After premiering his new single “i” yesterday, Kendrick Lamar made an appearance on Los Angeles’ Power 106 radio station. There, he conducted an interview with the station’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood show, and performed a lengthy freestyle, a little under six minutes, over a variety of beats, including Jay Z’s “Who You Wit” and James Brown’s “The…

The Alesis iO Mix iPad Recording Dock is featured in the latest episode of Sweetwater’s iOS Update….

From the dawn of the digital era in 1999, with the introduction of Napster, the U.S. recording industry has seen a cataclysmic decline in income, from $14.5 billion at its peak to less than $7 billion in 2013 (accounting for inflation, a decline of over 65%)….

Every since Apple hired my friend and surround sound mentor Tomlinson Holman a few years ago, I knew that the company would be working towards higher audio quality in a profound way. And generally speaking, the sound of Apple products does continue to improve, even if it’s hardly ever noted. I just purchased a new…

Few technologies in recent years have inspired the kind of wide-eyed wonder seen currently swirling around that of the virtual-reality headset Oculus Rift. The story of its founder, Palmer Luckey, has already become a tech industry legend: The teenage Luckey, then a college student and hobbyist electronics noodler, became frustrated with the slow development of…

Ryan DeRobertis, the songwriter and producer who churns out music under the alias Saint Pepsi, had a chill summer. He went on his first real tour, finally read Kafka on the Shore, and “Fiona Coyne”—the a-side of his debut Carpark single—became the go-to seasonal anthem for any dewey-eyed teen with a heart-pounding crush. Between working on new tunes, Saint Pepsi had time to throw together…

Legowelt‘s a generous soul. Not content with releasing more music than most of the rest of the techno scene put together, Danny Wolfers also somehow finds the time to put together occasional sample packs, treating the rest of the universe to the same kind of arsenal he has at his fingertips every day….

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Fans have been foaming at the mouth for Kendrick Lamar’s new track “i.” First, artwork was shared and a release date for the song was made public, which is rare. Then, there were fake snippets being shared around the web, which sounded dope, but didn’t meet the criterion and seemed fishy. On Monday, MTV spilled…

Lana Del Rey’s latest album Ultraviolence has been accused of being gloomy, doomy and outright dark. Now she’s out to prove her critics right by announcing a pair of concerts at a cemetery….