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Tuesday, August 2 2011

20 Questions: Planningtorock

She's collaborated with the Knife, has her new album out on DFA, and has some choice words for Angela Merkel. Welcome to the wonderful, otherworldly land known as Planningtorock ...


Friday, July 1 2011

YACHT: Shangri-La

Shangri-La is not about emulating a traditional feeling of paradise, but dissecting the very notion of what one would be, exploding our collective dreams of a far-off, someday perfect place -- of heaven.


Wednesday, May 4 2011

Holy Ghost!: Holy Ghost!

New York duo signed to James Murphy's DFA label use 21st century genre-bending innovations to make music firmly rooted in the past.


Monday, May 17 2010

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening

Serving up a comprehensively postmodern survey of pop culture with wit, panache and an enviable dose of hooks, LCD Soundsystem take its place on 2010's shortlist of year-defining albums.


Friday, March 19 2010

Free Energy: Stuck on Nothin’

A decade after Is This It, Philadelphia's Free Energy usher in a new era for guitar pop. And it looks to be a great one.


Thursday, November 13 2008

Various Artists: Nobody Knows Anything: DFA Presents Supersoul Recordings

The inaugural release on DFA Records' new Death from Abroad imprint is this two-disc collection of vinyl- and digital-only tracks from Berlin's Supersoul label.


Tuesday, October 31 2006

DFA: Remixes: Chapter Two

These tracks seem only as long as the groove demands, but the groove demands long, long tracks.


Monday, May 1 2006

Various Artists: The DFA Remixes: Chapter One

New compilation from acclaimed Manhattan-based duo includes remixes of Gorillaz, Fischerspooner, and Le Tigre.


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