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  • Blogs

    October 4, 2013

    It's Time for a Rave Promoters Showdown!

    There's a corporate war brewing in dance music, with the two main sides being concert king Live Nation and billion-dollar-plus promoter SFX Entertainment. Over the last year or so both have been gobbling up electronic dance music organizers to the point where most of the biggest raves in the United ... More >>

  • News

    September 12, 2013

    How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire

    The man behind EDC is not going away, felony charges be damned

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2013

    The Five Biggest Egos in EDM

    By Natasha Miller One imagines that when you're standing behind the decks at a massive concert, a solitary king ruling over an undulating sea of adoring fans, it's hard not to feel a surge of absolute power and control. After all, you're the DJ, the person in charge of sonically and spiritually gui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2013

    Couples Are Getting Married at Electric Daisy Carnival

    A new feature this year at Electric Daisy Carnival is a wedding chapel, which is not actually a chapel but an outdoor deck area tricked out with an arch made of fake flowers. Here couples can legally tie the knot -- or just take part in a commitment ceremony and be "rave-married" for the weekend. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2013

    EDC 2013 Lineup Announced

    Electric Daisy Carnival is back at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this year, June 21-23. It is sold out. But we'll provide full coverage, in case you can't be there. The full lineup is below, in alphabetical order.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2013

    The Five Greatest Showmen in EDM

    This week's cover story on Steve Aoki attributes much of his rise to the EDM shift from wallflower DJs to over-the-top showmen. World's Douchiest DJs: The Top Five Aoki is not the only DJ to elevate the dance floor from the collective trance of rave's past to the kind of fist-pumping festivals rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2013

    The 13 Most Hardcore Ravers at Ultra, as GIFs

    By Jacob Katel Society got the best of ya? Go to Ultra Music Festival and leave the normal world behind. Here, you can feel free to get half naked, customize your brain, and put some neon in your life. See also: What the Ravers Are Wearing This Year at Ultra Deep inside the endless well of bass, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2013

    The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

    Friday, March 15 The Black Ryder THE ECHO The Black Ryder come from Australia but sound like they're from 13th Floor Elevators' own personal Texas, a land of endless desert where the guitars echo to eternity and where it's too hot to move fast. The Black Ryder concoct psychedelia that bleeds and bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2012

    Ten Best New Year's Eve Parties in Los Angeles

    Thanksgiving is for turkeys and Christmas Eve for church-goers -- but New Year's Eve? That's the night for a party! Here are the 10 most promising planned for L.A. this Dec. 31. 10. LA Loves Techno Insomniac offers this over-21 rave and rage in downtown with perpetual dance floor pumper Sasha (for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: The Complete List

    Electronic dance music's recent resurgence has made the genre more popular than ever before, but it's still often not taken seriously as an art form. World's Douchiest DJs: The Top Five The 20 Worst Hipster Bands Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre And yeah, many goofily-dressed ravers are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2012

    The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 10-1

    See also: The 20 Greatest EDM DJs: 20-11 Electronic dance music's recent resurgence has made the genre more popular than ever before, but it's still often not taken seriously as an art form. And yeah, many goofily-dressed ravers are so high they'll literally dance to anything. But below we've highl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    What's the Difference Between the EDM Scene and the Beat Scene?

    Dance music is all the rage these days. That time you thought giant robots were battling at your recent family reunion? Nope, that was just your 12-year-old niece listening to dubstep. See also: *Moon Rocks: The Best High on Earth *What the Hell Is Trap Music (and Why Is Dubstep Involved)? But no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2012

    Jamie Jones is The Best DJ You've Never Heard Of

    See also: *EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building *House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set Jamie Jones is the best DJ on the planet. And you've probably never heard of him. That's because he's not Deadmau5 or Kaskade or Afrojack or Avicii, and he's never played ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2012

    EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building

    Twenty years after rave culture first entered the American mainstream, the success of a festival like Electric Daisy Carnival begs the question: Can electronic dance music retain its authenticity, warehouse roots and peace, love, unity and respect (PLUR)? EDC, whose organizers claim they sold out t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2012

    Top Five Reasons Electric Daisy Carnival Rules

    Sure, we have our issues with the predictability of Electric Daisy Carnival's lineup this year: With the likes of Tiesto, David Guetta and Afrojack on the bill, it was about as surprising as taxes. The talent seemed to reflect Coachella's lineup in April which, in turn, mirrored last year's EDC. We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2012

    EDC 2012: Coachella or Electric Daisy Carnival: Which One is Better?

    Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being held this weekend at the Las Vegas Motor Speed ... More >>

  • Music

    April 12, 2012

    Music Picks: Regina Carter, Madness, Melvins, Grace Woodroofe

    Also, Neon Indian, Moab, Damien Jurado and others

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Guy Gerber Is an Israeli DJ Who Made a Surprisingly Good Album With Diddy

    Guy Gerber is an electronic music artist who can frustrate the short-attention-span masses used to the nonstop aural pop shots of top festival DJs such as David Guetta, Afrojack and Deadmau5. His sound is ethereal and groovy, sublime and cinematic, optimistic and airy. The Israeli artist's work has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    12th Planet On How He Met Skrillex, and How Dubstep Took Off in L.A.

    Our feature story this week profiles L.A. dubstep hero 12th Planet, aka the Johnny Appleseed of Dubstep. We spent time with him backstage at the Echoplex before a gig with Skrillex and Caspa, and then again at his downtown loft-studio. The DJ-producer has been instrumental in bringing dubstep to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Deadmau5, Rihanna - House of Blues - 2/13/12

    Deadmau5, Rihanna House of Blues 1-13-12 See also: *Why The Grammys Stink *2012 Grammys: The Best, the Worst and the Weirdest Better than... The Grammy telecast's attempts to showcase EDM. Skrillex may have won three Grammys, but it was Deadmau5 who ultimately impacted the celebration, its red c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Moguai: Deadmau5's Associate Leads a Big Beat Comeback

    Veteran DJ Moguai was born Andre Tegeler; he's been playing parties and putting out music since the mid-'90s. Jams like "U Know Why" (2002) picked up on the Big Beat sound popularized by artists like Fatboy Slim, while 2007's "Freaks" is a guitar-inflected electro track. He's even got his own label, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Loco Dice is The Antidote to Cheesy, David Guetta House: He DJs Tomorrow at The Music Box

    Loco Dice.​We're glad trance is finally over (isn't it?), but something just as cheesy has stood up to take its place. While we won't name any names (Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, David Guetta), they call this new sound "house." Now, if you've been alive since Clinton was president you know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    David Guetta - Chinese Theater Hollywood - 12-03-11

    Chris Walker​See also: Lady Gaga, David Guetta and others perform at the KIIS Jingle Ball on Saturday night David Guetta Chinese Theater, Hollywood 12-03-11 Better than...driving all the way to Vegas "I'm David Guetta, bitch." Each time the French DJ dropped this line, the crowd went nuts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    World's Douchiest DJs: The Top Five

    Pauly D didn't make our list. He's a douche, but he's not much of a DJ.​Finding a douchey DJ is about as easy as finding an Ed Hardy t-shirt in Vegas on a Saturday night. Still, we strive for accuracy at LA Weekly, and we've gone through the list of top global spinners with a fine-tooth comb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Why This Song Sucks: Pitbull's "Give Me Everything"

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer History: "Give Me Everything" is the second single from Pitbull's Planet Pit, which is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    I'm in Las Vegas Bitch: Fare War From L.A. to Sin City Breaks Out Just in Time For Party Season

    DIDEOVegas culture.​Okay, party people, while you might think that summer DJ sessions in 100-degree poolside heat is the shit, the real season in Sin City starts now (you know, when it's only 80-plus degrees out). And, just in time, the air routes between L.A. and Las Vegas are the subject of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Tiesto Heads to L.A. For Record Crowds at Home Depot Center Saturday: We Ask Him Why

    See also: *Our review of Tiesto's show at Home Depot Center, October 8, 2011 *Tiesto's Home Depot Center Show in October Billed as Largest One-DJ Gig in U.S. History Tiesto is a love-him-or-hate-him DJ, but if you look at his draw in the L.A. market and beyond, you have to think people really do l ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Friday Night Fever

    Formerly the bastard stepchild of club nights, Friday is giving Saturday some competition

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Identity Festival: Steve Aoki, Jessie and the Toy Boys, Chad Hugo and More - Hollywood Palladium - 9/4/11

    Roselle ChenJessie And The Toy Boys​Steve Aoki, Booka Shade, Jessie and the Toy Boys, Chad Hugo Identity Festival Hollywood Palladium Sunday, September 4 See also: Identity Festival Preview: We Talk With Steve Aoki, Nervo, Figo, Jessie And The Toy Boys and Others Sunday's Identity Festival a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Day 1: Coachella's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs (featuring Paul McCartney, Black Keys, Chemical Brothers and Craigslist)

    Colin Young-Wolff​ Compared to last year's problems with wristbands and overcrowding, the first day of Coachella 2011 was smooth sailing. Greasy even. Let's take a look at yesterday's GOODs, BADs and UGLYs.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Coachella 2011: Paul McCartney Spins with Afrojack. Usher Too.

    Coachella 2011 now officially has its first mash-up. Our own Wendy Gilmartin just saw Sir Paul McCartney spinning with Afrojack. Usher was up there too. ​ We'd just been joking about guest appearances, so we actually thought it was a prank at first. But no, let it be known. Paul McCartney i ... More >>

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