Nightmares On Wax, known by birthright as George Evelyn, is one of the initial signees to seminal Warp Records. For a quarter of a century, NOW has been associated with the UK’s intelligent take on hip hop, funk, trip hop and soul alike, and has worked alongside the likes of everyone from De la Soul to […]


Two of the more interesting personalities in our current cultural landscape sit down for an hour long interview for radio station WYNC in New York. The host of the Here’s The Thing show, Alec Baldwin somehow convinced the usually reticent Thom Yorke to wax loquacious about many a topic, including of course the long history of Radiohead […]


One of our favorite LA producers, Daedelus, drops a new free EP for the Scion AV Project titled Looking Ocean. Known to his mum as Alfred Darlington, Daedulus is a layering master, expertly crafting tracks that range from the downright terrifying to the beautifully exquisite, releasing tracks for some of the best labels on earth (Ninja […]


25 Jul
Canada & UK unite for debut on Warp/LuckyMe Records

TNGHT, comprised of Canadian producer Lunice and UK producer Hudson Mohawke, released their debut self-titled EP yesterday via Warp/LuckyMe Records, and boy is it something. The last time I remember being this engaged listening to a song for the first time was Sleigh Bells “Tell Em”, a complete drum & bass arsenal on your ear, […]


13 Jul
Malawi artist shows his "Stabby Woman" in Venice Beach

C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice Beach, Cali is currently exhibiting new work from Kid Acne in a show entitled Stand & Deliver. The new work features mono-prints, screen-prints, drawings, and paintings of a debut version of Kid Acne’s signature Stabby Women (above and in gallery pictures below). The Stabby Women embody a powerful female genotype that has come to […]


10 May
NYC's favorite experimental rockers give the people what they want

You gotta give it to Battles, they certainly know how to give the people what they want. If what they want is girls licking ice cream cones while lounging naked in the tub, doing martial arts and gettig busy with a spirited paint fight. Anchored by one of rock’s best drummers (Helmet’s John Stanier), NYC’s […]


8 Sep
The band formerly known as Pivot drop their sophomore album "Church With No Magic" on Warp Records

Australia’s PVT have just released their sophomore album Church With No Magic on the peerless Warp Records. Leftfield, dense with textured sounds and more than a bit deranged, the band formerly known as Pivot have a headlock on damaged techno, for lack of a better term. Amidst all that digital rubble, however, are beautiful layers […]


9 Mar
Techno luminary Jimmy Edgar shares what makes the Motor City really rumble

Jimmy Edgar is a modern Renaissance artist. Music, fashion, photography, film, even packaging — he has made a name for himself internationally on many a creative medium. But he is probably best known as an exquisite sound architect, shaping layers of beats and bass that are as sinister as they are seductive. A little soul, […]