When I was in high school one of my friends used to drive me home a lot before I was old enough to (legally) drive. He had a huge white Olds that fit like 20 people and had this pimp-grade blue velvet interior that I hope to make a cape out of some day. Anyways […]

Calvin Harris continues to solidify his transition from underground DJ to pop star producer with his latest track, “Sweet Nothing”. Like his breakthrough “We Found Love” with Rihanna, Harris teams up with a hot chanteuse for another swing at Billboard dominance via a dramatic anthem — this time sourcing Florence Welch of Florence & The […]

Swedish House Mafia may be the current lords of mainstream dance music, but we certainly dig this video interpretation of their dancefloor anthem “Save the World”. How can you hate on a video where they make an army of pooches the heroes of the day? Directed by Jon Watts, the video was inspired by the […]

Everyone’s favorite Party Ambassador Andrew W.K. has collaborated with LA promoter, illustrator and DJ extraordinaire Franki Chan on a mixtape for his Check Yo Ponytail! series. The 70-minute Party Tips mix was recorded at Diplo and Switch’s Major Lazer studios by Franki Chan and Greg from Acid Girls, and is a powerhouse set of party […]

IFC yesterday debuted the video for Rusko’s latest single “Everyday”. Directed by Jason Miller, the video juxtaposes the positivity of Rusko’s dancefloor anthem with scenes from the Salton Sea — one of the most economically depressed areas of California, a standing environmental disaster a couple hours outside of Palm Springs. Regardless of what a shithole […]

The raison d’être of  Blood Bros — a DJ duo comprised of Dirty South Joe and DJA — is simply (and awesomely) to create mixtapes culled from the best 80s action movie and kung fu flick soundtracks. What on Earth is there not to like about that? Sure it’s not as cerebral as, say, Chris […]

We’ve covered N.A.S.A. (North America South America) here many times in the past, partly because they’ve managed to corral an almost unholy stable of collaborators to work with (“People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2Na, Z-Trip and Gift of Gab, “Whachadoin?” with M.I.A., Santogold and Spank Rock, “Spacious Thoughts” with Tom Waits and Kool Keith, […]

The King of Gary, Indiana, rapper Freddie Gibbs released the much-loved mixtape Str8 Killa No Filla a couple weeks back to much acclaim. This week, however, he’s removing all the tags from the audio (thank god) and making it a DJ-free mixtape. Along with guys like J Cole, Gibbs is undoubtedly one of the harbingers […]