Electronic music creator Herb Deutsch looks back to the early days of synthesizers in the first installment of Moog’s original series, GIANTS.

Dream Weapon (Relapse). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

120 Onetwenty (Sargasso). Review by Stacey Zering.

Terminal Drive (Smog Veil Records). Review by James Mann.

The Complete Songs of Innocence and Experience (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.

Dark Castle brings a brand of metal mayhem that features some new layers of unique melodicism to SXSW. Guitarist Stevie Floyd runs it down for Ink 19 before the band departs on an upcoming European tour with Kylesa.

Three-hour documentary on DVD about the German electronic music band, their influences, contemporaries, and followers. Sean Slone gets lost on the Trans-Europe Express.

William Weikart , the mastermind behind the band Obscured by Clouds , is one literate and surprising person. Tim Wardyn unveils Weikart’s impressive cast of influences (including Chris Cornell and Baroque music), how ex-girlfriends contributed to one of the best songs on their album Psycheclectic, and how his bandmate Thee Slayer Hippy got his name.

The Sweet Life (Sluggo’s Goon Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.

self titled (Kanpai/Domo). Review by Ben Varkentine.