[NEWS] Electric Daisy Carnival: Chicago Lineup Leaked

February really seems to be the month for all the festival lineup information this year. Spring Awakening, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo all had big lineup news this month, whether official or not. And now it seems another massive festival has had their lineup leaked. Electric Daisy Carnival, who extended their 2013 jaunt to include stops in New York, Orlando, and Chicago among others, just had their Chicago stop lineup leaked. This picture of a poster... Read More

[DRUMSTEP] North Coast Music Festival Artist Preview – SWGGRBCK

The electronic dance music movement in Chicago has brought us names like Kaskade and Felix da Housecat, but it is also the home of local celebrity, David Chang, known as SWGGRBCK, and the upcoming duo (SWGGRBCK and ATLIS), the Regulators.  Set to bring you his latest mixes, SWGGRBCK will be taking North Coast Music Festival by storm this coming weekend on the Groupon Silent Stage 2 at 4:30pm. With his first public show at Lasalle Power Company in... Read More

[FESTIVAL] North Coast Music Festival Releases the Daily Schedules

Chicago’s most anticipated, end of the summer, EDM festival has released it’s official daily schedules yesterday in a blog post via the festival site.  Highlights from the weekend’s schedule include: STS9, Axwell and Team Bayside High closing out on Friday; Girl Talk, Umphrey’s McGee, and Zebo closing out on Saturday; and ending the weekend is Pretty Lights, Steve Angello, and Mario Florek. The North Coast Music Festival... Read More

[FESTIVAL] First Wave of North Coast Music Festival After Parties Announced

North Coast Music Festival has just announced the first wave of official after parties, currently only available to ticket holders for a limited time.  Well known DJs including Alesso, Axwell, Girl Talk, STS9, Steve Angello, and Umphrey’s McGee will be performing at venues across Chicago August 31st to September 2nd.  To purchase tickets, visit Clubtix.com. Friday, August 31, 2012 Girl Talk w/ Zion I, DJ Intel @ Congress Theater Axwell w/ Zebo... Read More

[FESTIVAL] The Sights and Sounds Previews North Coast Music Festival

The excitement is building as the third annual North Coast Music Festival is set to knock Chicago off its feet once again this upcoming Labor Day weekend.  North Coast is the summer music festival put on by React Presents, Silver Wrapper, Cold Grums Productions, Kingtello and Metronome Chicago, bringing in well-known DJs including Steve Angello, Pretty Lights, Knife Party, Alesso, and more this year. The fest will open Friday, August 31st, 2012... Read More

[FESTIVAL] Spring Awakening 2012 Recap

Spring Awakening Music Festival (SAMF) marked it’s birth year last weekend as some of the world’s top DJs and producers took to Chicago’s legendary Soldier Field to tear the house down with thousands of EDM fans. So it’s no question that we had to round up the biggest crew we could, dress as loud as possible, and go rage face to an EDM lineup that rivals some of the biggest festivals this summer. Day 1 Get More: Music News Krewella Day... Read More

[FESTIVAL] Bonnaroo 2012 Recap + Videos

BONNAROO 2012!!! What an amazing experience we had. This was my first year headed down to the legendary Farm for four days of camping, music, and festival fun. The atmosphere was electric when we arrived and began setting up camp, and it’s hard to describe the feeling you get when the gate keepers strap on your wrist band and you’re let into the wilderness that is Bonnaroo for the first time. In case you don’t know, Bonnaroo is... Read More

[NEWS] 2012 Lollapalooza Lineup Leaked

Chicago’s biggest music festival, Lollapalooza, is still more than five months away, but we now have part of the leaked 2012 lineup thanks to one festival insider. Over the weekend, someone in Lollapalooza’s camp took to Twitter under the handle @LollaLeaks and began sharing information that was supposed to be kept under wraps until Spring. Apparently this is the same person who leaked last year’s lineup as well, and from what... Read More

Very hot, very fun! Warped Tour 2011 – Tinley Park, Chicago

It was a very hot Saturday to say the least. Perfect weather for a music festival. Held at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL, Warped Tour is steadily making its way across the country satiating punk rock lovers everywhere. After an hour and a half traveling by train to get to the venue, I was ready to hear some music. Unfortunately I had no idea about the layout of the festival, and no where online was the schedule for the day... Read More