s not for those with sensitive noses. No courses here: everything comes …