It's a common practice for DJs these days to stick to a single genre label -- house, disco, minimal, techno, balearic -- but if there's one DJ that truly can't be pigeonholed, it's Joakim. With his roots originally in the rock scene, the French DJ and producer has jumped from genre to genre on each of his records. His latest album, 'Milky Ways,' is ...

UK folk rockers Mumford and Sons were only halfway through performing their first song, 'Little Lion Man,' when disaster struck in the form of a broken guitar string. Despite the incident, the band kept playing their blend of orchestral pop, folk and multi-part harmonies in Spinner's New York office. "If you've ever heard it's necessary to have six ...

While Fleetwood Mac have been around for more than 40 years, most remember their output after 1975, when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the band. That classic 'Rumours' era was the band's most successful, but equal attention should be given to the band's early years, when Fleetwood Mac were a fledgling blues band. In 'Fleetwood Mac ...

Given that most techno and house songs rely on buildups, suspense and dark rhythms, it was only a matter of time before dance acts opted for a horror theme. Voodeux, the project of James "Kilowatts" Watts and Tanner Ross, might be best describe as "house goes Halloween," so this is the best time of year to check them out. Watts and Ross first met ...

Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard tries his hand at acting in the big-screen adaptation of 'Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.' [Stereogum] Jay Reatard has a new band, and if they're smart, they'll read his Twitter daily. [Pitchfork] In honor of 'Meat Is Murder,' Ticketmaster is giving away hamburgers with Morrissey tickets. Um. [Idolator] ...

New York City's East Village scene in the '70s and '80s had its fair share of quirky characters breaking down every musical, cultural and political wall imaginable. One such person, more weird and wonderful than many of the others, was Klaus Nomi. The German-born singer first moved to New York in 1972 with dreams of singing opera, but after ...

Music recording studios have played a large role in shaping the sounds of most albums ever produced. The type of equipment chosen, whether it's digital or analogue, has a large effect of how a song sounds like through speakers or headphones. Some of the equipment often found in music recording studios includes mixing consoles, multitrack recorders, ...