Rockstar Announces L.A. Noire Official Soundtrack and Remix Album

By Bo Moore at 1:00 PM on May 9, 2011

Rockstar games has announced the release of two L.A. Noire official soundtrack albums, set to coincide with the game’s May 17 release....  read more

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Listen: TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek Remixes Lykke Li

By Bo Moore at 2:54 PM on January 26, 2011

Dave Sitek has a lot on his plate. He’s producer/guitarist for TV on the Radio, is involved with his solo side project Maximum Balloon, and has now replaced ex-Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan in Jane’s Addiction. Yet somehow he still finds time to remix new Lykke Li songs. Good on you, sir....  read more

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Dave Sitek's Maximum Balloon Begins Releasing Digital Singles

By Jennifer Ross at 6:00 PM on June 16, 2010

We told you about TV on the Radio member/producer Dave Sitek’s new solo project, Maximum Balloon. Sitek has now announced a release date for his latest endeavor’s debut album in addition to streaming its first single, “Tiger,” on Maximum Balloon’s official website. The new track features Aku from Dragons of Zynth and is available for download on iTunes....  read more

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TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek Announces New Solo Project: Maximum Balloon

By Jennifer Ross at 3:45 PM on June 7, 2010

His band, Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio, is taking a hiatus, but multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Sitek has yet to slow down. In addition to becoming one of our favorite producers (assisting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Holly Miranda and Wale, to name a few) and cutting a rap mixtape with Aziz Ansari, Sitek is also working a solo project under the monicker Maximum Balloon....  read more

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Holly Miranda: The Magician's Private Library

By Rachel Bailey at 9:00 AM on March 4, 2010

Spellbinding solo debut from former Jealous’ Girlfriends frontwoman “Open up your head, we found a secret,” Holly Miranda promises on “Forest Green Oh Forest Green,” the first track of her debut LP. The soulful Brooklynite could well be referring to her album itself, which is strewn with hidden gems furnished by David Sitek’s deft production and Miranda’s skillful songwriting. High points are plentiful; on “Waves,” Sitek’s pitter-patter percussion buoys Miranda’s stirring delivery, and the shimmering guitar hooks and cymbal splashes that open “Joints” underscore her spectral narrative of being haunted by unrequited love. With a voice as gauzy as Miranda’s,...  read more

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Dave Sitek and Aziz Ansari Unveil First Mixtape Track

By Rachel Bailey at 10:17 AM on February 24, 2010

The first song from the much-anticipated Raaaaaaaandy Mixtape, featuring the alter-ego of comedian Aziz Ansari rapping over beats produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, sees Ansari playing the Game like a pro. His first single, “Aaaaaaaangry,” wasn’t released. It was leaked, and it features Raaaaaaaandy taking up the mantle of another great hip-hop tradition—the beef....  read more

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Aziz Ansari and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek Working on Mixtape

By Justin Jacobs at 1:00 PM on December 8, 2009

When the 10th best comedian of the decade meets the eighth best producer of the decade (who just so happens to play on the 40th best album of the decade), sparks are bound to fly....  read more

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The 10 Best Producers of the Decade (2000-2009)

By Paste staff at 7:00 AM on November 8, 2009

Producers are studio wizards, the men—why are they always men?—behind the scenes, laying the sonic foundation for our favorite albums. Here are the decade’s 10 most accomplished knob-twiddlers.  ...  read more

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