Peverelist: Forget Skrillex—this dubstep pioneer delivers the original Bristol sound

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Long before Skrillex brought dubstep to the McDonald’s-quaffing American masses, the genre was born out of the underground melding of UK drum ‘n’ bass, garage and dub sound systems. Bristol record shop and label owner, producer and DJ Peverelist (Tom Ford) was part of it and returns to Tokyo next week to show punters how it’s really done.

Metropolis, May 18, 2012

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Eli Walks: Deep, dark beats from a young Japanese-American

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“I want to play a ton of shows, but a lot of people don’t have money,” Walks laments. “A lot of my friends are broke. They want to go to the shows but they can’t afford it. I’ve been to shows recently where I thought there would be more fans. The economy is pinching people.”

Metropolis, Apr 28, 2012

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Ryoichi Kurokawa: SonarSound’s most intriguing act isn’t strictly musical

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“Since European countries share boundaries over land with other countries, they share their arts scenes more naturally,” Kurokawa answers when asked about his decision to leave Japan. “The European scene is much bigger than Japan’s, and this means new art scenes are easily born and young artists can be more widely active here.”

Metropolis, Apr 14, 2012

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My Morning Jacket: They may be from Kentucky, but don’t call ‘em Southern rock

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“I feel like the internet should be a free and open place. We can see how the music industry has been impacted by people stealing music on the internet, but there’s a larger issue about the fact that a lot of my friends can’t afford health care. Until we get that figured out, if my friends can’t afford healthcare I welcome them stealing music on the internet all day long.” – Jim James, My Morning Jacket

Metropolis, Feb 22, 2012