The Splash House Music Festival is back for the second time this summer, because the best time you had this season needs a redux. If you missed Palm Springs’ first splash-in-the-pool party back in June, grab your sunblock, speedo, stainless steel flask and whatever contraband you deem fit for a three-day desert pool party. Taking place next weekend, August […]
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Aug
Flume, Chromeo, Cut Copy, A-Trak, Bixel Boys, Chela & more
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May
Festival hits the Whittier Recreation Center August 2nd & 3rd
Time to get HARD for summer at the Whittier Recreation Center this August 2nd & 3rd. Equipped with five stages and a serious lineup, HARD Summer will feature a very comprehensive sampling of roof-raising knob-twiddlers including: Jack U (the new Skrillex & Diplo superduo), Axwell, A$AP Mob, Tiësto, Dillon Francis, NERO and Disclosure, along with A-Trak, Baauer, Martin Garrix, Pusha T, Maya Jane Coles, […]
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Jun
The comical, the dark & the very naked
It’s a good day for music as three new videos drop from a trio of pretty disparate artist, and as can be expected each clip accurately expresses the vibe of its particular artist. First comes A-Trak and Armand Van Helden’s collaboration Duck Sauce with a comical barbershop number for “It’s You”. Then there’s Lorde whose […]
12
Apr
Ed Banger celebrates 10-years, parties in Los Angeles
French electro label Ed Banger celebrates a full decade of existence this year, and during its 10-Year Anniversary Tour it will stop off in LA with their own stage at this year’s HARD SUMMER Festival. Los Angeles’ biggest summertime music festival, the sixth annual HARD SUMMER will take place Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4 […]
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Jan
A manifesto against the army of pseudo laptop hipster DJs
LIAS partner-in-crime (literally) and photographer/director extraordinaire Robert Kerian has just dropped this new video for Camoflaug3, “Fake DJ”. With vocals supplied by Robert English lambasting the terminal mass of pretend laptop DJs flooding the hipster scene, we gotta say we’re really feeling this track. It seems to put into words the inchoate hatred I feel […]
12
Jan
Para One, Mount Kimbie, Justice, MJ Cole, Little Boots & more
A-Trak returns with another episode of his Fool’s Gold Radio Series — the first of 2012. The January mix starts of tough with A-Trak & Zinc’s “Stingray”, a great nod to Zinc’s bingo beats breaks style. Showcasing DJ A-Trak’s peerless turtablism abilities, the set then moves on to a fantastic hour-long voyage through tracks by […]
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Dec
Yelle, Juvenile, Jupiter, The Rapture, Mark Ronson A-Trak & more
One half of highly regarded French fashion & music label Kitsuné, Gildas Loaec, just released his followup to the aptly titled Gildas Kitsuné Club Night Mix. The well curated followup effort features the A-Trak remix of The Rapture’s “How Deep Is Your Love?”, Madeon’s “Shuriken” and Mark Ronson, plus some of Gildas’ own work. Unlike many […]
18
Nov
From techno to breaks to Chicago house to electro to...
Need a jump this Friday to get ready for the weekend? Peep A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold Mixtape for this month, which he just dropped this week. As is typical of A-Trak, there’s no knowing what the man’s gonna drop — from techno to breaks to Chicago house, the former DMC champ gets dizzy. Peep the mix […]
