You can tell right off the bat that Oakland’s Kreayshawn is gonna be a very polarizing artist. First off, she’s a white female rapper — that’s two strikes out the gate; you’re not gonna invite a lot of love from either hip hop purists or haters. Second, her look couldn’t be more painfully hipster if […]

The new Breakbot video for upcoming single “Fantasy”, featuring Ruckazoid. Tony Frontal directs the Ed Banger producer getting his Michael Jackson touch on… get your Friday shuffling…

In a video straight up designed to melt the interwebs comes Duck Sauce’s “Barbra Streisand”. You knew when you first heard about Duck Sauce that the duo involved — namely A-Trak and Armand Van Helden — would come with some dancefloor heat, and this second single (out on A-Trak’s own Fool’s Gold label) doesn’t disappoint. […]

Really feeling Carte Blanche’s latest mixtape, House Party. As the name so succinctly suggests, the Ed Banger stalwarts (aka DJ Mehdi and Riton) drop tracks from some legendary house minds (Toddy Terry, Daft Punk, Inner City, Armand Van Helden, et al) blended in with some homespun tracks and remixes. The perfect heat for you 4th […]

Words by Cristina Fisher / Photos by Robert Kieran On a recent Saturday night at Mountain Bar in the tiled-roof heart of Chinatown, downtown LA, Optimo was billed to DJ. Ducking in between the pagodas, and walking up creaky steps to the 2nd floor, I was hit by a wall of fog in near complete […]

. I used to love Justice. Then, after they became the Hardest Working Band In Electro and played LA like 7 times in the course of 3 weeks, I got a bit weary. And then, at whatever festival I happened to hit last summer…guess what? That’s right, more Justice. I just got burned the fuck […]