Barrett Nelson, Author at The Sights And Sounds

[CONCERTS & FESTIVALS] Gear Up For North Coast With Our Handpicked Playlist

August 31, 2015 Barrett Nelson 0

North Coast Music Festival is notorious for boasting some of the most flashy lineups around. Chicago has always provided a home to this annual celebration of marvelous performers, but the blossoming event never fails to attract visitors from all around the globe. In order to make sure that our loyal readers are fully prepared to conquer this three-day […]

Dubstep

[DRUM & BASS] Wilkinson ft. Shannon Saunders – “Breathe”

August 26, 2015 Barrett Nelson 0

My mind is racing. My body a whirling dervish. Every fiber of my being rejuvenated from these comforting reverberations. In the moment, I lose myself. Time no longer holds any relevance. My heart rate slowing to a standstill before spiraling wickedly out of control. Colors flash rapidly. Sonic shades that spray paint my eardrums. Lingering like the […]

Event Coverage

[CONCERTS & FESTIVALS] North Coast Reveals Set Times

August 20, 2015 Barrett Nelson 0

With North Coast Music Festival inching closer and closer as the days fly by, the all-important set times have finally surfaced. Like many of North Coast’s previous lineups, 2015’s roster possesses a remarkably diverse group of performers. From EDM to jam bands, hip-hop to electronic, this phenomenal festival clearly has it all… and some. The only downside to all this […]

Aggressive

[DUBSTEP] Dirtiest Dubstep Drops: VOL. 49 (DELUXE EDITION)

August 15, 2015 Barrett Nelson 0

What’s good Sights and Sounds crew, how do you do? 10 Dirtiest Dubstep Drops Of The Week is a segment that I’ve been running on EDM.com for the past year. Once a week, we get together and rank the ten dubstep tracks from the previous week that contained the most disgusting drops. Now, a drop by […]

[ELECTRO SOUL] Manic Focus and GRiZ – “Life Goes On”

Sounds

[ELECTRONIC] Manic Focus & Wick-it the Instigator – “Sake Bomb”

August 13, 2015 Barrett Nelson 0

As I sit here in Chicago attempting to drown out the background noise of the Blue Angels preparing for this weekend’s Air & Water Show festivities, “Sake Bomb” just so happens to surface on the interwebs. What a perfect, little coincidence. John ‘Manic Focus‘ McCarten has steadily transformed into one of electronic music’s premier names by […]