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*MYN Featured Article* Subaqueous | USB Splash Drive and Remix Album
We have a special article for you guys today! Subaqueous, an electronic music producer who creates tribal, ‘squish step’ sounds, has a new Kickstarter project that he’d like to tell you about! It includes a USB Splash Drive with a Remix Album that he has compiled for your listening pleasure. Check out some words from...
*MYN Featured Article* TheTrainline.com – Festival Finder Tool
Well we have something AWESOME for our fans in the UK! Anyone attending festivals this summer (and for many summers to come), will now be able to use TheTrainline.com’s Festival Finder that allows you to enter the artists you love and find festivals that they are performing at all over the UK! Check out the...
*New Album* Escort – Barbarians | June 25
Founded by Eugene Cho and Dan Balis and fronted by the enormous vocals of lead singer Adeline Michèle, NYC’s Escort delivers a blend of sounds including disco, funk, and soul. The ensemble will release a new package on Escort Records, titled Barbarians, for their single Barbarians, complete with remixes from CSS, Rance Muhammitz and an extended...
*New Album* Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito
An Uplifting and Cheerful Album from Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In the minds and ears of many, the music of Yeah Yeah Yeahs may be uplifting and cheerful enough given their upbeat tunes and fun lyrics. Of course, some are just crazy and utter nonsense, and that’s what probably sets them apart from other bands out...
*New Album* Destroid – The Invasion
If you have not already heard, Destroid is the new mega collaboration led by Canadian bass master Excision, featuring fellow Canadian bass artist Downlink, and drummer KJ Sawka from the electronic rock band Pendulum. They announced their release of their debut full-length album The Invasion. These 10 original tracks are due out May 7 on their own independent imprint Destroid Music. In The Invasion the guys come out guns fully blazing with...
*MYN Featured Interview* TuneCore Executive Chris Mooney
Just last week, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Chris Mooney, Senior Director of Artist Promotions and Strategic Relations at Tunecore. If you haven’t heard of TuneCore, and you are an aspiring musician or music producer, then this service is for you! “TuneCore is the premiere digital music distributor with one of the...
*Music News* Vice Launches Dance Music Network: THUMP
THUMP is a new electronic music and culture channel from VICE, in partnership with Recreation Worldwide. Launching in 2013 as electronic music and dance culture continues to resonate across the globe, THUMP is set to help define a cultural movement uniting young people into a fanatically devoted community. With a focus on the full range...
*Lineup Announcement* Global Gathering 2013 | Stratford Upon Avon | London | UK | July 27 – 28
Well, the winner of the Best Dance Event in 2012 at the UK Festival Awards, Global Gathering, is among us. Featuring some of the most incredible names in Electronic Dance Music, this is hailed as the best festival in the world by DJ’s, promoters, magazines and attendees. Check out the insane lineup of EDM stars below, past...
*New Video* The DoLab at Coachella
It’s been 9 years in the making, and what a trip it’s been. The DoLab, one of Musicyouneed’s favorite groups of people, has now been blessing the Coachella gracelands for nine years straight. They’ve always brought quirky and fun lineups, with a blend of performance art, amazing futuristic bass sounds, groovy house beats, and more....
*Lineup Announcement* Lightning in a Bottle 2013
The time has come! The DoLab has finally announced LIB’s lineup for this year at Lake Skinner! July 11-15 is set to see some of the most spectacular acts in EDM world, including headliners like Rusko, Emancipator, Nicholas Jarr, Griz, Paper Diamond, Lee Burridge, PantyRaid, Gigamesh, and oh so much more! This is the festival...
*New Single* Infected Mushroom – Never Mind
Out today are two remixes of legendary electro rock and dance duo Infected Mushroom’s single “Never Mind” on Dim Mak Records. The original song is stacked with wobbly pitches and build-ups into high energy drops. The release includes a remix by Liquid Stranger that gives the track plenty of bass. The other remix is from...
