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…
Laurent Garnier: Off The Record – guess who’s missing?
This seems to be a year for putting out movies and documentaries about dance music. Only recently, Ears To The House covered the premiere of God Said Give ‘Em Drum…
After Four Tet wins legal battle, when will bullying Domino Records apologise?
The people in charge at Domino Recording Company, to use their full name, must be feeling pretty stupid right now. Last year, Four Tet queried why he was being paid…
Drake’s latest album? No, it isn’t house music…
On Friday, the dance music press got terribly excited by the fact Drake had released a new album. This was an excuse to write clickbait articles telling the world how…
Simon Dunmore: the last of the house music giants?
Whenever we write here at Ears To The House about Simon Dunmore, we feel a little conflicted. On the one hand, the Defected boss is one of the last giants…
It’s official: Derrick May’s appearance at Futur Festival is cancelled
Back on June 8th, Ears To The House asked a pretty straightforward question. Which Derrick was due to appear at Futur Festival at the start of July - Carter, May…
Nervous went to the DJ Mag North America awards – and kept their clothes on!
Those of you who have been readers since the early days will know we take issue with the way New York based Nervous Records advertise themselves online. Our main gripe…
Clone Records: Nina Kraviz isn’t okay – and more scrubbing has happened too
During the first half of May, Clone Records put out a statement regarding its relationship with Trip Recordings, the label owned by Russian DJ Nina Kraviz. The statement received considerable…
Carl Craig: yet another one who can’t take any criticism!
We shouldn't be surprised with this by now, but we're always being astonished at Ears To The House with just how thin-skinned some of the dance music world's favourite DJs…
Is Defected’s Sondela finally receiving some TLC from its owners?
These are interesting times at Defected. The events side is now in full swing again, new events are being added onto the schedule regularly, the labels all have a pretty…
Is dance music heading for another Y2K style crash?
Ever since Ears To The House made our overdue return a few weeks ago, one person who's been a regular in the inbox is our notorious insider. His identity is,…
Think one Sacha Lord is bad? Ireland wants six of them!
One of the approaches to nightlife starting to spread in Britain is having night time advisers - namely important sounding non-jobs which occasionally mean saying something whilst ultimately changing nothing.…