Before Rusko was making filthy beats to blast out our eardrums, he was determined to make music that sounded similar to ska/punk bands such as Mad Caddies. Growing up in Leeds, England, Christopher Mercer was a part of an eight-piece band where he wrote out all the saxophone, trumpet, and[…]
Read More »Good news, vinyl lovers: Skrillex has heard your cries, and is here to save the day. Coming December 4th, Big Beat/OWSLA/Warner Music will put out a special-edition box set of all three of his albums, “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites,” “More Monsters and Sprites,” and “Bangarang.” Holding the discs will[…]
Read More »Well, no one can say that they’re not embracing the digital age! In a new and bold move, Swedish dub-duo Cazzette is partnering with online music service Spotify to promote their debut album. While some may say that this is one of the more clever moves of artists nowadays, quite[…]
Read More »After the November 3rd release of their mix of Prodigy’s “Breathe,” Canadian EDM duo Zeds Dead have announced a slew of European tour dates. In a move that can only be described as ambitious, Zeds Dead are taking on ten shows in eleven days, and will include a second and[…]
Read More »Tiesto has become the latest celebrity face of this years (RED) campaign event. In a global event set to be held on World AIDS Day, December 1st, the superstar will be helping recruit other EDM artists to raise awareness about the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies, with[…]
Read More »Steve Aoki’s Halloween concert in Madrid this past Wednesday ended in tragedy when three young women were killed in an “inhuman” stampede. The concert, which was held at Thriller Music Park, had been authorized to admit 10,600 people, but concert-goers were shocked to find that an estimated 20,000 people had[…]
Read More »Trance superstar Armin van Buuren has reclaimed the title of world’s best DJ, according to DJmag.com by snatching the crown from fellow heavyweight David Guetta, who has “kept the thrown warm” for the last year. This is Armin’s fifth win, making him the artist who has held the thrown the[…]
Read More »Well…that’s awkward. Steve Aoki, who is known in many circles for his outrageous stage antics, such as “crowd rafting,” finally tempted fate one time too many during a concert in San Juan, Puerto Rico this past weekend. The DJ, who was ironically wearing a shirt that read, “watch your neck,”[…]
Read More »Bad news, ravers: EDM power couple Skrillex and Ellie Goulding have split after a year of dating. Everyone is dying to know the reason for the half-shaved lovers’ split: was it infidelity? Boredom? A secret love of country music? Fortunately, it was nothing too dramatic, with multiple sources claiming that,[…]
Read More »Last year’s wildly successful Ultra Music Festival has officially proven to be simply too much for one weekend. Just in time for the Ultra’s 15-year anniversary, the massive Miami music festival will stretch its party from the weekend of March 15-17, and will pick back up after a four-day break[…]
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