The year 2020 is probably one which Boiler Room would rather forget – but so long as Ears To The House is around, we’re happy to remind them of it as frequently as possible....
Last week, Resident Advisor – showing an incredibly rare moment of courage – reported on the story of London-based party Crossbreed unceremoniously ejecting their founder, Alex Warren. This followed allegations being made against him,...
This week, the United States of America will celebrate Thanksgiving – a chance for many hard-working Americans to meet up and relax. Large helpings of turkey, pumpkin pie and potato casserole beckons amongst other...
Welcome to another installment of our usual weekly column, DJs Playing Badly. Every single Friday, we showcase an example of a DJ set going horribly wrong. Whether it be a crowd simply not responding...
DJ and producer Jimmy Asquith must be seriously wondering whether this week is going to get any worse. He has already faced multiple allegations from multiple sources of things all the way from drunken...
We’ve all had plenty of fun at the expense of Solomun over the past few days – as Ears To The House covered yesterday – and we somehow doubt that was the last of...
Which regular DJ on the touring circuit caused his entire team to miss their flights recently due to his heavy sleeping? The DJ in question had completed a number of gigs in Ibiza and...
Things aren’t going very well in the world of James Drew Asquith right now. Over the weekend, a female Scottish DJ accused him of sexual assault, coercion and grooming – allegations which Asquith himself...
Given the tendency of some people to express themselves in a more visceral manner online, one of the surprising things in the dance music world is how rarely this happens. Every weekend, there are...
When we’re unhappy with something in life, we generally have two options. We can either complain about it, or we can try to do something about it. This is a philosophy which the editor...
Ears To The House has repeatedly been told in the past, in public and in private, that we’re too harsh on Resident Advisor. From journalists contacting our editor behind the scenes urging him to...
Over the past two years, there seem to have been films and documentaries commissioned into huge numbers of aspects of dance music history. Yet the perverse thing is our understanding of this period has...
Ears To The House has spent a lot of time over the past year writing about Detroit techno, its artists and its history. We’ve learnt about the skulduggery of some of the names behind...
Anyone who’s seriously thinking of booking Derrick May for their show nowadays needs to have the skin of a rhino. There’s simply no other way of phrasing it. This man faces multiple allegations of...
What’s going to happen with Printworks London? There seems to be literally no one out there who knows the answer to this question – even asking Printworks themselves is frankly a waste of time. ...
Over the weekend, Scottish techno DJ Inez went public with allegations against fellow DJ and producer James Asquith of sexual assault and controlling behaviour. Inez, from Glasgow, claims that Asquith took her to his...