Brooklyn Vegan — Matthew Dear @ MHOW in 2008 (more by Bao Nguyen) As mentioned, Pitchfork will be hosting three days of shows at Brooklyn Bowl during, but-it-looks-like/probably completely unaffiliated with, CMJ this year (Thursday/Friday/Saturday CMJ week). "Brookly... more info

Nialler9 — Enough time has passed now from when I was receiving a remix of The xx every bloody day (that’s how I missed the superb Matthew Dear remix – brain overload – hear below). But you can’t say no to a Four Tet remix and here, he turns the song in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Matthew Dear - "Soil To Seed" (MP3) Make that 788. CMJ spoke of 787 artists in their most recent batch of announcements, but now we know of another. Matthew Dear will hit the road for a string of US... more info

Nialler9 — Our 32nd podcast is a back to school special. A collection of songs to help ease anyone back into the post-summer daily grind. As with #31, the inspired artwork above comes from Stephen Graham aka Left Overs from Belfast who ran with the back to scho... more info

XLR8R — There are two distinctly different sides to New York-based producer/DJ Matthew Dear: his lengthy excursions into DJ-friendly techno (most commonly heard under his Audion guise) and his eponymous pop-oriented side, with which he's explored playin... more info

Stereogum — This remix cuts out a bit of what was awesome about the original — the slow syrup of Matthew Dear’s vocal samples. But Bear In Heaven add other vocals to puzzle over, and while their version has a lot more energy, there are a couple times where i... more info

Guardian Music — Guitar music was once a no-go area for the techno purist, but German label Kompakt is forcing a rethink, says Tony NaylorTechno and indie: historically, these have been separate, hermetically sealed genres; parallel worlds; sworn enemies, even. To th... more info

Let There Be Night — -The video up there is pretty awesome, though the remix is better.- Check out the new Matthew Dear album, it's one of the best of the year. We will have a review for it on Thursday.- The Justin Bieber "U Smile" slowdown by Shamantis might be the best... more info

XLR8R — Ever since the news broke about Matthew Dear's new album, we've admittedly been gripped by a touch of Black City fever. We've offered up mp3s, nerded out over the limited-edition Black City totem, and now we've got the entire albu... more info

Topix — Members of the band Kneebody . Will Calcutt Matthew Dear Last year this gangsta-rap classicist from Gary, Ind., made two attention-getting mixtapes, stocking them partly with tracks from his ill-fated affiliation with a major label. more info