The headline above might seem a tad ridiculous, on the face of it – so let us explain. Last Wednesday, Ears To The House reported on how British drugs harm reduction charity The Loop...
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Ash Lauryn’s looking to get high – over social media…
Many of the big name DJs aren’t known for their sense of self-awareness – hence why they post photos of themselves sipping expensive champagne on private jets whilst the world around them goes through...
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About Mixmag’s partnership with American Express…
There are few businesses quite like the music industry for bringing together some highly curious bedfellows. Hence why Ears To The House did raise an eyebrow when we encountered the collaboration between Mixmag and...
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Techno documentary God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines is nearly here…
This weekend, a documentary all about the origins of Detroit techno will finally be unveiled. Premiering at the Pitchfork/Tribeca Film Festival in New York tomorrow, God Said Give ‘Em Drum Machines has been no...
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So why has Nina Kraviz been wiped from Glastonbury Arcadia?
These aren’t terribly good times for Russian DJ Nina Kraviz. Facing mounting criticism over the fact she refuses to state her position on the Russia-Ukraine war – bar meek platitudes about “praying for peace”...
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The Insider explains: just why ARE festival line-ups so boring?
This week, Ears To The House returned to a theme we first mentioned back at the start of the year. And that’s the fact that festivals all seem to be run these days as...
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Another Detroit techno festival – but guess who’s missing?
The dance music scene in Detroit is something we write about a fair bit here at Ears To The House. Partly because it’s a place where you can get away with almost anything, so...
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Nastia cancels her Awakenings gig, but who’s the Russian in her sights?
We’re starting to quite like Nastia here at Ears To The House. She’s one of few DJs in the modern, vanilla world who’s prepared to take a stance on something. Unlike many of the...
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The majors are worried about their streaming cash cow…
On this Thursday morning at Ears To The House HQ, we all feel like Dennis Nedry. You might remember him from the 1993 film Jurassic Park. In an exchange with Lewis Dodgson, he says...
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Travis Scott booked for Day N Vegas in September – so will there be any humility?
What would you do if you were facing numerous legal cases regarding an event where ten people died in a stampede and you were accused of antagonising the crowd at said event? Many a...
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Tomorrowland joins the McDonald’s style festival list…
One thing which constantly astonishes us at Ears To The House is how the dance music world can keep putting glitter on a turd and get away with it. And a prime example of...
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Portugal’s Secret Project – yet another McDonald’s type festival…
During the early days of the pandemic, some very rose tinted conversations took place within the dance music world. They were all about how things needed to change and how the scene was getting...
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Why Moby doesn’t want to be commercial anymore
Moby has decided he doesn’t want to appeal to the corporate machine anymore, it seems. He’s launched a new record label, called Always Centred At Night. And the purpose of this label, exactly? To...
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The 23by23 campaign: a progress report
Late last year, DJs Sydney Blu and Rebekah Teasdale – who usually operates under just her first name – started a new campaign called 23by23. The idea behind it? To increase the percentage of...
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Watch out, Boris! Jeff Mills is coming to Manchester…
Back in November last year, there was much controversy reported on this site when the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival was due to take place in the human rights abusing Saudi Arabia. A lot of...
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Is Bandcamp Friday becoming permanent?
This isn’t an industry with a lot of good guys in it. Call us cynical if you like, but the truth is there are a lot of people in music who are out for...
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