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DJing

  • Music

    February 7, 2013

    Nosaj Thing Is Back

    But the producer and Low End Theory stalwart is not in the mood to party

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2013

    Salva Mixes Up Dance Music and Hip-Hop, Gets Famous

    You only need one song to blow up, and sometimes it doesn't even need to be originally yours. Salva learned this in June when the electronic producer collaborated with RL Grime to remix Kanye West's "Mercy." With no premeditated plan or press campaign, the pair threw it up on Salva's Soundcloud page ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    In Advance of his 12-Hour 12/12/12 Extravaganza, Peanut Butter Wolf Picks His Top 12 12" Inch Singles He Bought at Age 12

    Since unleashing his metal-themed 666 mix and DJ set on June 6, 2006, Stones Throw chief Peanut Butter Wolf has spent the last half-dozen years watching the signs of the beat. July 7, 2007 brought forth his 777 spiritual podcast mix, following by performances on seven consecutive nights in seven c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2012

    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 >>

  • 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 10, 2012

    EDC 2012: Calvin Harris Plays CDs of Himself Singing

    See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts (Rihanna, Flo Rida) are filled with tracks that borrow from the ecstatic trance and pulsing grooves of electronic dance music. The last time pop was so infatuated with the floor was 1979, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    May 17, 2012

    It's a Goth World After All

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Record Store Day 2012: Our Comprehensive Guide to Steals and Deals, Free Grub and Live Performances

    Record Store Day is this Saturday. Because there are almost as many record stores in L.A. as there are donut shops, we compiled a handy guide to help you get your hot little hands on as much vinyl as possible. We called every record store in a 40-mile radius and made a list of all the day's deals ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    Vivid New Year's Eve 2012

    Record Store Day is this Saturday. Because there are almost as many record stores in L.A. as there are donut shops, we compiled a handy guide to help you get your hot little hands on as much vinyl as possible. We called every record store in a 40-mile radius and made a list of all the day's deals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Nero - The Music Box - 12/22/11

    Liz OhanesianNero​Nero (DJ Set) The Music Box 12-22-11 Better than... Listening to Nero's new CD. Earlier this month, Cherrytree Records released in the U.S. the hard copy of Nero's debut album, Welcome Reality. The U.K. electronic dance music duo's work had already been available in other m ... 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

    November 12, 2011

    Peanut Butter Wolf, Gaslamp Killer, Jason Bentley -- 11/11/11/ Party -- Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

    Lainna FaderGaslamp Killer​Peanut Butter Wolf, Gaslamp Killer, Jason Bentley, Hyasynth and others 11/11/11/ Party Eagle Rock Center for the Arts Since 2006, Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf has specialized in numerically-aligned calendar day parties. Last night's party, which went f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    DJ Turntables Become Art in Pop-Up Gallery Outside MOCA's 'Art in the Streets'

    Lea LionBMX guru Bob Haro's customized CD player​ Thanks to the rise of hip hop, the turntable transcended its status as an electronic device, emerged as the instrument of our time -- and gained a whole lotta respect in the process. Recently an exhibit titled "Art Mix" paid homage to the turnt ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    First Fridays

    Lea LionBMX guru Bob Haro's customized CD player​ Thanks to the rise of hip hop, the turntable transcended its status as an electronic device, emerged as the instrument of our time -- and gained a whole lotta respect in the process. Recently an exhibit titled "Art Mix" paid homage to the turnt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Live Review: Calvin Harris at The Music Box

    Heather Shaughnessy​ Who: Calvin Harris (DJ set) Where: The Music Box When: 5/27/2011 (at Midnight) Here's a question for you all: How, exactly, does one review a DJ set? Not a turntablism set, or a mashup set, but literally a guy up on stage, spinning popular songs at an enthusiastic crow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    Record Store Day Roundup: Instores, Sales, and More!

    ​ Care to see some awesome bands and DJ sets while maintaining the dignity of not going to Coachella? If so, you are in luck because there are some great in-stores coming your way for record store day. We are closing our Record Store Day coverage with a roundup of some of the deals and even ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    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

  • Music

    February 17, 2011

    Dance Club Pick: Don't Leave the Cake Out in the Rain

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

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    DJ of the Week: Clifton (a.k.a. DJ Soft Touch)

    Photo by Jesse Chairez​ Welcome back, friends, to DJ of the week. This week's DJ is a multi-tasking party-starting fool, running DJ nights in many venues in many places all over town. Clifton (also known as DJ Soft Touch) does everything from 80s to hip-hop to soul to Brit pop and the catch ... More >>

  • Music

    February 10, 2011

    Dance Club Pick: Bashing the Grammies

    Photo by Jesse Chairez​ Welcome back, friends, to DJ of the week. This week's DJ is a multi-tasking party-starting fool, running DJ nights in many venues in many places all over town. Clifton (also known as DJ Soft Touch) does everything from 80s to hip-hop to soul to Brit pop and the catch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Introducing LA Weekly's DJ of the Week: This Week, Dennis Owens

    ​ We received many responses to our many best DJs lists. So many, in fact, that we haven't been able to get a good night's sleep ever since, what with all the awesome DJs that we weren't able to properly honor and call attention to. So we decided to fix it with giving you a DJ of the week eve ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    First Fridays

    ​ We received many responses to our many best DJs lists. So many, in fact, that we haven't been able to get a good night's sleep ever since, what with all the awesome DJs that we weren't able to properly honor and call attention to. So we decided to fix it with giving you a DJ of the week eve ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2010

    Cut Chemist: Too Many DJs

    Call yourself a DJ 'cause you bought two turntables and a mixer? World-class L.A. DJ is putting you on notice

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Conjunction Junction Offers Free Alternative Right Next to Sunset Junction Fair (Including Must-See Band Light Asylum)

    ​What do you do if you're a restaurant right outside the craziness that is gonna be Sunset Junction Street Fair this weekend? How do you convince the music-starved crowd to pop in for some gavacho-priced Mexican food and drinks? Well, in the case of Sunset Blvd. cantina Malo (owned by the sam ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    FREE ADMISSION WITH PROOF OF COLONOSCOPY

    ​What do you do if you're a restaurant right outside the craziness that is gonna be Sunset Junction Street Fair this weekend? How do you convince the music-starved crowd to pop in for some gavacho-priced Mexican food and drinks? Well, in the case of Sunset Blvd. cantina Malo (owned by the sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Rainbow Arabia Announces Lineup for June Residency at the Echo

    Rainbow Arabia Announces Lineup for June Residency at the Echo

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2010

    Fusion Fridays

    Rainbow Arabia Announces Lineup for June Residency at the Echo

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    The DJs List: Spinners You Should See This Weekend

    Here's what's happening for Angelenos in the world of DJ culture: -Thursday: Soulful Philadelphia house DJ King Britt hits Libertine, 8210 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Info. -Friday: The Droid Behavior crew, including its resident techno act Acid Circus, takes over King King, 6555 Hollywood Blvd. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    First Fridays

    Here's what's happening for Angelenos in the world of DJ culture: -Thursday: Soulful Philadelphia house DJ King Britt hits Libertine, 8210 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Info. -Friday: The Droid Behavior crew, including its resident techno act Acid Circus, takes over King King, 6555 Hollywood Blvd. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Tonight: DJ Skee Reinvents the Wheels of Steel with "Skeetox"

    Via DJ Skee's TwitpicNo word if J. Lo is one of the surprise guests at Skeetox (Probably not). ​Taking the DJ performance to a new level is a tall task. Since DJs stepped outside of the club and onto the stage, they've struggled with making the often-obscure craft translate to their crowd. Wha ... More >>

  • Music

    April 1, 2010

    Dance Club Pick: Glam Slam

    Via DJ Skee's TwitpicNo word if J. Lo is one of the surprise guests at Skeetox (Probably not). ​Taking the DJ performance to a new level is a tall task. Since DJs stepped outside of the club and onto the stage, they've struggled with making the often-obscure craft translate to their crowd. Wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    New Armani Store: From "Casa" to "Concept"

    The first Armani "concept store" opened recently on Robertson Boulevard in the space formerly known as the Armani Casa store. The "concept" part means that the place will double as an art gallery and event space at some point in time. There's a DJ booth towards the back near the dressing rooms. They ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    Teen Night

    The first Armani "concept store" opened recently on Robertson Boulevard in the space formerly known as the Armani Casa store. The "concept" part means that the place will double as an art gallery and event space at some point in time. There's a DJ booth towards the back near the dressing rooms. They ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Cut Chemist Performs An Intimate Set For Aspiring DJs

    ​Vancouver can have the Winter Games. Here in sunny Southern California, land of the endless summer, our Olympic feats our perennial, and so much cooler than ice dancing. Take DJing for instance -- turntablism, or the art of scratch. Influential as New York was in getting the wheels (of steel) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    This Weekend: Delicious Vinyl Hosts Free DJ Workshop

    ​ Job seekers: BE A DJ. Easy money: drop a few tunes, get a few cheap drinks, some blow, hang around ladies, men, threesomes, do more blow, drop another song. Bingo, you're famous, and no longer jobless. Saturday afternoon Delicious Vinyl in Hollywood is hosting a free DJ workshop. You can l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Interview with Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford, Live @ the Mayan TONIGHT

    ​Simian Mobile Disco plays tonight at the Mayan and last week WCS caught up with James Ford, one half of the UK DJ duo. Ford and his mate Jas Shaw hooked up as electronic music bedroom experimentalists at Manchester University, but were eventually drafted as the rhythm section for indie also- ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    DJ Hero: From AM to Z-Trip

    L.A. DJ takes on music ed Randall Roberts in Vegas

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    STREET SCREAM

    L.A. DJ takes on music ed Randall Roberts in Vegas

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    LACMA's Sixth Annual Muse Costume Ball

    L.A. DJ takes on music ed Randall Roberts in Vegas

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Ladies In Da House: Apollonia, Spinderella and Lady Miss Kier Spin In LA Tonight

    Only funky femmes like these could tempt us to abandon our plan to hibernate 'til Halloween. Tonight, Thursday, Oct. 29, three of dance music's most beguiling females take over the decks in LA. ​At AFEX, Adam 12's old school hip-hop joint, one time Prince protégé Apollonia takes the decks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Z-Trip Demos DJ Hero in Las Vegas, Honors DJ AM at Friday Night Residency Debut

    Thursday, October 15, 6:50 p.m. Landed in Vegas, am on way to Palms Hotel from airport. In a half hour, the DJ Hero battle will begin: West Coast Sound vs. Z-Trip. Focus. I've had ten years to learn Technics technique. Countless hours in front of the decks, matching beats, absorbing breaks, tweakin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Thom Yorke Makes Surprise Guest DJ Appearance at the Roosevelt Last Night

    Thom Yorke spun at Tropicana at the Roosevelt Hotel last night, according to many Tweets. The Tuesday evening gig, normally a weekly event hosted by Ashtar Command/Yum Yum/Paul McCartney DJ Chris Holmes, turned up a notch when longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich showed up with Yorke, who jumpe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    A Talk with Spooky: British Dance Innovators Hit King King This Weekend

    In the early 1990s, Spooky helped launch and define the super-club sound that still resonates across the world today. The style of British duo Duncan Forbes and Charlie May was called progressive house not for its stadium-rock aspirations, but because it appeared to carry forward the post-disco spir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Oscar G at Avalon: An Interview with Miami's Space Resident (MP3)

    By Dennis Romero Miami DJ Oscar G's forthcoming, multimedia release, DJ, is so cool we wonder why more labels aren't churning out similar packages. The CD might be dead, but downloading can't yet match the breadth of this deal - a studio disc of G's remixes and productions, an audio recording of a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2009

    WHAT? NO TAP DANCING?

    By Dennis Romero Miami DJ Oscar G's forthcoming, multimedia release, DJ, is so cool we wonder why more labels aren't churning out similar packages. The CD might be dead, but downloading can't yet match the breadth of this deal - a studio disc of G's remixes and productions, an audio recording of a ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2009

    Marathon Man

    By Dennis Romero Miami DJ Oscar G's forthcoming, multimedia release, DJ, is so cool we wonder why more labels aren't churning out similar packages. The CD might be dead, but downloading can't yet match the breadth of this deal - a studio disc of G's remixes and productions, an audio recording of a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Where the Spin Begins

    By Dennis Romero Miami DJ Oscar G's forthcoming, multimedia release, DJ, is so cool we wonder why more labels aren't churning out similar packages. The CD might be dead, but downloading can't yet match the breadth of this deal - a studio disc of G's remixes and productions, an audio recording of a ... More >>

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