Pop | Galantis – EP

Posted by on April 1, 2014

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Galantis. They’re so hot right now. Dropping singles left and right. Premiering their EP on Billboard. Making tracks on some random island. Big Beat Records is really onto something. It’s not big room or progressive house, but it feels epic. It has integrity. It’s not mindless. I just really like it. No wonder Kaskade is involved in the project. How, I’m not sure. I’ve just heard rumblings. Today, their “EP” released and we can’t stop listening to it. Don’t take my word for it, listen below.

DOWNLOAD: The Galantis EP

House | Max Vangeli – Last Night Changed It All

Posted by on March 17, 2014

I hope you guys are ready for a monster, cause Max Vangeli just unleashed the force with his tune “Last Night Changed It All,” complete with a video treatment released exclusively on Billboard today. If you’ve been wondering what Steve Angello, 1/3 of Swedish House Mafia, has been up to, you now know, he’s been developing his roster of artists at Size Records. This is a must listen!

Electronic | Drop Out Orchestra – Love Will Tear Us Apart (Remix) feat. a Swedish Introduction

Posted by on October 28, 2013

My time in Sweden has not only presented me with an abundance of new music, but also quite a handful of musically inclined individuals! Today I introduce to you our newest guest writer, the Swedish vixen that is Rebecca. Check out her very first contribution below, and expect to see more in the future! 

As born and raised in one of the most EDM productive countries in Europe (split with the fabulous Dutchmen), my passion for electronic music developed with the Big Swedes’ earliest breakthroughs. Avicii’s “Penguins,” then with added vocals and sadly renamed and made famous as “Fade Into Darkness,” (I mean, keep it cute and original and let the birdlike mammal have its place in the industry) was my first encounter with electronic music, and with that the start of the radical transformation from the teenage rocker I was, to the grown-up raver I became. I was 16 when it started, now I’m 20, and with the obsession like an Asperger’s kid, I have no plans on stopping. I’m still listening to and keeping up with the development of everything from trance to dirty Dutch, progressive house to hardstyle, but my heart has landed in the emotional, dreamy fields of the “original” house and deep house, and the land of the mind-blowing drops of the electro house. As I’m admiring the work of my wonderful friend, party-shaker-in-crime and talented music knower Mimada, I jumped for joy when she offered a spot as a guest blogger. I feel it to be my mission to give you the input of the Swedish EDM scene beyond Swedish House Mafia and the songs your radio station killed the day they were released. I’m giving you the new and the upcoming, from a Swedes state of mind.

On to the track! Being not 17, not in sweatshirts and flipped caps, the gentlemen of the southern-based Swedish nu disco/deep house duo Drop Out Orchestra bring “maturity”  back to the DJ scene. Having a couple a years behind them may be the best of qualities when it comes to making 70’s disco influential house, as they were actually there when it happened for real. After “Be Free With Your Love” scored the billboard dance chart this year, and their remix of ”Get Lucky” was recognized during an interview with Daft Punk during the one and only Pete Tong’s BBC 1 show, the duo takes on Joy Division and manages to retouch the, sorry for stepping on some people’s toes here, old and gray melody like a facial works its magic on a post-festival face. Eric Prydz, the master of putting the magic back into songs the last decades forgotten (read: repressed), should approve with this Drop Out Orchestra rework.

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Pop, Videos | Timeflies – Ride [Lyric Video]

Posted by on October 8, 2013

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Hits on hits on hits.  After their first notable, Billboard single, “I Choose U”, Timeflies deliver the second official release a week before their Warning Signs EP hits digital shelves.  Laced with radio ready rhymes and a electro-pop production, this song may very well be making a run at Billboard’s top 40.  Cal has always proven he can sing, but he really embraces his rnb/pop sound on this track and delivers one feel good sing-along for the fans.  Warning Signs EP, 10/14.

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Preorder on iTunes: Timeflies – Warning Signs EP

Albums | Avicii to Release Debut Album TRUE September 17th

Posted by on June 21, 2013

Avicii Ultra 2013You thought it might never happen, but barring no setbacks or delays, Avicii’s debut album #TRUE will be released on September 17th through PRMD Music and Island Records. The Swedish megastar shocked the world at Ultra Music Festival this past spring when he played many of the selections on the album live that had a very different direction than what people were used to hearing from Avicii. But it appears he is tired of just being associated with “Levels” and wants to go in a different direction and show his diversity as an artist.

Disruption is good when a scene is half stuck

His new single “Wake Me Up” with Aloe Blacc has hit stores in Europe and will go on sale and the radio in the States June 25th. I am really looking forward to hearing the finished product and the new direction he is taking with his sound with the whole host of collaborators he has on the album. The most interesting thing may be the fan reaction, which thus far has been very luke warm, but I think many will come around September 17th. The one downside is that the hashtag in the album name is a tad cheesy.

Update: There will be no hashtag in the name album title. Good call Avicii.


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Electro-House | Krewella – Alive (Hardwell ‘The Final’ Remix)

Posted by on May 17, 2013

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You guys may be sick of this song by now with it getting plays on every popular radio station, but when a dance music heavyweight like Hardwell gets a hold of this, you have to listen. Hardwell has professed his love for Krewella‘s crossover hit single “Alive“, which recently went number one on Billboard’s dance chart, notably rinsing out the Cash Cash & Kalkutta remix during his sets, such as his highly acclaimed Ultra set. Hardwell decided to surprise the fast rising trio with a remix of his own, fitting the vocals to an instrumental that meshes with what he is bringing to his live show.

Krewella could not pass on the opportunity to make this official, thus the remix in front of you was born. It is clear the time Hardwell spent with W&W has influenced what he is bringing to his productions. The thunderous synths that we see from W&W creep their way into this remix as Hardwell mixes together the instantly recognizable vocals from Krewella with the perfect-for-the-live-show bombastic instrumental that he has created. Is that a hoverhand there Hardwell? C’mon man, don’t be shy, they don’t bite….too hard.

Beatport: Krewella – Alive (Hardwell ‘The Final’ Remix)

Hip-Hop | Eminem, Lil Wayne, Lloyd Banks | Hip-Hop

Posted by on February 12, 2011


Billboard recently sat down with the Grammy nominee, Drake, for a quick interview. He is up for four nominations this year, including Best New Artist, but on account of the fact that he’s going up against Justin Bieber, I don’t know how good his chances are. Also keep an eye out for his performance with Rihanna this Sunday, as well as a performance from Dr. Dre and Eminem. Below is a newer version of a song that Eminem released a while ago under the name Difficult. This version includes a new hook from Obie Trice.

DOWNLOAD: Eminem ft. Obie Trice – Doody

I don’t understand why Wanye would spit a 20 second verse and call it a remix, but check this out regardless.

DOWNLOAD: Bruno Mars ft. Lil Wayne – Grenade (remix)

DOWNLOAD: Young Chris ft. Lloyd Banks – Flat Line

DOWNLOAD: Pusha T – My God