Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Coachella Lineup

In 17 days I will be attending my first ever COACHELLA! I am beyond excited for the experience in general and to hear some of my favorite artists perform, not just electronic music. However,  I am going to list the DJs only that I'm most excited about. I am going to try my best to see as many of the following artists as possible, then later blog about:


Friday, April 15th:
Afrojack
A-Trak
Boys Noize
Erick Morillo
Sasha
Skrillex
The Chemical Brothers


Saturday, April 16th:
Chuckie
Fedde Le Grand
Laidback Luke
Paul van Dyk
Steve Angello


Sunday, April 17th:
Axwell
Bloody Beetroots
Chromeo
Duck Sauce
Jack Beats
Tinie Tempah





And so the countdown begins.. 

Girl Talk

Saturday night I revisited the Hollywood Palladium to see Girl Talk (real name Gregg Michael Gillis) in concert for my second time. Any show that involves a mix of old school hip hop, electro, pop AND colorful balloons being released into the audience is going to be a guaranteed good time. And of course it was. 


The opener acts, God help whoever had to witness them, were absolutely atrocious. But I guess thats what you get when you need opening DJs the same weekend as Ultra. He played mostly songs off his latest album All Day and although a little short (he ended the show around 12:30), it was a great night filled with high energy and tracks that you can't help but dance your ass off to. 

Friday, March 18, 2011

Afrojack is BACK!

On Tuesday night (yes - Wednesday morning was awful) I went to see Afrojack at The Music Box Hollywood. After being a bit disappointed by his new year's set at TAO, I had low expectations. Perhaps that is why I was so blown away this time around! Nervo (a badass female duo made up of Australian twins) prepped the crowd with some crazy electro tracks but when Afrojack came up to bat the crowd seemed to double in size.



Opening with sick remixes of Bangduck then Bounce Little Kitty, he went on to play EVERYTHING an Afrojack fan could dream, including: Polka Dots, Take Over Control, Spencer and Hill's Cool, Duck Sauce's Barbra Streisand, Martin Solveig and Dragonette's Hello, Angello's Knas, Guetta and Rhianna's Who's That Chick, and much more!! He even took breaks to chug vodka right out of the Grey Goose bottle - now that's my boy. Totally satisfied with his stage presence and stellar set, Afrojack is right back to being one of my top favorite DJs.



Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Morgan Page

I finally got to see Morgan Page and boy was it awesome! After hours of listening to terrible tech house at Avalon I was so glad when Mr. Page came on stage and opened up with a song I've never heard before Hard Rock Sofa & St. Brothers - Blow Up (Hook N Sling & Goodwill Remix). He went on to play all the crowd favorite's including Unleash The F*cking Dada, I Fight For You, Take Over Control, Red Meat White Noise, and my personal MP favorite - his remix of Florence and the Machine's Cosmic Love. He went on at 1 am and by 3:15 I was ready to be an old lady and pass out so unfortunately I missed Donald Glaude's after hours set (which I heard went until 6am!) but I did hear that Donald rocked the house for those who were able to stay up all night.
I am now looking forward to seeing Afrojack next Tuesday at The Music Box and attending Beyond Wonderland that Saturday where I will be hanging out with Christopher Lawrence. I will also be seeing Kaskade for my first time ever and the rest of the BW lineup is pretty amazing:

INFECTED MUSHROOM NOISIA RICHIE HAWTIN KASKADE
COSMIC GATE DATSIK
JOKER & MC NOMAD
LOCO DICE
M.A.N.D.Y
DIRTY SOUTH
CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE DIRTYPHONICS MARCO CAROLA CALVIN HARRIS
JUDGE JULES
SIMON PATTERSON
NETSKY PACO OSUNA
DROOG
MANUFACTURED
SUPERSTARS
ANDY MOOR FRESH JAMIE JONES
RAIZ
SUNNERY JAMES
RAYN MARCIANO
SHOWTEK JAKWOB & KASTLE DROOG ADRIAN LUX
PEACE TREATY

BAD BOY BILL  //   CONGOROCK   //  DONALD GLAUDE
KILL THE NOISE   //  PORTER ROBINSON   //  ZEDD

Get ready for some stellar reviews!!