Akon's "Secret Weapon" answers the questions you've been dying to ask!...
When Hip-Hop superstar Akon calls you his “secret weapon,” the world is bound to listen, and that’s exactly what happened to 20-year-old Colby O’ Donis, a singer-songwriter who is just getting started on becoming the next pop sensation. The New York native, born to Puerto Rican and Guyanese...
Find out why Blond:ish is one of the best female DJ duos on the scene....
A lot of times you typically have the same mental picture of a DJ, of course, depending on the genre. Trance guys typically get the Tïesto treatment, collared shirts, God complex, etc. Minimal guys? Well, you get the whole German industrial look, lots of solid dark colors. Then you have Blond:ish....
Dirty Vegas makes a comeback at Winter Music Conference....
A new year marks a new life for many in the music industry. For Dirty Vegas, the trio hailing from South London that brought us the addictive 2001 smash-hit single "Days Go By," 2009 means more than just another year. It means a new single, a new album in the works, and another chance at the...
When it comes to DJing, James Zabiela is in the top five around the world....
When it comes to performance value as a DJ, James Zabiela is definitely in the top five around the world. He’s able to turn the biggest or smallest of crowds into one universal dancing machine just minutes into a start of his set. He nearly spent the entirety of 2008 preaching behind the decks...
The duo talks about travels, threesomes, and new album "Face Control"...
Dan Boeckner earned his laurels as the guitarist behind the textured riffs that put Wolf Parade on the indie rock map, where critics lauded him as an ideal neo-traditional foil to Spencer Krug's weird, experimental musical departures. Then Boeckner teamed up with...
CP talks with the master of laptop mash-ups...
Mixing ready-made songs on a laptop used to be small beer in the music industry, but thanks to Girl Talk—aka Gregg Gillis—it’s now considered an artform. And it’s way harder than it looks, especially if one is handling copyrights of celebs like Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Rage Against the Machine, Jay-Z,...
The DJ mastermind talks about the evolution of New York's dance culture....
Perhaps the world's most famous DJ, Moby has redefined the canon of dance culture in New York City. The Harlem-born, Lower East Side native helms the new era of globally-recognized DJs who now occupy the upper echelons of nightlife culture. When Moby released Last Night in the spring of this year,...
CP talks to the mastermind behind the dreamy pop album, Saturday=Youth....
M83, the electronic music vehicle for French savant Anthony Gonzalez, has reeled fans in with dreamy, neural invocations of romance and innocence. With the recent release of M83's fifth album, Saturday=Youth, Gonzalez takes a decidedly nostalgic look at optimistic 80's art-pop, careening from Kate...
The Crystal Method isn't slowing down after prepping for their live tour....
The Crystal Method has been on the musical radar for quite some time now, and they don’t seem to be slowing down. They’ve been featured in a bevy of movies and video games, have been releasing widely successful studio albums and putting on live performances for over a decade, and have even scored...
Eric Hilton discusses his new album and DC nightlife...
Since 1995, Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, of the Washington, DC based DJ duo Thievery Corporation, have flown under the commercial radar while still developing a devoted fan base among DJ enthusiasts and overseas. With their fourth album, Radio Retaliation, the duo takes on corporate behemoths...
Alexis Taylor talks about music videos and Memphis......
When it comes to mixing up the sights and sounds of music, no one does it better than British electropop quintet Hot Chip. With an image that conjures up the color wheel, oblong shapes and a room full of synth, the boys made a name for themselves with their 2006 release, The Warning--only to outdo...
An interview the Canadian progressive house DJ...
Unless you've been dancing under a rock for the past year or so, you’ve most likely heard of Deadmau5. It seems as though he rose from obscurity to stardom overnight, but his ever-expanding body of work is the culmination of over a decade of production experience. He is an enigmatic figure, and...