We all go to music festivals to have a good time, to escape, to engage meaningfully with others. In a perfect world, we’d all leave festivals better for having gone. That being said, you should not be going to a music festival to give birth. Yes, let people do what they …
Today, EDC Las Vegas passes have gone on today. Not even 3 hours later and passes are almost completely sold out! This is not just one tier, but all them! It is the first time to date that passes for the festival have almost completely sold out in less than …
Mixmag and BUDX are proud to partner to bring you the newest destination of the Lab this summer: The Lab Johannesburg. On Wednesday, September 25 South African DJs Floyd Lavine, Kyle Cassim and Aero Manyelo are heading to The Lab Johannesburg. South African DJ Floyd Lavine is known for his …
Richie Hawtin has released an audiovisual mix album off the back of his 2018 CLOSE live tour. ‘CLOSE COMBINED’, released on Plus 8, takes scenes from the CLOSE live tour that reached Glasgow, London and Tokyo in a mix of performance and crowd-sourced visuals. The album presents crowd view, stage …
Curators extraordinaire Dekmantel Soundsystem are the latest XOYO residents. Dutch dons Thomas Martojo and Casper Tielrooj are of course behind one of the best-loved electronic music festivals in the world, as well as a long-standing record label, party series and DJ unit. They will play at and curate Fridays at …
It’s time to plan your next journey to Shambhala Music Festival! Regarded as one the world’s best music festivals (if not the best), Shambhala continues to impress us year after year with cutting-edge production and devastatingly amazing electronic lineups. Not to mention the vibes, the energy, and the people that …
One the sort residual effects the #metoo uprising the last 18 months or so is that it’s spread past the arena or sexual harassment and gender pay gaps into the realm inclusivity in media and entertainment. With drum & bass possibly being seen as the far reaches the bass music …
DJ-Producer, Henry Fong, has recently released a new anthem that has been filling the air this summer at many music festivals around the world. “Rave Tool” is an intense yet dance-worthy track that is absolutely incredible. The fast tempo and rapid bassline will have anyone jumping f the walls, making …
‘Singularity’ don Jon Hopkins has announced a Polarity tour that will take place next year. Hopkins will make stops at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Gateshead’s Sage, Brighton’s Dome, Paris’ Salle Pleyel, Helsinki’s Music Centre and Berlin’s Philharmonie among others. The artist will play grand piano for parts of the show; …
Goldie has singled out illegal parties as a reason why club culture is healthy right now. Speaking to London store Goodhood as part of its Over the Counter series, the Metalheadz boss covered a bunch of topics, from club culture and grime to writing a screenplay. On club culture, he …
Excision is becoming the sort dance music godfather for a lot artists, and we’re absolutely here for it. Beyond throwing two his own festivals and highlighting up and coming artists in his Spotlight series, he’s also going back to back with a bunch artists and we love to see it. …
Live Nation’s investment last year in Blink Identity, a tech company specializing in facial recognition, has spawned a new campaign in opposition to the use facial recognition tech at festivals and concerts. It was started by digital rights group Fight For The Future, and already has support from artists such as …
The long-awaited between and is finally here. After samples the track being teased all year, “Shake” is living up to the hype and its name. “Shake” is full percussion explosions while also tying in dubstep and even some drum and bass sounds. Jauz revealed in an interview that about 40 …
Italian producer and DJ Francesca Lombardo has partnered with Vermont-based non-profit organisation One Tree Planted to launch her LIFE OF RELEAF campaign. $1 from every physical copy of her ‘Life of Leaf’ album sold her store will go towards the project; one tree will be planted for every album sold. …
The inaugural Tomorrowland Winter earlier this year in the Alpe d’Huez in France set a standard for snowy, mountaintop festivals across the world — not that there are that many in the first place. With sets from many Tomorrowland’s mainstays like Armin van Buuren, DJ Snake, Martin Garrix & more, it …
Wooli is on an absolute roll and no one can convince me otherwise. In the past 12 months, he’s put out collabs with Snails, Seven Lions & Trivecta, and Seven Lions & Excision. He’s sold out headlining shows around the country and played the biggest festivals. Now he’s going one …
Internationally known world-wide touring DJ and Dim Mak record label head, Steve Aoki recently sat down with Joe Rogan for episode #1345 The Joe Rogan Experience. Rogan and Aoki discuss a plethora topics during the nearly 3 hour conversation, everything ranging from Steve explaining to Rogan the caking phenomenon that …
Armin van Buuren — who has been named DJ Mag’s #1 Top DJ five total times — strives for perfection in whatever he does. His two-decade long career has reached great heights, but Armin still feels as if he’s just getting started. Playing f what his friends call him, Mr. Perfect, …
Clean Up Britain is calling for a “tent tax” at music festivals. The organization, which consistently campaigns for cleaner, greener communities, is proposing a tax that all campers would potentially pay upon attending a music festival. The tax, amounting £25, would help cover cleanup for tents and other campsite items left behind. …
The implementation drug testing services at music festivals is something we’ve been witnessing more and more. In the new study outlined here, the drug checking service at Boom Festival 2016 is explored, along with the impact on users’ behavioral intentions. For the study, 753 drug samples were collected for testing. …
Going to the bathroom in a porta-potty would never be considered a pleasant experience by any stretch the imagination. Even the VIP bathrooms that some festivals are now adopting could hardly be called “inviting.” But what if by urinating and defecating you were actually working toward a good cause? Reading Festival …
As part a promotional campaign at this year’s Reading music festival, going down this weekend, August 23-25, it was reported that McDonald’s would be giving away free chicken Mcnuggets. Awesome, right? Not to everyone. The Humane League, an international nonprit organization that works to end the abuse animals raised for food, …
CRSSD Festival is set to go down at Waterfront Park in San Diego next month — and people are already buzzing about the event’s list discouraged and prohibited items. First up, the festival is receiving much praise for heavily discouraging “fan slapping” or “clacking.” This is something the vast majority …
Tricky is publishing an autobiography in late October. In the autobiography Hell Is Round The Corner, the former Massive Attack collaborator and trip hop pioneer mentions the loss of his mother to suicide at the age of four, and the effect this had on aspects of his life. The ‘Maxinquaye’ …
Adam Beyer’s Drumcode will be embarking on its biggest indoor UK show to date on October 19. The party will be taking place at the Depot in Mayfield, the impressive new home of The Warehouse Project. It has already been a packed summer for Drumcode, with some of its recent …
Die Antwoord have found themselves in hot water after footage surfaced an apparent hate crime they acted on against a gay musician back in 2012. Now, the guy who shot the video is speaking out to set the record straight. If you haven’t seen it yet, the video is pretty …
Three German nightclubs are the subject of calls for a boycott from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, led by the Palestinian Campaign For The Academic And Cultural Boycott Of Israel (PACBI). Berlin’s ://about blank, Hamburg’s Golden Pudel and Leipzig’s Conne Island are named in the statement posted on …
A video of Die Antwoord and members of their entourage attacking Hercules & Love Affair co-founder Andy Butler at Future Music Festival in Adelaide, Austraila, in 2012 has surfaced online. The video was captured by the South African rap group’’s former videographer Ben Crossman. It shows Die Antwoord member Ninja …
A 2012 video allegedly showing South African duo Die Antwoord committing a hate crime has gone viral, apparently leading to the group being removed from at least two festival lineups that we know so far. The video shows group member Ninja running up and spitting in the face an openly …
South African group Die Antwoord are allegedly being pulled from festival lineups after a viral video was uploaded showing members Yolandi and Ninja engaging in outright homophobic behavior and more. The video is from 2012, but has been written about in one fashion or another by publications as early as this …
