Archive for the ‘Latest News’ Category

NEWS: Bounce Music Festival bringing EDM to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Bounce Music Festival features a wide variety of electronic music artists over the entire month of March 2012. Delving into a lot of dance music subgenres, it’s refreshing to see certain artists that you might not find on an ordinary club night; all featured in one festival. Spring break and great weather is always a [...]

NEWS: Carl Cox, Inventor of Dubstep?

Techno and house DJ Carl Cox recently said in an interview with Time Out London that he, “was playing dubstep three years before anyone even decided to call it dubstep, but [he] never got known for playing that style. [He doesn't] mind the now generation being seen as the pioneers, but there had to be [...]

UPDATE: Avicii To Make Appearance In Bud Light Platinum Super Bowl Ad

UPDATE UPDATE: HOLY CRAP. Avicii is in the commercial around :24. This is huge for dance music. HUGE. Check it out and watch for the commercial to air during the Super Bowl. We wrote late Friday that ‘Levels’ would be the soundtrack to the commercial, but its now confirmed that Avicii himself, in a flannel [...]

NEWS: ‘Levels’ To Be Featured In Bud Light Super Bowl Ad

Swedish import Avicii is becoming almost as American as apple pie or, as a better cliche, light beer. ‘Levels,’ after it’s countless trips around the world, it’s hip hop debut and stint on HBO, is coming to the Super Bowl. Avicii leaked the trailer on his Facebook late Friday evening. Murmurs of ‘Levels’ (EO’s No. [...]

NEWS: Cosmic Opera Supporting Cast Announced

Axwell won’t be alone at Hammerstein Ballroom. Today, it was confirmed that NO_ID, Thomas Gold & Deniz Koyu will be the symphony around him for his Feb. 23 and 24 show. Cosmic Opera has been one of the most hyped events (not shows) in the NYC-area since, well, when the entire Swedish House Mafia took [...]

NEWS: Benga Beats Announces First Releases of 2012 – Dream, Taiki & NUlight, and Kutz

Earlier this week, dubstep don Benga announced the year’s first releases off his record label Benga Beats: Dream, Taiki & NUlight, and Kutz. All three (well, four) upcoming producers are incredibly dark and old school and produce AMAZING tracks. (Exact release dates have not been announced yet, but the tracks will definitely be released in [...]

NEWS: Disco Fries Palms Las Vegas 2012 Residents

Known for delivering unparalleled nightlife experiences, Palms Casino Resort and 9 Group Las Vegas are thrilled to add Disco Fries to their list of 2012 residents. The pair kicks off the exclusive Vegas residency with their debut DJ set Tuesday, Febuary 14th inside Moon Nightclub. Congratulations to our friends Nick Ditri and Danny Danger on landing the gig! [...]

NEWS: David Guetta Does Coke

The picture above: A reason to cast stones or the legitimizing of EDM? David Guetta, perhaps the biggest super star in the EDM world and whipping boy for house music-purist, has joined with Coca-Cola to be its cover boy in 2012. He’ll be taking part in the ‘Club Coke’ line that has seen Justice, Mika [...]

NEWS: MartyParty drops ‘Six Shots of Jameson’ + ‘Six Shots’ Tour

Purple/dubstep/glitch hop producer MartyParty just released his ‘Six Shots of Jameson’ album on MartyParty Music today. ‘Six Shots’ is a twelve-track album featuring both beautiful melodies AND big bass. My personal favorite is a track entitled ‘Just Because of You’. This album is definitely not something you’ll want to pass up! This long-awaited release is [...]

NEWS: Avicii Hits 1 Million Facebook Fans, Starts Look-A-Like Contest

To thank his loyal fans for getting him to 1 million likes on Facebook, Avicii has just opened an “Avicii Look-A-Like Contest,” with two winners receiving the hook-up for his March 31 show in his hometown Stockholm. Sweden. The whole package includes flights, hotels, VIP entrance to the show – the whole deal. All you [...]

NEWS UPDATE: #TheDJSoccerGames 3/21/11

The recruiting continues! More from #TheDJSoccerGames after the jump!! (notice an Official @djsoccergames )

NEWS: Rusko Announces North American Tour to Promote ‘Songs’

Dubstep’s party boy, Rusko, is going to be super busy this Spring. Last week, we posted about the announcement of his full-length album ‘Songs’, the music video for his first single off the album ‘Somebody to Love’, as well as his US college tour. Since then, he has also announced his collaboration with Cypress Hill [...]