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 ...

Karl Walter, Getty Back in November 2008, French d.a.n.c.e. band Justice were accused of playing pre-recorded sets when a photo of them playing from an unplugged midi controller surfaced on the internet. The group denied the accusations, claiming the device was unplugged only briefly, but the pre-recorded "button pusher" debate rages on. ...

Bertrand Guay, AFP Justice, the French dance band made up of duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay, will never be confused for jocks, avidly following events like the Olympic or the Euro Cup. But they have a strong connection to the athletic world, regardless. Mostly they appreciate the energy connected to sporting events. "We ...

JDevil Facebook Hot on the steel-reinforced heels of his dubstep-influenced Path of Totality album, Jonathan Davis of Korn has ditched his black clad hordes for neon-slathered partiers with his current alter-ego, the cartoonish black-lensed, black-toothed, J Devil. EDM purists might see it as a case of another rock star not wanting to be ...

WireImage In a recent press conference, Snoop Dogg, now 40 years old, announced that "the spirit pulled him to Jamaica" and led him to create a new family friendly persona, Snoop Lion, a name he was given by a Rastafarian priest early on in his visit. "I always wanted to perform for kids, and for my grandma," Snoop drawled to the studio ...

Buraka Som Sistema Facebook Buraka Som Sistema thrive on a melting pot of cultures and sounds that emerged from Portugal's colonialist domination of countries like Angola. Pulling rhythms from African and Latin music, you would never think that world music could be so cool. In fact vocalist, Kalaf doesn't think it is either. "Well, for a ...

Wichita Recordings Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford and Jas Shaw are very serious about throwing a good party, and whether there's a DJ or not takes a back seat to simply creating good times. "We really dislike the DJ on the stage thing," Ford, the curly-mopped member of the touring monkey party, tells Spinner. "DJing should be in a good ...