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DFA Records

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Label Sampler: Dark Entries Records Excavates the Murky, Synth-Driven Past

    Name: Dark Entries Headquarters: San Francisco Owner: Josh Cheon Founded: 2009 Musical focus: Similar to many local label owners, Josh Cheon is reluctant to pigeonhole the types of music that Dark Entries releases. In the few years since its founding, Dark Entries has focused on reissues of unre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Architecture In Helsinki Moves Deep into Electro-Pop at the Fillmore

    Architecture in Helsinki played the Fillmore last night. ​ Architecture In Helsinki Dom The Sandwitches Nov. 3, 2011 The Fillmore Better than: George Michael's stylist in the '80s. When the members of Architecture in Helsinki situated themselves behind three keyboards and only one acoustic d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Tim Sweeney on His Radio Show, Beats in Space, and How He Joined DFA Records

    Tim Sweeney​ Tim Sweeney's DJ and production career started out in his Baltimore basement at the young age of 15. Soon after moving to New York to attend NYU, he began broadcasting his radio show Beats in Space, which brought him notoriety across the airwaves. Now in its 12th year, listeners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Juan MacLean on DJing with Vinyl, Why the West Coast Rules for Club Nights, and His New Album

    Joshi Radin​A longtime resident of DFA Records, Juan MacLean has dabbled in everything from dance-punk to electro-pop. Although mostly known for his work with bands Six Finger Satellite and The Juan MacLean, he has been touring regularly as a solo DJ all over the world since his release on the DJ- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Dirty Vegas on Coming Back After a Commercial Hit, and Why an Ocean Is Not a Recording Barrier

    James GoodingBack with a dance fueled vengeance. ​It's the year 2002, and a man clad in a business suit with faded red Converse shows up everyday to breakdance in front of a sandwich shop to the same beat for his long lost love. Today, it's still hard to forget the video and beat of the infectious ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    S.F.'s Q Bar Plans LCD Soundsystem R.I.P. Party for Monday

    LCD is no more (tear) -- but you can still party to its music in S.F. (Photo by Joseph Schell)​  When LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy announced his band's retirement, it signaled an end to the decade-long run that saw the project turn the worlds of independent and dance music on their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Free DJ Mix From Gavin Russom

    ​Globe-trotting artist and performer Gavin Russom has an insatiable hunger for music. In addition to making his own synthesizers and starring in stage shows, he has produced tunes under his own name and a few other monikers--most recently as The Crystal Ark--for over a decade. Russom's trademarks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Jeffrey Paradise on Blow Up's Saturday Night "Reunion" Party

    ​Nationally lauded dance night Blow Up blew up during its five-year run at the Rickshaw Stop, succeeding far beyond its founders' wildest dreams. "We wanted a place to showcase the new music that we thought was blowing up at the time: Tommy Sunshine, DFA Records stuff, the rock side of dance music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Like Free Energy? Win Free Tickets to Their Studio Taping Next Week

    ​Philly act Free Energy indulges its upbeat classic rock influences, down to the cowbells, sax solos, and hand claps. The band definitely shows a different side to label DFA Records, which signed this crew of feel-good power poppers just to show all those dance floor addicts they still wanna rock ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2009

    Phenomenal Handclap Band

    ​Philly act Free Energy indulges its upbeat classic rock influences, down to the cowbells, sax solos, and hand claps. The band definitely shows a different side to label DFA Records, which signed this crew of feel-good power poppers just to show all those dance floor addicts they still wanna rock ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    The Juan Maclean adds a Human touch

    ​Philly act Free Energy indulges its upbeat classic rock influences, down to the cowbells, sax solos, and hand claps. The band definitely shows a different side to label DFA Records, which signed this crew of feel-good power poppers just to show all those dance floor addicts they still wanna rock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive hous ... More >>

  • Music

    November 12, 2003

    Say Hallelujah!

    NorCal expats the Rapture and Out Hud return from NYC with a 20-year legacy in tow. Get ready to dance, punk.

  • Music

    October 23, 2002

    LCD Soundsystem

    "Losing My Edge" (DFA)

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