You may not have seen a license plate from Washington, DC, but for more than a decade the tags from the Nation’s Capital have been available with the slogan, “Taxation…

It’s always wonderful how hearing certain music can take you back to a specific place and time, calling up all kinds of memories and associations from your subconscious.  For me,…

“Beautifully sad, tortured but sweet” – the LA-based downtempo trio UNA sketches that melancholy aesthetic on “The Astronomer,” the opening track from their new EP, The Laughing Man .  The…

If you’re lucky in this life, or maybe if you’re just faithful to the things you love, then apparently you can go from being a skater/comics enthusiast/science fiction geek to…

Toddla T: Watch Me Dance – Agitated by Ross Orton & Pipes “Yo, you know what time it is, any time me and Toddla link up – straight-up party animal…

Økapi: Opera Riparata The mind tends to wander when you’re listening to Opera Riparata, the new album (out now on Illegal Art) from Italian turntablist and sample cutup artist Økapi…

Jazzanova: Funkhaus Studio Sessions Raise your hand if you’re feeling a bit parched.  In most parts of the U.S., anyway, it seems like it’s been a long, hot summer already,…

Lorn: Ask the Dust It all starts with the deepest kick drum I’ve heard in a while, on Ask the Dust, the second album (but debut on Ninja Tune) by…

Slugabed: Time Team The cover of Time Team, the new album (on Ninja Tune) by Slugabed, aka producer Greg Feldwick, depicts a  pyramid set at the edge of a forest,…

Maya Jane Coles: DJ-KiCKS These are difficult days for electronic-music snobs – after years of neglect and disdain (in the U.S., anyway), the sounds of EDM are suddenly booming out…