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Mercury Rev

Vinyl or Spotify? Neither. Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donahue is a cassette man

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K-OS rapped into iPod headphones for his latest album, and you would never know

The Audiophile Roger Waters

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters continues to tear down walls, now on the big screen

The Audiophile Battles

Infinite loops: The electro-tunes of Battles never stop repeating, or evolving

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Johnny Rotten: Kim Kardashian’s ass belongs in a gold Gucci wheelbarrow

The Audiophile Carly Rae Jepsen Emotion

Carly Rae Jepsen on the virtues of first takes, vinyl, and singing tired

Klingande

Klingande melds melodies with house-friendly beats to take Spotify by storm

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Talking Beatles, hi-fi, and subwoofers with Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.

DJ Matoma

How a Norwegian DJ set Spotify on fire with a tropical Notorious B.I.G. remix

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani stops shredding to spin a story on Shockwave Supernova

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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Programmable drums, LED helmets, and more

Felix Da Housecat

DJ Felix da Housecat on channeling his inner Prince, and his love for lo-fi

Dot World's Smallest Bluetooth Headset

How a mob of Kickstarter vigilantes are killing the world’s smallest earbuds

Ivan Kan set out to bring a wireless Bluetooth earbud to the U.S. via Kickstarter, but skeptical backers turned a lack of understanding into a witch hunt.
Noel Lee

Meet the Monster: How a funky engineer built the biggest brand in headphones

Hydro Hammock

Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Hot tub hammock, smart luggage, and more

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Lee Bannon on ‘chair music,’ his name change, and sonic link to Keith Richards

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After a Jeep commercial and a hit single, X Ambassadors plant a lo-fi flag on VHS

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Ambient moodmakers The Orb know when to kick out tech to make room for music

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What do Britney, Charlie XCX, and Sia have in common? The beats of Giorgio Moroder

The Audiophile Bakermat

Bakermat on his upcoming album, YouTube fame, and remixing Martin Luther King Jr.

Audiophile The Darkness

When it’s time to cut an album, The Darkness believe in a thing called digital

The Audiophile Paul van Dyk

Straight outta East Berlin: DJ Paul van Dyk remixes the politics of electronic music

The Audiophile Steve Aoki

Steve Aoki on Neon Future II, his obsession with Wolverine, and DJing on Mars

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Speeding down the Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highway

Eric Neumann Mad Genius

Meet the mad genius who wants to save the music industry with a smarter Pandora

Mad Genius Radio's CEO Eric Neumann has an ambitious new plan to get users to throw in some cash in support of streaming music.
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What’s Tidal about, besides big names? A top exec explains in our exclusive interview

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For My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall just flows better in high resolution

Miami Horror

How Miami Horror sculpted a post-disco dreamfest on All Possible Futures

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Taylor Swift is right: Music can’t survive if you don’t pay for it

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Squarepusher doesn’t just make electronica, he makes the software to make it

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One product fits all for socks, not music says Deezer’s US CEO

We talk to Deezer's North American CEO, Tyler Goldman, about his plans to conquer the US market and tailor the music streaming experience for different tastes.
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Stripped down and reimagined in brass, Porcupine Tree takes on a whole new life

The Audiophile Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons chase the hi-res dragon, hate getting smashed on the radio

Tycho

For chillwave maestro Tycho, effects are as much instruments as the ones you play