“Scratching is more like a transformation sequence, more like the audio parallel of The Thing or American Werewolf, where you see the human transformed into a werewolf, and just before they ...

Norway’s Smerz have been generating attention for their genre-melding, enigmatic sound. Steph Kretowicz talked to the duo about their unique inspirations and singular sources for field ...

Dance music fallacy #036: house artists don’t make good albums – and if they do, you’ve already heard them. Back… ...

A shop claiming to be the UK’s smallest vinyl record shop has opened its, er, door. Owner Matthew Hawton cut the ribbon of Marrs Plectrum Records this week in the garden of his house in ...

He was also known for his stint on Celebrity Big Brother. Dead or Alive frontman Pete Burns has died of a heart attack at age 57, according to the singer’s Facebook page. The new wave group’s ...

The nu-rave poster boys are splitting up. Well, probably. In a pair of tweets posted today, the Klaxons announced that “after what’s been nearly nine bananas years we’d like to let you know ...

Hearty congratulations to R&S on making it to 30. More often than not, dance labels operate on a mayfly life-cycle, and whereas that might be true of some of R&S’ more esoteric sub-labels (Cutty ...

ÄÄNET is a homage to Pan Sonic and to the late Mika Vainio. Pan Sonic’s Ilpo Väisänen has announced the release of a new full-length ÄÄNET, the first under his new moniker I-LP-ON.

The veteran producer and teaching professor records a set from his California sound laboratory. King Britt started his career as a resident DJ at Philadelphia’s Silk City in the early ’90s ...

It’s well-documented that getting your music out there, in 2013, is easier than ever. Whether it’s starting a vinyl label, building the foundations of a one-man Bandcamp empire or indulging ...

The Edit wants to help you build the ultimate record collection. Introducing the latest vinyl-related service to try and enable your record addiction. Sign up and they’ll send you a text message ...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s first studio album in a decade has won Canada’s answer to the Mercury Music Prize. Since 2006, the Polaris Music Prize ceremony has cerebrated the best albums ...