• Premiere: Shades of Grey (Kage Remix) – Oliver Heldens + Shaun Frank ft. Delaney Jane

    Premiere: Shades of Grey (Kage Remix) – Oliver Heldens + Shaun Frank ft. Delaney Jane

    Kage is a midwestern producer and DJ whose bootlegs and productions have been few and far between since 2008, usually available on very limited terms — but when he finally puts his work out in public, it seldom disappoints. Case in point here with his remix of Oliver Heldens‘ and Shaun Frank’s “Shades Of Grey,” which feels [continued]

  • REVIEW: Nightwatch EP – Cryptex

    REVIEW: Nightwatch EP – Cryptex

    Step aside, Glitch Mob. There’s a new master of the craft, and he’s been simmering for a while. Definitely not a new name for nuanced fans of glitch hop, but now turning more heads in the mainstream, Cryptex (real name Tyler Chase) has been producing for years, alongside occasional recurring and guest star roles in television [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “S@y My Name” (Flip of Destiny’s Child) – VenessaMichaels

    ESSENTIALS: “S@y My Name” (Flip of Destiny’s Child) – VenessaMichaels

    VenessaMichaels hails from Encitas, California and has been doing music longer than you have, most likely. Learning piano at age 3 and taking to DJing with vinyl at 17, she’s since branched into producing and is effortlessly turning out jersey club-tinged heaters with the likes of Trippy Turtle and Cashmere Cat and any of the other [continued]

  • ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    ESSENTIALS: “Sneak” (feat. Pell, Michael Christmas, Wonda, and Maarlon) — Casper & B.

    If you’re not already up on Los Angeles beatsmiths Casper & B., today is going to be a great day for you. Up and coming producers for a host of acts including Kiiara, Skizzy Mars, f(x), and 2am Club, “Sneak” is the first track of Casper & B. where their work sits front and center: a euphoric, Diplomats-era [continued]

  • INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    INTERVIEW: Khai Shares His Secrets and A Fresh PressPlaylist

    Khai (short for Justin Abokhai) is one of the fastest-rising singer-songwriters in electronic music. His voice and lyricism is the sort that stuns you the moment you hear it — hearing Khai elicits the same feelings as discovering Sam Smith and Ellie Goulding at their very beginning: mind-bogglingly enrapturing, yet still on an upward trajectory of refinement. [continued]

  • PressPlay >>Rewind 005: Paris

    This week’s edition of the >>Rewind is sombre and shorter. On Friday night and into Saturday morning, three teams of jihadist terrorists carried out vicious attacks on innocent civilians in Paris. The bloodiest instance of the series of attacks took place at famed concert hall, Le Bataclan, where Eagles Of Death Metal were on stage [continued]

  • BREAKING: Person Overboard At Mad Decent Boat Party — USCG, Cuban Gov’t Search Ongoing

    BREAKING: Person Overboard At Mad Decent Boat Party — USCG, Cuban Gov’t Search Ongoing

    FINAL UPDATE, 1:17pm LOCAL: The Mad Decent Boat Party is returning to Miami now, according to a report from Pitchfork. No official word on cancellation. — UPDATE, 11:04am LOCAL: According to several sources onboard, the United States Coast Guard is taking over the search and the ship is not completing its full trip to Cozumel. It is unclear [continued]

  • NEWS: Pusha T Becomes President of Kanye West’s GOOD Music

    NEWS: Pusha T Becomes President of Kanye West’s GOOD Music

    Hip-Hop icon Pusha T has been named the President of GOOD Music, the Def Jam imprint label founded and headed by Kanye West. The news comes through an exclusive interview and report via Billboard, in which Pusha confirmed a number of details about the move — among them: -Pusha’s focus, per Kanye’s request, will be “to manicure the [continued]

  • PRESSPLAY >>REWIND 004: RUSTIE WINS WEEK, NYC PROMOTERS THROW TOXIC RAVE, CAA DROPS CARA LEWIS

    PRESSPLAY >>REWIND 004: RUSTIE WINS WEEK, NYC PROMOTERS THROW TOXIC RAVE, CAA DROPS CARA LEWIS

    Last week was a weird one — but there’s a whole bunch of knowledge you can (and should) carry into this week. Here’s to being the most informed lil music fan you know: it’s the PressPlay >>Rewind. ///ACTUAL NEWS\\\ >>NYC PROMOTERS CITYFOX TRIED TO THROW A HALLOWEEN RAVE IN A BUILDING WITH “FLAMMABLE” AND TOXIC MATERIAL [continued]

  • Essentials: “3 Way Freak” – Pimp C ft. Lil Wayne

    Essentials: “3 Way Freak” – Pimp C ft. Lil Wayne

    Pimp C will have a posthumous album called Long Live The Pimp, dropping on 4th December via Mass Appeal Records. The record will feature the first new material in four years from the rapper, who passed away in 2007. Paired with the announcement comes the delightfully blue, “3 Way Freak,” a track that proves The Weeknd and Lil Wayne were farrr [continued]