*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...
*Event Review* Purple Hatters Ball Presents: Purple Hatters Ball | Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park | Live Oak | May 10th-12th
I had the pleasure to attend the 6th annual Purple Hatters Ball this past weekend at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL. PHB is a celebration of the life of Rachel Morningstar Hoffman, a young woman whose life was needlessly taken during a deal with law enforcement, where she...
*New Compilation* Modern Filth & Filthy Fortune Records Presents: Lords Of Los Angeles Vol. 1
Lords of Los Angeles vol. 1 is the beginning of an LA based tradition. The guys over at Modern Filth and affiliated label Filthy Fortune Records have decided that it’s about time LA attains the recognition as a stew filled pot of raw magnanimous creativity that it inherently deserves. Drawing exclusively from the pool of...
*MYN Exclusive Mix* ONEzie – FuNk mE Harder!
As a special treat, we have an exclusive mix from one of our artists playing at Mighty SF with The Funk Hunters May 11- ONEzie! Hailing from Berkeley, but staking his claim all over the West Coast, Scott Kasting has unleashed a funky yet heavy flurry of tracks mixed with precision and carefully selected to...
Bass Music / Downtempo / Dubstep / Event Spotlights / Experimental / Free Downloads / Future Bass / Glitch Hop / Interviews
*Emissions Festival Featured Artist* The Polish Ambassador
While currently on tour, David Sugalski, a.k.a. The Polish Ambassador, throws one of the liveliest shows I have ever seen a dictator throw. The Ambassador is filled with ecstatic dance movement on stage, as he jumps along with his visual artist Liminus, giving his hyped energy and engaging music to the crowd. Sugalski was incrementally releasing a...
*Event Spotlight* MYN Presents: The Funk Hunters | Black 22′s | Grewvangle | Onezie | Mighty | SF | May 11
Music You Need is proud to present The Funk Hunters at Mighty in San Francisco on May 11! The Funk Hunters have their first stop in SF in over a year as part of their 2013 US Spring Tour, and they are bringing along their live customized A/V setup for the duration of their set,...
Deep House / Disco / Drum and Bass / Dubstep / Funk / House / Mix / Mix it Up / Nu Disco / Tech House
Mix It Up! Volume 28
This week is a big one so prepare to have music for the next week, or two, to groove with, drive to, make babies to, and really whatever else tickles your fancy! Duke Dumont makes you jack your body in this jackin house mix for Annie Mac. Hannah Wants brings the bass in this...
*Emissions Featured Artist* Kill Paris
After releasing his To A New Earth EP earlier this year, Kill Paris has been on tour and will be touring across the U.S. and Canada before performing at The Emissions Festival in Belden, California from May 17th-May 19th. Corey Baker began delving into music at the young age of 16 when he picked up...
*MYN Sponsored Event* Temple Music Group Showcase | Liam Shy | REALBOY | D3FBOT | Temple Nightclub | San Francisco | Apr. 18
Music You Need is proud to announce its sponsorship of Temple Music Group’s showcase coming up this Thursday, April 18th at Temple nightclub in SF! Please email info@musicyouneed.net to be placed on our free guestlist when you arrive before 11pm! The Temple Music Group Showcase is your chance to catch the latest talent from TMG...
*New EP* SugarBeats – Cherry Bomb
Released on April 1st through Street Ritual Records, the new EP from SugarBeats is no April Fools joke. The dynamic producers Badmath and Golden Toast are at it again, funkatizing their sounds within Cherry Bomb. The dynamic and experimental nature of this full, hour long EP is anything but mundane. It turns and twists through these producers’...
Bass Music / Drum and Bass / Dubstep / Electro House / Free Downloads / Funk / Future Bass / Glitch Hop / House / Mayhem Mondays / Mix / Moombahton / Progressive House / Remix / Tech House / Trance / Trap
Mayhem Mondays w/ Thomas Gold, Vanic Dubstep, Firebeatz Remix, & More
Oh boy another week has come and gone with a blink of an eye. Time has been flying by, which is good because Coachella is less than a week away! I’m going weekend 2 and I’m praying for good weather because last year was hot as hell and unbearable at times. Not to fret though,...
