The sample-based IDM of rjd2 (FKA RJD2) has evolved in recent years to take advantage of the producer's R&B and singer-songwriter-y tendencies. His 2010 LP The Colossus featured vocal cameos from…   Read Story »

The Colossus seems like RJD2 putting his sample-based work alongside his more recent singer-songwriter-y tendencies. The two Colossus flavors so far demonstrate this: "Let There Be Horns" connected…   Read Story »

"Games You Can Win," our first sample of RJD2's forthcoming The Colossus came with a "featuring Kenna" attached to it. This Thom Glunt, Jr.-directed video for "Let There Be Horns" features the…   Read Story »

For those of you who don't find Postal Service or Owl City satisfyingly soulful enough, there's always this new collaboration between RJD2 and Ethiopian-born Virginia Beach-raised Malcolm…   Read Story »

This year in music was great and we'rea gonna let it finish (sorry), but in terms of notable album releases the ship has sailed. No offense, 30 Seconds To Mars. While the Gummys' virtual poll booth…   Read Story »

Some 90 acts descended upon Champaign-Urbana, IL this past weekend, performing across 14 venues and four days for the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival. We sent photographer John Gitchoff to…   Read Story »

Tim Burton's cult stop-motion film turns 15 this year, and as previously reported a motley crew of indie and goth-pop acts have recorded covers for an updated soundtrack called Nightmare Revisited.…   Read Story »

Get ready goths and Evanescence fans, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. As part of the spooky fanfare, Billboard reports that Walt Disney Records…   Read Story »

As we made painfully clear during World Cup season, we know little of this soccer, and our news updates on the sport's attempt to woo the USofA revolve around the snore-worthy exploits of Posh and…   Read Story »

Ramble John's had a crazy stretch of late, going from tops of the Stereogum Catorce pops to hawking banana-infused rum concoctions in just three years. The DeeTwo's blue-eyed soul incorporation…   Read Story »