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Avalon Emerson and Bullion Are on the Same Team

The collaborators talk writing together vs. writing alone, Affection, and more.

April 24, 2024

Kiran Gandhi (Madame Gandhi, Thievery Corporation) Talks Ellie Goulding’s Delirium

Despite creating a heavily produced, traditional pop record, Ellie Goulding manages to achieve emotional complexity with each track.

November 16, 2015

Jake Stanczak (Kill the Noise, Ewun) Talks Disclosure’s Caracal

The only complaint this electronic star has about the Surrey dance music production team's new album is that there isn't much to complain about.

September 23, 2015

Songs of the Summer 2015: Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Sam Feldt featuring Kimberly Anne’s “Show Me Love”

A true song of the summer reminds us that while the club is where we are free to be, the reality of life outside won't stay outside for long.

August 21, 2015

Rhett Miller (Old 97’s) Talks Belle and Sebastian’s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Some songs on Belle and Sebastian's new album are fantastic additions to the band's canon. And some are best left to the kids on the dance floor.

February 4, 2015

Dale W. Eisinger (Yvette) Talks Container’s Adhesive

Ren Schofield used to be a noise addict. Now, as Container, he just wants to make you dance.

January 15, 2015

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Robyn and Röyksopp’s Do It Again

I've always seen Robyn as the gateway drug into pop music. She's the kind of singer who can make an anti-pop punk appreciate a melody, or a lo-fi...

June 6, 2014

JD Samson (MEN, Le Tigre) Talks Tensnake’s Glow

Tensnake is a man who makes dance music. And, quite humbly, he makes the music dance too. He’s a man who gives respect to those for whom it is due:

March 11, 2014

Andrew W.K. Talks Omar Souleyman’s Wenu Wenu

All the music I have ever heard from Omar Souleyman delivers on the same fantastic promise: to hypnotize the listener with a non-stop, trance...

November 19, 2013