Aphex Twin

Tycho's Scott Hansen on His Next Album and People Sleeping To His Music

Tycho, the blissful electronic brainchild of Scott Hansen that's mutated into a live trio with guitar, bass and real drums, made 2011's best easy listening disc. Dive accrued slow, deserved notice for its happier-Boards of Canada pop-scapes as on the unwinding pick hit "Hours." Ahead of his show at ... More >>

A First Listen to The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, Feat. Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Bon Iver and More

I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

Here's Duck Sauce's New, NSFW Video for "Big Bad Wolf," and Six Other Videos in Which the Human Face Is Absolutely Terrifying

Yesterday, Billboard.com asked its readers if they thought Duck Sauce's new video, for the track "Big Bad Wolf", was the most disturbing video of 2011. Well, we've just had a look -- and while it's definitely weird and it's definitely uncomfortable, we're just gonna go ahead and say that this scathi ... More >>

Björk's Biophilia: A First Listen

Who doesn't have a strong opinion on Björk? Love me some Homogenic and Vespertine, hate me some Medulla, and I'm pretty sure the overrated Post and underrated Volta are about equal in quality. And for the stuff I haven't heard -- Telegram, Gling-Glo, various box sets and live crapanalia -- I fear t ... More >>

Five EDM Tours that Paved the Way for Identity Festival

Colin Young-WolffWe've seen this before...​ The good folks of Identity Festival, which comes to Shoreline this Saturday, don't want to lie to you. Yet despite what they've claimed, they're not the first-ever electronic touring festival ever seen in America. It's merely the first electronic-onl ... More >>

Techno Producer Speedy J Plays Live at Kontrol This Weekend

​Dutch producer Speedy J (Jochem Paap) arrives this weekend in San Francisco to offer a rare three-hour hybrid DJ set and live performance. A colleague and former label-mate of techno luminaries such as Richie Hawtin and Aphex Twin, Speedy J's sonic musings helped lay the foundation for the mo ... More >>

Top 5 Songs Charlie Sheen Is Probably Listening To Right Now

So this was the week that Charlie Sheen went on an extensive media tour to prove to the world that he was a "Vatican Assassin Warlock" -- which, according to our dictionary, means "gigantic mentalist." He has also announced to the world that he's "tired of pretending like [he's] not special." Well, ... More >>

Friday's Pick: Eskmo with Dr. Strangeloop, Shlohmo, Teebs and Timeboy at Milk

Eskmo​Eskmo, Dr. Strangeloop, Shlohmo, Teebs, and Timeboy @Milk 8 p.m., $10They say that good things come to those who wait, and that's certainly true of local beatmaker Eskmo. Brendan Angelides started recording as Eskmo more than a decade ago, but he's just now putting t ... More >>

Behind the Beat with DJ Dials (Change the Beat, Soundpieces)

​Never let it be said that Noah Bennet Cunnigham is lazy. His hustle knows no bounds. He DJs, designs airport art installations, produces tracks, and manages our premiere glitch-hop outfit, Lazer Sword. As DJ Dials, he explores the depths of futuristic booty tunes and next-level bass music with ed ... More >>

King Cannibal's bloody Valentine mixtape

King Cannibal's Fuck Valentine's Day Mix: Snuggle This!

Nathan Seabrook​Valentine's Day is the soppiest date of the year. Dewy-eyed lovebugs would have you believe it's exemplified by bunches of red roses and teddy bears and boxes of candy and cards with pink hearts on the front and cloying sentiments scrawled inside. The charmingly named King Canniba ... More >>

Hey DJ! Friday Q&A: Sam Supa of Surefire Sound

​DJ Sam Supa wears many hats. That one you see there in that photo? That's just the one he wears for eating cereal. He has many other guises as he digs around San Francisco's deep bass scene: Supa co-founded Surefire Productions, he runs Brap Dem! Recordings, and he's a resident DJ at a couple wel ... More >>

Track of the Day: Ring Trick

​San Francisco's Ring Trick is a very goal-oriented artist. For one month the electronic producer/musician plans on uploading one new demo a day to his blog. "The only rule," he writes, "is that it has to be recorded and produced in the span of 24 hours."Scroll down the page and you can hear a bat ... More >>

Tim Exile

Math Jazz

Richard Devine

Aphex Twin, Goldfrapp Added to Coachella Lineup

Dub Trio

Another Sound Is Dying(Ipecac)

Plaid's body-moving, soul-stirring beats

CD Review: Blaqk Audio -- CexCells

Blaqk Audio

CexCells (Interscope)

Giving the Indies a Spin

Small outposts rule online MP3 sales

Gab On

The Rise of Girl Talk

Misc. Reviews

Beverly Hills' dark underbelly

From highbrow to hardcore: Matthew Barney, Björk, and the digicamarazzi

AFX

Chosen Lords

Chachi Jones' robotic daydreams

She blinded me with Dirty South science; Mess around with old soul and the Castro

Dave Douglas soundtracks Fatty Arbuckle, Jen Leckman impersonates Stephin Merritt.

Various Artists

Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story

Film Pak's Punch

Love against the machine

BeatBox

Rephlex Records brings its rebellious sounds to S.F., Luomo spins his aphrodisiac future-disco

Matmos for Dummies

SF's beloved electronic duo has set up shop at Yerba Buena, comfy chairs and all

Pitch Perfect

It's smooth, sleek, and ready for commercials, but the music of Four Tet is so much more

To the Lighthouse

Not too long ago, in a studio far, far away, Iceland's múm developed a transcendental brand of indie-electronic music

Cex Education

Rjyan Kidwell enters the school of hard rocks, leaving his electronica stardom behind

Aphex Twin

26 Mixes for Cash

Boom Bip

Seed to Sum (Lex)

múm

Finally We Are No One (FatCat)

Hear This

Rephlex Records brings four of its relentlessly irreverent "braindance" artists to town

Cabaret Voltaire

The Living Legends
Mix-Up
The Voice of America
Red Mecca (Mute)

Sound Advice

Monstrous rock, sourdough shapeliness, post-apocalyptic calligraphy, and "soul travel"

The Week's Can't-Miss Performance

Antipop Consortium brings wee-hour surrealism to hip hop.

William Ørbit

Pieces in a Modern Style

Rethinking Techno

Emeryville's Emanate Records wants to be known -- but not necessarily famous -- for producing intelligent electronic dance music

Hear This

Night + Day

Recordings