Ears To The House

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Does anyone have a time machine I could borrow? Mixmag post article inviting readers to workshops on building your own club – that happened three weeks ago…

Ears To The House Team 4 December 2021

People sometimes ask me how they often find dance music stories on this blog before the mainstream press pick up on them. The answer is quite simple. Because the dance music press are hopelessly...

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Why ARE the dance music press so slow at reporting the news? Resident Advisor finally tell readers about Spotify’s Daniel Ek investing €100million in defence company – two weeks after a one-man blog did!

Ears To The House Team 30 November 2021

Traditionally, new editors are appointed to publications when the old one decides they’re leaving or the management think new energy or a different direction is needed. And having studied some sociology a very long...

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Mixmag said their magazine would be back in 2021 following April 2020 print suspension, but they STILL have no staff hired to run it – so have we seen the last paper edition already?

Ears To The House Team 3 November 2021

Cast your mind back to the first lockdown of last year. Mixmag made the decision to suspend publication of their print edition from April 2020. The claim they made at the time, amongst others,...

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This is what happens when you hire interns and not experts! Mixmag plug 2017 article about “Ibiza horror stories”, including the rapist Erick Morillo…

Ears To The House Team 1 November 2021

During August 2020, American house DJ and producer Erick Morillo was charged with rape. This was after he turned himself in at a police station for questioning. He was due in court on September...

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Here’s some good news you won’t see on their pages! Mixmag’s owners Wasted Talent lose £2.4million during 2020 – but in an astonishing twist, they’ve actually halved their losses since the previous year…

Ears To The House Team 13 October 2021

This blog is quite the fan of Companies House. Whenever anyone is boasting about their business making lots of money, a quick look on the website can often give you an idea of whether...

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Another day, another paid puff piece from Mixmag – and yet again no mention this is essentially a reunion of the plague rave DJs… again!

Ears To The House Team 26 September 2021

Puff pastry is nice. It’s a nightmare to make – so much so that many restaurants actually buy it rather than let their chefs attempt the lengthy process themselves. It’s also messy as anything,...

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What took them so long? Mixmag FINALLY write something about Eric Prydz’s hopelessly vague comments on the techno genre – over two weeks after he said it!

Ears To The House Team 20 September 2021

As I said a few weeks ago, I’m very proud of what’s being created on this blog. I’m also particularly impressed with the fact that a one-man operation is basically able to outdo the...

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And people accuse me of publishing any old rubbish! Mixmag run an article on Nile Rodgers being a fan of a Liverpool canal – so what could they decide to print next?

Ears To The House Team 17 September 2021

So what was the most important news story of the week? Was it Nicki Minaj saying the Covid jab gave her cousin a bad case of swollen testicles? The authorities in Trinidad and Tobago...

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Which is the more shocking story here: Priti Patel justifying extra powers for police using dodgy data – or Mixmag doing good journalism for once?

Ears To The House Team 25 August 2021

It would be churlish of me not to start this Wednesday by saying I’m mightily impressed with Mixmag’s latest scoop. It’s a good one, gathered using freedom of information requests – politicians and the...

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Mixmag publish article detailing reactions to impending English lockdown changes… but anyone reading this site got there days ago!

Ears To The House Team 6 July 2021

Ah, Mixmag. As hard as they try to disguise it, the detectable stench of decay continues to be emitted off them unabated. They’re not even trying anymore – they seem to think that having...

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As Mixmag’s new deputy digital editor gets to know her desk better, the big question – will the website be any less boring as a result?

Ears To The House Team 25 June 2021

Congratulations is due to Megan Townsend, who has now started work as Mixmag’s new Deputy Digital Editor. She’s previously worked for The Independent, the Evening Standard newspaper and even did a stint as an...

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As Laurent Garnier quote from 1995 edition of Mixmag about Aphex Twin gets dug up, is there a lesson for the boring DJs who rule the roost today?

Ears To The House Team 15 June 2021

DJs these days are a much more boring breed than they’re given credit for. To be fair, however, it’s not their fault. The relentless amount of work that DJs have to do these days...

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Yousef is finally asked why he booked plague rave favourite Sven Väth for the Liverpool test event – but who’s guilty of trying to rewrite history?

Ears To The House Team 10 June 2021 1 Comment

So it’s finally happened. Mixmag have not only made a reference to plague raves, but they’ve even asked a DJ a question about it. Praise be? Not exactly. Paddy Edrich got to interview Yousef...

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Does anyone at Mixmag EVER read over what they publish? Headline about nine ravers looking forward to going out again leaves followers scratching their heads

Ears To The House Team 30 May 2021 1 Comment

Oh, how I do enjoy mocking Mixmag, the dance music magazine that covers a 24/7 culture – but only during office hours. Yet I also admit to being baffled how their operation continues to...

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Is money too tight to mention? What Resident Advisor and Mixmag aren’t telling you in their lockdown coverage…

Ears To The House Team 23 May 2021

I’m hearing some very interesting whispers coming from two of the big operators in dance music. They’re getting increasingly worried about the prospect of England delaying further lockdown rule changes. Resident Advisor are said,...

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How are they still even in business? Mixmag’s owners own accounts show a loss of almost £5million – and that was BEFORE the pandemic hit

Ears To The House Team 20 May 2021 1 Comment

Here’s another story that you won’t read on Mixmag, or on any of their competitors. For some reason, there’s some kind of code in place which means they don’t say anything negative about each...