We cannot surely be the only ones at Ears To The House to have noticed the pattern at an awful lot of festivals and events this year. This might require a little explaining on...
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Have Generation Z just realised they’re being sold a dud?
The millennials are refusing to go out to nightclubs! Generation Z types aren’t interested in getting off their heads on drugs! Oh, the scandal – or at least, that’s what the very narrow minded...
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Here’s One They Made Earlier: 25th July 2022
For this week’s installment of Here’s One They Made Earlier, we travel back to the heady days of 1998. UK garage was starting to showcase its own identity to the world – remember these...
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Tranat Records T-shirt by Merrick Day, anyone?
Whilst the market for Derrick May himself has somewhat dried up in recent years – multiple sexual abuse allegations often have that effect – there’s still plenty of money to be made on the...
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Would you pay $100k for a helicopter ride? Rollin’ Loud reckon so…
As much as the likes of Defected would like to tell you that everyone is equal in the world of house music, some people are more equal than others. The idyllic early days of...
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Should Mixmag really be taking money to plug the NFT?
If there’s one thing we place above everything else here at Ears To The House, it’s our integrity. Quite simply, we believe in doing all we can to get things right. We believe in...
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Have Defected sold those Todd Edwards shirts yet? Let’s see…
Longer time readers might remember an article we ran on 26th May last year all about a “limited edition” range of “Jesus Loves UK Garage” shirts available from Defected. The shirts’ slogan refers to...
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Danny Rampling’s latest bugbear? Drag queens…
The pandemic was a chance for Danny Rampling to show the world how principled he was – firstly by telling us how those who disobeyed coronavirus restrictions were “a danger to us all”, then...
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Cycling 75 miles in 30 degree heat at 59 years old – Adonis indeed!
We are many things at Ears To The House – but one of those things we probably should devote a little more time too is keeping fit and healthy. Now, we’re typically not ones...
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Now Nervous get in on the food and music trend with a BBQ…
The world of clubbing is in an extremely unusual place at the moment. That widely expected boom after pandemic restrictions eased turned out to be far more short-lived than many anticipated, so everyone’s having...
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The USA voted to keep birth control legal – and one DJ is happy…
Abortion appears to have once again become an issue at the forefront of US politics recently, with the Supreme Court deciding laws on this subject should be created by the states themselves rather than...
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The Saturday Recap: 23rd July 2022
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Normal service resumes tomorrow – and this coming week, there’s going to be one or two announcements about new things which are...
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Dinner and music by Tony Humphries? We’re listening…
Regular readers of Ears To The House might recall a story we published in January – we do, and even thinking about it makes us feel hungry. It was about how you could have...
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Derrick May isn’t happy he’s not in Radio 4 techno documentary…
Earlier this week, the Ash Lauryn narrated documentary Techno: A Social History aired on Radio 4, of all places. The editor-in-chief at Ears To The House helpfully provided his opinion, which was sharp and...
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With such a big lineup, how does Tomorrowland make a profit?
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House published an article pointing out how the Tomorrowland lineup for this year “worships at the altar of business techno”. It’s a criticism we stand by –...
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Is this why Simon Dunmore wouldn’t criticise Beyoncé release?
The Greek philosopher Plato is probably not the first person you’d expect to see quoted on Ears To The House. Admittedly, we didn’t expect to start this Friday morning with the weltanschauung of a...
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