Mark Farina

Read Lee "Scratch" Perry tributes from Flying Lotus, Mike D, Primal Scream, and more

The Orb, De La Soul, Billy Bragg, The Mountain Goats, Jenny Lewis, Steve Albini, Mark Stewart, Subatomic Sound System, Geoff Barrow, Ryley Walker have also paid tribute to the pioneering artist.

tributes to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider - OMD, Thomas Dolby, Mogwai, Moog, Duran Duran, more

Tributes have also come in from Jean Michel Jarre, Midge Ure (Ultravox), the Safdie Brothers, Orbital, The Orb, Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet), Lloyd Cole, Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Kid Congo Powers, Junior Boys, JD Samson, and many more.

Best U.S. Record Stores coffee table book released

Just in time for the holidays, Vinyl Me, Please has compiled and released a fancy book about record stores.

SXSW announces third round of 2016 artists

SXSW already announced two rounds of 2016 artists, and today a third round was announced, including L7, Bloc Party, The Cult, Loretta Lynn, Waxahatchee, Frankie Cosmos, D∆WN, Polica, Dilly Dally, Eleanor Friedberger, Protomartyr, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot, Fat White Family, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, All Dogs, Judy Collins & Ari Hest, The Dandy Warhols, Des Ark, Mick Jenkins, Lady Leshurr, Mitski, Supersuckers, Teen Suicide, together PANGEA, Turnover, Younghusband an…

Moogfest 2014 announces initial artist list (Kraftwerk, Chic, Giorgio Moroder, Darkstar, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks & more)

Kraftwerk @ MoMA, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) As mentioned, Moogest 2014 happens April 23 – 27 in Ashville, NC. The festival has just announced its initial line-up which includes: Kraftwerk 3D (playing three concerts), Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Giorgio Moroder, Laurie Anderson, Dan Deacon, Darkstar, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Adult, Le1f, Shigeto, Wolf Eyes, Les Sins (Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi), and more…

UPDATE: ALL shows cancelled tonight @ Le Poisson Rouge

With multiple rooms and over multiple hours, West Village music venue Le Poisson Rouge manages to cram a lot of events into a single day. Today, Saturday, August 27th, they were planning on hosting six separate events…

the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (2020Soundsystem, Ewan Pearson, the Rub, the Martinez Brothers, more...)

DOWNLOAD: Red Foxx – Live atLovelife, Providence 5/9/08 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Joee Irwin – Decks, Box & MBP (MP3) DOWNLOAD: LA Riots – Remixes, Volume 1 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: LA Riots – live at I Love Techno, 11/15/08 (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BM LINX – 123CAT (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Twelves – When You Talk (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Friendly Fires – Paris(Aeroplane Remix) (MP3) After spending 3 relaxing, but tame nights in suburbia over Thanksgiving I was more than ready to hit the floor this past Saturday night…