Girl Talk kicked off a massive tour last week that includes festival performances at Bonnaroo, Primavera Sound and the new Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, where he’s headlining alongside Empire of the Sun and Pretty Lights.

The DJ is on tour from now through July, accompanied by Max Tundra and Junk Culture in select cities. Download his latest album, All Day, for free.

We caught up with the Pittsburgh native to hear his thoughts on the benefits of both classic instrumentation and technology-based music.

Lykke Li‘s new album Wounded Rhymes is out February 28, but you can hear it now via SoundCloud. Produced by Peter Bjorn And John‘s Bjorn Yttling, the 10-track album is the follow-up to 2008′s Youth Novels and features the provocative single “Get Some.”

The Swedish singer is currently touring across Europe and makes her way to the States in May. Check her website for dates and ticket information.

The Guardian calls Wounded Rhymes an album of “bleak post-breakup laments” but “the pain was worth it.” Lykke Li doesn’t exactly describe herself as “depressed emo girl,” but she does draw creative inspiration from the darker side of life.

Unlike most celebrated chefs, Pichet Ong is as irresistible and adorable as his creations.

Instead of coming off as an insane, self-aggrandizing artiste with a personality disorder, in interviews Pichet Ong always appears to be genuinely humble, grounded and happy. An architect-in-training (Berkeley) turned pastry chef (self-taught), he quickly won over New Yorkers’ hearts, minds and stomachs with his iconic restaurants, P*ONG and Village Tart.

Lately though, very little has been heard from Pichet–he’s been busy working on book projects and his quirky food/music/life blog. For those of us who’ve been missing his effervescent presence in the deadly serious food world, it looks like he may be heading back into the limelight.

He’s teaming up with Michael Bao on the just-opened Baotique, a modern Vietnamese sit-down restaurant in Midtown Manhattan of all places. Pichet is just consulting, but his whimsical, deft, spot-on hand can be seen in the menu, which will actually offer Spam. (These men are fearless in their devotion to pork products!)

And if you don’t already harbor a secret crush on Pichet, check out the interview below. Pichet talks about the importance of mentorship and community strength, and explains why he’s involved in dot429, a multi-platform networking group connecting LGBT professionals and allies.

Daedelus kicks off a tour next month leading up to the release of his new album Bespoke, out April 11 via Ninja Tune. The producer is bringing along the awesome Tokimonsta and Shlohmo for the ride, which includes a SXSW performance. Full route on his website.

Bespoke features a nice array of guest appearances, including Bilal, Baths, Busdriver, Om’mas Keith of Sa-Ra, and several others “from all around this current music mess,” according to Daedelus.

Last time we checked in with the man, he was working with just as many friends and associates. Here he gives shout outs to everyone from Flying Lotus to Busdriver long before they were well-known. He knows everyone–you should probably invite him to your parties.

When wonky foodie people speak about Adria, it’s in the hushed, reverent tones that Kool-Aid drinkers use to speak of their idols.

He’s a revolutionary, no doubt: Adria has single-handedly made El Bulli the most famous restaurant in the world, with 400 reservation requests for every table, while still losing money hand over fist. He’s Spanish, OK? Capitalism has never been his strong suit.

Adria is referred to as a genius, a maestro, the grandfather of molecular gastronomy; he’s lectured at Harvard to a sold out class of drooling undergrads, and when he’s actually doing his job, he gets to light things on fire and wear a funny hat.

Unfortunately, it seems Adria has paid the price that most cultural icons pay for their universal adulation–he’s started buying the hype and seems as besotted with himself as his most effusive admirers.

But even Adria’s most obsessed fans will blanch when they hear his latest, er, plan to improve humanity’s lot. Check out the interview with Adria, below, as he praises the essential contributions he has made–and will continue to make–to the field of not just food, but society as a whole and the world at large.

As he prepares to shutter El Bulli in July, Adria predicts that his next move will forever change the relationship between creativity and the world. (He does realize he’s talking about cooking, right? Just checking.)

It’s easy to describe multi-instrumentalist Evan Voytas as a pop singer, but his musical background is more complex than the description allows. More interesting, too.

The East coast native dove into the world of jazz as a teenager, and later played lead guitar on tour with a few major label pop acts (Teddy Geiger, Hillary Duff). Somewhere in between, he lived in both Harlem and the middle of nowhere on a Pennsylvania farm, reading up on religion and New Age spirituality. After moving to Los Angeles, he began working with Flying Lotus and Gonjasufi. Oh yeah, and Kate Moss stars in his latest video.

The genre-hopping artist released the EP Tomorrow Night We’ll Go Anywhere last year, featuring blissed-out songs with chill disco synths, falsetto vocals and yes, some subtle jazz stylings. Check out the title track and video featuring the supermodel on his site.

And though he may have a slight fear of interviews, the mild-mannered Voytas was kind enough to swing by our studio and talk about everything from songwriting and Neil Young to vegetarianism and the politics of doing good.

The Dears and Eulogies have teamed up for a tour that begins March 4 in Victoria, British Columbia and continues to Austin for SXSW.

The Dangerbird Records labelmates will be playing songs from both of their new albums–The Dears released Degeneration Street earlier this week, while Eulogies put the finishing touches on Tear the Fences Down last month.

Both bands stopped by our studios to tell us more about crafting new albums and why taking the easy way out is never the best route.