Stereogum — After Owen Pallett’s deconstruction of Katy Perry, Daft Punk, and Lady Gaga, there seems to be a new trend in which everyone wants to explain in tedious detail why pop music is so enticing in some twisted way of justifying our enjoyment of it. This... more info

Nialler9 — Dan Snaith aka Caribou’s main man has had a fine line in dance productions under the name daphni for the last couple of years including slots at Forbidden Fruit and DJing back to back with Four Tet. He’s back with a new 12″ release on his Jiao... more info

Stereogum — Dan Snaith is best known as Caribou, but back in 2012 he dove full force into his DAPHNI moniker and made some incredible club music. Now he’s put together a new single with Owen Pallett featuring two tracks titled “Julia” and “Tiberius,” r... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At Elle, female authors recommended their favorite women writers. Owen Pallett used music theory to explain the genius of Lady Gaga's song "Bad Romance" at Slate. Hazlitt interviewed author Helen Oyeyemi. Stereogum listed the 10 best Joy Division son... more info

Stereogum — Now on his third in a series of articles examining the brilliant music theory behind ubiquitous pop hits, Owen Pallett might just have a brilliant recurring column in the works. Alas, Pallett says this latest installment will be his last. Beginning w... more info

Stereogum — As we recently reported, Owen Pallett took up the challenge of analyzing a pop song using music theory. It was Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” and it was a great read, but perhaps the best part of that article was when he ended with a tease about... more info

Stereogum — Last week Music Critic Twitter was all aflutter in response to Ted Gioia’s Daily Beast essay about how music journalism has devolved into lifestyle reporting because American Idol judges don’t know what a pentatonic scale is or something. Essenti... more info

Nialler9 — Real Estate play The Workman’s Club on May 27th. Tickets are €15 plus fee on sale Friday. New album Atlas is out now. DFA’s Shit Robot & The Juan Maclean are playing back to back at the former’s We Got A Love launch gig in Button Factory on ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Owen Pallett's new album, In Conflict, will be out in May but you can hear a couple tracks -- both of which feature Brian Eno -- now. "The Riverbed" comes via a music video that stars Pallett's uncle, Jim,... more info

Stereogum — Owen Pallett’s original score for Her, performed by his former bandmates Arcade Fire, is up for an Oscar this weekend, but the masterful songwriter and composer has shifted his attention to new projects. His next album, In Conflict, is coming out i... more info