Walker throws up a mix with Midnight Lab Band, Jatoma, Captain Planet, Jason Forrest and more.

Music critics tend to carry big bags of creative insults, and one of the more bizarre is the allegation of “wallpaper music.” To some jaded critics, certain music is so inconsequential, so “background,” that it fades into unnoticeability like so much flowery wallpaper,...

Somewhere along the line, various strains of electronic music separated into unspoken (or overspoken) factions, such that some tunes sound distant, ethereal and ghostly, drowned in reverb and static, and others sound compressed, crunchy and in-your-face to the point of bludgeoning. Of course,...

In a musical world where each new artist uses a more bizarre nom de plume than the last, it’s refreshing to come across an electronic artist with the unassuming and very plain-sounding name of John Roberts. It’s a name that sounds more akin to, say, a conservative chief justice of...

Reports of summer’s death have been greatly exaggerated, as it’s still too hot to comfortably wear your favorite sweater, but these cool morning breezes cannot be ignored forever. As a goodbye kiss to August, we have a new album, Born In A Night, by the Scottish group Hassle Hound,...