Way back when I remember raving on here about Teengirl Fantasy, this young dreamy DJ duo who had a single that Alex and I really loved. And by God we still stand behind that. But the praise that I gave to Teengirl I really should have reserved for Memory Cassette, a far superior group in [...]

Ida No and Cameron Mesirow are two of our finest divas, Ida the haunted voice behind Glass Candy, Cameron performing as Glasser, a hypnotizing project out of Los Angeles that we’ve been championing since last fall. On Saturday night both played in Brooklyn — Glass Candy in a bowling alley, Glasser in a DIY space [...]

Doesn’t look much like a deep house maverick, does it? Something about Walter Jones, the guy, and the hauntingly perfect single he’s just released, I’ll Keep On Loving You, doesn’t seem to add up.
The ho-hum, could-be-your-postman name. The hometown (New Orleans — not exactly a dance music mecca). The fact Jones has been making music [...]

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Every now and then a record shows up on the site with little warning, and gets lost in the onslaught of bigger titles with more cache or cred. Do not let Reichmann’s Wunderbar be that record — especially if you have a soft spot for the B-Side of David [...]

I don’t know how long it’s been since I have posted something, but as I have noticed a distinct lack of electronic music chatter here lately I figured it was high time.  Here are a few records that have been killing me lately.
Telemetrik: My Lightyear – This very well may have become my all [...]

It ain’t summer yet, at least in New York. Today, it’s not even very spring-like — although I suppose April showers are part of the deal. Point is, if you’ve got any glum residue left, any room in your psyche for a few more ruminative, mournful, moody, drippy musical moments, then I have the album [...]

He makes it soooooo easy. When someone is this good at this many things — and things so wide-ranging in scope, you can’t help but be shocked in spite of yourself — it’s damn near impossible not to tumble down the rabbit hole.
The Arthur Russell story is well-chronicled amongst music obsessives, the gist being: quiet [...]

Well it’s a bit misleading to say “first” — I’ve been listening on and off to the promo of the newest Junior Boys LP for a month or so. But it’s still with a set of fresh ears that I try to form an opinion of this very clean, very understated, mostly unassuming record.
First of [...]

Along with Hyperdub and Tectonic, Tempa rounds out the top triumvirate of genre-defining, classic-dropping dubstep labels. We’ve gotten Tempa releases on eMusic before, but today we got an unholy glut of releases in — a few of which are as essential as anything the genre has produced to date.
If you have even the slightest interest [...]

2009 marks Warp Records’ 20th year in business — a staggering achievement for anyone, and one all the more impressive considering the fickle taste of electronic music fans. But for Warp, they haven’t just adapted to the past two decades’ worth of faddish shifts and genre re-inventions: in many cases, they have led them. Certainly [...]

To say this one snuck up on me would be an understatement. I’d never even kinda heard of the 7×7 Beat Series (out on the equally mysterious All City Dublin label) until I clicked out of sheer curiosity about 20 pages deep into browsing New on eMusic. Here are the basics:
The Deal: Seven 2-3 song [...]

This week Evil Nine released They Live! – a zombie themed electro record with collaborations with EL-P and others. It’s pretty freakin good, and inspired me to track down a few more Halloween or Horror themed (or at least appropriate in tone) electronic albums in the the spirit of the season.

To follow on from Yancey’s last post, here are a few albums that have washed up on European shores.

I first saw Bishi perform one very hot night in the summer of 2006 at east London’s Bistroteque. The audience had started to blow out the candles on their tables – even the tiny amount of heat produced by a tea light was too much. The room was nearly dark when Bishi appeared, using her [...]

Back in Britain now and predictably it’s throwing down with rain. I’m warming my sodden feet with a few of this week’s new releases.

This week 17 Dots token Brit (i.e. me) has made it off the island and is currently hanging with the other Dotters in NYC. That said I still retain a strong commitment to my side of the Atlantic, so I’m going to totally ignore my surroundings and talk about Manchester-based Cats In Paris.
Cats In Paris [...]

I don’t ask for much. All I wanted last night was for Goldie to win Maestro and for British Sea Power or Burial to win the Mercury. But the Mercury judges clearly don’t care for my views and gave the prize to Elbow for The Seldom Seen Kid. Curses. But my Mercury choices never [...]

There are a couple of things that have caught my attention recently. And hey, at least two of them are available worldwide!

For those of you out there who are anticon, hip-hop or electronic fans, the album that the Alias/Why? track Well Water Black is on (I mentioned it in this post) came in today. I haven’t been anticipating an album like this in quite a while. I was considering buying the limited edition physical [...]

Not all of the best bands tour or even put out records. Some of them don’t even exist. As it’s Friday, take some time out from reality and have a look at a selection of fiction’s finest musicians.
The Good
Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem – The Muppet Show

The best-non human rock band in the [...]