Despite (or maybe because) TV on the Radio producer/band member David Andrew Sitek's apartment keeps burning down (the second incident being the day of his interview with Remix), Sitek has a lot to talk about, like how in addition to his apartment, the world is going up in flames around him. But the apocalyptic beauty of Return to Cookie Mountain makes it all worthwhile....
The first thing you'll notice about the new Savath & Savalas album is the absence of Eva Puyuelo, whose aching vocals floated over the modernized Catalonian...
By now notorious for its searing hot live music and even hotter desert sun, the annual Coachella festival sizzled for three long days this year, April...
With a few exceptions, post-'90s dance music has lacked any identity. Although top-flight DJs continued to thrive in clubs around the world, there was...
After five years in the making, Dntel's Dumb Luck hesitantly took shape, evolving into several acts after a splintering, disintegrated acoustic guitar...
Browsing the endless shelves of tapes, vintage vinyl, musical scores, session notes and photos archived in the basement of Teo Macero's Long Island home,...
Many albums see only the inside of a single studio during their creation, but when it came time to record her third full-length album, Bebel Gilberto...
Two years ago, Tracey Thorn emerged from half a decade of maternal bliss to record vocals for German duo-of-the-moment Tiefschwarz, then slipped away...
So Trent Reznor's been pumping massive iron, regularly buzzing his formerly long black locks and eschewing hard drugs for smooth protein shakes. But he...
Read the Remix article on drum ’n’ bass duo Ror-Shak. Stakka and DB discuss the attention to details in producing the tracks for their debut album, Deep, including song transitions, layering, creating space and effects....
Amtrak's Metroliner? Never mind that. These days, the ultimate Philly-to-New York connection is Cosmo Baker that is, when he's doing his DJ thing on the...
Known for its genre-bending albums, performance-art live shows and a history marred by tragedy and internal struggle, Skinny Puppy is the act people most...
The compositions that ended up on Based on a True Story, the debut full-length from New Zealand's Fat Freddy's Drop, will be almost four years old when...
Read the Remix article on Prince’s DJ, Rashida. Rashida goes record shopping at Zia Record Exchange in Las Vegas, looking for both classics and new albums....
James Murphy just might hold the key for igniting another dancefloor revolution. While the previous dance-music explosion was largely associated with...
Read the Remix article on Air and its latest album, Pocket Symphony. The French duo revisits Remix to talk about the virtues of live performance and creating an album that feels like a journey from beginning to end....
To me, pop music can be anything from Nick Drake to the Gap Band to Led Zeppelin, says a fully amped RJD2, holding forth on the range of inspiration behind...
Sacramento, Brooklyn and Nashville were the cities to be in during the recording of !!!'s latest album. Anyone wandering into the right place at the right...
Trinidad-born Canadian k-os is as dedicated to preserving hip-hop as he is revolutionizing it. Within his genre-hopping productions, you'll often hear...
Read the Remix cover story on Bloc Party and the UK group’s second album, A Weekend in the City. U2 producer Jacknife Lee and the Bloc Party band discuss stacking hundreds of vocal layers and trying to avoid making a rock ’n’ record despite using tons of guitar parts. ...
Read exclusive Remix online interview with James Righton of the Klaxons as he discusses the debut album, his whirlwind year of forming a band, working with James Ford, and touring Europe.
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At Juliette Commagere's Los Angeles high school, which was populated by the kids of Hollywood stars, success felt like an entitlement an inheritance of...
People probably think that we listen to just metal, says Frank Delgado, whose black beanie, black coat, black goatee and black Chuck Taylors with black...
There's a movement afoot. Well, maybe not a movement per se, but certainly a nascent trend is gathering momentum under a talented crop of producers that...
THE EVER EVOLVER: UNKLE If three tracks from UNKLE's forthcoming 2007 album confirm anything, it's that the brainchild of Mo Wax label founder James Lavelle...
When he's not onstage playing a show, you'll likely find Evan Mast puttering around his apartment with a microphone, tossing sneakers against the wall...
Remix Hotel rocked New York City yet again, and you can witness the highlights—everything from Junior Sanchez, Just Blaze and Pete Rock in the Guitar Center Sessions @ Remix Hotel panels to Jazzy Jay and Grand Wizard Theodore in the Rane/Serato room—at Remixhotel.com. Videos, photos, interviews, product demos and more coming soon!
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SAVATH & SAVALAS
COACHELLA 2007
BALANCING POINT
DNTEL
TAPES 'N' TAPES
WALK THE LINE
TRACEY THORN
YOU KNOW HIM; HE HATES EVERYONE
ROR-SHAK
COSMO BAKER
SKINNY PUPPY
FAT FREDDY'S DROP
DJ RASHIDA
STRAIGHT SHOOTER
SPIRIT OF '76
ELASTIC FANTASTIC
!!! MAGIC NUMBER
K-OS
EAST LONDON CALLING
HELLO STRANGER
FRANK DELGADO
PORTABLE MUTATIONS
GO FORWARD, MOVE AHEAD
