Written by Eric B. Thornton If you came up on late-2000s festival culture, you know the exact feeling of a Pretty Lights track dropping: that dusty, soul-sampled glitch-hop that basically soundtracked a…
Written by Eric B. Thornton San Francisco’s premier dance festival returns to Pier 80 for year five. There are just too many music festivals happening in every major city around the world…
Goldenvoice’s indie time machine lands at the Rose Bowl on August 22 — here are the ten acts worth showing up early for. Written by Eric B. Thornton Summer is still going…
From Baltimore warehouses to the vocal throughline of Dirtybird’s Flock Tapes Vol. 1, Life On Planets talks Flight Week, “Spiraling,” and closing out Campout x Northern Nights. Written by Eric B. Thornton…
Sixteen years after “Mr. Spock,” the Dirtybird lifer talks Flock Tapes Vol. 1, Campout world-building, and what to play on the drive home. Written by Eric B. Thornton Long before Dirtybird was…
The deep-tech roller that soundtracked Carl Cox’s viral “final boss” walk at a French château is finally out. It’s good enough to outlast the clip that made it famous. Written by Eric…
Written by Eric B. Thornton For the first time ever, EDC Las Vegas and its around-the-clock Hotel EDC takeover expand to two full weekends in 2027, and Vibee packages are one of…
Written by Eric B. Thornton Insomniac brings the SoCal producer’s biggest headline show yet to the Hollywood Palladium on November 27th, with LA electro pioneer Egyptian Lover and riser Blank Sense sharing…
By Eric B. Thornton The first thing that hits you on Pussy Riot’s debut album CYKA is how clean everything sounds. Glossy synths. Programmed drums. Sugary topline melodies riding underneath Russian-language lyrics about…
The LA duo’s Pride Month tribute is a genuine summer anthem — sunshine grooves on top, something nastier underneath. Written by Eric B. Thornton Some artists make music to fill dance floors,…