Dubstep
The Librarian: Redefining Bass
(Dec 14, 2011) Okay, I’ll admit it. I have a minor obsession for females kicking ass in the music industry. Its probably largely due to th...
Drumstep
(Sep 08, 2011) Fast + filthy, raw + raunchy, drumstep is making the kids go crazy. Think hot sweaty dancefloor mayhem with crowd surfing. Bu...
Dirtybird
(Aug 15, 2011) Somewhere between house, techno, drum’n'bass + dubstep lies Dirtybird. Since 2005 this San Francisco label run by Claude ...
Vancouver’s Super Happy and Hyper DJs
(Jul 14, 2011) When it comes to active faces in Vancouver bass music, there may be no bigger a movement in Vancouver right now than that of the ...
Make It Rain (Heroes x Villains Remix)
(May 02, 2011) Spring is here and summer is rapidly approaching. It’s the time of year when you want music you can shake your ass to. Loca...
Needed Change
(Mar 22, 2011) This is definitely one of my favorite dubstep tracks out right now. Another 12th Planet x Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore, the former f...
Breaking the Shadowsphere
(Nov 30, 2010) There has been a longstanding battle between 4/4 beats and broken rhythms and it seems that at this particular moment in time, br...
Neon Sounds and Hyperdub Viruses
(Nov 16, 2010) Time to reflect. It’s been five years since I brought Hyperdub label owner, Kode 9, to Vancouver for what was his first gi...
Turning Up The Decibel Level In The Northwest
(Oct 14, 2010) Seven years is an old dog for a festival. Some things comes and go in a year or two, raves live and die in hours. But Sean Horto...
So-Called “Blog-House” Is Out, Dubstep Is In With a Vengeance
(May 09, 2010) Toddla T plays dubstep and beyond. Winter Music Conference was the biggest event to happen in Miami in the last few weeks. Huge in...
Somewhere Over The Babe Rainbow
(Mar 30, 2010) The story of Cameron Reed’s success is almost too good to be true. Local boy done good as it is, the latest signing to the ...
Ghosts on Tape brings the tropical-booty-crunk
(Dec 29, 2009) I can’t understand how this guy is not more famous yet. Ghosts on Tape is a one-man dance jam powerhouse from San Francisco ...
Terminal City Bass
(Dec 28, 2009) I threw Vancouver’s first dubstep party; it was 2005 in a warehouse in East Vancouver. Kode 9 headlined and some of Vancouve...
Meditations On Blogweight And The Death Of Print
(Dec 03, 2009) It’s kind of hard not to be a little saddened by the death of the print media. The increasing inability of advertising to st...