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Boys Noize Set to Let the Dog Blood Out With Skrillex on New Year's

Boys Noize Facebook Snoop Dogg might be responsible for Boys Noize' retirement. "I used to joke with my friends saying I could quit music if I made a song with Snoop Dogg. Then suddenly I see myself with him in the studio, hanging out at his house and making music. It was really important for me to make something really cool with him," ...

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Alex Clare: Microsoft-Endorsed Singer-Songwriter Uses Major Lazer to Make Something Different

Alex Clare Facebook British singer-songwriter Alex Clare has already experienced just about all the highs and lows the music business can throw at him. Clare, who briefly dated Amy Winehouse in 2006, put out his debut album The Lateness of the Hour in July 2011 and he's already been dropped and resigned by his record label. The initial ...

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Birdy Nam Nam: Skrillex & Justice Helping French EDM Act to Fly in America

Samuel Kirszenbaum French band Birdy Nam Nam have figured out why EDM has taken off. "In America, EDM is finally talking to young white Republican voters," Lil' Mike, the tongue-in-cheek parrot of France's four-person former turntablist-turned-beat-maker crew jokes with Spinner. The crew already bring out hordes of fans in France and ...

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Video Game Music: 10 Best Game Soundtracks From Grand Theft Auto to Zelda

Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty It's not just the gaming -- the hyper-jumping, mega-blaster shooting, sword-fighting or robot-crashing action -- that makes a great video game. The best video games also have rich characters you feel emotionally invested in, smart plotlines that keep your attention, and, in an area that's constantly underrated, ...

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Azari & III: Dance Act Are 'Creepy Night People' Who Want to Be David Cronenberg

Azari & Ill There was much-excitement awhile back amongst fans of fast-rising dance act Azari & Ill when British paper The Sun announced the foursome would be opening Madonna's MDNA world tour. Unfortunately, that wasn't exactly the case. Madonna had actually fingered Avicii to open for her, which left Dinamo Azari, Alixander the ...

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What Zodiac Needs: Ex-Weeknd Producer Gets Signed and Access to Fancy Studio

Sean Berrigan A lot has happened to Jeremy Rose a.k.a. Zodiac in the past couple of years. Barely 23, he was (arguably) robbed of some of his most valuable credits for his work with The Weeknd (snapped up by Drake) but on the other hand, he's just been recruited by multi-Grammy winning super-producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Bloc Party, Foster ...

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Bassnectar Calls Emerging Metalstep Genre a 'Natural Progression'

Michael Tullberg, Getty If you've been out to an EDM festival anytime this summer, you might start wondering what is up with the mosh pits, the stage diving and errant kicks to the head. Then you realize, "Oh yeah, dubstep." Dubstep is moving closer and closer towards a heavy metal sound -- occasionally referred to as "metalstep" -- with ...

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