Kieran MacIntyre Every year millions of people from all over the world flock to the wild west paradise that is Las Vegas, maybe to win big at luminous monoliths guised as casinos, or maybe to find the American dream, as Hunter S Thompson had attempted to over 40 years ago. This past weekend over 90,000 people, including
Sometimes the power isn’t within the lexicon, sometimes it’s the emotion behind each word that can be understood if meaning is at a lost between languages. You may not speak Hebrew, but when you listen to Vaadat Charigim, you feel every word spoken within their well-textured shoegaze. The Israeli trio has made big ripples in
On the surface you may think Arizona quintet Destruction Unit is just a noise punk group trying to dish out aggressive riffs along with Drunkdriver noise-core clamor, but when you listen to their tracks, you find yourself listening to one of the most inventive bands in the scene. What started as the solo project of
Aussie House wizards Joel Fletcher and J-Trick have released their bouncy collaboration “Here We Go”, and it is guaranteed to tear up your dance floor. Bring together two of Australia’s hottest producers, a synth that buzzes and squawks and an infectious bass line to be complemented with hoarse, energetic vocals from hype master in demand
Bay Area producer Mophono put together a cerebral mix for Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel radio show this past Friday, and it’s an hour of pure beat music magic. We included Benji Illgen, otherwise known as beat thaumaturge Mophono, on our singles list a few weeks back with his hard hitting track “THIZZ BITS” off his
The thump was constant and the bass rattled the ground of the palatial Avalon in Hollywood. It was a Control Friday show (8/21) and the warm summer night was perfectly complimented by an exciting Dim Mak double feature with Canadian drop kings Botnek and burgeoning House wunderkind Jacob Plant. After a fun, throbbing warm up
Sometimes an artist will abandon their inhibitions and make a damn pop record, which typically signifies a paradigm shift for an artist that is trying to reach out to a broader audience. Here with The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness, we find the Canadian crooner sorting through all of his coked out nights of sexual
For the third installment of our spotlight on Australia’s exploding electronic music scene we got to chat with the burgeoning beat wizards, Hermitude. The duo, consisting of Luke Dubber (Luke Dubs) and Angus Stuart (El Gusto), has been making a lot of ripples back in their home country, with their fifth album Dark Night Sweet
A few weeks ago there was an incredulous gasp that rang across the music community when it was revealed that Dr. Dre was releasing his long awaited third album, but it wasn’t the much rumored Detox that fans got, instead we have received his most ambitious record yet in the form of Compton. The music
Last night, Echo Park’s tastemaking venue, The Echo, was graced with an excellent show from Danish trio Baby in Vain. The small venue saw three great sets, with two opening sets from Annie Girl & the Flight and a wild show from Kim & the Created but it was the Copenhagen group that stole the