Lincoln Eddy

Reimagining the synthesizer: Meet the Seaboard

The first instrument from UK music-tech company ROLI, the Seaboard is a reinvention of the keyboard with an organic way…

Better listening through science: UC Berkeley researchers make headphones with carbon allotrope

Scientists from UC Berkeley have used graphene (a nanoscale, one-molecule-thick carbon allotrope) to create headphones that "match... or surpass..." commercially…

Riff school: Learn to play metal on a seven-string violin

Resolution15 crafts its metal with violin, not guitar. Watch seven-string violinist Earl Maneein teach how to get riffs out of…

WTF? Friday: Babymetal’s sinister J-pop

Formed as an offshoot of Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal makes J-pop "dance metal" with teenage girls chanting bubblegum-style…

Ave Papa Emeritus II: Vote for the Ghost BC front-man for Pope, stream a new track

Papa Emeritus II, the anonymous front-man of Ghost BC, wants your vote for Pope. And he's more than willing to…

Atmosphere’s Slug and RJD2 help Copywrite find “Satisfaction” in new MHz Legacy video

With funk, scratch, and somersaulting flow, Slug, Copywrite, and RJD2 hang out in a broken-down shack in the video for…

Depeche Mode returning to North America with Delta Machine tour

Depeche Mode will bring its upcoming Delta Machine tour to North America from August through October. Pre-order or buy the…

Ghosts in Glass Houses: Julianna Barwick haunts in live video for “Offing”

Singer Julianna Barwick performed her song "Offing" as accompaniment to a sculpture in the Philip Johnson Glass house. It's an…

Nick Cave launches mood-categorized Spotify artist app

Following a new album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds in February, wily front-man Nick Cave has launched a…

Freezing beauty: Watch Cult of Luna perform acoustic “Passing Through” in Helsinki blizzard

Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna only debuted the official video for album closer "Passing Through" last month, but it…

Pig Destroyer releases unheard EP, donates proceeds to daughter of beloved colleague

Pig Destroyer has released an EP that was recorded during the same sessions as 2007 record Phantom Limb. Entitled Mass…

Psych rock, polyamory, and cult life: The Source Family documentary to open nationwide

"The Source Family" was an unconventional commune / religious order, with its own rock band, founded by a man known…