Coachella Weekend 1 strikes tomorrow! If you’re heading out to Indio for the festival, we know you’re probably intending to check out Blur, Phoenix, the Postal Service, and many of the other…   Read Story »

For no real reason beyond his inherently generous soul, the sticky-synth wizard has posted a free new song online, one that pretty much screams summertime in California. This one is called "It's So…   Read Story »

If there is anyone who should be laying his hand to Toro Y Moi's latest efforts, it is absolutely DaM-FunK and his brand of updated Prince aesthetics. On this remix -- or "re-freak," if you will --…   Read Story »

L.A. synth traveler DāM-FunK has never been exactly shy about his Prince influence, but he makes it just a little more concrete today, covering Prince's "When Doves Cry" B-side "17 Days" as the…   Read Story »

"No rocket science. Just a straight up summer 'glide' 4 U." That's the L.A. summertime-synth warlock writing on his Soundcloud page about "Happy," the shimmering new six-minute instrumental that he…   Read Story »

The influential Californian weird-pop enigma Ariel Pink has been working on a ton of projects lately, like the drawn-out "Witchhunt Suite For WWIII" and Ku Klux Glam, a collaborative album with R.…   Read Story »

The L.A. synth-squelch wizard Dām-Funk has just posted a new track on his Soundcloud, and it's a 13-minute greasy/glossy odyssey that, for the time being, doesn't have a title. (For now, he's…   Read Story »

Here we have a free new track from the always-fly Dām-Funk. It's a glimmering synth instrumental called "Inside Of U," and you can get a free download by dropping an email address into the widget…   Read Story »

A lot of times I compare live performances to how that band sounds on their album. At Pitchfork Festival, Saturday was really about how artists worked with the big crowd and the daytime heat (the…   Read Story »

Dr. Martens are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a digital ad campaign designed to remind you that rock stars wear Dr. Martens. This didn't work so well last time around. But this time they're…   Read Story »