Aarhus Psych Fest 2014. Discover the best new Scandinavian Artists at BY:LARM 2014 | NBHAP. Is Digbeth, Birmingham the new clubbing capital of Britain? Katie Grange investigates the new music ventures that are putting Digbeth, Birmingham on the map. Digbeth, a district on the outskirts of Birmingham, was once the heart of the industrial Midlands - boasting a battery, tea, and even a custard factory. Nowadays these works have been swapped for high-spec retail premises and entertainment ventures, marking the redevelopment and regeneration of the area.
LAB11 and Gibb Street Warehouse are just two examples of these redevelopments. Both brand-new underground clubs launched on the 31st March with an aim of delivering quality dance music to the astute clubbers of the Midlands. LAB11 and its flagship night TRMNL is a subversive house and techno delight, stripping everything back to basics from the exposed brickwork, unfinished wood and raw edges. Set in a derelict railway arch owned by Network Rail, LAB11 has been transformed into a hip dance music venue. Gibb Street Warehouse The Arena (Pictured). We Are Industry HMV Institute and Club Air. Spotify Scores John Lennon’s Full Catalogue. The Importance of Music to Girls. Illustration by Ana. Earlier this year, in Belfast, Ireland, Miley Cyrus did a cover of the Smiths’ “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”: This performance was immediately all over my Facebook news feed.
Friends of mine, and rock critics that I follow, were calling it “offensive” and “sacrilegious.” One commenter on Rolling Stone’s website summed up their reaction thusly: “She can be a cracked-out, attention-whoring clown all she wants. That does NOT entitle this brat to mess with other people’s music.” A month earlier, Lorde was hand-picked by Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to join them in a rendition of “All Apologies” in honor of Nirvana’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Kim Gordon on bass!) : I thought this was a pretty badass tribute, but it seems I was in the minority. OK, what is going on here? I’m not saying that Miley and Lorde are being targeted for this kind of criticism for their gender. The thing is, I get it. The ‘90s house revival: Don't call it a comeback - House Cult |House Cult.
When the end of the year is approaching, somehow we always feel the need to look back and reminisce. It has been said that 2013 is shaping up to be all about that ‘90s house music revival. And let’s face it, lately we have been getting bombarded left and right with that classic piano riff, the monotonous vibrato strings, accompanied by splashes of diva-tastic exclamations, all of which unmistakably driven by that deep organ bassline.
Yes, that good old ’90s house music is making a fiery return to the mainstream, and all prejudices aside, we must say it feels mighty swell to hear MK (and not Guetta!) Booming out of the speakers at our local night shop these days. If you were here last time around, you might remember our previous article in which we attempted to touch base with the future of house music, shedding some light on a possible future for the genre. We focused on exciting and innovative sounds & new hybrid genres, and the artists spearheading the movement. The Golden Boy Route 94. Masters at Work ‘House Masters’ – The Everyday Man. Review: Cream Ibiza @ Amnesia August 7th 2014 – The Everyday Man. So we have made it back from Ibiza in just about one piece and are looking forward to sharing with you some of the highs and lows of our time of the hedonistic Mediterranean island of Eivissa.
Un fortunately die to some airline trouble we arrived a little later than expected but were still in time to head to Cream, this is Ibiza after all the party doesn’t really start until the wee small hours. As has been the case for the past few seasons the night was headlined by Calvin Harris on the Terrace. We arrived around 2am and Burns was still very much in control of the decks. The place was packed to the rafters but that is pretty much what you would expect at a club recently voted the ‘best of the past 25 years’ by MixMag. The crowd was a little on the young side and were no doubt drawn in by the big name headliner on the bill. Over in the main room the atmosphere things are a lot more up tempo and with Above & Beyond headlining in there that is completely understandable.
EDC | Insomniac. Spotify Scores John Lennon’s Full Catalogue. Burning Man Spawns New Age Festivals. It was 3 a.m. in Bradley, Calif., in the middle of a dusty dry lake bed, and Carl Weiseth, 33, was shoeless, shirtless and regaling a gathering crowd about last night’s escapade. “I didn’t make it back from the dance floor until the sun was starting to rise,” he told his audience, adding that he “passed out to the gentle vibrations of thumping electronic music for three to four hours.” A 1960s Volkswagen van was painted with the words “Give Peace a Chance,” surrounded by fresh-faced bohemians sporting flower crowns, acid-washed jean shorts, seapunk teal-dyed hair and psychedelic leggings.
“It’s the feather-and-leather crew,” one festivalgoer said. To the casual observer, this post-New Age convergence of monumental art, all-night dancing and “Kumbaya” spirituality could be mistaken for , the weeklong arts festival in the Nevada desert. “L.I.B. is one of the pinnacle festivals of West Coast conscious culture,” said Mr. That language of neo-spirituality and personal growth is common. Gifts in the desert: the psychology of Burning Man | Molly Crockett | Science. What happens to groups of people in harsh physical environments, away from all of the trappings of modern civilization? Tales of shipwrecks, adventurers and post-apocalyptic worlds explore this question, and usually these stories do not end well (recall the descent into anarchy and violence in Lord of the Flies).
The political philosopher Thomas Hobbes warned that outside of civilized society, humans are nasty brutes who would sooner step on another’s face than share scarce resources. Burning Man is a massive weeklong public arts festival held every August in Black Rock City, Nevada. You might imagine this event, where 65,000 people converge in a blazing desert devoid of water, food or electricity, would be a recipe for disaster. But what happens at Burning Man might surprise even the cynics. Somehow this environment brings out the very best aspects of human nature. There, kindness flourishes and generosity is widespread. It’s the economy, stupid Golden rules Natural highs.