Basement Jaxx

The past month has seen a flurry of electronic musicians roll through Chicago, captivating the aural sensibilities of concert-goers around the city. Read More

A YOUNG musician has won a national drumming competition at the age of 12. Read More

Clasping an espresso at his management's London offices, the French synth star Pascal Arbez, better known to his acolytes as Vitalic (pronounced "vee-tal-ique"), shakes his head despondently. Read More

Dave Swarbrick, one-time fiddler with Fairport Convention, can laugh about his "death" now. Read More

The doors opened at 7 p.m. last Friday night, but the real show at Chicago's Congress Theater didn't get going until after 10. Read More

Dave Swarbrick, one-time fiddler with Fairport Convention, can laugh about his "death" now. Read More

In this age of laptop-toting faux live electronic dance music acts, an actual band employing actual live instrumentation and vocals is a rare thing, especially when said band is delivering funked-out dancefloor bangers like 2020Soundsystem. Read More

It was not bangers and mash, or the bowler hat, that justified the Great before Britain to me, nor was it football, rugby, or the elegant cricket bat. Read More

It seems that even people you'd think would hate that Monsters of Folk record warmed to it -- more monster, less folk, I guess. Read More

Without Jim Henson 's lovable Muppets, we wouldn't have "Wonder Showzen" or Peter Jackson 's "Meet The Feebles." Read More