Lorin Ashton, the electronic-music producer and DJ who plays under the name Bassnectar, grew up throwing death-metal concerts at his hometown library. He turned toward deejaying and producing music ...

The San Jose native — easily one of the most significant figures to emerge from the Bay Area music scene in many years — made his long-awaited hometown debut on Saturday. “This is my first time ever ...

For the last night of SnowBall Music Festival, organizers brought back one of last year’s headliners to close things out, which ultimately proved to be a wise decision. Looking out from the stage, it ...

When does “VJ sampling” cross over into outright copyright infringement? Like a DJ or rapper or other music artist who samples the works of other music artists to create something new, VJs (video ...

Electronic artist Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) is back on the road for his Fall Tour 2012 in support of his recentthe album Vava Voom. Influenced equally by metal, ambient, psychedelic, and hip-hop, his ...

Inside San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the atmosphere is bass. The bass rips through you, pressing against your throat, lungs, and stomach like an invisible vise. The pressure sets off ...

Bassnectar is stepping away from music after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. An Instagram account called Evidence Against Bassnectar was created at the end of June, posting various sexual ...

DJ and producer Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) has confirmed Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine’s upcoming electronic music project. “[Morello]’s working on this really cool project where he’s working ...