After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,…   Read Story »

There are many questionable things about Snoop's fake patois-drenched reboot as roots-reggae uplifter Snoop Lion -- and perhaps, per the NYT, tapping fellow Caribbean appropriators Major Lazer to…   Read Story »

If you caught any of Major Lazer's frantic, fun-as-hell festival-rocking live shows over the last few years, you likely saw girls twerking on speaker-risers, Skerritt Bwoy performing death-defying…   Read Story »

Major Lazer's 2012 album Free The Universe featured a collaboration with Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors, "Get Free." At this year's SXSW both Coffman and Major Lazer finally performed the song…   Read Story »

I haven't been charting it or anything, but I've been writing these lists for the better part of a year now, and despite a few slow weeks, they seem to get better all the time. So here's something to…   Read Story »

Here's the vibrant, energetic clip for Major Lazer's "Get Free," a video that also features bite-sized dip-ins from Diplo and the featured vocalist Amber Coffman. SoMe directs. Watch it…   Read Story »

Last month Major Lazer previewed "Get Free," a track for which Diplo recruited Dirty Projectors siren Amber Coffman. Well now, it's out today, and downloadable at majorlazergetfree.com for the price…   Read Story »

Major Lazer dropped a tour teaser today that premiered a snippet of a the new "Get Free," a track that features Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman. It's out officially 4/16, but scope the trailer in the…   Read Story »

Over the past year, the Roots have stretched mightily on Late Night, home of TV's most adventurous music programming. It was hardly a surprise to learn folky folks like MMJ, Joanna Newsom, and…   Read Story »