UK Discopop sprite Little Boots is back with a fine new record,” Nocturne“. Co-produced/written with a grip of bona-fide producers including Jeppe (Junior Senior,) Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair,) James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco,) and Tim Goldsworthy (DFAs originator/Thee Loving Hand) the album is a glittery, pouty nighttime soundtrack.
“Nocturne“ is out now, and first single “Broken Record“ is a like an Abba single hopped …

For a number of years, DJ/Producer Vincente Sanfuentes has been forging the sound of the new Latin alternative dance movement as a member of the Comeme label and producer for Matias Aguayo, Los Amigos Invisibles, Senor Coconut, Rebolledo and more. Additionally, he’s released work on the BoysNoize label under the Surtek Collective moniker.
Continually pushing forward, the prolific and supremely gracious Sanfuentes has now launched …

Last year, new DFA artist Larry Gus (Panagiotis Melidis) released and gave away his first full length album “Silent Congas“ as a free download.
A trippy, sample-based beat record, it was a response and love letter to the MPC God J Dilla and artists like Koushik and Caribou. A solid DFA debut, it actually sits quite well in the mix with all those artists.
Recently, DFA’s just …

Several releases into a fine discography, local husband and wife duo Rainbow Arabia have crafted a consistent sound that is equal parts 80s synthpop and “World” music. Like Bjork’s excursions into polyethnicity, the duo’s sound fetishistically fused North African desert rhythms and Middle Eastern percussion with the neon glow of early MTV. 

On their follow-up to 2011′s Boys and Diamonds, they’ve turned up the glow. …

This past week I received a single from Crosstown Rebels which has now turned into just about one of my favorite things I’ve heard all year. It’s unquestionably the prettiest, genuine euphoria-inducing piece of dance music I’ve heard in awhile.
A new, near perfect shimmering piece of minimal tech-house, Mathew Jonson’s “In The Stars” is absolutely stunning. The B-Side to the “Automaton” single he’s released in advance of …

Big Beat pioneers The Chemical Brothers are legend. 20 years on, the signature squelch that was present from inception on “Song to the Siren” still bangs on  ”Swoon” off 2010′s Furthur.
The past few years found them touring incessantly, releasing an album, scoring a film (Hanna,) releasing another album and a live concert film.
Understandably, they’ve taken a year off…however, considering their tireless search for the perfect beat, Brother …

This coming Friday marks the second to last First Friday at the Natural History museum of 2013.
Artists Javelin and Helado Negro are an excellent bill of kaleidoscopic loop-based artists whose music is wonderously strange and totally mesmerizing alternative pop music that’ll sound awesome in the echoey halls of LA’s most educational hot spot.
Floridian by way of Ecuador, Helado Negro is an excellent producer who’s …

Cédric Marszewski, aka Pilooski, has maintained a relatively low-profile since the 2011 release of Discodeine’s self-titled LP.
Then, out of the blue, a few hours ago VICE France premiered this brilliant animated video for a brand new Discodeine single, “Aydin.”
Featuring Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, the track features Piloo’s signature psychedelic chugger vibes with a combination of Disco strings and 80s New Wave 7″  synthline reminiscent of Thomas Dolby’s …

Hot Chip is the gift that keeps on giving. Aside from frontman Alexis Taylor’s solo work, the group has given birth to side projects Booji Boy High, About Group, The 2 Bears…and the latest member of the Hot Chip family New Build.
New Build is a collaboration between Al Doyle (who was additionally in LCD Soundsystem) Felix Martin and Tom Hopkins.
Like their forebears, New Build is an …

One of my very favorite albums of all time is The Flaming Lips‘ “The Soft Bulletin“.
It was one of those truly defining, life changing records for me. There was something about the extremely vulnerable and existential quality of the lyrics that was met by the bombast and whispers of the music. It spoke to a true feeling of longing for an answer from the …