Soul Sides — A few weeks back, I was interview by The Ringer’s Justin Sayles for an article he just published about the last 20 years of crate-digging and sample-based production since the release of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing. It is a sprawling long-form es... more info

Stereogum — On the great Song Exploder podcast, musicians spend a few minutes breaking down one of their tracks, telling the stories of all the tiny decisions that go into making a piece of music. Usually, the songs discussed are fairly recent, but on the newest... more info

Stereogum — El-P and Killer Mike of Run The Jewels are both playable characters in Gears Of War 4, and tonight, the duo performed at the Game Awards, the annual video games awards ceremony. They performed their RTJ3 single “Talk To Me” and “Nobody Speak,�... more info

Stereogum — Looking back a couple of decades, it’s not that much of a shock that turntablism produced a masterpiece. It’s more of a shock that it produced only one masterpiece. DJing, of course, had been a vastly important part of hip-hop for decades before ... more info

Stereogum — The turntable veteran DJ Shadow has already made one of this year’s best music videos, for the Run The Jewels collab “Nobody Speak.” And today, he’s got a new one. This one is for “Three Ralphs,” a mournful and foreboding instrumental fro... more info

Nialler9 — Sterogum’s 40 best new bands of 2016. The xx have been sharing short snippets of tracks on Spotify in the past week. more info

DrownedInSound — This package is totally unnecessary as anything except a cash-grab more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow, DJ Shadow will reissue his debut LP, Endtroducing…, for its 20th anniversary. The reissue is titled Endtroducing (20th Anniversary Endtrospective Edition) and it includes early demos, alternate takes, live versions, and remixes from Clams... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This stacked day of NYC shows includes Teenage Fanclub, Emily Jane White, Duchess Says, White Lung, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Besnard Lakes, Beyonce/Blood Orange/etc, M83, Steely Dan, DJ Shadow, Bob Weir, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Mr. Oizo, and more.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC shows include Emily Jane White, Duchess Says, M83, Megadeth, Conor Oberst, Preoccupations, Rhye, Discharge, Burn, DJ Shadow, Bob Weir, and more. Continue reading… more info