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Australian DJ Brooke Evers Serves Up Another Dancefloor Shaker with "Feel It" (premiere)
"Feel It" is a full-on EDM banger that highlights DJ Brooke Evers' tacit understanding of how to wring every last bit of perspiration from a frenzied club crowd.
22 May 2019
Jai Wolf's 'The Cure to Loneliness' Is Missing That Something Special
With his long-awaited debut, The Cure to Loneliness, Jai Wolf pleases listeners without ever leaving much to remember.
09 Apr 2019
French DJ and Producer Mathieu Koss Teams Up with Aloe Blacc on "Never Growing Up" (premiere)
Mathieu Koss and Aloe Blacc's uptempo pop-house track "Never Growing Up" sweeps you up in its boundless enthusiasm for life and all its possibilities.
29 Mar 2019
Deepend Teams Up with Hanne Mjøen on New Dance Single, "One Thing Left to Do" (premiere)
Dutch DJ Deepend and Hanne Mjøen pull off a classic club tune with a pumping pop heart in "One Thing Left to Do" that should light up dancefloors throughout 2019.
21 Mar 2019
Swiss DJ Gil Glaze Fires Off Another Surefire Summer Anthem with "Young Forever" (premiere)
Swiss DJ and producer Gil Glaze turns his attention to burning up the airwaves on his new crossover single "Young Forever" featuring the vocal talents of Annabel Turner.
14 Mar 2019
Sleepy Tom Adds Some Pop Gloss to His Dance Sound on "Amateurs" (premiere + interview)
Sleepy Tom's "Amateurs" features Lights on vocals and it's a kaleidoscopic dance party anthem with a pumping pop heart that quickly overcomes the senses.
08 Mar 2019
What Are the Chainsmokers Selling with 'Sick Boy'?
We're so used to thinking of the Chainsmokers as a con that it's hard to say if their sadness is real or something they're selling.
31 Jan 2019
The 12 Best Dance Tracks of 2018
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20 Dec 2018
Hotel Garuda Shares New Single "One Reason" (premiere)
Hotel Garuda's "One Reason" is a surging, feel-good dance track that'll coax clubbers onto the dancefloor for years to come.
09 Nov 2018
QUIX Shares New Single, "Giving Up" and Announces Illusions EP + Fall Tour (premiere)
"Giving Up" is an enormous, yet sophisticated club hit in waiting that whets the appetite perfectly for QUIX's Illusions EP and fall tour.
21 Sep 2018
Michal Menert and the Pretty Fantastics Groove from the Depths on "From the Sea" (premiere)
Electrofunk ensemble Michal Menert and the Pretty Fantastics quickly tap into a deep groove that emerges like a turbulent riptide swelling just below the surface of the sea.
09 Aug 2018
Irmin Schmidt Tells His Story of Can
If All Gates Open isn't the full picture of Irmin Schmidt and Can, then the real McCoy must give one a hernia.
08 Jun 2018
Sold Out Brooklyn Steel Ravenous for Sofi Tukker's Untamed Electronica
Hometown duo Sofi Tukker held sway over a wild audience in New York City as their Treehouse World tour gets underway.
30 Apr 2018
Perversion. Purity. Pop. An Interview with Post-Electropop Producer LLLL
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Going High: An Interview with Peyton
Peyton talks about how his new album, Sinners Got Soul Too, both fuses and transcends elements of his diverse musical background, from Southern gospel to Ibiza House.
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