#EDM

LIVE REVIEWSharps, Jessica Audiffred, G-Rex at Hollywood Palladium

When we last caught up with Mexico City-based DJ Jessica Audiffred in 2016, she was putting out high-energy, catchy tracks like the future bass masterpiece "Higher," the trappy "K.O.," the intense "GTFB," and her infectious remix of Marshmello's "Alone." Since then, she's played at some huge...

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWHARD Day of the Dead Festival Mixes EDM and Spirituality

On Saturday, October 26, I attended a San Pedro ceremony. With a group of fellow journeyers, I drank the extract of a psychedelic cactus sourced from Peru, danced around a circle to live music, shook rattles, played drums, lay down to focus on my own insights and visions, and had drug-induced...

Annie White

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INTERVIEWAlice Ivy Talks Dreamy Debut Ahead of SXSW

Her debut record I'm Dreaming is a surreal pool party, hazy with liquor and puffs of the finer stuff - its collaged snippets could easily invite...

Ashley Prillaman

HIGH NOTESHow EDM and MDMA Became Inseparable

When you think of MDMA — also known as ecstasy in pill form or molly in powder form — you probably picture nightclubs, music festivals, and other settings where crowds sway to electronic dance music. But 50 years ago, you were far more likely to find it in therapists’ offices. MDMA’s journey from a...

Annie White

HIGH NOTESA New Column About the Intersection of Music and Drug Culture

From the abundant weed references in reggae to the psychedelic imagery in 60s rock songs, drugs have irrevocably shaped music. And, in turn, music has shaped how drugs are used and thought of. Just look...

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWTime Warp

Time Warp, an annual electronic music festival in Mannheim, Germany, represents all the worst things EDM culture has become. But before I get into the poor safety conditions, the utterly depressing morning after, and the most antisocial ravers I have ever seen, I'll start with the one good part:...

Annie White

How EDM Helped Me Heal from Anxiety

It's June 2016 and I'm testing how low I can get before breaking down. I've worked until midnight and gotten up at four to churn out more writing assignments. Seeking comfort from the stress, I reach for the chips in my cupboard, eat more than I intended, panic, and make myself throw up. Unable to...

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWMaya Jane Coles @ Output

The set took us on a deep house journey, making you feel like you were underwater and then in space.

Annie White

ARTIST INTERVIEWJessica Audiffred

Jessica Audiffred's story provides an inspiring example of an artist who got excited about her genre and just threw herself into it head-first. We talked to her about the EDM scene and how she got where she is.

Annie White

LIVE REVIEWEDC Vegas

If EDC is not on your bucket list, pencil it in right this minute.

Annie White

BAND OF THE MONTHA Place Both Wonderful And Strange

Sorry For Your Loss, the debut album of the 'occult electronic dance music' duo A Place Both Wonderful And Strange, is like an eerie journey into a dark forest; it's terrifying, yet beautiful, and you can only arrowope you'll make it out alive. This duality in Niabi Aquena and Russ Marshalek's...

Emily Daly

ALBUM REVIEWWilliamson "Backesto Park"

Backesto Park, a new electro-post rock record from San Jose California artist, Williamson, is the ultimate record to put on as the workday ends and Friday melts into the weekend. Williamson has had his work featured in films like Cameron Crowe's Aloha and in Joss Whedon's TV series, Dollhouse, and...

Sophie Saint Thomas