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Six Producers Worth Their Salt #002
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Nu-Disco, Synth Pop & Indie Dance, UK Garage
Category: Audio, Six producers worth their salt
Jul 20, 2012Six producers worth their salt is a weekly column which features six relevant, up-and-coming, under-exposed, or disruptively innovative musicians in a particular genre-space. Every Friday we’ll put together a list [...]
Outside Lands Music, Food, and Art Festival – August 10-12 San Francisco
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: News
Jul 18, 2012The San Francisco Bay Area is a hub of creativity and artistic expression in the modern world. With world renowned galleries, restaurants, venues, and more, it’s a fantastic place to [...]
Halftime Photo Gallery – Bluesfest Ottawa – July 4th to 10th
Genre: Alternative, Drum & Bass, Electro House, Hip Hop, Synth Pop & Indie Dance
Category: Features, Photo Gallery
Jul 11, 2012SalaciousSound is covering this year’s Bluesfest in Ottawa and photographed artists mainly playing on the Electro Stage and River Stage. Due to artist permissions so far we have been unable [...]
Locals Only Festival – Festival of music, food and art (Toronto)
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Show Preview
Jul 5, 2012This Saturday SalaciousSound is teaming up with Earmilk, Pink Mafia, and TheNewToronto to present different aspects of the music lineup for Toronto’s first annual Local’s Only. The event aims to [...]
Mad Decent Block Party 2012 Dates Announced
Genre: Alternative, Electronic, Hip Hop
Category: News
Jun 22, 2012Nothing quite beats the heat of summer than a free concert or two, and Mad Decent has you covered for five. It’s that time of year again and the [...]
Justice, M83, Austra, Buraka Som Sistema to play outdoor concert in Toronto August 4
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Show Preview
Jun 5, 2012Buy tickets here. Official Facebook event. In just a few short months, four of the most interesting electronic-indie crossover acts of the moment will descend on the Fort York Garrison [...]
Over $1000 in prizes to be won in the Mimi Page remix competition
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Contests
May 26, 2012I had a listen to Mimi Page’s music several weeks ago, and immediately agreed to become a part of the judges panel for a remix competition that Miso Media, SOL REPUBLIC, and DJ WOOOOO are [...]
Nicolas Jaar – Essential Mix
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: DJ Mix
May 19, 2012Download Nicolas Jaar’s eclectic, 2-hour long BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (featuring: Jay-Z, Jonny Greenwood, Aphex Twin, Feist, NSYNC, The Field and many, many more)
M83 @ The Sound Academy 05.06.2012 [show review]
Genre: Alternative, Synth Pop & Indie Dance
Category: Concert Footage, Show Review
May 9, 2012My recollection of M83‘s sold-out performance at the Sound Academy this past Sunday is somewhat of a hazy blur, thanks in part to a wisdom teeth operation I underwent the [...]
Download Major Lazer’s brand new single – “Get Free”
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Audio
Apr 16, 2012featuring the lovely Amber Coffman on vocals
Drake working with Jamie xx extensively on third studio album
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Category: News
Mar 29, 2012Drake is in London right now, and took some time yesterday to speak with Kiss FM. In the chat he revealed some interesting insights about what he’s working on right [...]
Live streaming on SalaciousSound: The Roots & more perform for in-person and internet audience [SXSW2012]
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Mar 15, 2012This coming Saturday, March 17th from 12-6pm SalaciousSound will be taking part in a live-streaming webcasted showcase at SXSW 2012. The event, presented by MOG and Inspired by Intel, will [...]
Show preview: MOG at the Mohawk featuring The Roots [SXSW2012]
Genre: Alternative, Hip Hop
Mar 14, 2012The opportunities at SXSW 2012 are plentiful – so many such that you just can’t take it all in. So it’s with care and excitement that I’ve chosen to check [...]
Why do you fail to recognize beauty?
Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Commentary
Feb 20, 2012A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Watch YACHT’s latest [music video]
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: Music Videos
Feb 17, 2012It’s been my experience that everything YACHT puts out is something like a universe unto its own. So like ‘See Mystery Lights’, Shangri-LA, their latest work is visual, audible, and [...]
Bonnaroo headliners and first round line-up announced
Genre: Alternative, Electronic
Category: News
Feb 14, 2012The 2012 Bonnaroo festival, taking place June 7-10 2012 in Manchester, Tennessee will feature the following lineup as announced at this time:
Watch OK Go play over 1000 instruments in their new music video
Genre: Alternative
Category: Music Videos
Feb 6, 2012To execute this monumental and frankly insane video, OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. It took 4 months of preparation and [...]
Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” remixed by Mr. Charlton
Genre: Alternative, Deep House, House, Tech House
Category: Audio
Feb 1, 2012Yesterday, Mr. Charlton released this remix for Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” on his Soundcloud His rendition brings the emotion of the original onto the dancefloor. Check it out [...]
James Blake – A Case of You [Music Video]
Genre: Alternative
Category: Audio
Dec 20, 2011I’m staying with my mummy for Christmas and despite the fact that she crept up behind me and said “I LOVE THIS SONG” while I was watching this video, shot [...]
Glitch Mob Remixes White Stripes
Genre: Alternative, Electro House
Dec 17, 2011The Glitch Mob, the massive Electro House and Dubstep group, remixes the The White Stripes’ classic “Seven Nation Army”. Done for the new G.I. Joe Movie “Retaliation” trailer, they [...]
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