Ever since I was old enough to complain, my dad took great pleasure in the act of dragging my always-resistant ass to music festivals. A summer full of glorious music for him meant a summer full of…   Read Story »

A while ago, we reported that Domino and Ribbon would put out the multi-media Smugglers Way Flexi-Disc Zine on Record Store Day, a release that combines a 24-page zine with five flexi discs of…   Read Story »

For Record Store Day (April 21), Domino and Ribbon will put out the multi-media Smugglers Way Flexi-Disc Zine, a release that combines a 24-page zine with five flexi discs of unreleased material by…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

Thanks to everyone who came to 285 Kent last night for our party with Domino/Ribbon Music, and Todd P, and the Software label. Hope everyone that wanted to get in, got in -- I know it was a wet night…   Read Story »

Vice and Intel's second annual Creators Project multimedia showcase moved to Brooklyn this year, opting for the open, scenic beauty of BK's lush Brooklyn Heights neighborhood as opposed to the more…   Read Story »

UPDATE: We are happy to announce that Four Tet has been added to this bill, and will DJ from 8-9PM (which is precisely the time there will be free vodka). Come early and often. Iceland Airwaves…   Read Story »

Armed with tidal waves of reverb, Puro Instinct stopped by the Detroit Bar in support of their album Headbangers in Ecstasy. In the opening slot John Maus delivered an impressive one man electronic…   Read Story »

Here's the sequel to last year's popular heartbreak of a mixtape, Cruel Summer. That one was worn, forlorn, and sexual, it was the soundtrack arc to your winter romance burning up and melting in the…   Read Story »

There's a snoozy insularity and strange weightlessness to John Maus's We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves: This dreamy Jennifer Juniper Stratford-directed video of Maus camping out at…   Read Story »