An Interview with Alan Braxe
by Max Willens

Even though he's one of the most beloved dance music producers of all time, with an international classic under his belt ("Music Sounds Better With You") and a discography that includes work with Thomas Bangalter and Fred Falke, introductions make him nervous, accolades abash him, and... MORE

GBH's End of the Year: The Songs of the Year
by GBH

It's a tricky business, picking the best tracks of the year. Even with some pretty thorough digging and patient listening, we'll concede that there are bound to be differing opinions on the subject. For that reason, we decided to call in a panel of experts to offer their own opinions... MORE

GBH's End of the Year: The Videos of the Year
by GBH

This is always our favorite time of the year. We get to overload you with goodness and fond memories, and you get to remind us of what we forgot, and everybody wins. This, our first installment of the End of the Year Review, involved a sift through hundreds of videos...MORE

A Profile of the Chap
by Max Willens

Pop is straining beneath the weight of expectations these days. Even with pop music slowly inching toward omnipresence, with heightened awareness and expanded tastes, with compelling struggles for power in the business, fans and hustlers alike seem to be growing frustrated.... MORE

An Interview with Underworld's Karl Hyde
by Max Willens

Once upon a time, underground music was tied up with all kinds of things - with art, with video, with dance, with noise. Those days seem disturbingly distant now, but Karl Hyde, one of the founding members of Underworld, is doing his best to keep those days alive. Through his band's website and other channels, Hyde is a vocal supporter of everything that appeals to his many interests ... MORE

An Interview with HEALTH's John Famiglietti
by Max Willens

Though it's still relatively early, there is perhaps no better metaphor to describe HEALTH's career thus far than their own music. Last year, the L.A.-based quartet blasted into popular consciousness out of nowhere with a sound that was loud, violent, and, more than anything, mysterious: the band relishes the element of surprise more than anything else... MORE

The 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival
by Max Willens and Seth Anderson

There are few spots on the Internet where broadening one's musical horizons is so easy, and last weekend, at Chicago's Union Park, the Pitchfork Music Festival brought that same opportunity to life. Nearly 17,000 people came out over three days, most of them to take in something new rather than revel in the presence of established favorites... MORE

Q&A with Deadmau5
by Max Willens

It's not something you could state with any mathematical certainty, but it seems safe to say that Joel Zimmerman (a.k.a. Deadmau5) made more people dance in 2007 than anything, or anyone, else. The Toronto-based producer set the bar for progressive electro-house so high that it's practically visible from space, with everything from "Not Exactly" and "Jaded" to "We Fail" and "The Reward is Cheese."... MORE

An Interview with Kim Moyes (a.k.a. KIM) of the Presets
by Max Willens

Classical music students don't often get much in the way of release. For all its lofty aspirations, dizzying allusions and rich history, classical music often seems to privilege the head over the heart, and its disciples - Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton, to name just two - often grow frustrated by that. After graduating with a degree in classical music percussion from a conservatory in Australia, Moyes (a.k.a. KIM) and Hamilton decided to pursue the physical release that music... MORE

An Interview with Juan Maclean
by Max Willens

Juan Maclean's been ahead of the curve forever, and he's stayed there by pretty much ignoring its existence. He's got a new album coming out this summer, and that was one of the many things he talked with Max about. Click on ahead to read all about it. ... MORE

An Interview with Trevor Loveys
by Tom Jenneman

Trevor Loveys has big things in store for you. His label Speaker Junk, which he runs with Herve, is releasing its first compilation in July, and he's coming to the United States for the first time in 14 years. Want to know more? You'll just h ave to read the rest of Tom Jenneman's profile. ... MORE

An Interview with Sinden
by Max Willens

Graeme Sinden is all business. As the head of Counterfeet Records and one half of the suddenly-very-high-profile duo Sinden and the Count, Sinden's had to take his commitment to a level he never anticipated. But along the way, he's discovered, as a select few also have, that a lot of doors are open to DJs these days. After dropping one of the harder ... MORE

An Interview with Roxy Cottontail
by Max Willens

For the most part, promoters tend to get looked down on in the club universe. The thinking goes that they belong in, and should remain in, the lower rungs of the food chain. They shouldn't be DJing, or designing clothes, or making music, or doing anything, really. The only problem will... MORE

An Interview with Moby
by Max Willens

Those of you who have been out at our recent Degenerates parties were probably pretty floored to see Moby manning the decks again. For some of you, that surprise stemmed from seeing a pop star expertly lead a sweaty mass of bodies to dancing bliss. For others, it was finally realizing a dream that they started having in the mid-90's. And for still others, it was something more along the lines of, "Jesus, I can't believe he's doing this tonight after getting that drunk just yesterday..." MORE

An Interview with Steve Aoki
by Max Willens

Music columnists have recently grown fond of pointing out that the age of self-imposed indie isolation is over. The kids get this, sure (but then, they get everything), but anybody who's having trouble mapping this out for themselves should get to know Steve Aoki.

12 years ago, tiny little bands were tearing his even tinier living room to pieces on an almost nightly basis. Bit by bit, that grew into Dim Mak Records, a label..... MORE