‘We put his face back together again’: the groundbreaking show bringing Ryuichi Sakamoto back to life | Ryuichi Sakamoto

Optically transparent devices … the audience watches Kagami.

Todd Eckert is explaining, in circuitous yet joyous fashion, how he first fell in love with the work of the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. It’s a conversation that meanders through Eckert’s teenage visit to Preston, […]

THE ROLLING STONES’ ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Tops U.K. Album Chart

THE ROLLING STONES' 'Hackney Diamonds' Tops U.K. Album Chart

This week, THE ROLLING STONES achieved a significant milestone by claiming their 14th Number 1 album in the United Kingdom with “Hackney Diamonds”, outperforming all other albums in the Top 5 in terms of sales. […]

The Armed Drop Bowie-Inspired Song “Everything’s Glitter”: Stream

The Armed Drop Bowie-Inspired Song “Everything’s Glitter”: Stream

The Armed have shared “Everything’s Glitter,” the second single from the band’s forthcoming album, Perfect Saviors. Watch the song’s music video below. “Everything’s Glitter” is a conceptual song, inspired by the phenomenon of celebrity and […]

‘The real story is more confusing than any lie’: the Armed’s Tony Wolski unmasks the punk collective | Music

Ben Chisholm

The Armed are a head-spinning proposition. The anonymous Detroit hardcore collective have spent the past 14 years hiding behind a carefully curated air of mystery and an anarchic sense of irony that has, in tandem […]

The Armed Announce New Album Perfect Saviors, Share “Sport of Form”: Stream

the armed perfect saviors album artwork

The Armed have readied a new album called Perfect Saviors. The hardcore band’s latest arrives in full August 25th, while lead single “Sport of Form” — featuring Julien Baker on the song, and Iggy Pop in its […]

Legendary Electronic Producer Ryuichi Sakamoto Compiled a Playlist for His Own Funeral

Legendary Electronic Producer Ryuichi Sakamoto Compiled a Playlist for His Own Funeral

Ryuichi Sakamoto, who tragically succumbed to cancer in March, was a trailblazer in the electronic music space, paving the way for the sounds of today through his influential work with the iconic Yellow Magic Orchestra. […]

Punk and goth legends to converge at Cruel World on Saturday

Punk and goth legends to converge at Cruel World on Saturday

After a tumultuous Coachella, where Frank Ocean tapped out between weekends, concert promoter Goldenvoice now turns to a summer season of genre- and era-driven festivals around L.A. Last weekend’s Just Like Heaven summoned elder millennials […]

25 summer concerts in L.A. we can’t wait to see

Members of Grupo Firme

It’s like the Super Bowl for online fan armies: Megastars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé will be performing at SoFi Stadium this summer, a mere month apart. Swifties will be sure to note that Taylor has […]

‘The film industry is gone. It sucks’: Jim Jarmusch on swapping directing for drone rock | Jim Jarmusch

Carter Logan and Jim Jarmusch

There are few film-makers quite as particular about music as Jim Jarmusch. Over the years, he’s enlisted Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA to score his hitman-meets-samurai flick Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, had Tom Waits […]

Electronic Music Community Reacts to Death of Legendary Artist Ryuichi Sakamoto

Electronic Music Community Reacts to Death of Legendary Artist Ryuichi Sakamoto

A founding member of the influential Japanese electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sakamoto was revered as a pioneer of the genre. Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned composer and electronic music producer, has died at the […]