ENTERTAINMENT
March 10, 2014 | By Chris Lee
A certain fatigue had set in for the multiplatinum-selling electronic dance music act Swedish House Mafia in 2012. By the three members' own estimate, they had partied hard five days a week for six years straight, consuming mass quantities of booze and chemical stimulation, living the hedonistic life associated with superstar DJs while traveling the globe to deliver their four-on-the-floor dance delirium to packed arenas. But just as EDM was becoming an increasingly mainstream concern - with the group selling out Madison Square Garden in nine-minutes flat and its smash single "Don't You Worry Child" moving millions of copies to top pop charts around the world - Swedish House Mafia made a controversial decision: to call it quits at the peak of the group's success.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 9, 2013 | By August Brown
The snow machines were a welcome touch at Swedish House Mafia's Friday farewell set in Chinatown. On a night with miserable outdoor concert weather -- chilly temperatures, with just enough rain to turn the L.A. State Historic Park into a frigid mud slurry -- when the trio of DJs kicked on the midfield snowblowers, you could almost pretend that you were actually raving astride a Swedish fjord. Almost. “Serious respect to the girls who came out dressed in bikinis on this … warm spring night,” joked one of the Mafia members from atop a monolithic tiered stage at the park's north end. “That's the kind of friends we have.” If EDM artists and festivals have enjoyed a perpetual spring and summer in America over the last few years, the retirement of Swedish House Mafia might herald a changing season.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 14, 2014 | By August Brown
Sebastian Ingrosso is terrified of cheetahs. Fans at SXSW learned this during a scene in the new Swedish House Mafia documentary "Leave the World Behind" in which the band, in the midst of its farewell tour, visits a wildlife sanctuary. The other members - Axwell and Steve Angello - sidle up next to a pile of bored-looking big cats, while the usually floppy and fun-loving Ingrosso suddenly turns stiff and panicked. As one cheetah gently licks his hand, he suddenly bolts for the door of the enclosure, and stays behind a locked gate while the rest of the band laughs at him. The scene in the film (which premiered Wednesday at SXSW)
BUSINESS
April 17, 2013 | By Lauren Beale
Producer-composer-musician Tom Rothrock has sold his Hollywood Hills home to DJ-actor-producer Steve Angello for $3.9 million, public records show. Rothrock and his wife, Monique, spent years working on the house, integrating its 1940s classicism with contemporary interiors and an open floor plan. The 6,150-square-foot home features walls of glass, a wrap-around deck, six fireplaces, four bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms. The third-of-an-acre site, which includes a guesthouse and a swimming pool, takes advantage of city, canyon and mountain views.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 14, 2013
While most of the EDM establishment is cavorting at Winter Music Conference in Miami, some of the genre's biggest names will head to L.A. for Beyond Wonderland, one of Insomniac's bigger annual events. Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello, Afrojack, pop titan David Guetta and rising acts such as Maya Jane Coles, Art Department, Damian Lazarus, Arty and Rebecca & Fiona top a pretty thorough bill of contemporary EDM. San Manuel Amphitheater, 2575 Glen Helen Parkway, San Bernardino. 4 p.m. Sat. $75-$150.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 30, 2011
PRIX-FIXE DINNER Michael's, 1147 Third St. Santa Monica 8 p.m. Saturday, $175 a head, RSVP required (310) 451-0843 CONCERT Jenny and Johnny The Standard, 8300 Sunset Blvd. 9:30 p.m. Saturday, $75-$125 Ticketfly.com ALL-DAY BRUNCH Eveleigh, 8752 Sunset Blvd. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday (424) 239-1630, RSVP suggested DANCE BLOWOUT White Wonderland with Steve Angello Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W. Katella Ave. 7 p.m Sunday, $75-$250 Insomniac.com BOWLING SPOT The Spare Room, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.