The second release to sport DFA's new Death From Abroad spin-off label. Altz, who hails from Osaka, Japan, has previously released singles and a full length on Bear Funk. He provides a fresh sound on the lead-off "Max Motion" incorporating crisp breakbeats...   click for more

"Springfield" is one of the last compositions Arthur Russell (Dinosaur L, Loose Joints) wrote in his all too short lifetime. Arthur recorded over four hours of tracking with the intention of collaborating with a producer for completion. It never happened until now...   click for more

Alright, since this is Babytalk's second official release off his own Stickydisc label, this is the last time I'll mention that this dude was DFA's in-house mixing engineer. I know all the reviews mention it (and his MySpace), but if it were...   click for more

Not to be confused with Betty Botox, the latest addition to DFA's Death From Abroad label is the Parisian duo of Bot'Ox, aka Julien Briffaz and Cosmo Vitelli. These guys both do great things on their own (like Briffaz' [T]EKEL project and...   click for more

Second single from the In Ghost Colours album. In the usual Modular fashion, the track gets tricked out with remixes from currently on-fire producers. Tapping into current 80s trends, Calvin Harris goes retro-electro boogie on his version. Similarly the Midnight Juggernauts go...   click for more

Free Blood sports an impressive resume for an unknown Brooklyn band. This year alone, they've opened up for Hot Chip's latest tour and released this single simultaneously on Rong and DFA. With the male-female chemistry, they remind me a bit of the...   click for more

Gucci Soundsystem (aka Riton & Ben from Fat Truckers) step out of the remix shadows for an original 12" on DFA's Death From Abroad imprint. "Acarpenter(1)" is a retro-sounding piece of techno-funk that takes a minute to warm up, but once those...   click for more

DFA is on a tear lately! Whatever this new phase they're in is going to classified as by Vice and a few hipster blogs, I'm totally down with it. New artists Holy Ghost! come with a techy dancerock gem with one dirty,...   click for more

"Happy House" is a new direction for the Juan Maclean, who seems to be veering away from the darkness of his last couple singles and into the bright light of big house anthems. The nearly 13-minute long(!) track was co-written by and...   click for more

"45:33" was originally commissioned by Nike for iTunes as a "work out" mix, but this shit is so good that the DFA decided to put it out on CD and LP. The "mix" isn't a mix in the traditional DJ sense of...   click for more

It can be argued that the DFA remix and "House Of Jealous Lovers" were the records that started the whole hipster DJ craze. All the sudden, you had an alternative to playing BDP or some rock track that there's no 12" for....   click for more

Mock & Toof, who have been slowly killing the underground 12" scene ("Like A Virgin" remix white label, remixes for DFA, 12s on French imprint Tiny Sticks), now can add DFA single to their list of growing accomplishments. Sporting the new Death...   click for more

The one-man rave band prodigy from Melbourne is back at it with another single from his awesome Guns Babes Lemonade album. "Sweaty" is arguably one of the most fun tracks on a record full of fun tracks -- you know the one...   click for more

DFA gets into the reissue game with this expanded edition of Gyrate, the 1980 album from Pylon, obscure players from the Athens, GA, scene of the 80s whose music would influence artists like B-52s, Gang of Four and, of course, DFA. Remember...   click for more

Shit Robot. I'd usually crap on the name, but ever since this needle hit the groove, I stopped caring! DFA has just been killing the dance singles all year, pressing up new material from established artists and establishing new artists with groundbreaking...   click for more