Well, if you’ve been saving your pennies for that mythical rainy day, ladies & germs, THAT DAY HAS ARRIVED. No matter what your pleasure, there’s certain to be something within today’s mammoth haul that suits you. Why does it seem like I’m saying that with extra confidence? Because today also sees the New Arrivals debut [...]

This past week, Anthony Gonzalez of M83 sat down at his Twitter feed and answered a bunch of questions asked by you, his fans, about his epic new Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, his favorite movies and bands, and more. You can read the entire interview after the jump!

It’s New Arrivals time, and I wanted to lead this week with some exciting news: beginning next week, both here on 17 Dots and on eMusic proper, Jonah Powell will be contributing his roundup of the best Jazz new arrivals to this massive tome. JAZZ FANS, YOUR DAYS IN THE COLD SHADOW OF ISOLATION ARE [...]

[Bjork specifically requested that eMusic conduct an interview with the Syrian musician Omar Souleyman as part of her eMusic Takeover. Souleyman remixed the song "Crystalline" from her brand-new record Biophilia. -Ed] On the map of Syria, a slim finger of land extends to the northeast. This is Hassake, the country’s breadbasket, a land of plenty [...]

Ed. Note: As part of her week-long takeover of the eMusic UK site, Bjork granted us an exclusive interview about the many facets of her fascinating new album and iPad app project Biophilia. Read it below. by Andrew Perry One of the pop world’s most intrepid and unique artists (of either gender), Björk has fearlessly [...]

There are so many records out today that if you don’t find anything you like, I might question your commitment to music.

To celebrate the release of her new album and iPad app project Biophilia, Björk is taking over eMusic UK for a full week. As an honorary contributing member of our editorial team, Björk has hand-picked an artist for us to interview (read it here!). And she granted us an exclusive interview. We will also be [...]

When you think about “classic jazz” recordings, the labels that first come to mind come are part of the major label universe: Blue Note, Verve, Columbia. Dig a bit deeper and you’ll find labels like Fantasy, Prestige, Milestone, Pablo and Riverside — iconic imprints that have pressed a hefty stack of essential LPs and live [...]

First things first: The Feist record will be up tomorrow. In the meantime, we have a gajillion other new arrivals to keep you busy — including the new record from Zola Jesus, which is kind of like a subzero Feist.

Hey everyone, welcome. Let’s get to it: new Roots Manuva, Neon Indian, We Were Promised Jetpacks, and more, after the jump. Roots Manuva, 4everevolution – The wizened veteran London rapper returns with more baleful insights. Dorian Lynskey writes: While younger, more commercially successful MCs such as Dizzee Rascal and Tinie Tempah know their way around [...]