The wait is over! After more than five years, Philadelphia’s A Life Once Lost will release their new studio album, Ecstatic Trance, next week. Angular, furious, forward-thinking, and totally trippy, ...

First of all: sorry there was no CUBLOTW last week! Post-Hurricane Sandy, I had no electricity (or heat for that matter) for pretty much the entire week. Sucky. But now we’re back! So — Second of all: ...

Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts are filled with tracks (Rihanna, Flo Rida) that borrow from the ecstatic trance and pulsing grooves of electronic dance music. The last time pop was so ...