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Review by Simon Price, The Word, February 2010

THE NAME, of course, is one of pop's great double entendres. As well as carrying the sense of overloaded silicon circuitry, "Hot Chip" — like ...

Hot Chip: One Life Stand ****

Review and Interview by Andrew Mueller, Uncut, March 2010

Beguiling fourth from the impressively unclassifiable London brainiacs. ...

EMI: A Giant at War with itself

Report by Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, 17 January 2008

As EMI faces painful restructuring, Robert Sandall, a former employee, recalls the confusion and rivalries that once bedevilled the company. ...

Clinton: Disco & the Halfway to Discontent (Astralwerks)

Review by Eric Weisbard, The Village Voice, 2 February 2000

WHY IS THIS "beat-based" pairing of Cornershop's Tjinder Singh and Ben Ayres not credited to Cornershop? ...

Justin Timberlake, Romeo, Craig David: Justin Timberlake: Justified; Craig David: Slicker than Your Average: Romeo: Solid Love

Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 1 November 2002

MICHAEL JACKSON may be all but written off, so there's a vacancy for a King of Pop. Having once been betrothed to Britney Spears, the ...

Les Rythmes Digitales, Jacques Lu Cont: Jacques Lu Cont: The "French" Prince

Interview by Pat Blashill, Spin, November 1999

LES RYTHMES DIGITALES' JACQUES LU CONT IS AN '80s-LOVING FAUX-FRENCHMAN WITH A FORBIDDEN LOVE FOR PHIL COLLINS. HE'S ALSO MADE ONE OF THE MOST IRRESISTIBLE ...

Roni Size and Reprazent, Dynamite MC, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Jungle Brothers, The, Propellerheads: Lords Of The Dance

Report by Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 30 April 1998

IS ELECTRONICA STILL THE NEXT BIG THING? AT THE WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE, IT'S ALL THAT AND MORE ...

Ronika: New band of the week — Ronika

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 18 February 2010

THIS CANDY-COATED QUEEN might look like Gwen Stefani, but her sugary surface conceals a deeper link with underground dance. ...

Deadmau5 promises more than just music

Interview by Evelyn McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 16 April 2010

THE IMAGES were grainy, the lines obscured — as if they were photos taken by a surveillance camera. The backdrop appeared to be a giant ...

Toro y Moi: New Band Of The Week: Toro Y Moi

Profile by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 13 August 2009

THOUGH HE DOESN'T SOUND like the Flaming Lips, this multi-instrumentalist whiz-kid blurs the boundary between electronica and Americana in the same way. ...

LCD Soundsystem: The Sound of Silver

Review by Jeff Weiss, Passion of the Weiss, 9 March 2007

JAMES MURPHY is the David Eckstein of music. He's an unassuming schlubby looking guy. The sort of dude you expect to see in line in ...

LCD Soundsystem: Madison Square Garden

Live Review by Iman Lababedi, RockNYC, 3 April 2011

JAMES MURPHY is Irish, so why not a wake? Following his decision to kill off the LCD Soundsystem franchise, lead singer Murphy announced a last hurrah ...

Screaming Headless Torsos: CLF Art Café, Bussey Building, London

Live Review by John L. Walters, London Jazz News, 10 June 2016

FROM THE VERY first lick you can tell that Screaming Headless Torsos mean business. ...

Ke$ha: Dancing Up a Storm but Dying to Rock

Profile and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The New York Times, 23 November 2012

LOS ANGELES – At the Third Encore rehearsal studio in North Hollywood, there's a wall decorated with photographs of clients who've prepared there for tours, ...

Dig This! Fave Raves and Rabid Enthusiasms for September 2003

Review by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, September 2003

Stuff that’s floating Barney Hoskyns’ boat this month... ...

Gnarls Barkley: Hip-hop's Biggest Clowns: Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple

Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, salon.com, 3 April 2008

Are Gnarls Barkley's wacky costumes and goofy antics just a smoke screen for the massively successful duo's angst? ...

U2: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas

Live Review by Robin Bresnark, Melody Maker, 3 May 1997

SLOW DEATH IN VEGAS ...

Human League, The: The Human League: Don't you want them? Maybe

Profile and Interview by Simon Price, Independent on Sunday, 15 July 2001

Sheffield synth-pop trio the Human League haven't always had it easy, but they've never given up. Simon Price met them as they prepare to stage ...