By Sharon O'Connell, eMusic ContributorRemember when music could be neatly divided into genre bins? Those days are long gone. Nowadays, artists mix and match styles so indiscriminately you'd be forgiven for thinking traditional categories have become almost completely meaningless,… more »
By Andy Beta, eMusic ContributorLast year's breakout album Replicas elevated laptop noisemaker Dan Lopatin's bracing Oneohtrix Point Never project to new heights, but it also revealed a new wrinkle in his sound. Built primarily on layers of finely-minced commercial… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorIn case you were wondering, SSTUDIOS is not a long-overdue compilation of chillwave Phil Collins covers. Like a jazz improv label with customized synths and samplers in place of brass parts and brushed drums, the… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIt was a year full of surprising breakouts and breathtaking discoveries, with reliable favorites from familiar faces and strong entries from new voices. These are our Top 100 Records of 2011. more »
By Marissa G. Muller, eMusic ContributorDespite his stoner demeanor, Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin is as thoughtful in conversation as he is on tape. His abstract synthpop outfit's sixth full-length, Replica, is built from snippets of '80s commercials, gauzy loops… more »
By Andy Battaglia, eMusic ContributorOneohtrix Point Never has assumed an important place in the sound and theory obsessed underground with music that consumes as it compels and a unique ability to articulate his vision as something more than just… more »