Last Tuesday, Ears To The House reported on the news that Mavi De Mars had written posts on social media accusing the Israeli-American DJ Guy Gerber of rape in 2013. We reported a little...
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Resident Advisor’s curious definition of “affordable”…
At Ears To The House, we never claim to speak on behalf of our readership – we say what we think and you can decide for yourselves – but even we suspect some of...
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The Insider explains: why do dance music press pander to egotistical DJs?
With allegations that Carl Craig personally intervened to ban journalist Annabel Ross from reviewing Movement Festival for Mixmag still not being denied by anyone involved, Ears To The House poses a question. Is it...
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Derrick May banned “passport” girlfriend from Rome event
Things all seem to be kicking off in the world of Derrick May this week – and not in a good way. A number of sources in Detroit have got in touch to report...
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Larry Levan tribute nights? No, we’re not fans, either…
Back on Monday, Ears To The House published an article about a Frankie Knuckles tribute event in Italy last weekend which met with scorn by David Morales – one man who knew Knuckles more...
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Wednesday Whisper: 29th June 2022
This week, you’ve got quite the treat from us – two rumours for the price of one. Aren’t we just great? Which Ibiza venue is already getting bogged down with complaints about the cleanliness...
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Nervous Records – where it’s 1975 all day, every day…
We get the sense that this is one of those weeks where a number of people in dance music descend even further into parody than normal – and it’s only Wednesday. Yesterday, Ears To...
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Joe Smooth’s “rough idea” on Beyoncé’s track beats real thing…
There’s sometimes something to be said for getting a professional in to do a job. For example, if your electricity supply went down, it would be perfectly reasonable to get a qualified electrician to...
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As Defected get ready to release “Calabria”, one question from us – why?
Defected is one of those labels which Ears To The House looks at with a certain degree of respect combined with occasional bafflement. And this occasional sense of bafflement comes around roughly once a...
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Two years after Covid hiatus, will Mixmag EVER return to print?
Some people may currently be forgiven for thinking we wanted nothing more than to see the back of Mixmag after their recent disgraceful treatment of Annabel Ross – whose coverage over Derrick May and...
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Danny Rampling’s appearing at the Freedom Music Festival – yes, really…
Some stories that we write about here at Ears To The House are so ridiculous that you’d be half forgiven for thinking we’d made them up. The story we’re about to report on can...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 27th June 2022
This column is not just about highlighting the best moments from decades ago. We at Ears To The House firmly believe that great music is great music – and exactly when it was released...
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Adele falls out of album chart top 75 – please don’t jump on the house bandwagon…
One of the almost completely unreported stories Ears To The House came across over the weekend was one about Adele’s most recent album falling out of the album chart top 75 recently – after...
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Derrick May’s latest gig? A festival in Rome – on a Tuesday night…
The campaign by the likes of Carl Craig to resuscitate the moribund career of Derrick May isn’t going terribly well. Even the involvement of Carl’s wife and manager Hagi – impudently described by one...
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After François K leads Frankie Knuckles tribute event, where was David Morales’ invite?
As much as people rightly criticise the algorithms which dictate so much of our online lives these days, it has to be said they do occasionally turn up with the goods. This was our...
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Forget Beyoncé and Drake for house – try Lizzo meets Thomas Barnett…
The past week or so has seen house music being spoken about in circles which haven’t mentioned the genre in decades, if they ever have done at all. Inevitably, the results varied from the...
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