Filed under: News , RPM , New Music , New Releases Lionel Hahn, ABACA/Empics/PA Having already logged studio time with Chic's Nile Rodgers and composer Paul Williams, Daft Punk made more news recently, when disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder revealed that he has recorded a "rap" track with the robotic duo. Sounds weird. [ Pitchfork ] Matthew Dear has a new album, Beams , in stores August 27, and [...]
Filed under: News , RPM , New Music , New Releases Lionel Hahn, ABACA/Empics/PA Having already logged studio time with Chic's Nile Rodgers and composer Paul Williams, Daft Punk made more news recently, when disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder revealed that he has recorded a "rap" track with the robotic duo. Sounds weird. [ Pitchfork ] Matthew Dear has a new album, Beams , in stores August 27, and [...]

Long Island City art institution MoMA PS1 has revealed the 2012 lineup for its annual outdoor summer concert series Warm Up . Taking place each Saturday from July 7th to September 8th in the museum's courtyard, this year's edition performances by Thom Yorke's Atoms for Peace (DJ set), Jamie xx, Danny Brown, Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio, Lemonade, Matthew Dear (DJ set), Light Asylum, Rustie, Nguzunguzu, Om Unit, Evian Christ, Trust, Sepalcure, Miguel, and Just Blaze. Other acts announced include Toddy Terry, Arca, Professor Genius, Pearson Sound, Micachu & the Shapes (DJ set), Holy Other, Maria Minerva, Nick [...]
Judging from MoMA PS1’s Warm Up lineup,= we will once again be spending our summer Saturdays sweaty and stoked in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. This year we'll be shaded (and the air will be ... read more »

Rapidly becoming a regular London festival institution, the annual Field Day event is set to hit the UK once again on Saturday, August 6th. Taking place in the mammoth Victoria Park – set in the unashamedly hip confines of East London – Field Day 2011 has what looks to be the strongest lineup so far. Covering all manner of alternative and leftfield tastes, the festival boasts a healthy mix of producers, DJs and bands (from both the UK and further afield), and its artist list reads like a Who’s Who of current hot topics in [...]

Hola from Spain! Â I was lucky enough to make the trip over here to Barcelona for Primavera Sound , a music festival featuring some of my absolute favorite bands in the entire world. Â I've put together an official guide to help those who are also in attendance navigate through the madness. Â I haven't mentioned every band playing, only those I am most excited for. Â In addition, I've selected a stage each day that you shouldn't miss! For those not here with me, festival line-ups are some of the best ways to discover new bands, so check out [...]

First there was Aphex Twin . Then there was Magnetic Man . The likes of Jamie xx , Four Tet and Vitalic followed. As everything turns 'doo-lally in a rather pleasant and unpredictable way' down on Bloc Weekend HQ, the final, predictably startling headliner has been revealed as Laurent Garnier , closing the weekend's hedonistic proceedings alongside Matthew Dear . The (practically) full, stage-by-stage, or curator-by-curator line up now looks something like: Union: Magnetic Man * Beardyman * Claude Von Stroke * [...]