July 2010
Goodbye Gigamesh! →
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Join us for Gigamesh’s final throwdown at Too Much Love before he moves to Miami! Gigamesh // Soundcloud / Senor Stereo / Twitter Sovietpanda // …
Chicago News Cooperative - Rehabbed, a Punk Dive... →
o most of its patrons, the Fireside Bowl is simply a bowling alley in Logan Square, but not that long ago it was arguably the best punk-rock club in Chicago.
Totally Mangled: Spank! Records Chats With Ray... →
Ray/Raj was kind enough to sit down with us upon his return from a recent tour of Japan to talk about his approach DJing and music production:
The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview |... →
Ahead of their highly-anticipated set at Field Day this Saturday, Emily Bick speaks to Silver Apples’ Simeon about a remarkable history of musical invention
DFA Records Art Exhibition | Boudist Photos →
ast night i took some photos of the launch of DFA records art exhibition at Tom Dunne Gallery in Darlinghurst for EMI.
Titled “That’s Cool But Can You Make It More Sh*t?”, the show was a large…
Tensnake: A Hamburg Producer Slithers Between... →
Sun →
CARIBOU - Sun from Caribou on Vimeo. When I DJ Caribou songs, I often get asked what remixes I play, despite the fact I’m playing album tracks. Dan Snaith really…
The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity |... →
Ben Graham talks to Ripley Johnson about Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips and the three R’s
RA: Machine love: Oneohtrix Point Never →
The Brooklyn-based synth head is just as lo-fi as you might think, but not nearly as nostalgic. In advance of his live performance at Decibel in September, RA’s Mike Powell finds out what machines…
James Murphy Explains “Losing My Edge” in Brit Lit... →
WLF + LMB →
XLR8R Podcast 153: Wolf + Lamb [MP3]
01 Deniz Kurtel “Won’t Do (Edit)”
02 Georgia Ann Muldrow “Wrong Way” (Stones Throw)
03 J. Dilla “Bye” (Stones Throw)
04 Piniflow “Body…
RA: Playing favourites: The Knife, Mt. Sims,... →
In advance of the London premiere of The Knife’s “electronic opera,” RA’s Lee Smith met up with the Swedish duo, plus collaborators Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, to listen through a selection of music…
Pitchfork: Interviews: Diplo →
I Know →
Holy Ghost! are going on tour with Chromeo - they hit First Ave on Saturday August 7.
Bassgasm... The Return →
I’m playing at a massive event this Friday at First Avenue, with Tommie Sunshine (not familiar with the other names), put on by Woody McBride. I was recently interviewed at City…
In The Clouds →
Wurst Music has recently joined Soundcloud, and upped some mixes for your pleasure. Included are My Cousin Roy’s excellent XLR8R Podcast, a Ulysses Psummer Psyche out, and the…
In The Mix →
Some DJ mixes from around the web, in case you missed them…
Andrew Weatherall does Dummy Mix 39 [MP3]
Andy Blake, formerly of Dissident, currently of Cave Paintings, mixes
Magda →
Magda was a surprise standout at DEMF earlier this summer. Her take on minimal was tight, groove-oriented and surprisingly funky. (It’s too bad she played on the Made in Detroit stage,…
Hot Chip – 'Sup Magazine: intimately documenting... →
2 Many DJs – 'Sup Magazine: intimately documenting... →
Chances are if you’ve been to a festival this year, either 2 Many DJs or Soulwax will have been been there, doing what they do best - ripping up the dancefloor, remixing it and delivering it back in…
Rescuing a Disco Demigod From Oblivion - WSJ.com →
Walter Gibbons Spent the 1970s and ’80s Helping Invent Modern Dance Music. A New Release Keeps His Memory Alive.
The 120 Minutes Archive - Playlists, videos, and... →
Since 2003, we’ve been traveling back through time to rediscover and preserve the history of the legendary MTV U.S. series, 120 Minutes, which played alternative music videos with VJs, guests, and…
Tri Angle Records Presents “Let Me Shine for You”... →
Inspired in part by Lindsay Lohan’s grotesquely fascinating black hole existence and in part by my unwavering belief in the power of pop music as an artform, I saw an opportunity to create something…
Shed: second skin – FACT magazine: music and art →
Techno has for too long clung to its self-mythology: the unshakable idea that it’s a vanguard music, that it’s still some kind of future-rushing phenomenon.
Asked & Answered | Musician/Mathematician Caribou... →
Dummy Mix 39 // Andrew Weatherall | Dummy » Mixes →
Utterly brilliant mix from dance music legend playing new Psyche-Disco night at The Drop on Thursday 15 July.
The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview |... →
Ariel Pink has an aura. Louis Pattison peers beyond it to get to the heart of Before Today which, for many, is shaping up to be one of the albums of the year
Dollars to Pounds: D/R/U/G/S « The FADER →
I spoke to Cal and George about hardcover bibles and rap music.
In Film and Music, the Galkin Brothers Are on... →
THERE was probably little doubt that Matthew Galkin would someday find his way to New York. Even when he was a teenager in Highland Park, Ill., his classroom work suggested that a more willing…
LA LA Land →
Jacques Renault interview in LA from TIGER TIGER on Vimeo.
Will Eastman →
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Party-rocker extraordinaire Will Eastman touches down in Minneapolis this weekend to whip Too Much Love into a frenzy. Will is the resident DJ at the extremely…
The Quietus | Features | 2010 A Glass Half Full |... →
Shiver Into Existence: Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics
The Quietus | Features | Fall Sound | Mark E Smith... →
Mark E Smith Of The Fall On Art & The Artist
The Quietus | Features | 2010 A Glass Half Full |... →
Real Life Is No Cool hasn’t been far from the Quietus stereo all year. John Doran chats to Hans-Peter about Christabelle and fucking with the canon…
The Quietus | Features | 2010 A Glass Half Full |... →
Even though most of their brilliance is still contained in potential, Factory Floor are one of the few bands to inspire John Doran to violent bloody endeavour
Becoming ‘One’: Anatomy of a #1 hit | Beatportal →
Washed Out: leisure time, all the time – FACT... →
Washed Out is the principal recording project of one Ernest Weatherly Greene, a 26-year-old from Perry, Georgia.
FACT mix 165: Andy Blake – FACT magazine: music... →
FACT mix 165 is a ravishing 22-track selection from London’s Andy Blake.
Elite Gymnastics ride the chillwave - Page 1 -... →
Duo’s electronic pop receiving national attention
Singularity →
DISCODEINE / SINGULAR from alainfinkielkrautrock on Vimeo.
DJBROADCAST →
DJBroadcast podcast - DJB.111 - Wolf + Lamb (by Gadi Mizrahi)
RT @Firstavenue 9 hours, 5 rooms, Bassgasm 2. http://bit.ly/cMEirV // Tickets here http://bit.ly/brHr8z
Introducing: KiNK | Beatportal →
In just a short amount of time, Strahil Velchev aka KiNK has come from being a relative unknown even in underground house circles to being one of the most in-demand producers and remixers to burst…
RA: Derrick Carter: A Chicago classic - Interview →
RA’s Todd L. Burns chats with one of the Windy City’s biggest names in advance of his upcoming appearance in the Rizla Arena at Lovebox
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Holy Fuck: With Their New Record, the Toronto... →