Best of 2019 | William Creason
Track of the Year ANZ “No Harm” In a year where most everyone went dark and foreboding and...
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Blisspop Disco Fest — Artist Interview | The Blackbyrds
There are few D.C. acts more iconic than the Blackbyrds. Formed in 1973, the Blackbyrds had a string...
Blisspop Disco Fest — Blisspop Disco Selections
Aeron Premo, Yvette Bailhache, and Will Creason select and dissect three disco heaters.
Feature | Onra In Five Tracks
Ahead of Onra‘s upcoming DC appearance this Saturday, we are taking a look back at five tracks from...
FEATURE | Primavera Proves A Gender-Equal Balance For Festivals Is The Way Forward
Last year an initiative called Keychange launched in the UK to push toward achieving gender balanced festival lineups...
Review | Marie Davidson – Working Class Woman
In trying times, there is catharsis in existential horror. No album in 2018 comes close to being as...
Blisspop Disco Fest Playlist Week 3: Disco Edits
Ahead of Blisspop Disco Fest starting August 31st at the 9:30 Club and U Street Music Hall, Blisspop contributors Justin Barini-Rivers,...
Blisspop Disco Fest | Playlist Week 1
Ahead of Blisspop Disco Fest starting August 31st at the 9:30 Club and U Street Music Hall, Blisspop contributors Aeron Premo...
Feature | Amelie Lens – “Render”
With a rigorous touring schedule that finds her flying from festival to festival and a growing catalog of...
Feature | Nick Catchdubs – “UFO Style”
Fool’s Gold Records co-founder Nick Catchdubs launches a new series of productions with “UFO Style”. Catchdini’s latest emerges...
Feature | FILLER
It’s the summer of 2001 and every week I look forward to Sunday night. Four blocks from my...
Review | The Next File Format
In April 2017, the German company Fraunhofer IIS announced that it was terminating patents related to the MP3...
INTERVIEW | Phaeleh
We talked to Phaeleh, the producer of a unique strain of deeply cinematic music rooted in the bassweight...
Feature | Charlotte de Witte – “This”
Up-and-coming Belgian DJ / producer Charlotte de Witte released her latest EP, Heart Of Mine, this past week...
Phase Fatale – “Operate Within”
It’s been a busy month for Phase Fatale. He’s logged a hard hitting mix for Resident Advisor’s Podcast...
Scintii – “Papier” (Akito Remix)
Eternal Dragonz, a label and collective of producers that aim to link Asian artists based around the world,...
Feature | DJ Pierre
At a minute and 24 seconds into “Teachers”, Daft Punk namecheck DJ Pierre (the pronunciation of Pierre sounding...
Zora Jones & Sinjin Hawke – “No Shame”
Last month, Fractal Fantasy label heads Zora Jones and Sinjin Hawke released a new compilation, Visceral Minds 2,...
INTERVIEW | Jack Inslee
In the summer of 2015, Tittsworth & Friends brought a dream double bill to U Hall: MikeQ and...
Roska X Jus Now – “Eediat Ting”
DC’s L.E.N.G. soundsystem comes through with a prime summertime party: London’s UK Funky badman Roska. Roska first landed...
Feature | TT The Artist – “Dig” (Thunderbird Juicebox & Mighty Mark Remix) Music Video
Unstopable Bmore club emcee TT The Artist has just released a video for the supercharged Thunderbird Juicebox and...
Shy Luv – “Time” (Peggy Gou Remix)
With a busy DJ scehdule (including stops at HYTE, Hï Ibiza, and Dekmantel this summer) and head turning...
FEATURE | BLOOD FRENZY
In 2017, starting a record label is easy. With a few keystrokes you can have a presence on...
Gunnar Haslam – “Scale No Flam” (Servito And Cudmore Bass Shift Mix)
On Resident Advisor’s yearly top DJ poll, Mike Servito jumped from #90 in 2015 to #75 in 2016....
Mr. Mitch – “VPN” (feat. Palmistry)
On a wonderful, muted cut from his latest album, Devout, Mr. Mitch links with Mixpak artist Palmistry on...
Slowdive – “Sugar For The Pill” (Avalon Emerson’s Gilded Escalation)
This Friday, the pivotal 90s shoegaze band Slowdive will return with a self-titled new album, their first in...
INTERVIEW | MATRIXXMAN
Since 2013, the ROAM team has raised the bar for DC’s underground event circuit by bringing solid international...
Nan Kolé – “Malumz” (Citizen Boy Remix)
Blisspop covered Citizen Boy‘s “Indaba Ka Bani Besibenuza” last summer and our writing team has been discussing gqom...
INTERVIEW | THE GASLAMP KILLER
You would be hard pressed to name a more ferocious DJ than The Gaslamp Killer. His wild gestures,...
Mall Grab – “B.F.O.D.A.A.S.”
At the end of 2016, I selected Unknown To The Unknown as my pick for label of the year...