DJ Tiesto

This Is What's On the Ground at 6 a.m. at Electric Daisy Carnival

Last night 115,000 ravers, kandi kids, bros, babes and other assorted fun lovers turned out for the second evening of Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas. The city-sized electronic music mega-party started at dusk and featured sets by 75 artists including Avicii, Carl Cox, Tiësto, Wolfgang Gartner ... More >>

Why Are Old School Electronic Artists Annoyed With EDM?

Broadly speaking, if you're an electronic music fan over 40, you probably dig Danny Tenaglia more than Skrillex. And chances are, if you're a Skrillex fan under the age of 30, you're like, "Who the hell is Danny Tenaglia?" Coachella 2013 exemplified the generation gap in the world of dance music. ... 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.

Five Great Lesser-Known DJs To See At Coachella

For dance fans there has been little difference between Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival in recent years, except that the former supplemented its Tiesto-Kaskade-Deadmau5 lineups with alt-rock while EDC did so with dubstep and drum 'n' bass. See also: Everything you need to know about Coachella ... More >>

What the Ravers Are Wearing This Year at Ultra

By Liz Tracy For more great Ultra Music Festival coverage tune into our sister blog at Miami New Times 10. Ballerina Bassers Hometown: Pompano Most excited to see: Fat Boy Slim When you were getting dressed today, what made you put on the tutus? It actually takes weeks of preparation. We just wan ... More >>

Raves: Insomniac Posts Rebel Response To L.A. Times Ecstasy-Deaths Story At ... 4:20

The nation's biggest electronic dance music promoter fired back at the Los Angeles Times after the paper reported that several people have died after attending Insomniac Events and Go Ventures parties. The L.A. promoter argued that the paper's description of "deaths ... linked to Ecstasy or similar ... More >>

Where Are the Women in EDM?

In the past three years, one woman has ranked in DJ Magazine's yearly Top 100 DJs poll. (Lisa Lashes, #75, 2009). The international EDM circuit is dominated by men like Justice, Diplo, Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, Tiësto, David Guetta and Avicii, and the underground scene is as much of a boys clu ... More >>

Avicii Performs in Santa Monica Tonight: Here's Our Interview

Tim Bergling, known to the DJ world as Avicii, just celebrated his birthday last week. At barely 23, the Swedish DJ/remixer/producer ranks No. 6 on the latest installment of DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ list -- which pretty much means he's living large and has his pick of any neon furry booted rave grou ... More >>

Skrillex, James Murphy - Hard Summer, Day Two - 8/4/12

Our review of HARD Summer, Day 1 Claude Vonstroke Got in the EDM Game Late and Now He's Taking It Over HARD Summer 8/4/2012 Los Angeles State Historic Park Better than... A night without dance jams. Earlier this week, Forbes Magazine published a list of top 10 highest paid DJ/producers on the ... More >>

Tiesto to Play Staples Center on October 20

See also: Our review of Tiesto at Home Depot Center in October Top Ten Awkward Electric Daisy Carnival Dance Move GIFs Interview With a Raver Who Wears Electrical Tape on Her Boobs DJ Gets Death Threats for Playing Dubstep In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, massively popular Dutch DJ and produce ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

David Dann, a UCLA Senior, Cracks the Dance Music Charts

David Dann has a DIY approach to making a hit dance album. No band? No problem -- just fire up the midi keyboard. No label or studio support? No problem -- create your own mini-studio in your parent's guest house. No marketing or promotional support? No problem -- work your social media networks and ... More >>

Ask a Teen Raver: I'm 35, Like EDM and College Chicks. Help!

Kerah Rose is a 19-year-old college student from Riverside and EDM aficionado. Ask a Teen Raver appears on Tuesdays in West Coast Sound. Send your questions to teenraver@laweekly.com. Dear Teen Raver: Hi, as a parent of a Raver what can you tell me that will help me sleep at night? I've heard stori ... 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 >>

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 >>

Tiesto - Home Depot Center - October 8, 2011

See also: Our Q&A With Tiesto Tiesto's Home Depot Center Show in October Billed as Largest One-DJ Gig in U.S. History Tiesto The Home Depot Center October 8, 2011 Better than...shows that aren't the biggest of their kind ever. The last time I saw Tiesto was February 2002 at Exit in New York City, ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave to Stay Away From L.A. For Five Years

Caesar SebastianEDC.​If a report is true, it looks like the L.A.'s controversial Electric Daisy Carnival has left town for a long time. The website Electric Visions reported over the weekend that EDC's promoter has committed to a five-year contract to hold the annual event at Las Vegas Vegas ... More >>

Rave Ban at Convention Center Proposed by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn

Caesar SebastianRavers get up at EDC.​The city of L.A. is considering a ban on raves at the downtown Convention Center, which it runs. Interesting, because the Convention Center doesn't host raves. And it could come under the control of Anschutz Entertainment Group, the LA Live-owning company ... More >>

Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello: The Swedish Godfather

Despite the rumors, Coachella may have not lost its edge — it just relocated to the dance tent

Mad Crushin' For Diplo At Departure

Lina Lecaro Diplo tears it up at Vanguard.​ Remember when everyone was comparing DJs to rockstars? Sometimes the comparison was warranted, but most of the time it was not. Paul Oakenfold is no Mick Jagger and Tiesto is no Bono, right? Rockstar eminence is about swagger and attitude, and even t ... More >>

Jersey Shore's Pauly D, Worst DJ Ever, Makes $50,000 a Night Spinning

djpaulyd.comPauly D's iconic hair.​Worst DJ news ever. While your favorite house jockey has been toiling behind the decks for years trying to make enough to pay her electricity bill, Jersey Shore's Pauly D is pulling down (wait for it ... ) $50,000 per gig. So says the show's co-creator, Sal ... More >>

What 78-Year-Old Woman Beat Lady Gaga and Britney to the Top of the Billboard Dance Chart? (And It Was Her 6th Consecutive #1)

​Earlier this month, Billboard announced that someone had beaten the likes of Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and every high-profile DJ you know (yes, even Tiesto!) to the top position on their Dance Music chart. That someone was a 78-year-old woman. The track in question was called "Move on Fast, ... More >>

Gabriel & Dresden: Giant New Year's Eve

2Pac and Walt Whitman

Two professors anthologize the best rap lyrics

Nightranger: REBEL, REBEL(S)

What Exactly Is A Rave? $1 Million Lawsuit Against City Of L.A. By 'EDC' Promoter Claims Trance Show Is Not A Rave

​Among some of the more interesting points of a rave promoter's $1million-plus lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles for canceling a planned Halloween weekend show featuring superstar DJ Tiesto at the Convention Center is the argument that the event is a concert rather than a rave. The suit ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Promoter Suing City

Electric Daisy Carnival at the L.A. Coliseum​The organizer of the giant Electric Daisy Carnival rave at the L.A. Coliseum, where this year a 15-year old girl died of a suspected drug overdose, is suing L.A. for not allowing his company, Insomniac Inc., to host a Tiesto show at the L.A. Convent ... More >>

DJ Tiësto Confirms He's Alive, Despite Internet Rumors

Bill JensenTiësto Fan at Coachella 2010​Superstar Dutch DJ Tiësto has just confirmed that, despite Internet rumors to the contrary, he is in fact alive. The Umlauted One had been reported dead in California by online hoaxters this morning. It's entirely possible people might have been led t ... More >>

Five Ways Organizers Can Make Coachella A Better Experience

Dennis Romero​Following reports of three-hour waits to get in, a bizarre appearance by Sly Stone and a dirt-lot parking situation that had festival-goers walking for up to an hour in desert dust to get to their cars, the Los Angeles Times declared the 11th annual Coachella festival a rousing s ... More >>

Day 3: Plastikman Teaches Future Technology By Digging Into Past At Coachella

Dennis RomeroA blow-up doll made the rounds at Hawtin's performance Sunday.​The electronic dance music line-up at the 11th annual Coachella festival was decidedly ho-hum, drawing its large audiences from huge names (Tiesto, Deadmau5, Kaskade), but eschewing next-wave talent. Perhaps one excep ... More >>

Kaskade Makes Nice At Coachella

Dennis Romero​One of the more popular draws at Coachella Saturday was a Mormon family man who happens to be one of the world's most-popular DJs. Kaskade washed the Sahara dance tent with his ethereal, utterly feminine grooves, pulling in a throng of bouncing teenagers and twentysomethings who ... More >>

DJ Tiesto Rocks Peak Time Set At Coachella

Dennis Romero​For those about to rock, we ... ask that you step aside and make room for 50,000 raging fans of the operatic dance sound known as trance. For all of Coachella's claims to being a desert temple of rock-god worship (Muse, Them Crooked Vultures, The Dillinger Escape Plan), the peak- ... More >>

Day 2: Coachella's WINs and FAILs (featuring Gossip, MGMT, Dead Weather, and Tiesto!)

On Saturday the "organizers" got some of their act together -- plus most people already had their wristbands after the clusterfuck of Day 1 -- so it was relatively painless to access the festival grounds. People were noticeably more chill throughout the day, which is what happens when you haven't ha ... More >>

Day 2: The xx, Blood, and Ketamine,

Considering the intimate, night-owl nature of London band the xx's languid rock ("Infinity," off their self-titled debut, has been compared to Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," of all things), last night's early evening set at the often problematic Outdoor Stage seemed a vague and impersonal compromise. ... More >>

Day 1: Volcano, Disorganization Can't Stop the Music

We're tempted to tell you about Jim Morrison and the really interesting remixes of their old catalog featured on the soundtrack to the new documentary People Are Strange. This is because we spent a few hours listening to it trapped in traffic trying to get to the parking lot so we could get to spend ... More >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

BREAKING: Coachella Set Times Announced

​The set-times for Coachella have been announced here. Friday: It's Fever Ray vs. PiL Gil Scott-Heron vs. Specials Saturday It's Tiesto vs. Dead Weather (heh heh, "Tiesto") and both of them vs. Die Antwoord (no contest) It's The Gossip vs. The Raveonettes (catfight!) Sunday It's Gary Nu ... More >>

Coachella Confirmations Begin to Trickle In, Rumors Abound

The Coachella message board is doing a good job of tracking the upcoming Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Now's the time that bands begin leaking confirmations, revealing their hands on MySpace, Twitter and Facebook, and basically spilling the beans one way or another. For example, this f ... More >>

Interview: Robbie Rivera Hates It When His Warm-Up DJs Play 'Crazy' Hard

The dance music underground might be rocking bleepy techno and dark-wave house from Europe, but the stuff that really moves the masses combines the synthetic strings of trance with the tough percussion of house. One look at the most popular DJs in the world, from Tiesto to Deadmau5 to Kaskade, point ... More >>

Glow Sticks Not Just Cheesy, They Could Be Dangerous

News of a glow stick explosion in Texas has rocked the nightlife world. No, not really. A glow stick bracelet malfunction did injure a 13-year-old girl, who said she was playing with the accessory when it broke and squirted liquid into her eyes.ravestuff.com​The teen experienced vision problems an ... More >>

West Coast Sound: Burger, Fries and a Prince Remix CD

Music ed takes Weekly readers for a ride

Prince Apologizes to L.A. Fans, Will Issue a Limited Edition Remix CD Through In-N-Out Burger

Who knew Prince liked his burgers animal style? In the wake of Prince's much decried three-show evening at L.A. Live on Saturday, which was plagued with sound problems and saw many fans still waiting in line for the Club Nokia show while he was inside performing, the musician last night issued a fo ... More >>

(Gay) Sex in the City

Celebrating Pride Weekend in the clubs

Revenge of the New Year

Hollywood vs. downtown...

Downtown in Stereo: New Year’s Street Parties Compete

Year-end bashes fulfill L.A.’s huge dance-music appetite

Tiësto in Concert

Elements of style

Heathen Worship