Armin Van Buuren

How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire

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

Local Meteorologist Pablo Pereira Is a Huge EDM Fan

The title "local meteorologist" doesn't exactly conjure up images of sexy nightclubs, superstar DJs or ecstatic house beats. Pablo Pereira, however, is as well versed in DJ Mag terminology as he is at predicting SoCal's next heat wave. Pereira, the meteorologist at L.A.'s Fox 11, has, of late, als ... More >>

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.

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared that the three-day party was a success despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

See also Our EDC slideshow: Photos of ravers Update at 2:48 a.m: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom. Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a ... More >>

DJ Gets Death Threats for Playing Dubstep

See also: *Our Beyond Wonderland slideshow *Beyond Wonderland Rave Could Get Snow This Weekend. No, Really. *Dave Grohl: His Grammys Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit This weekend, L.A.-based DJ Fei-Fei Wang performed at Armin Van Buuren's trance party at the Beyond Wonderland rave. With ... More >>

Beyond Wonderland Rave Could Get Snow This Weekend. No, Really.

See also: Beyond Wonderland Rave in SoCal Hosts Politicians, Paris Hilton, Alleged Drug Offenders, and Maybe Even a Good Vibe Insomniac's third annual electronic music festival Beyond Wonderland takes over San Bernardino this weekend. The event's website says it's sold out and will happen "rain or ... More >>

Monster Massive Halloween Rave 'Canceled,' Says Ticket Seller: Top DJs Armin Van Buuren, Erick Morillo Pull Out

erickmorillo.comErick Morillo is frightened by the L.A. market.​Groove Tickets announced on its website today that the Halloween rave Monster Massive has been canceled. The party, which had Moby, Armin Van Buuren, Erick Morillo and other superstar DJs on its lineup, apparently had trouble fin ... More >>

Is Electric Daisy Carnival the Greatest Show on Earth?

By Scott Sterling Every year at this time, a sadly sizable contingent of L.A. media trot out the same tired warhorse in regard to the Electric Daisy Carnival. It's all shock and awe that 800 kazillion people faithfully flock to the annual dance music bacchanal. (Actual numbers are awaiting official ... More >>

This Weekend: Sharon Jones & Dap Kings, Dead Man's Bones, Warped Tour, Black Francis, Danzig

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings​Can it get any more real that Sharon Jones? Well, it can't get any more heartwarming. The leading lady of the Dap-Kings is, after all, a rising star at 54, having shucked the uniforms of her previous careers (corrections officer at Rikers Island, and armor truck g ... More >>

Interview: The DJ Prince of Darkness, Steve Lawler, Says L.A. Is Hot

Steve Lawler is the Ozzy Osbourne of dance music - a big-room prince of darkness to be sure. The British spinner has been a longtime champion of the more macabre, bacchanalian sounds of the underground, from tribal to twisted techno. Now that the druggy grooves of Europe are back in style - minimal ... More >>

The Last Dance: Is the Superstar-DJ Era Over?

Avalon co-owner Steve Adelman: “I don’t think it’s over, I think it’s evolving”

Coachella Rumor Mill Works Overtime, but the Confirmations Continue to Trickle In

(Michel Gondry's video for the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be.") Here's a list of "confirmed" (so far) acts to appear at Coachella 2009, according to the very reliable Monklish blog. His guarantee: "I've been told that these have been making arrangements to attend the festival as contractuall ... More >>

Party Like It's 2009: AM and Travis, Armin Van Buuren, Cast of The Hills

Plus, Trannyshack, Infected Mushroom, Katy Perry, Skeet Skeet

Avaland vs. Giant: Warung or van Buuren?

Plus, do the Do-Over the next day

The Freaks Come Out at Night

Where to go for Halloween

Breaking the Trance

The unexpected Burning Man soundtrack

Summer in the City

Downtown gets down

New Year’s Evenings

Recommended events for counting down and getting it on the last night of the year.

Halloween Boo-gie Nights