Posts Tagged ‘Skrillex’
R.I.P. Ray Manzarek, The Doors (1939-2013)
Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74 Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away today at 12:31PM PT at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany after a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. At the time of his passing, he... more
Grammys 2013: Full List of Nominees
Nominations for the 2013 GRAMMY Awards were released tonight and Indie-rock trio Fun., breakout R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, and Mumford & Sons scored the most Grammy Award nominations, each getting six nods mostly in the top Grammy categories. In a change... more
CONCERT RECAP: Andrew W.K. and Skrillex Party Together @ Echoplex LA 11/6/12
Rumors that The King of Partying Andrew W.K. would be bringing out an extra special guest for his Election Night show at L.A.'s Echoplex were swirling all day yesterday. The inspirational shaman of partying (one of the better follows on Facebook and Twitter we might add) confirmed a few hours... more
The Skrillex Full Flex Express Will Ride Again in 2013
Skrillex and all his rowdy friends will once again take to the railroad for a second edition of the Full Flex Express tour. The follow-up to the inaugural tour, which journeyed through Canada on a private passenger train, will return to the provinces in July 2013. The cities and dates have... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Scenes from Electric Zoo 2012
Over Labor Day weekend, Made Event presented Electric Zoo 2012, once again transforming New York City’s Randall’s Island into a carnival-esque atmosphere for the EDM-hungry crowd of 110,000 fans over three days. Headliners included David Guetta, Axwell, Tiësto, Skrillex, Above & Beyond, Benny Benassi and a Bloody Beetroots DJ Set... more
A Closer Look at the 2012 Voodoo Experience Lineup
New Orleans' Voodoo Experience always has an off-the-wall lineup that you won't really find elsewhere and this year's edition is certainly no exception. Having Green Day, Skrillex, Jack White and Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the top says about all you need to know about this festival - but... more
Made in America Fest Announces Webcasts Via YouTube & Pandora
This weekend is the first and sure-to-be-annual Made in America Festival and YouTube and Pandora will both be broadcasting from the festival live. Check out the trailer for the webcast after the jump. The schedule has been released and it'll close on Saturday with Skrillex > Jay-Z. ... more
With Your Friends Fest: Skrillex, Pretty Lights, Santigold and more in Nashville
The two juggernauts of the EDM universe Pretty Lights and Skrillex, have put their noggins together to put together one of the most wonderfully absurd and compelling line-ups of the festival season (and easily the best promo poster, can't compete with that). The "With Your Friends Festival" is primed to... more
EPIC PHOTO GALLERY: Outside Lands 2012
LMB had three photographers on the ground (Katie Davies, Joseph Smith and Jimmy Grotting) and around town for this year's Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park and we've got a giant treasure trove of shots from the weekend to share with you. We've already posted a big festival recap... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Outside Lands 2012
Still lots more coverage to come from Outside Lands 2012! From the first notes of FUTUREBIRDS' "Johnny Utah" at their set down in Hellman Hollow on Friday at high noon to the Stevie Wonder-led "My Girl" singalong closer on Sunday, Outside Lands 2012 was a resounding, across-the-board success. The peak-level quality... more
REVIEW / VIDEOS: Skrillex @ Outside Lands 2012
Many fans of the blog and friends alike were aghast on Sunday night when I tweeted out the following: https://twitter.com/livemusicblog/status/234870860433997825 In full comprehension of the notion that I'm going to get flamed so unbelievably hard for even trying to write this post, I believed that tweet to be more true than many... more
Outside Lands 2012 Daily Lineups Announced
The daily lineups for this year's Outside Lands Music Festival have been announced and I couldn't be more excited for this festival now. Sure, it's so stacked that invariably I will suffer some consequences of choosing between the major headliners who are put on opposite ends of the park,... more
Voodoo Releases 2012 Expansive Lineup: Jack White, Avetts, Bootsy Join The Ritual
BOOM GOES THE RITUAL. Check out our Voodoo 2012 playlist HERE. Via the festival’s Twitter page, a big chunk of the final 2012 lineup has arrived, meaning fans of the yearly City Park gathering won’t have to slog through an entire summer of one-at-a-time lineup drips that seemed to peeve a... more
VIDEO: Skrillex rocks the rain at Spring Awakening
This past weekend was the Spring Awakening Music Festival at Soldier Field, arguably the "first" major EDM festival to come to Chicago after the whole industry has started to take more notice in the marketability of such events. Skrillex headlined the main stage on Saturday night to plenty of... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS / SETLIST: Skrillex @ Hangout Fest 2012
SKRILLEX @ Hangout Fest 2012 || Photo © Ali & Mike Kerr / Southern Exposure PhotographyOn Saturday at this year’s Hangout Music Fest, the never-ending Skrillex world tour landed in Gulf Shores, AL for a mid-afternoon 75 minute set for a packed XBox tent chock full of adoring womp kids... more
Hard Summer 2012: Lineup Announced
There is never a shortage of untz parties going down in the summer time in California, especially Los Angeles, and this year's Hard Summer is expanding to two days of untz and whomp in downtown LA at Historic Park to keep fulfilling that demand for the beats in the desert.... more
Bonnaroo 2012: Highlights from Day Three (Skrillex, Mogwai, Chili Peppers and more)
Saturday began and ended as one for the record books, as Charles Bradley, the “original victim of love,” and his Extraordinaires quickly took on the energetic crowd at What Stage. The Extraordinaires starting things off with a few sickly brouhaha jams, and then the soul spinner himself, Mr. Chalres... more
VIDEO: Skrillex @ Bonnaroo 2012
Skrillex played the late-night slow on the Which Stage at Bonnaroo last night... I had the best time ever playing at Bonnaroo .... Incredible audience....tried some new stuff and fucked up a little but had so much fun — Skrillex(@Skrillex) June 10, 2012 The EDM producer's console was built into a stage... more
EPIC PREVIEW: 10 Must See Artists @ Bonnaroo 2012
Check out Live Music Blog's 2012 Bonnaroo Playlist (5 HOURS!) It's that time of year when my heart starts to race during random intervals throughout the day and night, propelled by my childishly-expectant subconscious, the season when my adrenal glands swell up like pregnant dinosaurs in humming anticipation for one of... more
EDITORIAL: Why I Love Skrillex vs. Why This New Funny or Die Reggie Watts Video is Hilarious and True
Here I am at my new-ish standup desk this afternoon, drinking a large cup of coffee from the local coffee shop down the street (Bean There is my jam), and somehow feeling ambitious. Inspired if you will. A few recent events in my pop culture consuming social life... more
Made in America Festival: Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Passion Pit, D’Angelo, Skrillex and more
We just learned last week that Jay-Z was setting up to stage a music festival in Philadelphia over the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend, and all we knew was that we could expect the lineup today. But ahead of anything officially confirmed at madeinamericafest.com, Pearl Jam confirmed... more
Voodoo Announces Initial Headliners, On-Site Camping
Voodoo 2012 - October 26th-28th in City Park || Photo by Jimmy Grotting The first headliners for Voodoo Experience 2012 have just been announced and in an interesting twist, the initially scrapped plans from earlier in the 2000′s to have on-site camping at Voodoo will be realized this year – new... more
VIDEO: Visualize Da Vibez at BUKU 2012
Chicago-based video production site Da Vibez put together a killer audiovisual montage of last month’s 1st Annual BUKU Music & Art Project down at Mardi Gras World. The video features scenes from both days and glimpses of performances by Wiz Khalifa, SKRILLEX, Diplo, Gramatik, Avicii, Porter Robinson and more. Paints... more
Outside Lands 2012 Lineup Announced: Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Neil Young, Beck and more
The lineup for this year's Outside Lands Music Festival has been announced. Once again the festival returns to Golden Gate Park the weekend of August 10-12, 2012 and this year the lineup is stacked with LMB favorites that we will be undoubtably upset about missing due to all the... more
Camp Bisco 2012 Lineup: Bisco, Skrillex, Bassnectar and more…
Camp Bisco -- the Disco Biscuits' annual music festival now in its 11th year -- has released their initial 2012 lineup via RollingStone.com, with The Disco Biscuits sharing headlining duties with dubstep powerhouses Bassnectar and Skrillex. Rounding out the rest of the lineup is a nice mix of DJs (Amon... more
VIDEOS: Sunday @ The 2012 Buku Music and Arts Project
We’ve got a whole lot more photos and thoughts to share from a rather glorious Sunday at the 2012 BUKU Music & Arts Project. For now, check out some videos from Gravity A, G-Eazy, A-Trak, SBTRKT, Big Gigantic and SKRILLEX. Stay tuned and enjoy. Gravity A G-Eazy G-Eazy – Make... more
Buku Project Finalizes Lineup, Announces Official Late-Night Experience
The Buku Music + Art Project has finalized their lineup (see below) and announced the Bassik at BUKU: The Official Late-Night Experience, on March 17, 2012, featuring Wolfgang Gartner. Also on the bill are Archnemesis, Plastic Plates, Salva, and Nguzunguzu.
Spring Awakening Festival: Skrillex, Afrojack, Moby (DJ set) & more…
Well, we don't see any mentions of Daft Punk on this here press release we just received about the Spring Awakening Festival, Chicago's first all-untz affair set for the field outside of Soldier Field on June 16th and 17th, but the rumor we had up about Skrillex, Laidback Luke and... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, RHCP, Phish, Bon Iver & Beach Boys
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 was just released and features Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, Bon Iver, and the Beach Boys all at the top of the artist list for this year's festival. Read on for the full lineup... Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup http://www.bonnaroo.com Radiohead Red Hot Chili Peppers Phish The Beach Boys Featuring Brian... more
