Diplo drops the latest installment of the Mad Decent Blow Your Head mix series for the month of February, and fills the hour-long mix with plenty of party jams from the likes of Drop the Lime, Nero, Codes, Juicy J, Rusko and Nicki Minaj. Of course there’s plenty of Diplo and Mad Decent remixes thrown […]
Let your week start off right with a freshly minted mixtape from Lorin Ashton, the American maestro of bass otherwise known as Bassnectar. Things have all been coming up roses for Lorin lately, as his past Fall Tour 2011 sold out completely in 10-20k seat venues, selling more hard tickets than any other EDM artist […]
There are few, if any, labels that can match the roster of the immaculately curated Ninja Tune Records. One of the newer names in the label’s their stellar bullpen (which includes heavyweights like Cold Cut, DJ Food, Kid Koala, Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser, et al) is Philadelphia’s own Starkey (ak PJ Geissinger), who brings his […]
Back in October Milano electro-nauts Crookers streamed their Dr. Gonzo album for all to hear before they released it, and now they’re doing that again with their latest EP/maxi-single, “Hummus”, and its various remixes. Remixers include Botnek, Donovan, Hybrid Theory and Astronomar, but personally we dig the Slow Waves Mix the most. Pick up the […]
Australia’s Bleeding Knees Club play simple, no frills, direct-to-the-gut pop punk. We heard their track “Teenage Girls” — a straightforward 2-minute ditty about chicks, gum, smoking weed out of an apple pipe and the perfect age for nubile love — and were hooked. So we interviewed them. Their debut EP Virginity dropped last month on […]
French designer Philippe Stark collaborated with Boxer Design to redesign the Kawasaki W800. Dirt Track bikes were the biggest inspiration for Stark, whose goal was to produce a simple, functional and sleek motorcycle. As he said in describing his goal: “A good motorcycle, it’s the minimum: an engine, a reservoir, two wheels. Many manufacturers aim […]
The hard working Italian brothers-in-electro duo Crookers dropped their new album this Tuesday, and they’re streaming it for all to hear before purchase. Released on Southern Fried Records, the 13-track Dr. Gonzo follows the Milano-based party rockers as they take their base electro sound and augment it with leftfield touches like demented laughing samples and […]
Wow, what a great god given gift on a pressurized Monday: the brilliant SBTRKT offers his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix for free this weekend. You’ll wanna hit play pretty much the second you see this, so very little else to say — just keep an ear out for his new track, “Runaway” which SBTRKT premiered […]