Despite logistical issues, Portola emerges as phenomenal first year festival [Review]

Despite logistical issues, Portola emerges as phenomenal first year festival [Review]

What can be said about a music festival that books Flume, The Chemical Brothers, Jamie xx, Four Tet + Floating Points, Fred again.., Caribou, Bicep, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow, Kaytranada, Charli XCX, James Blake, Peggy […]

Jamie Roy’s “Organ Belta” Tops Beatport’s House Charts Following DJ’s Tragic Death – EDM.com

Jamie Roy's "Organ Belta" Tops Beatport's House Charts Following DJ's Tragic Death - EDM.com

Beloved Scottish DJ, dance music producer and Ibiza regular Jamie Roy tragically passed away last week, but his music continues to live on. In the wake of his death, Roy’s friends, label mates and fans launched […]

‘There’s endless choice, but you’re not listening’: fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music | Music

Record stores are treasure troves … and you can ask staff for recommendations.

Meg Lethem was working at her bakery job one morning in Boston when she had an epiphany. Tasked with choosing the day’s soundtrack, she opened Spotify, then flicked and flicked, endlessly searching for something to […]

Odesza’s first festival in four years + Earth, Wind & Fire, Excision and more at Okeechobee 2023

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Okeechobee, Insomniac’s premier multigenre festival in Florida, returns next year with quite the lineup. Odesza returns to OMF for their first time since the festival’s inaugural 2016 show with their new album The Last Goodbye, […]

Doja Cat Reveals Her Fourth Album Will Be Influenced By “Rave Culture” – EDM.com

Doja Cat demonstrating a makeup routine for Vogue Taiwan in 2020.

Doja Cat is delving deep to find new artistic drive from her childhood influences—and she’s turning to rave culture for inspiration. The “Say So” songstress previously announced her upcoming fourth studio album would focus more […]

How house music changed the world: ‘It was freedom. It was our church’ | Music

beyonce with others in bright yellow-green dresses

“It was a few weeks back, late at night, I’m in bed, and my phone started pinging,” explains Robin S, the powerhouse vocalist behind Show Me Love, one of the most successful house records ever […]

End of the Road review – post-punk, cosmic jazz and weirdo pop offer a genuine alternative | End of the Road festival

Miles Romans-Hopcraft of Wu-Lu performing at End of the Road.

All festivals have a USP: Reading, for instance, is an assault course marking the end of childhood; Boomtown is a purpose-built warehouse party in the English countryside for those too scared to visit an actual […]

Good mourning Britain: how chillout music soundtracked the death of Diana | Music

Elton John singing Candle in the Wind at the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.

What was the soundtrack to Diana, Princess of Wales’s death? Surely Elton John’s Candle in the Wind 1997? After all, it’s the biggest-selling UK single of all time. But no: if you were listening to […]

We Out Here festival review – celebratory weekend of raucous dance and cosmic jazz | Music

Gilles Peterson performing on the main stage at We Out Here festival.

The musical taste of Gilles Peterson – the BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster and curator behind Worldwide FM and Brownswood Recordings – is nothing if not eclectic. We Out Here, the festival he stages across […]

A Collab Between Big Sean and Detroit Techno Legend Juan Atkins Is In the Works – EDM.com

A Collab Between Big Sean and Detroit Techno Legend Juan Atkins Is In the Works - EDM.com

It was exactly 20 years ago that Eminem famously proclaimed, “Nobody listens to techno,” but in 2022 the the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music are becoming more intertwined by the day. The latest narrative […]

Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk drive London wild at record breaking APE Presents Field Day – Music News

Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk drive London wild at record breaking APE Presents Field Day - Music News

London’s legendary Field Day celebrated its 15th anniversary year pulling its biggest-ever crowd, making it the largest festival in London this year. 50,000 music fans flocked to the sold out event, which was presented as […]