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Watch Aphex Twin Conduct an Orchestra by Remote Control

Richard D. James, better known by his avant-garde electronic music moniker Aphex Twin, has continued to prove he's on the cutting edge of things. Like Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, he recently collaborated with Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and was commissioned to compose music for Poland's European Culture Congress — but as Pitchfork points out, James took things a step further while in Wroclaw, Poland, and controlled a full orchestra with a remote control.  read more

The 13 Scariest Bands of All Time

With Halloween tonight, many people will be listening to novelty classics like “The Monster Mash” in order to get in the mood. But there are some musicians that are truly scary—bands that could haunt your nightmares and bring horror to real life.  read more

The 30 Greatest Music Videos of the 1990s

Music videos were so great in the ’90s, MTV actually showed them, launching the careers of directors like Spike Jonze, Brett Ratner and David Fincher.  read more

Jonny Greenwood to Release LP with Krzysztof Penderecki

It was revealed last week that classically-trained Radiohead multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood was collaborating with renowned Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki and were to perform alongside Aphex Twin at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Poland.  read more

Warp Records Celebrates Twenty Years With Warp(20) Box Set

Twenty years ago, Warped Records opened its doors as a shop and record label in Sheffield, England. Too difficult to distinguish the "-ed" over the phone, they eventually dropped the last two letters and Warp Records was born. In the decades since, Warp has brought us the likes of sixty-something artists, among them Aphex Twin, Jamie Lidell, Gang Gang Dance, Squarepusher, LFO, and, more recently, Grizzly Bear and Battles. Now, the label is spending all of 2009 celebrating two decades of Warp—the perfect excuse for a premium box set....  read more

Thanks to Internet, Legos meet album covers

This just in: Legos are still awesome. The Lego Miniman is turning 30, and what better reason to celebrate? Sure, people have done cool things with Legos before now. Very cool things. But before reading this news item, you probably had no idea that denizens of teh intrawebz would create... ...  read more