In the UK, the rise of electronic music began in the late ‘70s, which is where Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983 starts. At over 500 pages, with a foreword ...

Sophie, one of the most important figures in the last decade of underground pop and dance music, has died. By Andrew Unterberger, Billboard Sophie, one of the most important figures in the last decade ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: the first “cool” songs we ever liked. I grew up in a land of strip malls and chain restaurants, at a dark, mulleted ...

Rihanna’s “Friend of Mine” opens at No. 3 on Billboard’s new Hot Dance/Electronic Pop Songs chart, earning the singer her first hit on the tally. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 10: Rihanna attends ...

Electronic-pop’s latest rising star INJI today releases her debut EP LFG on Astralwerks. The 7-track body of work features previously released singles “GASLIGHT,” “BORED,” “MADELINE,” and “UNTZ UNTZ,” ...

Reinventing one’s career can be a daunting task. Many people give up on the lofty goals they set for themselves as comfort takes over, complacency becomes the devil you know and as fear of failure ...

On Dec. 4, electro-pop outfit 100 Gecs released a new holiday-themed song, “Sympathy 4 the Grinch.” The track by the duo Dylan Brady and Laura Les is an impossibly fast and frenetic number that welds ...

Sakamoto, a trailblazing composer and producer who was one of the first musicians to incorporate electronic production into popular songcraft, died last month after a multi-year battle with cancer.

SAN FRANCISCO - A number of parties are working to perk up San Francisco's downtown. Among them is SF Live, a six-month free concert series put on by arts and music producers Illuminate, the S.F.

The electronic producer SOPHIE died in Athens after an accident on Saturday, an immense loss to the world of music and the trans community. SOPHIE, who was 34, created a wide-ranging—but still too ...