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

Guardian Music — (Ghostly International)Of Texas producer Matthew Dear's four distinct aliases, the off-kilter pop he makes under his own name has become the most prominent. This is understandable, if a little sad. As False, he crafts exquisite, subtle minimalism; a... more info

DrownedInSound — Is having the pop-maverick Matthew Dear of 2010 worth losing the techno maestro of his debut record over? Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

XLR8R — Pittsburgh isn't usually the place you associate with rad electronic music, but come October 1, that's gonna change. read more more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Matthew Dear's latest album under his own name, Black City, is available now digitally via Ghostly International (it'll still be released physically August 17 in North America, and a day earlier everywhere else). Here's the album's longest track, the... more info

DJmag — Armand van Helden, Matthew Dear and Katy B more info

The Quietus — Pop-house auteur gears up for forthcoming long player more info

Nialler9 — The best new music this week… Miniature Tigers – ‘Gold Skull’ Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor produced the Morning Benders album Big Echo. Morning Benders’ Chris Chu produced Miniature Tigers upcoming album Fortress but to further steep this ... more info

Nialler9 — Matthew Dear’s 2007 album Asa Breed was one of my favourites of that year. In the intervening period, he returned to work under his other aliases: Audion, False and Jabberjaw but on August 17th, he will return with Black City, his first album under... more info

XLR8R — Three years after his last full-length album, the genre-defying Asa Breed, veteran producer Matthew Dear has finished work on his follow-up album, his fourth full-length, Black City. The new record will be released August 17 on Dear's longtime l... more info