A packed house braved cold winds last Saturday to check out the hypnotic tunes Russian star Arty would deliver. After a warm-up set pumped the crowd up, Arty came out at 1 am to a sea of people ready to be taken on the ride of their lives. Arty no doubt delivered. He kept the [...]

Are you ready for a full-frontal assault of sound? The King of Bass is back after a season hitting big-rooms and he wants to take things underground for a change. Still hot from the release of his VAVA VOOM album and Freestyle mix tape, Lorin Ashton has announced a spring tour beginning April 24th in [...]

Most people would think that having a festival outside in the middle of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter is completely bonkers. But, for Coloradians (or die-hard mountain enthusiast) a music festival outside in the wintertime is a supreme idea. Snowball Music Festival is celebrating its 3-year anniversary at Winter Park this year, [...]

If you were to check the Richter scale on the evening of January 26th, I’m positive there was some seismic activity. Excision rolled through Chicago (or should I say vibrated) for his much anticipated executioner tour. The Congress Theater was packed early on, as many people were anxious to catch United Kingdom bred opener, Zomboy. [...]

On February 8th and 9th React Presents is bringing Chicago a double dose of Feed Me and Mord Fustang. Performing at the iconic House of Blues, Feed Me whose name is Jon Gooch, will be touring with his “with teeth” stage set up again. After a successful intimate club tour he went on in the [...]

From May 25th to the 27th, the Movement 2013 festival will return to Detroit for a 3 day celebration of electronic music. Dance music will take over Detroit as some of the biggest names in the industry will perform at Hart’s Plaza in this event that promises to be one you won’t want to miss. [...]

elektro invites everyone to kick off NY Fashion Week on Thursday, February 7th at Lilium, located at 201 Park Ave South underneath the W Hotel in Union Square. The event will feature exclusive sets from Hypemachine darlings, 5 & A Dime along with local favorites Huge Euge and Dasmatic. For everyone that came out for [...]

elektro Magazine and SoundCtrl present the second installment of “I Know the DJ” at Social Media Week, bringing together a group of DJs, culture leaders and industry professionals to discuss the trends and forecast how social media will continue to drive Electronic Music culture in 2013. The panel will be followed by an hour of [...]

It’s been over 2 years since Chuckie had last headlined Opera Nightclub, and the anticipation of his return to Atlanta had been building for weeks. Opera has always been an impressive venue, but a lot of things have changed since Chuckie last brought the Dirty Dutch to the Dirty South. With a combination of 28 [...]

EDC has (finally!) announced its will be returning to New York, May 17 and 18. The two day event is set to take place at Citi Field, and with the inaugural Chicago event the next weekend there is no doubt that EDC NYC will be huge, as always. Interested in going? Tickets go on sale [...]