Cover Photo by: Lanty Zhang For weeks according to residents, England had been experiencing the hottest and driest summer in years. Of course, that all changed the weekend of Creamfields, one of England’s largest electronic music festivals was to take place. Some of music’s biggest names and the rains came to Daresbury, England this past […]
What does one wear to a dubstep show you ask? All black. How about an Excision show? Definitely all black. Now what about Excision’s inaugural festival, Bass Canyon? Black, black and more black. And all those reasons are why I choose not to wear black (well, until the last day anyway). Bass Canyon, held at […]
EDM stands for Electronic Dance Music. In today’s day and age, EDM has evolved drastically beyond the confines of it’s meaning on paper. Between subgenres, different music festivals, and what classifies a “dance hit”, the way consumers label electronic music varies. Artists are no longer stuck in a pre-determined box. Regardless of the beat that […]
Los Angeles has long been a hotbed of underground sounds, with the deepest of house and the darkest of techno pulsing behind unassuming doors across the city. On October 13 & 14, the darkness gives way to light at Secret Project, a 2-day block party in the heart of the city featuring a musical lineup […]
Destructo (Gary Richards) has used his expertise to blow us away at the brand new All My Friends (AMFAMFAMF) festival in Los Angeles, CA. Where new friends, became best friends and old friends became new friends again. We joined together and spread love and friendship this past weekend and I’m here to tell you all […]
Guest Written by Vera Lee Mandić Photos by Aaron Bradley Ever since STS9 had a rebirth of sorts in 2014 when Alana Rocklin joined the band, hopes of their first festival since 2011 have always been prevalent. Dreams came to life when Wave Spell was announced a mere three months before it was scheduled to take place […]
photos by Don Idio for Festival Squad I spent the past week in Salt Lake City to hit my very first Das Energi Music Festival. Das Energi is an incredible music festival that takes place at the Saltair just outside of Salt Lake City. The venue has a stunning backdrop of flat desert that leads […]
photos by Don Idio of Festival Squad It’s no secret that festivals come and festivals go. Here in North America, we’ve seen several festivals close their gates for a year or close the doors of the festival entirely and indefinitely. Trying to figure out the secret to what keeps festivals alive is like trying to […]
Photo Credit & Written by: Rebecca Hollman Located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, in the heart of downtown Montreal, IleSoniq is one of Montreal’s only all EDM festivals. Following in the footsteps of its big indie brother Osheaga, IleSoniq takes place in the same venue one weekend later. This year’s lineup featured Diplo, DJ Snake, Tchami, Laidback […]
photos taken from Moonrise Festival Facebook Upon arriving at the Moonrise media tent Saturday afternoon I was getting ready to embark on this two day adventure when a gentlemen sitting at a table asked me, “Do you wanna do an interview?” Naturally my response was “Like right now?” Immediately unprepared I answered maybe? “How much […]