Back in 2012 inside a Toronto penthouse, a domestic shorthair cat once gazed out over Yonge–Dundas Square, his own face beaming back at him in LED glory from a billboard below. “Do you even fucking know? Do you care?” Joel Zimmerman, better known as deadmau5, recalls asking him of the massive album ad featuring his face. The […]
Galantis is set to bring a touch of folkloric terror to Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre with a Midsommar-themed concert, the DJ announced today. Midsommar is a traditional Swedish festival celebrating the summer solstice by virtue of vibrant communal gatherings with maypole dancing, feasting and Scandinavian folk music. Often associated with pagan roots, it symbolizes renewal […]
What more can we say about Breakaway Festival? The barnstorming brand, the nation’s fastest-growing traveling music festival, has been unstoppable. Organizers have now revealed their latest high-profile lineup. Breakaway, which in late-2024 was named by EDM.com as the year’s top event organizer, is heading back to Charlotte this year for its Carolina edition and bringing along […]
Brooklyn Mirage‘s planned reopening has been indefinitely postponed due to pending inspection approvals, affecting a series of upcoming shows, Billboard reports. Originally set to return with a pair of performances by Sara Landry May 2-3, the New York venue was unable to open after failing to secure the necessary permits from building inspectors following recent […]
John Summit is set to headline Folsom Field, the storied stadium nestled in the heart of the University of Colorado campus, for the largest headline show of his career thus far, according to a press release shared with EDM.com. Summit, whose hits “Where You Are” and “Go Back” have become global dancefloor anthems, is no stranger […]
In a dance music landscape overflowing with formulaic collabs, Destructo has teamed up with MxNxSTxR (Ty Dolla $ign’s electronic alter ego) for “What You Need,” a track that delivers exactly what its title promises. They brought along Thundercat and Channel Tres for the ride, forming some sort of musical Avengers team trapped in a studio […]
Everything from toothbrushes to toilets have gone wireless, but for some reason, DJs have remained tethered to their equipment like dogs leashed to a post as squirrels saunter by. AIAIAI’s new TMA-2 DJ Wireless headphones break those chains with what the Danish audio company boldly claims are “the first-ever headphones designed for true wireless DJing.” […]
Big Gigantic have officially announced a new album, FLUORESCENCE, their first in three years. The upcoming project appears to mark a vibrant new creative direction for the influential duo, who have long been known for their distinctive fusion of funk and electro-soul with live instrumentation. They described it as “all fun, light and positivity—a celebration of the […]
The organizers of Austin City Limits Music Festival just dropped its 2025 lineup, and it’s clear the two-weekend Texas institution isn’t surrendering its crown anytime soon. ACL returns to its longtime home of Zilker Park over two weekends in 2025: October 3-5 and 10-12. The festival, which has transformed from a humble PBS concert series into a […]
George Smaragdis, the influential electronic music producer known to fans around the world as Starcadian, passed away last week following a fatal biking accident in Manhattan. According to the New York Police Department, Smaragdis, 44, was riding his e-bike on Broome Street around 10am when he slammed into the door of a parked Mercedes van that the […]
