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Review: Girl Band ‘Holding Hands With Jamie’

After four years, an EP and a number of singles, Irish noise-punks Girl Band have finally graced us with their full length debut, and holy s**t, it was worth the wait. Featuring nine tracks, Holding Hands With Jamie captures the collective energy of a madhouse, oddly brilliant, violently beautiful and utterly terrifying musical experience. Born out of

Review: Destruction Unit ‘Negative Feedback Resistor’

On the surface you may think Arizona quintet Destruction Unit is just a noise punk group trying to dish out aggressive riffs along with Drunkdriver noise-core clamor, but when you listen to their tracks, you find yourself listening to one of the most inventive bands in the scene. What started as the solo project of

Interview: Five Knives

Known as an eclectic, live electronic group with a hard edge, Five Knives have been making headway in the music community by pioneering a new sense of sound and style. Sharing stages with groups from Twenty One Pilots, to The Glitch Mob, this four-piece have been seeing great success. We were lucky enough to meet

Review: HeCTA ‘The Diet’

Alt-Country gurus Lambchop have rebranded themselves for HeCTA, a fresh and enjoyable mix of electronic grooves and solid songwriting. The Diet pays respects to the more interesting sides of electronic music, past and present through Detroit, Berlin, the UK and beyond, touching on a number of sub-genres, from glitchy techno to ambient IDM, downtempo grooves,

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Listen: Joel Fletcher and J-Trick Team Up for Bouncy Banger “Here We Go”

Aussie House wizards Joel Fletcher and J-Trick have released their bouncy collaboration “Here We Go”, and it is guaranteed to tear up your dance floor. Bring together two of Australia’s hottest producers, a synth that buzzes and squawks and an infectious bass line to be complemented with hoarse, energetic vocals from hype master in demand

Listen: Get Lost Into Mophono’s Solid Steel Radio Mix

Bay Area producer Mophono put together a cerebral mix for Ninja Tune’s Solid Steel radio show this past Friday, and it’s an hour of pure beat music magic. We included Benji Illgen, otherwise known as beat thaumaturge Mophono, on our singles list a few weeks back with his hard hitting track “THIZZ BITS” off his

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Review: FIDLAR ‘Too’

FIDLAR is music for the 16 year old kids who wear ripped up jean jackets, drink gross cheap beer, and smoke cigarettes because they think they look cool. They’re angsty and all they want is for some musician to yell at them, so they can mosh and get all their built up frustrations out. Trust

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Electric Zoo Streaming Live with help of Beatport and Twitch

As Electric Zoo gears up for the Labor Day festivities, those of you who can’t attend may be experiencing some strong FOMO. Luckily, Beatport and Twitch have you covered. The two have partnered up to bring you an streaming experience over the upcoming weekend that comes only second to being there. You’ll be able to

Dim Mak Stars Take Over the Avalon Hollywood

The thump was constant and the bass rattled the ground of the palatial Avalon in Hollywood. It was a Control Friday show (8/21) and the warm summer night was perfectly complimented by an exciting Dim Mak double feature with Canadian drop kings Botnek and burgeoning House wunderkind Jacob Plant. After a fun, throbbing warm up

Review: Hermitude ‘Dark Night Sweet Light’

Yesterday saw the US release of Hermitude’s new record, Dark Night Sweet Light, and we can not stop listening to it. With the first track, Hermitude brings us a delightfully catchy trap-infused ethereal dance track. Utilizing faded synths and sporadic sampling at just the right times, “Hijinx,” brings about dreamy-yet-compelling presence to the opening of the