Written by George Karmokolias
A bit about where this mix came from:  I recently took a trip out to Seoul in order to check out the music scene there.  By that I mean I got online, googled “underground techno in Seoul, South Korea,” and was taken to some Facebook invites. I …

Written by Nick Leitzke
I hate drugs. Trading clarity and cohesion for a few moments of hallucinatory gratification – and risking life and limb in the process – is a deal I’d rather not make. I don’t particularly want to get hooked on something that in all likelihood will kill me, …

Written by Nick Leitzke
I have come to realize in the past year that the early days of cinema gave us the primer for everything that followed. In 1930 ‘Hell’s Angels’ set the special effects standard for decades afterward. Some modern action movies that rely on computer animation could still learn …

Written by Nick Leitzke
This is where I first heard Delphic…

Shortly before the New Year I saw this clip of “Doubt” and became infatuated. Here was a sound with nothing particularly special about it. Definitely European synth pop, perhaps riding on an undercarriage reminiscent of New Order. It certainly had energy …

Written by Nick Leitzke
The new Spoon album ‘Transference’ is available in streaming audio at NPR.org. This is not a review of the album. Rather, I have a small sense of confusion. In the age of Myspace, streaming audio at official band and label websites, bands making entire albums available for …