The Wu, perhaps a little hungry to stay ahead of the hype in any way possible, continues on the quest for the marketer’s new edge on the music industry. With all the buzz about the one-album-only concept surrounding their upcoming release of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, it’s not surprising A Better Tomorrow, their twentieth anniversary album, would […]

Sure Richard D. James has been doing other things with his musical time under different monikers in the last thirteen years, but as far as the Aphex Twin we all revere him to be, it’s been a long fucking time. A true groundbreaker in the world of electronic/intelligent dance music in a way that has […]

In further support of Ariel Pink’s recently released “Put Your Number in My Phone” single comes the self-aware, slightly bizarre music video directed by Grant Singer. In a definite nod to the film Midnight Cowboy, Señor Pink — while clad in cowboy hat and fuzzy jacket — wheels his sickly friend through the mean streets of a […]

SBTRKT, Aaron Jerome’s frequently masked music-alias, is preparing the world for his Wonder Where We Land LP releasing one week from now through Young Turks.”The Light”, streaming here, features the soulful vocals of UK’s up and coming Denai Moore who will be appearing with SBTRKT throughout the UK leg of his tour. Moore will basically be taking over the role […]

Ever since all those Aphex Twin blimps started mysteriously showing up over London, windowlickers worldwide started getting goosebumps. If you’ve been wondering — rather, make that anxiously waiting with your fingers on the sound knobs  — for when you’d be hearing something new from perhaps the most warped wonder on the Warped label, the time is […]

Pretty Lights — aka Derek Vincent Smith — has been one of the most consistent instrumental producers of the last half decade. With a complex layered approach that’s more DJ Shadow than cornball EDM mainstage, the Denver producer is one of the few talents that has flavorfully blended the world of hip-hop beats with electronic textures. […]

Los Angeles Production/DJ duo Classixx drops another goodie in our candy box this week. First off they’ve given us solid remixes that we come to time and time again. They’ve also helped us get down to business on Valentine’s Day with their Immaculate Selections mixtape (we certainly hope it got you some action last week). […]

As J. Cole prepares to drop his sophomore album Sideline Story he’s apparently grown a bit anxious, and wants to share some new tunes. So he took to his website to write a little letter and offer up some music, all castaways from the album that otherwise wouldn’t get heard. Here’s what he wrote: “It’s […]