Dance Music

WATCH: Dance Music Gets Classy

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.24.2012

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Shutter shades, t-shirts, jeans and sneaks: Blame LMFAO, but our go-to dance-party outfits aren't what they used to be. In his new music video for...

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10 Things You Only See At Electronic Dance Music Festivals

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 05.21.2012

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The inaugural "New York" edition of Electric Daisy Carnival, the nation's biggest electronic dance music (EDM) festival series, touched down at the Me...

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The Last Dance: Donna Summer (1948-2012)

Howard Barbanel | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: The 80s, Dance Music, Pop Music, The 70s, Donna Summer Dead, Disco, Madonna, Donna Summer, Donna Summer Died, Donna Summer Death, Entertainment News

All she asked "is that you dance with me," and dance we did. Donna Summer, the voice of an era, gone at 63.

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Donna Summer 'Brought Disco From The Clubs To The Streets'

Hank Bordowitz | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Dance Music, Disco, Dance Rock, Donna Summer, Electronica, Post50 Celebrities, Queen of Disco, Donna Summer Disco, Donna Summer 70s, Slideexpand, Fifty News

More than any other performer of the mid-70s through the 80s, Donna Summer's recordings pushed the envelope of dance music.

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Through the Eyes of an Ultra Music Festival Newbie

Jennifer Sorin | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Dance Music, Spring Break, Ultra Music Festival Miami, College, Electronic Music, Ultra Music Festival, Miami, David Guetta, Ultra Music Festival 2012, Spring Break 2012, College News

Huge crowds of teenagers, college students and a couple of grey-haired men wearing neon bandanas (power to them) dressed in crazy apparel and took over Bayfront Park for the 2012 Ultra Music Festival.

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WATCH: Swedish House Mafia's Sci-Fi New Music Video

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 03.14.2012

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Swedish House Mafia, the electronic dance music act known best for being the first DJ's to headline a show at Madison Square Garden, has created an or...

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Don't Think; Get The DVD Instead: How Chemical Brothers Took The Big Screen On The Way To The Small Screen

Phil West | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Dance Music, Don't Think, Chemical Brothers, Electronic Dance Music, Don't Think Movie, Concert Films, Concert Film, The Chemical Brothers, Electronica, Entertainment News

Yesterday, good news arrived for Chemical Brothers fans. However this wasn't your typical DVD announcement.

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Big Change Coming For Grammys

AP | By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 04.08.2012

-- Grammy show producer Ken Ehrlich had considered putting dancing/electronica music into the ceremony in the past, but could never quite figure out ...

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Is This The Best Concert Film Of All Time?

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Adam Smith, Dance Music, Video, Don't Think, Fuji Rock, Concerts, Adam Smith Films, Chemical Brothers, Adam Smith Movies, Electronic Music, Don't Think Movie, Concert Films, The Chemical Brothers, Edm, Arts News

It took nine songs, but by the time "Hey Boy Hey Girl" came on during an advance screening for "Don't Think" -- an Adam Smith-directed movie of the Ch...

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PHOTOS: Moby Documents His Life With "Destroyed"

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Photography, Richard Melville, Moby "Go", Dance Music, Rave, Moby, Paul Kopeikin Gallery Techno Music, Electronic Dance Music, Electronica, Paul Kopeikin, Moby Album, Rave Music, Arts News

Moby, born Richard Melville Hall, has traveled the world, played for stadiums full of adoring fans and sold over 20 million albums worldwide, but now ...

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The Rapture Make a Comeback, Play SPIN Headquarters

Taryn Haight | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Gabriel Andruzzi, Dance Music, In the Grace of Your Love, Luke Jenner, Vito Roccoforte, The Rapture, Concert Review, Dfa, Electronic Music, Spin, Live Music, Spin Magazine, Slidepollajax, Culture News

The Rapture are back and sounding exactly as I remember them -- a flawless rock/pop/dance melange, distinguished by their reliable drums, unmistakeable vocals and one hell of a steady cowbell.

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Name-Dropping with Pollo! (09/09/11)

Pollo Del Mar | Posted 11.09.2011

Whether it's sharing a story about Zoe Badwi's private performance for me or how Katy Perry ironically hampered my interview with Natalia Kills, I'm here to dish all the dirt!

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20 Electric Zoo Artists Share Their Must-Play For This Weekend's Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 11.01.2011

From the heavy hitting house of Boys Noize to the trance tunes of Armin Van Buuren, from the new sounds of Guti to the classic beats of Moby, there's something for everyone.

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Girl Talk Wants To Get In Your Face

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Dance Music, Lil' Wayne, Music Festivals, Mash-Up, Top 40, Pay as You Want, Greg Gillis, Free Music, Girl Talk, Party Music, Mashups, Radiohead, Outside Lands, Culture News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gregg Gillis -- the former biomedical engineer who famously sat with a Macbook Pro until he jammed hundreds of samples into frenetic,...

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Duran Duran by David Lynch: Romance, Redemption and Rocking Good Fun

S.X. Rosenstock | Posted 05.25.2011

Duran Duran's guys have been lovers, not fighters, and they've endured incomprehension and ridicule for their devotion to beauty. They've also sold millions upon millions of records.

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Music for Ecstasy's Sake

Taryn Haight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dance Music, Concerts, Ecstasy, Swedish House Mafia, House Music, Electronic Music, Electronic Dance Music, Drugs, Music, Live Music, Djs, Entertainment News

Eminem says all kids want today is "a hot beat and a catchy hook." I disagree. For the budding generations of concert-goers, it's about the drugs.

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The Visceral Glory of Home-Made Music: De Temps Antan (VIDEO)

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Beaudry, Dance Music, La Bottine Souriante, Pierre-Luc Dupuis, Fol Dance, Adnre Brunet, De Temps Antan, Womex, Québécois, Arts News

Watching a performance like this makes me wonder what we may have lost in our journey towards more and more impersonal modes of music delivery.

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They Don't Call Him Papa Wemba For Nothing!

Michal Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tabu Ley Rochereau, Zaïko Langa Langa, Papa Wemba, Dance Music, World Music, Rhumba, Afropop Worldwide, Womex, Congolese Music, Congo, Sooukous, Compas, Arts News

Associated with soukous and Congolese rhumba, Papa Wemba is a major force in his own right, cranking out hit after hit. His band turned in a stellar set, pulsing with irresistible beats, infectious riffs and fluid guitar lines.

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Music Review: Scissor Sister's Night Work, A Queer & Sexy Mindtrip

Waymon Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Dance Music, Pop Music, Music Reviews, Sexual Liberation, Night Work, Scissor Sisters, Entertainment News

I have a confession. I am now, and have always been, hopelessly obsessed with the quirky, queer band Scissor Sisters. But their latest album entitled Night Workis something entirely different.

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Exclusive: Tracey Thorn on Her Brilliant New Album

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dance Music, Pop Music, Social Networking, Love and Its Opposites, Twitter, Everything but the Girl, Oh the Divorces, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, Entertainment News

Who but Tracey Thorn (of the beloved UK duo Everything But The Girl) would deliver a first single from her new album that could be sad, observant and yet make you laugh?

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Dancing Cheek To Cheek, Max Raabe's Palast Orchester Is Back In Town

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Raabe, Dance Music, Germany, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Stern Auditorium, 1930s, Palast Orchester, Carnegie Hall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward, Weimar Republic, New York News

Ever fantasize you're in a smoke-filled Berlin cabaret in the pre-Hitler 1930s watching Marlene Dietrich smilingly seduce a very willing crowd?

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Grammy Goes Pop And Never Comes Back

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Krxa, Tracy Chapman, Billboard, Dance Music, Kfi, Humor, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Madonna, Grammys, Beyonce, Lady GaGa, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Musicares, Politics, Naras, Jellybean Benitez, Radio, Kngy, Knx, Comedy, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News

Grammy has always walked a tightrope between what is commercial and what is artistically satisfying, but the 2010 nominees show that commercialism and corporatism have a strong hold on the awards.

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Electro En Masse, Arrives in New York: Electric Zoo 2009

Katya Wachtel | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York is used to seeing rock and folk bands descend on the city for a variety of annual music festivals, but it's not used having some of the worlds most famous electronic DJ's in its realm, all at once.

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90,000 Ravers With Very Few Clothes Break Attendance Record at Electric Daisy Carnival

Joshua Glazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Electronic-Music, Rave, Electric-Daisy-Carnival, La-Coliseum, Music, Dance-Music, The Crystal Method, Entertainment News

In a perfect world, Electric Daisy would represent the ideal model for future music festivals.

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