At last, chiptunes have arrived to give even techno snobs something to point at as being “too electronic-sounding.” Fashioned out of the raw, bracing sound of ancient game machines and obsolete computer circuits bent into music machines, chiptunes are both nostalgic and forward-looking. They fuse the sound of childhood’s sugar-fueled…

Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: Video games are so the new rock and roll, which makes this Battle of Rock Band tournament, in which players competed at the game Rock Band, the new Ed Sullivan Show. Or something…

It’s fitting that Dean Coleman was discovered by Deep Dish, since his sound is a natural evolution of that duo’s deep and funky take on progressive house. Coleman’s tracks and mixes incorporate sounds and influences from electro-house, techno and even pop. Since his bootleg remix of Narcotic Thrust’s “Safe From…

Sit in a room with the members of Astrophagus and you will hear the most amazing mix of sound thinking and absurd fancy, of profound wisdom and ridiculous nonsense, that most humans will ever experience. Informed discussion of the recent presidential caucus is punctuated by random jokes about sweaters and…

Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: The ten-year anniversary of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea has arrived, and this live set from 1997, covering several songs from the now-classic release, is as good a way as any to…

The first few bites of Golden Delicious are almost enough to make you throw away the whole apple. But get past the nasty bits — the first four tracks — and the rest of the disc lives up to its title, beginning with a new version of “27 Jennifers” that…

The history of dance music tells us that Goldie is an important figure. And Lord knows, you can’t argue with history. To his credit, for a brief moment in the mid-’90s, Goldie reached a level of fame few dance artists achieve. People who had no idea what “jungle” was knew…

It’s hard to imagine that a live, largely improvised set from a trio with heavy jazz influences and a Rhodes electric-piano player would go over big with the kind of hardcore clubbers who populate the world’s dance-music super clubs, but Cobblestone Jazz pulled it off somehow. “The first time we…

Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: If you don’t believe that DJing can be a legitimate artform, this live review — covering DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist together on eight turntables, mashing up the theme to Gilligan’s Island with…

There’s not a lot of new to be found in Black Lips’ fuzzy, skuzzy, hard-charging garage rock. Take a spin through last year’s Good Bad Not Evil or any of the band’s older releases and you’ll find the usual assortment of influences: Velvet Underground, maybe a touch of 13th Floor…

Clubbers, beware! Something wicked this way comes — an alien hybrid built out of the DNA of hip-hop, electro, jungle and glitch, fused together via DSP wizardry and masterful laptop skills. With bowel-rupturing sub-bass, teeth-rattling beats and mind-bending cuts, edits and processing, it’s the aural equivalent of an industrial-strength cleanser:…

Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: The Next Big Thing has been sighted by Tom Breihan; prepare yourself for the onslaught of sensitive white-boy robo-soul…