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Swedish House Mafia

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2013

    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 >>

  • 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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2013

    Swedish House Mafia - L.A. State Historic Park - 3/8/13

    Swedish House Mafia L.A. State Historic Park 3/8/13 Better than: Just...anything. Most other things. Anyone who thought that chilly temperates and some rain might deter the rave kids from raving full throttle at the Swedish House Mafia show last night underestimates the heartiness of rave kids an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2013

    Avicii - Vanguard - 2/7/13

    Avicii Vanguard 2/7/13 Avicii played at the grand reopening of Vanguard in Hollywood last night. But Vanguard isn't a regular club. It's a MEGA CLUB. And Avicii isn't a regular DJ. He's a MEGA DJ. So it wasn't a regular night out. It was a MEGA NIGHT OUT. There were glowing bottles of vodka! And fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2013

    Why EDM Is Thriving While Other Genres Are Sinking

    DJs are the new rock stars? Maybe. (Although chefs are already the new rock stars.) Still, the big name DJs do seem to be living pretty large, what with the constant travel to exotic locations, goofily-clad fans, eager women, drugs and parties. Just swap MacBooks for guitars and it doesn't look so d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2012

    Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello Is Looking Forward to Being Finished With Swedish House Mafia

    There was a moment a few years back when Steve Angello was leaving a hotel in his native Sweden and found a few reporters waiting outside. They asked him what his plans were for the day. He told them nothing much. The response made the front page of the next day's newspaper. "That was the moment," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2012

    Al Walser: Our Interview With a Beguiling Grammy Nominee

    Since the Grammy nominations were announced Wednesday, folks have been wondering how the hell someone named Al Walser was able to swing a nomination for best dance recording. The DJs also nominated in his category -- Avicii, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia and Skrillex -- are quite famous, but ... 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

    September 27, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2012

    The Best EDM Shows to See in L.A. This Month

    Wednesday, September 5th Digitalism Yost Theater Only Germans would call themselves "Digitalism." On the other hand, EDM production duo Jens Moelle and Ismail Tüfekçi did title their second album I Love You Dude. That duality between clinical zeroes-and-ones and hug-it-out-bro emotionalism is ref ... 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

    August 6, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2012

    Kaskade - Staples Center - 7/27/12

    See also: *Kaskade Makes History By Headlining the Staples Center *Facebook Censors Kaskade's Body Paint Photo of This Girl Kaskade Staples Center 07-27-12 Better Than... cramming among the sweaty masses of a typical EDM festival tent in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the man behind the podiu ... 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 9, 2012

    EDC 2012: House Music Beef With DJ Sneak Plays Out in Steve Angello's DJ Set

    In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve Angello, one-third of the DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia. Sneak called SHM's music "fake shit" and said they "do not play house music" -- as in, real house music. On Friday, in front of a huge crow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Coachella 2012: Top Five Acts at the Sahara Tent

    See also: *Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac's Hologram *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs *Our Complete Coachella Coverage By Alejandra Loera The weekend is over and Coachella came and went in a blink of an eye. It was pure amazingness, and there were so many talented artists to see. For elect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Coachella 2012: Five Must-See, Under-the-Radar EDM Artists

    You're at Coachella. You love EDM. But what do you do if you really don't feel like dancing to bottle service-party staples like Avicii, Kaskade and Swedish House Mafia? Chances are, if you check out the artists listed in small print, you'll find great DJs and (hopefully) smaller crowds in the tents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    A-Trak: The Hipster's Hipster

    A-Trak will have you know that he isn't just a DJ -- he's a turntablist. Raised in Montreal and now based in New York, he was just 15 when he won the DMC World Championship, the prestigious DJ battle competition. Now 30 and half of the dance production duo Duck Sauce, he's scored a pair of ubiqui ... 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 28, 2011

    Zedd - Dim Mak Sunday - 11-27-11

    Zedd Dim Mak Sundays 11-27-11 Better than... bottle service. Last summer, Zedd hit L.A. to warm up the crowd when Deadmau5's Meowingtons Hax tour hit the Palladium for a few sold-out nights. He returned to the city last night as a headliner for his own mini tour, supporting the single "Stars Come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Glen Parrish: UCLA Frat House Death Involves Teen at Theta Chi

    FacebookGlen Parrish.​Updated at the bottom: The teen's dad says there were "a lot" of drugs at the location. First posted at 7 a.m. An 18-year-old was found dead at a UCLA fraternity house over the weekend, authorities said. The body of Glen Parrish was found in a bed at the Theta Chi frate ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    John Digweed Heads to The Mayan Downtown Wednesday: He Does The LA Weekly DJ Q&A

    John Digweed.​Paris Hilton recently tweeted that "House music is taking over!" And she thus marked a new life cycle for a 30-year-old genre. In dance music, though, it's not about what's taking over but about what aspect of the scene has bubbled back up and taken on a new identity. The house ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • 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

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Sex Crime and Violence During DJ-Driven 'Ultra Weekend' in Miami -- And, Yes, Californians Were in the Thick of It

    YouTubeHeadquarters, we have a wedgie.​The just-wrapped "Miami Music Week/Ultra Weekend" in South Beach was marred by violence, and allegations of rape. Our sister publication Miami New Times reports that three Californians were arrested on suspicion of gang raping a college student at the Fon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Top Ten Videos to Feed Your Inner Gay Dude on Ecstasy, by DJ/VJ Ray Rhodes' Club Tigerheat

    Lina Lecaro Videos and vamps- Tigerheat eye candy​Wanna see the hottest hits and soon-to-be hits really pop on the dance floor? There really is no place like Tigerheat, the exuberant, mostly gay gathering held every Thursday at Avalon. It'd been a while since we popped in, so we forgot just ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    DJ Q&A: Pete Tong Says 'L.A. Is The Home Of The BIG Event' When It Comes To Global Dance Music

    It's all going Pete Tong Saturday at Monster Massive.​Pete Tong, as the U.K.'s Independent newspaper put it, is "the god of dance music." With BBC Radio 1's "Essential Selection" and "Essential Mix" shows, he certainly is global clubland's most influential DJ. He's the guy who every other A-l ... More >>

  • Music

    June 24, 2010

    Music Picks: Goldfrapp, Concrete Blonde, Sally Seltmann, Black Francis

    Also, Electric Daisy Carnival, the Adicts, Lou Barlow and others

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    DJ Q&A: A Few Questions For DJ Erick Morillo (A Soon-To-Be Angeleno)

    ​New York's Erick Morillo comes to Avalon Saturday for the first of a four-date residency. The house DJ has been at the forefront of big-room sounds for more than a decade, but his own aesthetic -- diva house vocals paired with massive, tribal drums -- hasn't wavered (and neither have his fans ... More >>

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