To experience the holidays in New York is to experience something truly magical. The stresses of big city life start to fade and make way for sweeter things – ice skating with friends, hot cocoa in the park, holiday markets and, albeit brief, a break from the workplace hustle. Hopefully you’re feeling refreshed while reading […]
Club Crush: The Month’s Best Electronic Lineups
Now that the turkey coma has finally subsided, it’s time to work off those leftovers! Since we’re all so busy with the holidays and such, I’m going to just cut to the chase and include a collection of December shows you won’t want to miss. This is my way of helping you plan ahead, because […]
PHOTOS: A View from BangOn!NYC’s Elements Lakewood
All photos by Alive Coverage Our Memorial Day weekend trip has left us feeling young again. This sense of refreshment is all thanks to Brooklyn’s BangOn!NYC, who brought their expanded Elements Lakewood Festival back to a Pennsylvania summer camp for a second time. In between sets from scene heavyweights like Claude VonStroke, Maceo Plex, REZZ, Shpongle and […]
PLAYLIST: One Week Countdown to BangOn!NYC’s Elements Lakewood
It’s just one week before we head back to our new favorite festival! Our friends over at BangOn!NYC have been hard at work preparing for the triumphant return of Elements Lakewood Music & Arts Festival, a three-day camping event that will commence over Memorial Day weekend, meanwhile, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my […]
Club Crush: The Week’s Best Electronic Lineups
Another wintry Wednesday has me bundled up indoors. I actually just returned home from St. Cloud, FL, where I was on assignment covering Dirtybird East Coast Campout. As you can imagine, the snowflakes are especially shocking to my system today. But perhaps even more shocking was my experience on-site.
Claude VonStroke, Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex to Headline Elements Lakewood 2018
Grab your sash and tie up your roller skates, because our new favorite festival returns to Lakewood, PA over Memorial Day Weekend! Earlier today, the adult summer camp-themed music festival known as Elements Musical & Arts Festival Lakewood dropped an impressive electronic lineup including house, bass and techno’s biggest names. The lovable Brooklyn-based party makers […]
Club Crush Special Edition: NYE’s Best Electronic Lineups
Holy shit, we made it! I honestly didn’t think we’d survive 2017, but love has prevailed. Things we learned in 2017: Nazis still exist, the government is a sham and Hollywood is full of pervs. That’s a lot of tough shit to swallow, but it’s always darkest before the dawn, as Florence Welch so eloquently put […]
Club Crush: The Week’s Best Electronic Lineups
Since Halloween had us goin’ up on a Tuesday, I can only assume that most of you rolled into work like zombies today. If exhaustion alone didn’t have you dragging your feet like the undead, then the leftover costume make-up surely helped you achieve “the look”. Recovery is necessary, but it’s nothing that a good […]
REVIEW: BangOn!NYC’s Elements Changed the Game
Intimate crowds. Squeaky clean port-a-potties. Cheap craft beer. Minimal security checkpoints. Underground headliners. Functional pirate ships. If these concepts are unfamiliar to you, it’s because you’ve been wasting time at the wrong music festivals.
Club Crush: This Week’s Best Electronic Lineups
Did your lofty bet on Always Dreaming pay off this weekend? Well, it’s time to trade in that real big hat and your Kentucky Derby winnings for club clothes and show tickets, because New York City is hopping this week. Set your sights on different tracks with these club sets where you’ve got nothing to […]