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Jason Grishkoff
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Mar 5, 2012
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Brand new Bassnectar, "Ugly" is a hybrid drum&bass/dubstep track. Basically, it's absolute insanity in my headphones, all centered around a torrential downpour of snare drum. The song will be on Lorin Ashton's upcoming EP, VAVA VOOM (due April 10). I...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 28, 2012
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Back in 2009, a super-group of artists including Conor Oberst and M. Ward joined forces to release the album Monsters of Folk. One track, in particular, caught the attention of The Roots, and next thing we all knew they'd released their own rendition...
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By
Dwayne
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Feb 26, 2012
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Despite it 2012 only being a couple of months old, elusive dubstep pioneer Burial can likely already lay claim to producing one of the years best EPs,
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 24, 2012
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These days, it seems as if the stereotype of a dubstep song is waiting for a drop. Indeed, that tends to be the case for many songs in the genre -- and Butch Clancy's new remix of "Your Song" by Ellie Goulding is a prime example of how the womp, womp...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 17, 2012
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Moombawhat?There appears to be some type of craze sweeping the electronic world by the title of "Moombahton" (pronounced Moom-buh-tone"). Apparently it crosses dutch house with reggaeton -- neither of which I could differentiate very well on my own. ...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 16, 2012
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So, if dubstep is supposed to womp womp wobble, then Back From The Future have dominated things with their remix of Ellie Goulding's "Lights." That said, womp womp wobble isn't everything. Personally, I consider this track pretty borderline -- some o...
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By
Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 9, 2012
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The number one thing drawing me into this track is undoubtedly Civil Twilight's vocals layered on top of piano. The dubstep is secondary, if not a bit of a distraction -- though admittedly it brings contrast to the beauty of the original track, furth...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 3, 2012
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Holy Batman! This track has been floating around for a couple days, but I hadn't listened until nowish. And boy was I blown away!Most of you will know that I'm a bit of a Skrillex skeptic (for example, our Best Dubstep of 2011 list excluded Skrillex)...
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