Arca Shares New Track "Urchin"

Photo by Daniel Sannwald Arca has shared a new track, “Urchin”. It’s available to stream and download via Soundcloud. Hear it above. Last week Arca shared “Monstruosidad”. Read Philip Sherburne’s “The Year in Electronic Music”. Read “Arca’s Warped Beauty”, our interview with the...

Aphex Twin Shares New Track "T17 Ph...

Aphex Twin has shared a new track called “T17 Phase Out”. Listen to it above. A message underneath the upload reads, “i prolly i shntnde downoied thi coz im drunki m ena uploaded..”. Check out our Aphex Twin Cover...

David Lowery Files $150 Million Lawsuit ...

Photo by Jason Thrasher Artist rights advocate and Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery has brought a massive $150 million class action lawsuit against Spotify, as Billboard reports. The suit claims that the music streaming service intentionally distributed copyrighted material without securing the necessary mechanical licenses. (A mechanical license allows a party to reproduce copyrighted material.) The new lawsuit was filed in California on December 28. The suit claims that Spotify distributed copyrighted material to over 75 million users without identifying the...

DJ Shadow Shares "Swerve"

Image via Facebook DJ Shadow has shared a new holiday single called “Swerve”, which will appear on a forthcoming LP that doesn’t yet have a name. Listen to it above. DJ Shadow’s last release was his 2014 Liquid Amber EP, which was available as a free download. Listen to DJ Shadow’s “Midnight In A Perfect...

The Specials Drummer John Bradbury Has D...

Photo via the Specials’ Twitter John Bradbury, the drummer in pioneering 2 Tone group The Specials, has died. He was 62. The band made the announcement this morning via Twitter.  Bradbury joined the group in 1979, when he replaced original drummer Silverton Hutchinson. For the next two years, the Specials took their blend of reggae and ska to the UK charts, with singles including “Too Much Too Young” and Dandy Livingstone cover “A Message to You, Rudy”, and a pair of albums on 2 Tone, the label of chief songwriter Jerry Dammers.  After the...