In the USA, turning 21 is considered a big deal. Such a big deal, in fact that Taylor Swift – whose feet are currently bothering the Buzzfeed office – once wrote a song about...
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Was THAT the best you could do, Mr Tenaglia?
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. No one from the Ears To The House team could ever be convinced to visit a nightclub on Christmas Day. Not for us – mince...
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Derrick May and a Thanksgiving parade: the inside story
Last Monday, Ears To The House launched back onto the online airwaves with the news that Derrick May was due to appear at the Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit on Thursday. We wrote again...
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Rebekah did a livestream for HÖR Berlin – the end went a bit wrong…
It’s been a bit of a heavy week on our return to the online airwaves, so Ears To The House is pleased to see this one arrive in the inbox for some light relief....
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BREAKING NEWS: Jesse Saunders in hospital after “major stroke”
Ears To The House is saddened to learn that Jesse Saunders, quite possibly the first person to release a house track on vinyl, has had what we understand to be “a major stroke”. Two...
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Pete Tong wants to reward students on his £418 DJ academy…
Regular readers of Ears To The House might recall a story that we originally published in May about Pete Tong’s latest money spinner – a school for DJs. For the princely sum of £418...
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Jeff Mills has a new EP out – but who else is representing Detroit?
This week, much controversy was abound over the decision by someone or other to allow Derrick May to represent Detroit in their annual Thanksgiving Day parade. It remains unclear whether the organisers were initially...
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Detroit’s Thanksgiving Day parade: so how did it go in the end?
Yesterday’s Thanksgiving Day parade took place in Detroit, and it was a good parade in many ways – not least because of the weather. The fine people of the city came out to temperatures...
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London police used a hip hop shop to stop crime?
As times evolve, crimes evolve – therefore the way police try to solve crimes has to evolve too. Even the most hard-nosed fan of defunding the police would struggle to disagree with this idea...
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Are Nervous Records losing their social media edge?
Nervous Records is a label which Ears To The House has something of a two-pronged attitude towards. On the one hand, this is a label with heritage and history, and it generally takes more...
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Danny Tenaglia to play Christmas Day gig
Some visitors to this site occasionally get the impression that we don’t like Danny Tenaglia. It’s an idea that baffles Ears To The House – and it’s one that’s simply untrue. We have a...
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Victory! Derrick May will NOT be at today’s parade
So today was to the day. At the time of posting this, it’s just after 10am in the UK – or 5am in Detroit. In a little under four hours time, the city’s Thanksgiving...
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BREAKING NEWS: Derrick May won’t be appearing at Thanksgiving parade
Ears To The House has received confirmation a short time ago that Derrick May will not be appearing at the Thanksgiving Day parade in Detroit, due to take place later today. A reliable source...
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Mixmag, illegal raves and total plague rave amnesia
Illegal raves aren’t exactly a new thing. When house music reached British shores in the 1980s, there were few legal avenues who seemed willing to get behind it – hence why the genre’s history...
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Will Blake Baxter’s new book reveal the REAL Detroit techno story?
Since Ears To The House last covered the subject of Blake Baxter, a few things have changed. A few weeks ago, Baxter launched a fundraiser to launch a new book and vinyl with some...
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As MDL Beast lineup emerges, why is Jeff Mills not appearing this year?
So whilst Ears To The House was on something of an enforced hiatus, the controversial MDL Beast Soundstorm festival announced much of their lineup for 2022. Most of the lineup isn’t remotely surprising –...
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