Soft Cell

The Top Five Weird And Wonderful Music Scenes Championed By Diplo

The second installment in the Blow Your Head compilation series, released today, underscores Diplo's status as the world's most persuasive musical archaeologist. Released on Mad Decent, the record label run by the DJ, producer, and former darling of M.I.A., it focuses on the newly-created sub-genre ... More >>

Don't Be Fooled By Oakland's Alan Young -- Here's a Guide to the Motown Stars He Impersonates

Bittersweet indeed.​As you may have heard, there's been a rash of misdemeanorly winings and dinings going on about town lately -- well, for the last couple of decades -- at the hands of one Alan Young, an Oakland sanitation worker with a knack for passing himself off as various Motown luminaries ... More >>

Top 6 Songs About Sex That'll Make You Celibate: Happy Valentine's Day

In case you forgot, it's Valentine's Day -- the one day of the year where everyone is contractually obliged to go out and get laid or fear feeling bad about themselves until Feb. 15 rolls around. Well, in the interest of restoring balance to the world, we wanted to offer some reminders that sometime ... More >>

Halloween Clips: The Ten Scariest Music Videos of All Time

1. Alice Cooper - "Welcome To My Nightmare"You can't have Halloween without Alice Cooper. From his decapitation-happy live shows to his self-mocking sense of humor, he's rock's king demon. (Sorry, Marilyn--we know how hard you try.) But was Cooper ever better than when accompanied by the Muppets? ... More >>

That's Rebotini, Not Robot-ini

Magnetic Fields

Distortion (Nonesuch)

CD Review: Britney Spears -- Blackout

BeatBox

Diplo teaches dancefloors new Hollertron-icks; the EndUp turns 31; rapper Nas makes a rare live appearance

Sex, Lies, and Audiotape

Jeff Fare and the Paradise Boys may be S.F.'s best hope for electro-rock success

House of Tudor

Proto-punk European street music and neo-cabaret, Hasidic reinterpretations of Ice-T, and a shot at Paradise

House of Tudor

Japanese ukulele ladies, a Canadian electro androgyne, and Iraq's most popular singer

House of Tudor

Modern-day torch songs, synth-pop sleaze, and Central Asian electro hybrids

House of Tudor

A rap-war documentary, the old new wave, and Gypsy-fied French noir

Back to the Future

With synth pop and agitprop, Memory Systems imagines a post-futuristic world

The 6ths

Hyacinths and Thistles (Merge)

The Golden Spike

Actor and rock video director Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich is an odd masterpiece. So why is Jonze scared of his own shadow?

Recordings

Night Crawler

Night+Day