When it comes to politics, Ears To The House firmly has both feet in the same camp as country music singer Dolly Parton. In 2019, she was asked a question about then president Donald...
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So, how has Ron Carroll responded since Ears To The House revealed he was accused of taking £4k from a UK promoter? Er, by pretending it isn’t happening…
Last Friday, Ears To The House went public with a story that has been circulating on social media for some months – yet has received no attention from the ever fainéant dance music press....
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How did we miss this one? Detroit techno’s self-appointed bigwigs went for dinner at a $98 steak restaurant – and the budget only allowed Juan Atkins to eat…
Times are tough for many right now. Our Editor, for example, is leading by example by having one less coffee per day. Yes, his lower caffeine intake has resulted in him being even more...
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Another article repeats the Belleville Three myth – but guess who the New Yorker DIDN’T talk to for their botched piece on techno’s roots?
“Journalism is dead” was the recent proclamation by Derrick May, in response to an increasing number of questions as to how much the so-called Belleville Three actually contributed to the genre they claim they...
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Solardo and Idris Elba release collab called “Big Talk” – and it’s as awful and cringey as we expected it to be…
Where on earth can you go these days to get an honest critique of dance music? The nineties had dance music magazines with reviews of the latest vinyl in each issue – some of...
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What the hell has gone wrong with techno? Marco Carola is now playing “I Feel For You” by Bob Sinclar in his sets – and other abominations…
Because some of us at Ears To The House have been around for a while, allow us to share an insight with you. Techno was originally meant to be a way of sticking two...
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Derrick May’s Croatia gig at Future Scope? It’s just the start of his “European Coming Back Tour” – the delusion is off the scale with this one!
As Ears To The House reported last week, Derrick May is due to appear at Croatia’s Future Scope festival on May 12th alongside Jeff Mills. We’re hoping to have a more detailed report on...
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Brooklyn’s Teksupport had Peggy Gou play at the weekend – but even a $75k pay cheque couldn’t make for a decent atmosphere…
Peggy Gou is one of those people in dance music that Ears To The House can’t fully work out. On the one hand, we just don’t think she lives up to the hype that...
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Don’t drink, kids! Solomun has a tipple at a show – and the “human diazepam” even makes it look painfully boring…
The consensus at Ears To The House over Solomun is, well, that there’s no real consensus. We have yet to work out whether he’s an undeclared genius, a troll or something else altogether. But...
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Ash Lauryn appeared at Detroit’s TV Lounge last week – alongside possibly the worst flyer of 2023 so far…
The mysteriously rising star that is Ash Lauryn – who claims to represent Detroit whilst living 722 miles away in Atlanta – did a DJ set last week. Nothing unusual there, of course –...
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Derrick May FINALLY gets round to banning our Instagram account – and wait until you find out why!
We weren’t remotely surprised with this one, and we imagine regular Ears To The House readers probably aren’t, either. The only mystery is how it took him over two years to actually get around...
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Derrick May FINALLY speaks about Detroit techno’s roots – and his message is almost as grey as his hair…
Derrick May isn’t a man with much to say these days. Well, not in public, anyway – although he remains as vocal as ever in private. Several Detroit sources have told Ears To The...
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As 1992 Derrick May remixes of “Sueño Latino” get re-released, how many of those records DID the man himself rework?
One thing which Ears To The House hasn’t covered in quite as much detail as we probably should have done was the question over how much music did Derrick May actually produce back in...
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Does Google know something we don’t? A search for “Love Shy” singer Kristine Blond brings up an image of Defected’s Sam Divine…
There’s not really much else we can say about this one, is there?...
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Does no one dance to house music anymore? Defected appropriate a hip-hop event to promote themselves…
Regular readers might remember a story that Ears To The House published last summer about Defected and Anthony Hopkins. The article was about a video of the legendary actor, who appeared to be dancing...
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Could they really not find someone else? Winter Music Conference website features testimonial from alleged rapist Erick Morillo
When you’re trying to encourage people to go to an event or to a place, there are certain things you should and shouldn’t do to make it happen. For example, telling everyone all about...
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