Y’all know I’m a big fan of Austin’s burgeoning electronic-dance scene. We’ve got SOOO much talent in this city, and I’m glad things are moving back towards my ravey roots. Sadly, the bros from Auto …

If you’re coming to the second MGMT album because you loved “Time to Pretend”, “Kids”, and “Electric Feel”, there’s the door. No such moments exist on Congratulations. Hell, there aren’t even failed …

After all of the awful shit Crystal Castles did in the wake of their success, a whole lot of people hoped their new album would be terrible. Sorry, haters: 2010’s Crystal Castles improves …

Much has been said about Nas and Damian Marley since they announced their collaborative endeavor as Distant Relatives. While much of it was praise in anticipation, expectations grew to nearly unattainable heights. …

John MacLean likes to get confrontational about dance music. Which is understandable: He’s a straight dude who came to house via indie and noise and he seems bugged out that others are doing …

Talking to us over the summer about his then-forthcoming album, Steven Ellison said he felt like he was progressing as a producer. “I’m finally getting to the point where I can make the …

Is there any rapper who needs the genre’s recent, rampant vocal-manipulation trend less than Ludacris? Chris Bridges has long been drunk on his own gleefully elastic patois, one of rap’s most distinctive …

Forget the cartoon characters. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated misfits have always been mainly interesting as a concept, and on much of the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, it feels like Albarn …

Warning: You are now entering Baduworld, a land where the common rules of song structure, tonality and listenability in no way apply.In this alterna-zone, songs shimmer like mirages on the horizon. They’re …

As someone who is not only a fan, but also a collector of Sizzla Kalonji’s music, I have no idea how this man finds the time to relax. My collection consists of …