A common bugbear of many people is poor spelling. It’s a problem that has gotten worse with the proliferation of the internet – with more content out there than ever before, the chance for...
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Are they even trying anymore? Resident Advisor’s latest fail is to have a discussion on making clubbing more inclusive for the disabled – and having no disabled people on the panel…
Some people seem to think that Ears To The House doesn’t really like Resident Advisor. They fail to understand what our real gripe with them is – namely that they could use their platform...
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If you’re going to fail, do it spectacularly! The Guardian tried to do a top 20 of Detroit techno – and they’ve annoyed Juan Atkins, ignored Derrick May, and put a house track at number one…
The mainstream press are a weird lot when it comes to dance music. They’d have you believe that Beyoncé Knowles saved house music from an impending death last year – all by sticking a...
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Not exactly your finest week, was it? Dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross slated after posting now deleted comments on X about “an abuser” who “has a new album out”…
As night follows day, Sunday indeed follows Saturday. For some, it’s the first day of a brand new week – for others, it’s one last day of rest before getting back on the treadmill...
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Are the bad old days well and truly behind them? Resident Advisor are on the lookout for a general manager in North America – and the potential $120,000 salary isn’t too shabby!
The following might come as something of a surprise to even our own readers, but Ears To The House wishes no harm upon Resident Advisor. Our main gripe with the organisation is that they...
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Being dead appears to help you get more coverage in the dance music press! How DJ Deeon was ignored by Mixmag during his life, yet they suddenly eulogise him in death…
We sometimes wonder at Ears To The House – exactly what does it take for you to get coverage in the dance music press? The criteria seem to be very arbitary – and whilst...
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Can your readers not make their own minds up, then? Mixmag patronise their readers with clickbait headline on Kanye West’s return to Elon Musk’s X…
Here at Ears To The House, we make no attempt to disguise the fact that we have opinions on things. Contrary to what some people would tell you, we always try to be fair...
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We thought you hated the dance music press? Claude Young berated Resident Advisor after they asked him for a comment – but he was happy to speak to rival Mixmag…
Back on Monday, Ears To The House ran a report concerning a news story that developed over the weekend – Detroit’s Claude Young had announced that he was leaving DJing entirely. In his announcement...
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Dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross deletes all but one of her Instagram posts in mysterious move – as a friend reveals what she REALLY thinks of your favourite site…
One thing that always bemuses us at Ears To The House – and it really shouldn’t by now – is just how sensitive to criticism most journalists are. We’ve encountered a few along the...
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Resident Advisor spoke with Moodymann for a puff piece, but the reactions of their own readers tells a different story – and just WHAT did they call a strip club?
A few weeks ago, Ears To The House published an article where we referenced some comments made online by Kenny Dixon Jr – otherwise known as Detroit producer Moodymann. He spoke about how a...
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Who COULD she have in mind? Rattled Annabel Ross tells critics who suggest her writing is biased to advance her DJ career to “give me a f***ing break”…
One of the things that Ears To The House has learnt about journalists is that most of them are incredibly ratty and entitled. They intensely dislike the internet due to the fact it’s opened...
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You can check out, but you can never leave! Marshall Jefferson told Mixmag in 2020 that he was quitting DJing – so did the Hotel California effect bring him back?
Back in the 1980s, when acid house became a thing, no one thought about the question of what would happen when DJs became old. The jocks spinning on the turntables were often the same...
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Is this their idea of raising the calibre of music journalism? Resident Advisor point out the blindingly obvious – that French riots mean events having to be cancelled!
In life, we’ve all experienced times when something happens that’s so big and unexpected that all previous plans go out of the window. The biggest example we can think of is the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Resident Advisor continues recruiting City Managers on five-hour a week contracts – and there’s STILL no sign of the hiring spree coming to an end…
Ears To The House is sometimes asked just exactly what we have against Resident Advisor. To which our answer is nothing at all – if you cast aside the fact they sanctimoniously see themselves...
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“The vibes were in the trenches!”: Harrison Brocklehurst’s review of Parklife is withering and a bit funny – and puts dance music press doyenne Annabel Ross to shame…
Whenever you read a review of an event in the dance music press, you can be pretty confident of one thing – it’s going to be really glowing and positive. Yes, you might find...
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A bit of criticism is too much for you? Dance press doyenne Annabel Ross blocks Ears To The House across our socials – because we dared question her Movement review…
We can’t help but enjoy what we do here at Ears To The House. Not least because we don’t take some people in the dance music world as seriously as they take themselves –...
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