Michaelangelo Matos

An attendee during the TomorrowWorld Electronic Music Festival on September 29, 2013 in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia.

The Mainstreaming Of EDM And The Precipitous Drop That Followed

Michaelangelo Matos

The culture of electronic dance music has long been seen as a safe space for the marginalized, but over the past decade it took a sharp turn towards the mainstream.

Hüsker Dü. From left: Greg Norton, Grant Hart and Bob Mould.

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Review: Hüsker Dü, 'Savage Young Dü'

Michaelangelo Matos

Through the '80s, Minneapolis three-piece Hüsker Dü helped broaden the ambitions and parameters of punk rock. Now, after years of work, its early recordings have been rebuilt from the ground up.

Van Morrison live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on May 19, 1973 in Santa Monica, Calif.

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All The Way Live Or Else: The Perfection Of Van Morrison's 'It's Too Late'

Michaelangelo Matos

Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Now was released at the height of his powers. A newly expanded version of the album helps make the case that it's among the rock era's best live albums.

John Peel in the studio at the BBC in 1972.

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John Peel's American Connection

Michaelangelo Matos

Despite at least one attempt, the famed British broadcaster never made it big in the U.S.A., but a new history of his career at the BBC shows that America was central to Peel's career.

Christine Tran (left), Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson (center) and Emma Burgess-Olson run the all-female DJ booking agency Discwoman.

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The Techno Feminists Next Door

Michaelangelo Matos

The three founders of the Brooklyn-based all-female DJ collective Discwoman are chipping away at club culture's bro problem.

Larry Levan, who made the highlight of a new collection of DJ mixes recorded at London superclub Ministry of Sound. Levan's work at New York club Paradise Garage was the inspiration for the London club.

Remembering Larry Levan, 'The Jimi Hendrix Of Dance Music'

Michaelangelo Matos

Danny Tenaglia and Justin Berkmann tell stories about Levan, widely fêted as the greatest DJ of all.

Pantha Du Prince: Techno Music A Rock Fan Can Love

Michaelangelo Matos

Indie rock and techno music don't generally find much overlap in their audiences. But the latest release from a German techno producer who goes by the name Pantha du Prince is finding success in attracting fans accustomed to songs built around lyrics.