Duck Sauce, Chromeo and friends will be rocking Hard Summer this August in LA, check this fun video trailer to see all the party people taking part, in handy Sharpie logo form. And buy your tickets before it sells out!
Next month, A-Trak and Congorock get cross-continental on the Fool’s Gold “Asian Sensation” tour, kicking off June 1st at Zouk in Kuala Lumpur and rocking for two weeks until they end up at Bar Rouge in Shanghai. Stay tuned for more on their electro trek! Read More
Photo by Kirill Was Here
This weekend A-Trak’s Magic 8 Ball Tour finishes up strong with a trio of Canadian shows: Zu Bar in Burlington, Ontario on Friday (5/20), the Telus Theatre in Montreal on Saturday (5/21), and Guvernment in Toronto on Sunday (5/22).
Even though the tour is coming to a close, you can still rep the 8 Ball daily thanks to Karmaloop’s exclusive tee (for guys and gals), still available on their website for a limited time. Coppeth! Read More
Check out the debut episode of Treasure Fingers’ new podcast, featuring a bunch of new tunes and a chat with with fellow Brooklyn deejay Free Magic. You can download directly or subscribe via iTunes.
You can also catch Treasure Fingers in Dallas (5/25), New Orleans (5/26) and Houston (6/2) for Dub Frequency’s Creme De La Creme party series, click the city name to RSVP.
This week, JOTS embark on their latest techno voyage through the old continent, the “Life Laughter Death” tour. It kicks off this Thursday (5/12) at Pratersauna in Vienna and crosses countries till June 4th, when JOTS close out big at Wet Club in Espenhain, Germany.
Smack in the middle of these dates is a show at Fabric in London on May 20th for Kill Em All, alongside Sound Pellegrino Thermal Team, Filthy Dukes, Stopmakingme and more, not to mention the whole Boys Noize crew in the other room. To celebrate, the Fabric First blog posted up a new Q&A with Chris and Linus, as well as a new “Life Laughter Death” mix you can download here.
Karmaloop TV just posted up Derick G’s footage from our Rap Party in Miami at The Standard pool. This was a special daytime party we threw two days before our Grand Central blowout, and MAN!!!
If you missed it, you missed out on an all-day B2B DJ bro sesh featuring A-Trak, Craze, Busy P, DJ Mehdi, Brodinski, Nick Catchdubs, Dave Nada, and Mike B playing rap favorites down by the water for all manner of dancing friends and lovely folks. Check the great photo galleries from Kirill Was Here, Glenjamn and Just My Photoblog (digital and 35mm), with some of our favorites after the jump. Read More
Karmaloop TV captured our SXSW showcase this year, check the recap video to see A-Trak, Donnis, Cubic Zirconia, Danny Brown, The Suzan, AraabMuzik, Kingdom, Telephoned, Nick Catchdubs and Party Supplies in action! They also filmed some interview footage with A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs and Cubic Zirconia. Anecdotes galore…
There’s also some great photo galleries from our buds Mel D Cole and Brook Bobbins. Peep some selects after the jump. Read More
Word is still spreading about our afterparties in Austin this year with iheartcomix, Past Yo Bedtime. Dancing! Sweating! Raving! In a damn shopping mall!
We put together two nights of revelry featuring A-Trak, Treasure Fingers, Nadastrom, Just Blaze, Brodinski, Drop The Lime, Kastle, Flosstradamus, Nick Catchdubs, Franki Chan, Proper Villains, Jackie Chain, Penguin Prison, Sammy Bananas and more. Check the recap video for a taste of the vibes, and some of our favorite photos (by Trevor M. Banta and Jenni Westbrook) after the jump, full gallery here. There’s also a gallery of gumball machine portraits by Tommy B here. Read More
Check Danny Brown performing “Radio Head” (shout out to Samiyam!) live at The Fader’s private “Icon Issue” release party in NYC this past Tuesday. Danny’s featured in the new issue (Biggie cover, pick it up now it at a newsstand near you) and his DJ for the night, Nick Catchdubs, contributed a guest Vinyl Archaeology column to boot. For more from the party, peep Mel D Cole and Dorothy Hong’s photo galleries.
Donnis filmed a quick clip for his Southern Lights mixtape banger “Get Up, Get Out” at the ATL release party, check it out! He also just dropped a remix to blog-n-b favorites The Weeknd’s “Loft Music,” and is headed to Chicago this Friday (4/29) to perform at the Creme De La Creme party at House Of Blues, RSVP here.