Nicolas Jaar

With Ultra Music Festival's addition of a second weekend to celebrate its 15 years, March 15 marks the start of a two-week block saturated with dubstep, house, and drum and bass. The headliners are no surprise: There's Tiesto, David Guetta, Deadmau5 and...

Pitchfork Day 2 is in the books for Saturday in Union Park. Here’s the rundown from yours truly (GK) and my hard-working colleague Bob Gendron (BG): 1:09 p.m.: The pleasant chirping of crickets provides the transition between songs for the...

With more musical talent taking the stage than ever before, the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival is sure to be a hit with concert-goers. The festival will be held July 13-15 at Chicago's Union Park and music lovers will get an eclectic array of music as...

The Pitchfork Music Festival filled out its July 13-15 lineup at Union Park by announcing 21 bands and artists Thursday, including Beach House, Wild Flag and Real Estate. Also added were Big K.R.I.T., Atlas Sound, Cults and Real Estate, among others,...

When you cover entertainment, the music never stops. The albums come in by mail every day but Sunday and pile up in the inbox. The stack of albums grows exponentially, and despite good intentions, certain albums get pushed aside, and by the time you've...

Throughout the week and holiday season, Pop & Hiss will be presenting various top 10 lists from its contributors. What follows are the favorite albums of the year from staffer August Brown....

The music industry in 2012 was characterized as one of "micro-pennies" at the annual festival and conference that is South by Southwest. The phrase was used by Rich Begnloff, who heads indie label trade group the American Assn. of Independent Music....

The Prism isn’t actually shaped like a prism but, rather, is a simple, brushed-chrome cube the size of a child’s wooden block. Set it on a pedestal in an art gallery, and its simple symmetry suggests a sculpture rather than what it is: a music...

Young electronica artist Nicolas Jaar played the Echoplex in a sold-out show Monday night, and the best part of his set was the way he approached the perennial problems of computer-based dance music. So writes August Brown in his review....

Film composer Clint Mansell, best known for his work with Darren Aronofsky on "Black Swan," "Requiem for a Dream" and "The Fountain," will perform three nights at Largo in his first ever solo appearances in Los Angeles. Times pop music critic Randall...

For Dr. John's new album, he teamed up with Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach and a bunch of young turks to create a classic piece of New Orleans rock, funk and soul. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews....

For a good half-decade now, Top 40 pop has been leaning toward the proudly synthetic, inexorably propulsive sound of European club music. On "Evolution," his first album of new material since 2007, the German DJ-producer Paul Van Dyk leans back.......