On Record Store Day, the great Toronto electro-pop crew Austra hooked up with Gina X, a culty German late-'70s/early-'80s postpunk singer, to release a 12" single of a new track called "Mayan Drums."…   Read Story »

One of CMJ 2012's champions, Doldrums' Airick Woodhead is set to release a new record next month with Lesser Evil, via Artubus/Souterrain Transmissions. "Anomaly" is about a lady that's tough to…   Read Story »

As we approached last week's CMJ marathon, thought-leading haymakers of all stripes were of a single mind: This year there just wouldn't be much hay to make. There appeared to be no big story to…   Read Story »

Talented Canadian MC Cadence Weapon will put out Hope In Dirt City next week, an LP from which we've already heard the hypnotic single "Conditioning" (as well as its Grimes remix). Now, another remix…   Read Story »

Canuck electroclashers Doldrums will put out a new 12'' this summer, and recently they dropped the lead single from that release. It's called "Jump Up," and it's a ravey romp that rides an irregular,…   Read Story »