'Didn't you used to go to the Hacienda?'

Source: Guardian Unlimited

It is Saturday night in Manchester and the nightclub is thronged with sweating bodies. New Order's True Faith reverberates through the low-ceilinged room of the Irish Club in Manchester's Chorlton neighbourhood. The ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  1 day ago, 6:04pm CDT

Advertisement

In the Republicans' latest ad blitz, it's all Obama all the time

Source: Guardian Unlimited

When the Republican primary dragged on into March, even the GOP's most dedicated spinners stopped DJing the Great Conservative Base Shuffle. For months, they had contended that contest – as ugly and expensive as it was – would wind up being ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  1 day ago, 3:28pm CDT

Oh, Canada exhibit takes over U.S. contemporary art space

Source: CBC News

A vast array of vibrant Canadian art — created by artists ranging from Kim Adams to Annie Pootoogook — is taking over the MASS MoCA contemporary art venue in North Adams, Mass. Opening to the public on Sunday, Oh, Canada explores the vast expanse of art ...
Full article at: CBC News  More like this  1 day ago, 3:22pm CDT

Latest stories

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 streamed Live Online
If you are bored tonight you can watch the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 online now.

 

Chevrolet Recalls 2013 Malibu Eco for Airbag Deployment Issue
Airbags could go off unexpectedly in some models

 

Fox, CBS, and NBC Sue Dish Network for Cutting Commercials
AutoHop under fire

 

Bassnectar's Amazing Alien Baby: How Dreams and Earthquakes Shaped His Sound

Source: Spin

Bassnectar loves to share. The genre-melding EDM low-end master can't even get through a meal without telling the world about it. "Since I was a kid I had a natural inclination to share anything I found high ...
Full article at: Spin  More like this  1 day ago, 12:39pm CDT

Stream Chris Baio's New 'Sunburn' EP

Source: Prefix

Chris Baio has just released a new three-track EP entitled Sunburn. The release is a far cry from the bassist’s work with Vampire Weekend and bears birthmarks from his recent time spent DJing under the Baio moniker. Each song is b ...
Full article at: Prefix  More like this  1 day ago, 11:47am CDT

Weatherall, Magda, Sander Van Doorn, and Loco Dice on the benefits of lossless files

Source: Beatportal

It’s a known fact in the DJ community that lossless files are the way to go if you’re looking to deliver the highest-quality sound to your audience. If you’re playing big-room soundsystems, festival PAs—heck, anything larger than your bedroom—lossles ...
Full article at: Beatportal  More like this  1 day ago, 10:37am CDT

Stream Chris Baio’s Sunburn EP

Source: The Fader: Music

Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio has released a new, three-song solo EP of crisp, upbeat production with a dash of wistfulness and Matias Aguayo for good measure. As Baio explains, it’s music for reading or dancing or, more abstractl ...
Full article at: The Fader: Music  More like this  1 day ago, 10:16am CDT

Views on a scene in distress (guest post by David Benoy)

Source: Side-Line

The Scene in general Sure, we went through a music famine in the last couple of years (what hits did 2010 bring us besides Eisenfunk's 'Pong' and Soman's 'Noise Anthem'?), but last year saw the slow climb out of the pits with a lot of young band ...
Full article at: Side-Line  More like this  1 day ago, 7:11am CDT

Weekend Listening: Let's Buy Happiness, Walls, Emmy the Great + more

Source: Drowned in Sound

DiS' editor compiles a mixture of tracks (including a special premiere!), some mixes (one of which was made especially for you DiS readers) and a selection of things that have cropped up in his social feeds and inbox this week, for you ...
Full article at: Drowned in Sound  More like this  2 days ago, 5:28am CDT