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 »

Superfans might disagree, but as far as I'm concerned, Tegan And Sara's newest album, Heartthrob, is also their best. And that album's best song is its third single, the devastating ballad "I Was A…   Read Story »

Next week, Michigan dance-music veteran Matthew Dear will release Beams, his follow-up to 2010's excellently smoky Black City. We've already heard two darkly glamorous tracks from the album, "Her…   Read Story »

The first track we heard from Matthew Dear's soon-to-be-released Beams, "Her Fantasy," saw the electo auteur delivering a dark techno-synthpop hybrid. "Earthforms" is even sparer and more…   Read Story »

Dapper dance music experimentalist Matthew Dear returns this summer with Beams, the followup to the excellent Black City LP. The slow techno of "Her Fantasy" is its first single, and today it has a…   Read Story »

In the video for "Her Fantasy," the excellent new slow-throb synthpop single from Matthew Dear, we see glamorous portraits of a cast of characters who look like they could've been pulled from the…   Read Story »

Last week, slinky techno auteur Matthew Dear announced a new album called Beams and debuted his excellent new single "Her Fantasy." Yesterday, the actual "Her Fantasy" single came out, and it…   Read Story »

On 2010's Black City, the longtime dancefloor adventurer Matthew Dear worked up a slickly dark and unique form of techno-pop. He'll follow that album up later this summer with another one called…   Read Story »

Headcage, the new EP from Michigan dance-music adventurer Matthew Dear, is out today, and we've already posted the title track. Below, download another selection from the release. It's called "In The…   Read Story »

Next year -- next month, to be more specific -- Matthew Dear follows up 2010's excellent Black City LP with Headcage, a four-track EP recorded in Brooklyn's Rare Book Room studio and due 1/17 via…   Read Story »