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Will DJs vote with their feet after Supreme Court’s abortion ruling?

ETTH Team 26 June 2022

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…

ETTH Team 26 June 2022

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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Did Carl Craig REALLY stop Annabel Ross reviewing Movement Detroit?

ETTH Team 23 June 2022

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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Laurent Garnier: Off The Record – guess who’s missing?

ETTH Team 21 June 2022

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 Machines, pointing out one...

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After Four Tet wins legal battle, when will bullying Domino Records apologise?

ETTH Team 21 June 2022

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 a derisory streaming royalty...

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Drake’s latest album? No, it isn’t house music…

ETTH Team 20 June 2022

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 brilliant the album was,...

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Simon Dunmore: the last of the house music giants?

ETTH Team 19 June 2022

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 of the house music...

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It’s official: Derrick May’s appearance at Futur Festival is cancelled

ETTH Team 19 June 2022

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 or both? We posed...

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Nervous went to the DJ Mag North America awards – and kept their clothes on!

ETTH Team 17 June 2022

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 is that scantily clad...

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Clone Records: Nina Kraviz isn’t okay – and more scrubbing has happened too

ETTH Team 17 June 2022

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 publicity in the dance...

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Is Defected’s Sondela finally receiving some TLC from its owners?

ETTH Team 16 June 2022

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 consistent release schedule and...

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Is dance music heading for another Y2K style crash?

ETTH Team 16 June 2022

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, and will remain, a...

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Think one Sacha Lord is bad? Ireland wants six of them!

ETTH Team 15 June 2022

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. London has Amy Lamé,...

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Will Resident Advisor step in to save Arts Council England?

ETTH Team 15 June 2022

As Ears To The House frequently likes to remind people, Resident Advisor was bailed out to the tune of £750,000 during the pandemic. They received the colossal sum of British taxpayers money in October...

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Did London’s Junction 2 cancel due to poor ticket sales?

ETTH Team 13 June 2022

One story which somewhat unexpectedly arrived at what passes for our newsdesk late last week was the plug being pulled on London’s Junction 2 festival. Originally due to take place this coming weekend, they...