Ears To The House

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Have Generation Z just realised they’re being sold a dud?

Ears To The House Team 26 July 2022

The millennials are refusing to go out to nightclubs! Generation Z types aren’t interested in getting off their heads on drugs! Oh, the scandal – or at least, that’s what the very narrow minded...

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Should Mixmag really be taking money to plug the NFT?

Ears To The House Team 25 July 2022

If there’s one thing we place above everything else here at Ears To The House, it’s our integrity. Quite simply, we believe in doing all we can to get things right. We believe in...

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Carl Cox looks a crown – but newer DJs should learn the game

Ears To The House Team 21 July 2022

One of the common complaints about a lot of newer DJs is – where on earth did they come from? They get a track signed to a big label seemingly out of nowhere, and...

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Does no one ever proof read at Resident Advisor?

Ears To The House Team 18 July 2022

Late last Friday, the sad news broke that Paul Ryder of the Mancunian band Happy Mondays had died at the age of 58. The story was covered in numerous outlets, such as BBC News,...

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Castlemorton, Mixmag and dewy-eyed nonsense

Ears To The House Team 8 July 2022

For reasons which Ears To The House will never fully understand, there are some people out there who are absolutely fixated with the massive rave which took place in Castlemorton in 1992. Yes, it...

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How festivals try to control media coverage

Ears To The House Team 7 July 2022

Anyone reading coverage in the dance music press of festivals usually finds the same thing. The review is normally very positive – the music was great, the atmosphere was friendly and so on. You...

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The Insider explains: why do dance music press pander to egotistical DJs?

Ears To The House Team 30 June 2022

With allegations that Carl Craig personally intervened to ban journalist Annabel Ross from reviewing Movement Festival for Mixmag still not being denied by anyone involved, Ears To The House poses a question. Is it...

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Two years after Covid hiatus, will Mixmag EVER return to print?

Ears To The House Team 28 June 2022

Some people may currently be forgiven for thinking we wanted nothing more than to see the back of Mixmag after their recent disgraceful treatment of Annabel Ross – whose coverage over Derrick May and...

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After throwing Annabel Ross under the bus, who will take Mixmag seriously again?

Ears To The House Team 26 June 2022

We at Ears To The House are absolutely gobsmacked at the story surrounding Annabel Ross and the Movement Electronic Music Festival in Detroit that’s been running now for nearly two weeks. No matter how...

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Now 5 Magazine condemn Mixmag over Carl Craig’s alleged ultimatum

Ears To The House Team 24 June 2022

Ears To The House must admit we’ve been enjoying the state of open warfare developing in the dance music press this week. As your favourite dance music site has been writing in detail about...

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Did Carl Craig REALLY stop Annabel Ross reviewing Movement Detroit?

Ears To The House 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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Raising the calibre of music journalism, Resident Advisor is not…

Ears To The House Team 22 June 2022

It’s been a while since Ears To The House had a post about Resident Advisor – so much so that we’d forgotten just how enjoyable it was scrutinising them. Especially when we recall editor-in-chief...

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Chaudhari vs R&S and Vandepapelier – what the media didn’t tell you…

Ears To The House Team 14 June 2022

Ears To The House has little to make in terms of comment on the case of Raj Chaudhari versus R&S Records and owner Renaut Vandepapelier, which was recently concluded. Chaudhari sued R&S and Vandepapelier...

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About Mixmag’s partnership with American Express…

Ears To The House Team 12 June 2022

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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The Belleville Three myth lives on at Resident Advisor…

Ears To The House Team 3 June 2022

Those of you who have been paying attention will already know that the Belleville Three cover story – peddled without question by the useless dance music press for decades – is largely a myth....