Martin Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS Shares Lineup For 2024 ADE Showcase
Martin Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS has unveiled the full lineup for its label showcase event during Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) this fall. The Dutch chart-topper’s big room and progressive house label will bring 15 talented acts from the STMPD RCRDS family to AFAS Live on Thursday, October 17, including elusive performance aliases, high-powered back-to-backs, and special […]
Honey Dijon Curates Jukebox Exhibit At Stonewall National Monument
Pride Live, a leading LGBTQIA+ advocacy and community engagement organization, has unveiled a unique jukebox exhibit set to open at the new Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center (SNMVC) in New York City, featuring curated selections from community advocate and house music legend Honey Dijon. The SNMVC will open as the first LGBTQIA+ visitor center under […]
Festival Report Card: Electric Forest 2024
Every June, tens of thousands of music fans flock to Rothbury, Michigan for the Midwest’s premier camping festival, Electric Forest. Attracted by its arboreal setting, immersive art installations, and diverse lineup of musical talent, various sects of the festival community, from heady jam band fans to shuffling house heads, come together for four days of […]
Five Lessons I Learned At My First EDC Las Vegas In 2024
Twenty-four hours before EDC Las Vegas begins, the buzz around the nation’s largest rave is palpable, even thousands of miles away in Ohio, where I begin my trek west. My tightly packed flight from Columbus to Las Vegas is filled with two generations of music lovers, some young ravers headed to Electric Daisy Carnival, and […]
Ibiza Locals Protest Mass Tourism During Affordable Housing Crisis
On Friday, Ibiza locals marched in protest against mass tourism on the island as part of a string of demonstrations that swept the Balearic and Canary Islands over the weekend. At the rally organized by Prou Eivissa (“Enough Ibiza” in Catalan), about 1,000 protestors demanded a tourism moratorium, government incentives for hotels to reduce guest […]
Festival Report Card: EDC Las Vegas 2024
Every year, for three days in mid-May, the eyes of the dance music world turn to Las Vegas, Nevada, the now 13-year home of Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). Though official attendance numbers have not yet been announced, well over 525,000 ravers from all over the world are expected to have visited EDC Las Vegas […]