Lapalux

Plus: Rufus Wainwright, Cold Cave, Omni, Allah-Las, Yo La Tengo, Kamasi Washington, Zeke, and more just announced tours.

Plus: Craig David, Ani DiFranco, The Lawrence Arms, Laura Veirs, Jonathan Davis of Korn, and more NYC-area shows on sale today.

Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear made a playlist of his favorite songs of 2017 so far. Grizzly Bear's three singles are on there (Ed says, "Yes I included us Bc I'm proud of those tracks")...

Once again, Hype Machine returns to SXSW for five days of Hype Hotel presented by Feed the Beat. It runs from March 17-21 at 1100 East 5th Street, Aust...

SXSW, which happens March 17-22 in Austin, TX, has announced its third round of 2015 showcasing artists. (Here's round 1 and round 2.) It's a big update, with over 500 new additions, including Amason, Frog Eyes, Palma Violets, Girl Band, Pity Sex, Sheer Mag, Kate Tempest, THEESatisfaction, Viet Cong, Matthew E...

NYC rap duo The Underachievers already had a couple quality mixtapes out, and earlier this month they finally got around to releasing their debut album, Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium, on RPM / Carol...

DC producer Lindsay Lowend, a member of Kastle's Symbols label, was one of the many electronic artists announced for Lollapalooza this week...

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...

After releasing some great EPs over the past couple years, UK producer Lapalux put out his debut album, Nostalchic, earlier this year via Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label...

One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin' (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others...