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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After throwing Annabel Ross under the bus, who will take Mixmag seriously again?
We at Ears To The House are absolutely gobsmacked at the story surrounding Annabel Ross and the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit that’s been running now for nearly two weeks. No matter how...
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Will DJs vote with their feet after Supreme Court’s abortion ruling?
Some weeks ago, you might recall there was a controversy in the USA surrounding abortion. It was after a 98-page first draft of an opinion by the country’s Supreme Court was leaked to Politico...
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The drinks are on Sacha Lord in one Manchester venue today…
On this rather gloomy looking Sunday morning, you might be working out what you’re going to do with your day. You may fancy spending the day with your children, or perhaps your partner. You...
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The Saturday Recap: 25th June 2022
So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Normal service resumes tomorrow – and our reviews column returns in July. Right now, let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Ears...
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Guy Gerber’s Mirror Games and Rumors suspended amidst rape allegation
It’s pretty safe to say that this has not been a good week if your name is Guy Avraham Gerber. An allegation was made last weekend by Mavi De Mars that the 47-year old...
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Now 5 Magazine condemn Mixmag over Carl Craig’s alleged ultimatum
Ears To The House must admit we’ve been enjoying the state of open warfare developing in the dance music press this week. As your favourite dance music site has been writing in detail about...
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#ForTheMusic finally makes progress with Safer Dance scheme
Ears To The House would dearly love to get wholeheartedly behind the #ForTheMusic initiative – who could seriously try to argue that the dancefloor should be a more dangerous place, after all? But we’ve...
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The Insider asks: why do DJs think they should be idolised?
A gargantuan sense of self-entitlement, a complete lack of self-awareness and an insatiable thirst to be paid a lot of money. To an extent, these are qualities that some of the biggest DJs have...
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Simon Dunmore praises new Beyoncé single – but would he have signed it?
There are few people in the house music world whose opinion doesn’t get noticed more than that of Defected’s Simon Dunmore. The man himself probably likes that fact – and given he is potentially...
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Did Carl Craig REALLY stop Annabel Ross reviewing Movement Detroit?
Last week, journalist Annabel Ross was subject to some truly disgusting abuse by Detroit’s Carl Craig and Alexander Omar Smith. Ears To The House took a strong line on the subject, condemning the vile...
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Christopher McCray, house music singer and songwriter, has died aged 55
House music in New Jersey is just that little bit poorer today with the loss of Christopher McCray, who has died at the age of 55. His name is admittedly not the most instantly...
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