Brooklyn Vegan — National Sawdust, the former Williamsburg sawdust factory on N. 6th St. that has been turned into a multi-use facility containing a chamber hall, a recording studio, and a restaurant (three years and $16 million in the making), will finally... more info

Nialler9 — If you spent Saturday night /early Sunday morning  at Electric Picnic dancing at the Despacio tent hosted by James Murphy and Soulwax, you will have heard this groove at about 3am before it closed up. A nine minute Soulwax rework of Tame Impala’s... more info

Stereogum — We’ve seen a couple trailers so far for Arcade Fire’s documentary The Reflektor Tapes. Arcade Fire Tube points out that the latest teaser features in-studio footage with producer James Murphy. The scene reveals that the band painted their faces f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: James Murphy at Terminal 5 in 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... DonMonique, Statik Selektah, DJ Clockwork, TJ Mizell, Dylan the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — While he's been busy with his Four Horseman wine bar/restaurant, James Murphy hasn't given up on his dream to change the sounds subway turnstiles make into something more symphonic. He's even got backing for it now: Heineken, who are... more info

Stereogum — James Murphy has been working on his pet project of changing the sound of the New York City subway turnstiles to something nicer for a long, long time. He recently partnered with Heineken to make this so-called Subway Symphony a reality, but the MTA ... more info

Stereogum — For a very, very long time, James Murphy has been trying to change the harsh sound that New York City subway turnstiles make when you go through them to something prettier. Last year, he debuted a preview of what his concept would sound like, and now... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Four Horsemen's vintage McIntosh soundsystem / wine racks (via @fourhorsemenbk) While James Murphy has his hands full with his new wine bar in Williamsburg, he's not letting his it completely rule his life. He'll be spinning at Output on June 19. T... more info

Nialler9 — A pretty cool addition to Electric Picnic anyone? Despacio Is Happiness is a new project by James Murphy and the 2manyDJs boys based around six-hour all-vinyl sets played on a soundsystem that was design by Murphy, his engineer John Klett and McIntos... more info

Stereogum — U2 kicked off their Innocence + Experience world tour in Vancouver last night, and from the looks of this video, James Murphy isn’t the only one who’s losing his edge. U2’s longtime guitarist David Howell Evans — known to most everyone as The... more info