In 2023, Four Tet unexpectedly transcended. The 40-something IDM veteran born Kieran Hebden kicked off the year appearing on Skrillex’s Quest For Fire, which found the superstar bass lord attempting a “serious” rebrand. Shortly after, the pair became publicly chummy with nerdy English DJ Fred again.., and the crew quickly headlined Times Square, Madison...

Lady Gaga has announced that her concert special Chromatica Ball will debut later this month. The show was filmed at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in September 2022 during the tour for her 2020 album Chromatica. It will premiere on HBO on Saturday, May 25 at 8PM, and it will also be available on the streaming service Max.

Later this month, Swamp Dogg is releasing a new album, Blackgrass: From West Virginia To 125th Street. We’ve heard “Mess Under That Dress” and the Jenny Lewis-featuring “Count The Days” from it so far, and today he’s back with a third single, “Ugly Man’s Wife,” which features background vocals from the Cactus Blossoms. Swamp Dogg noted: “I wrote ‘Ugly...

London duo O. — I still can’t believe that’s the actual name of the band — will release their full-length debut WeirdOs next month, and we’ve already posted their early singles “Green Shirt” and “176.” Today, O. follow those tracks with a new one called “Micro.” Saxophonist Joe Henwood plays with so much distortion that his instrument alternately sounds...

Ryan Hemsworth and Giraffage released their first album as Bodysync, Radio Active, in 2022, and last month they shared “Back Of My Mind,” a one-off collaboration with Dazy. Today, Bodysync are announcing their sophomore album, NUTTY, which is out in June.

For many years, the Canadian producer Jamison Isaak has specialized in a zoned-out, nostalgic form of dance music. That’s changing. Today, there’s a new Teen Daze single that has nothing to do with dance music. Instead, Isaak is going for lush, slinky ’80s-style studio-pop, and he has help.