The highly respected UK-based house label, Defected Records, will be returning to the US this month for a four-date tour with artists Riva Starr and Ferreck Dawn. NYC DJ Ant LaRock will also be joining the tour for two of the four shows. Read this next: Label Focus: Defected Riva …
Madeon‘s Good Faith Live tour has just begun and it looks absolutely incredible! Below you’ll find fan videos from the tour, which trickled in over the weekend. The footage reveals Madeon’s greatest live production to date. Plus, a dreamy unreleased track forthcoming on his latest album, Good Faith. Madeon recently played …
Kanye West has had plans to run for president in 2024 since the 2016 election. Even as early as 2015, he said he wanted to run for president in 2020, but after Trump’s win in November 2016, West decided to move the chains down a couple years. “Rappers are philosophers our …
From Grammy noms to sold-out shows, Audien has experienced his fair share success as a mainstay in the electronic music world over the past decade or so. But the beloved artist shows he’s far from a finished product, as he showcases a wide range creative versatility and production savvy in …
Hydration at shows is paramount importance, and who knows this better than Nick Ochoa… who’s Nick Ochoa, you might ask? He’s the fan that has chugged a bottle water every day for 153 days straight for the opportunity to chug a bottle on stage with his favorite artist, Rezz. Rezz …
After being teased for nearly a year, the track collaboration between Frank Ocean and Skepta received its debut last night at the third installment of Ocean’s PrEP+ party series in New York. The title of the track is still unknown, as is the much anticipated release date. However, one thing …
Audien has released the newest single from highly anticipated ESCAPISM , “REACH” feat. 2x BMI award winning songwriter Jamie Hartman, continuing the highly creative, melodically entrancing, year end release spree from the Grammy-nominated producer. The track follows previous single, “Buzzing” feat. NEVVE, which received positive reactions from fellow artists and fans …
Belgian DJ-producer, Charlotte de Witte is releasing two new EPs her label, KNTXT on November 15. These will be the first releases on the label since its debut collaborative release with Chris Liebing, ‘Liquid Slow‘ in September. Read this next: The Cover Mix: Charlotte de Witte The ‘Selected’ EP focuses …
Belgian DJ-producer, Charlotte de Witte is releasing two new EPs her label, KNTXT on November 15. These will be the first releases on the label since its debut collaborative release with Chris Liebing, ‘Liquid Slow‘ in September. Read this next: The Cover Mix: Charlotte de Witte The ‘Selected’ EP focuses …
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been confirmed for a lead role in the next iteration of the Matrix, joining Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Read this next: There’s a new Matrix film being made that will star Keanu Reeves Warner Bros. announced the making of the next Matrix back in August …
Birthdayy Partyy kick things up a notch with their latest dubstep original “The Summit.” Usually we get some good ole’ house vibes from the Chicago twins, but they switch things up for all the headbangers out there. What really makes this tune what it is is the melodic elements on …
Dan Snaith finally releases ‘Home,’ his first Caribou track in five years. Read this next: Caribou’s Dan Snaith announces new Daphni album ‘Joli Mai’ ‘Home’ features a Gloria Barnes sample of the same name. Snaith explains his reason for choosing the song: “I kept returning to it, meaning to do …
Halloween might be during the week this year, but that doesn’t mean anyone is giving up the spooky season weekend festivities! Quite the opposite, as Above & Beyond are throwing a double header at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago and Fillmore in Detroit on October 25th and 26th, respectively. Thinking …
Gesaffelstein, the French champion of dark techno wizardry, is back again with ‘NOVO SONIC SYSTEM’, released Columbia Records earlier today. This six track EP is his second release of 2019, following Hyperion (released in March) and his Coachella set – which was praised as his “darkest” and most “sonically stunning” …
In a rare interview with W Magazine, Frank Ocean expresses his intrigue for nightlife scenes and says that he draws inspiration from the club. Read this next: Wolfgang Tillmans took Frank Ocean to Berghain Known for his r’n’b, rap and soul influences, Ocean revealed he may be moving in a …
As fans continue to wait for Kanye West’s new album ‘Jesus Is King‘, the rapper has announced that he will only make gospel music from now on. This past weekend, Kanye West held a series of surprise events in the United States, including a Sunday Service event in Queens, NY …
Paul van Dyk has just released the first single f his forthcoming album Guiding Light. The trance pioneer has teamed up with the legends psy-trance Vini Vici for “Galaxy” a classic PVD trance track with a dash modern psy-trance. Paul has also announced a month long North American pre-tour, Mission: …
The trial date for R. Kelly’s federal case in Chicago has been set. The Associated Press reports that US District Judge Harry D. Leinweber has established that the highly publicized sex-abuse case will begin on Monday, April 27, 2020. The 52-year-old r’n’b star was arrested on July 12 in Chicago …
Former Mixmag Cover Star Jayda G has announced a special JMG session on October 27 at Village Underground. She will be joined by Chicago selector Jamie 3:26 and Brownswood label manager, Ruby Savage. The Sunday session will be the first in a series of JMG events, which stem from Jayda’s …
Part two of the Frankie Knuckles ‘Director’s Cut Collection’ is being released on vinyl. Frankie, aka the Godfather of House, did a lot of writing and production work with Erik Kupper, eventually branding themselves as Director’s Cut in 2011. Using this alias, they worked on a number of remixes and …
This Friday we have ghetto house icon DJ Deeon throwing it down. Hailing from the South Side of Chicago, DJ Deeon was instrumental in pioneering a raw and X-rated take on house music. He’s released a wealth of classics on Dance Mania, including ‘Freak Like Me’, ‘2 B Free’ and …
San Francisco-based Ardalan has been a Dirtybird favorite across the years, joining the Claude VonStroke-led gang since the first BBQ in 2007. Since, he’s consistently held his own on Dirtybird line-ups and released collaborative works with Justin Martin and Christian Martin. Now, he readies to release his own full-length album …
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed a new bill into law that will ensure that an LGBTQ history curriculum will be taught in public school throughout the state. The bill is scheduled to go into effect in July 2020. House Bill 246 was sponsored by State Representative Anna Moeller and …
Brooklyn’s Justin Cudmore has launched a new party series called Balance that is set to take place at New York’s new underground venue Basement. The vision behind Balance is for Cudmore, who has released acclaimed material on The Bunker NY, HNYTRX, Phonica White and Interdimensional Transmissions, to invite a collection …
Relief Records boss and Chicago icon, Green Velvet, is coming to Factory 93 later this month and he’s bringing his infamous La La Land party with him. Making its Holy Ship debut in 2018, La La Land has been a huge hit amongst Green Velvet’s house and techno fans with …
A viral video this weekend showing a group people attempting to jump the gates at Lollapalooza has garnered differing responses, from cheers anarchy to warnings about how the youth are ruining festival culture. For whatever it’s worth, according to the Chicago Office Emergency Management and Communications, not a single fence …
Lollapalooza took over Grant Park this past weekend from August 1 – 4. The festival averaged about 100,000 attendees per day and 400,000 overall — with its fair share arrests and citations, and unfortunately, one death. For the second year in a row, one festival goer died after attending the event. The …
Not able to make it to Lolla? No problem! Lollapalooza 2019 is going down this weekend and you won’t have to miss a beat, thanks to the live stream! The staple Chicago music festival just kicked f its fourth and final day, and there’s tons amazing talent to see on Perry’s …
If you’ve been keeping up on Lollapalooza 2019 at all then you’ve probably seen the viral video young festival goers storming the gates. Most definitely not ok, but there’s a happy ending. As it turns out, the one who got caught at the end the video — who happens to …
Lollapalooza 2019 is going down and you’re not going to want to miss a beat! The staple Chicago music festival just kicked f its third day, and there’s tons amazing talent to see on Perry’s stage and beyond. If you’re into EDM like us, you’ll want to keep your eyes …
