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Daft Punk | Tron: Legacy [soundtrack]

Walt Disney (2010)
During their long tenure as electro's supreme mystery men, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have seen their high-tech trickery folded into the sound of our world.
By | November 22, 2010

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Review: DJ Hero

Hit the decks in DJ Hero
Shortly after DJ Hero ’s release, a couple of craiglist ads popped up from gamers claiming they’ll plug in and play the game at your party for $75 — all you have to provide is the TV and the speakers.
By MADDY MYERS | November 12, 2009

The Big Hurt: A healthy death

Music news in brief
A member of the recently reunited BACKSTREET BOYS — the really Christian one who looks like the Beast from that 1980s Beauty and the Beast TV show — has swine flu. That doesn't even come close to being sufficient punishment for his many aesthetic atrocities (which include his face), but it'll do for the moment.
By DAVID THORPE | October 13, 2009

The other river rave

Soul Clap and Marz bring life to the banks
When heads deserted the Chinatown-warehouse rave scene in the late '90s, the house loyalists from Soul Clap and Marz Entertainment were still cracking glow sticks.
By CHRIS FARAONE | June 16, 2009

French tickler

Voulez-vous coucher avec Sébastien Tellier?
"The French language is perfect for talking about sex," muses hirsute Parisian singer and electronic-musician Sébastien Tellier.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | April 02, 2009

Year in National Pop: New attitudes

Are we fated to pretend?
Are we fated to pretend?
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 22, 2008

Nervous energy

The unlikely rise of Does It Offend You, Yeah?
“If I actually stopped to think about what’s going on, I’d probably shit myself,” says James Rushent, singer/bassist for UK electro-rock quartet Does It Offend You, Yeah?
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | August 26, 2008

Socks appeal

Drag kings flip the script on gender impersonation. We go undercover to get to the meat of the matter.
Rico swaggers down the aisle of the Art House Theatre in Provincetown, oozing confidence and brazenly flirting with the cheering women who’ve claimed every available seat for the sold-out show.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | July 09, 2008

Winning losers

Stand up for your write(-ins)
Every last one of you who votes in our Best Music Poll is a treasure; but blessed are those who write-in.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | May 07, 2008

The French are coming

Justice and Busy P bring the Ed Banger sound to Boston
The launch of an extensive North American tour sponsored by MySpace that comes to the Paradise this Saturday.
By BEN WESTHOFF | March 10, 2008

Déjà vu

Spring Arts Preview: R.E.M., B-52’s, Counting Crows, Breeders: what year is it again?
Prepare yourselves: R.E.M. have decided to become a rock band again.
By MATT ASHARE | March 10, 2008

Melancholy holiday

Downloadable Valentines from Mobius Band
Given their predilection for moody, textural, electro-organic soundscapes and songs that resonate with melancholy disillusionment, Mobius Band don’t seem the type to buy into a Hallmark holiday.
By MATT ASHARE | February 19, 2008

Basstown throwdown

Diplo, Electroma , Morgan Louis, and more
Although we’re still shivering in the icy depths of winter, things are heating up for Basstown Productions.
By SUSANNA BOLLE | February 19, 2008

Boys Noize

Oi Oi Oi | Last Gang
Aficionados and connoisseurs of dance music qua dance music will find Oi Oi Oi a potent, concentrated dose of the undiluted pure stuff.
By ANDREW GRAHAM | January 07, 2008

From ’Ye to mixtapes

Hip-hop: 2007 in review
To get the full taste of where hip-hop is at, you also have to seek out the unofficial releases, the mixtapes, which often have a bigger impact than the official albums.
By BEN WESTHOFF | December 17, 2007

Daft Punk

Alive 2007 | Virgin
When a huge cheer goes up in recognition of “Around the World,” it’s tempting to join in at home.
By MIKAEL WOOD | December 10, 2007

The live rap album

There are a few, and Mr. Lif has one of the best
December is the time of year when the new album well dries up and gives way to a deluge of novelty releases.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 05, 2007

Résumé: Selected + Mixed by Citizen Crew

Citizen
The French labels Kitsune, Ed Banger, and Institubes have clogged dance bins with aggro, monochromatic, twitchy filter metal.
By NICK SYLVESTER | October 08, 2007

Happy endings

Bad news begets good tunes
The end is nigh! And I’m not talking about the mortgage market.
By MATT ASHARE | September 12, 2007

Simian Mobile Disco

Attack Decay Sustain Release | Interscope
After spinning and remixing everyone else’s tracks, Simian Mobile Disco are finally debuting their own.
By ROQUE STREW | September 12, 2007

VHS or Beta

Bring On the Comets | Astralwerks
The wordless, minute-long opener “Euglama,” though — that’s worth digging.
By MIKAEL WOOD | August 20, 2007

Justice

† | Vice
Vice like the magazine or Vice like Miami?
By ANDREW GRAHAM | August 20, 2007

Basstownians

3 new hot producers talk tracks
Here at Up All Day, I’ve done my damndest to tell you about the local history of dance sounds.
By DAVID DAY | August 07, 2007

Reaching climax

Daft Punk, WaMu Theater, Seattle, WA, July 29, 2007
Ten years after the release of their classic debut, Homework , Daft Punk embark on a long-awaited tour across America with only seven dates on its roster.
By VICKI SIOLOS | August 03, 2007

Basstown tales

Superstar DJ/producer Armand Van Helden’s Boston story
As Boston goes, the origin stories of superstar DJs are few and far between.
By DAVID DAY | May 21, 2007

Gallantly Streaming

A selection of brand-spankinh new jawns
There’s been a lot of talk about “clubrap” as the new sound rockin’ indie and European dance floors alike.
By DAVID DAY | May 18, 2007

Blog house in Basstown

Allston ’net sensations Plus Move, plus Jawn P
The Internet. Just a series of tubes. When things get humming on the Web, however, they can start singing real quick. Jawn P's "Blood Count (Snippet)" (mp3)
By DAVID DAY | April 25, 2007

Ed Rec Vol. 2

Ed Rec Vol. 2 | Ed Banger Records
Mainstream French house might give you sugar-coated lollipops next Halloween, but Ed Banger is all apples and razor blades.
By MATTHEW GASTEIER | April 23, 2007

Linwood bounce

Beat Research goes big; 7L skates and Dudley rocks
Beat Research is going large this Friday with Bouncement, a party of extreme bass sound and huge beats with an experimental touch. Juelz Santana, "Santana's Town (Ghislain Poirier remix)" (mp3)
By DAVID DAY | March 27, 2007