Dominic Umile

The brief untitled debut EP from Syracuse, New York's Ra Ra Riot is but a six-song launch pad, but the band impresses memorably, with strong undercurrents and spirited, intricate arrangements. Two string players cushion surges of energy on this disc, and singer Wes Miles pushes almost too many thoughts into...

Los Angeles-based promoter Andrew Lojero uses the ArtDontSleep pseudonym when he's getting people drunk at loft parties. He organizes celebrations on the West Coast that highlight local artists and musicians, and on ArtDontSleep Presents From L.A. With Love, Lojero's hand-picked array of underground psyche and beatmakers delights and befuddles. Producer...

Rabid packs of fans flail about, nearly soiling themselves, when the Teeth perform—aside from the band's truculent live set, the audience is a show in itself. Philadelphia's Teeth count twin brothers in its chemical makeup, and the four-piece have noticeably honed their shambolic, chaotic rock with doo-wop backups and scorching...

Sleeved in simplistic candy-pink, Boom Bip's Sacchrilege EP offers little in the way of easygoing ambient electronica. The California-based producer, born Bryan Hollon, drills straight for the dance floor on Sacchrilege with a smattering of worming synths and disco beats not unlike Skatebård's, but his tendencies are hardly black and...

For Amon Tobin's Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack, the Brazilian-born U.K. resident and producer/DJ spun delicately assembled cinematic instrumentals into epic nightmarish videogame backdrops, boasting chopped organ and string section bits over boisterous drum breaks. It was another impressive exercise in Tobin's venturesome sound manipulation, but Foley Room presented...