Calvin Harris

EDM mega-club Hakkasan tries to up the game in Vegas

2013-04-26 00:00:00

In Las Vegas, bigger is always better. That's why this week's opening of MGM Grand's new mega-club Hakkasan has all of Sin City and those who love it watching. There is no Vegas night-life venue quite as large as this five-story, 80,000-square-foot...

Coachella 2013: John Legend dips into dance

2013-04-14 12:03:00

No other genre has benefited more from EDM’s current notch on the cultural landscape than urban pop. The global, four-on-the-floor Europop that dance DJs used to become superstars first circled the genre, then sunk its claws in deep thanks to...

Redefining the 'real' Miami night life experience

2013-03-24 00:00:00

MIAMI —A cool ocean breeze cut the day's humidity. Dresses up to there in hot pink sequins and acid yellows colored the sidewalks. It was around midnight on a Thursday in Miami's South Beach neighborhood, and the evening was just getting started....

Parsing Coachella 2013: Lineup highlights by genre

2013-01-25 09:33:00

How would you book a festival that, regardless of your decisions, was sure to sell out? Would you give the people what they want, or give them what they need?� Always the diplomats, those who slotted the 2013 Coachella Music and Arts Festival lineup,...

Review: Ellie Goulding starry-eyed at the Palladium

2013-02-13 12:46:00

Ellie Goulding described herself as “just a country girl” at her sold-out Hollywood Palladium show Tuesday night. That’s a curious self-image for a 26-year-old English electro-pop vixen with a one-quarter shaved head and a quiver of...

Grammy Awards 2013: Races to watch

2013-02-10 06:00:00

Last year's Grammy Awards were somewhat anticlimactic — everyone expected Adele to win everything, and she did. This year's field is wide open, though, with diverse major contenders and no consensus front-runner in top categories. PHOTOS:�Top...

Grammys 2013: Live blogging all the pre-show winners

2013-02-10 16:13:00

It's brunch at the Grammys! Live updates from the pre-telecast. 4:10 p.m.: Final update from the pre-show: The 70th award this afternoon went to the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach for producer of the year. “Wow,” said Auerbach, who moments...

Al Walser calls his Grammy nomination a win for independents

2013-02-08 07:56:00

Dressed in a black leather punk jacket, Al Walser leans conspiratorially across a glass table in a Mid-Wilshire office suite. It's stacked with paperwork, golf clubs and a placard deeming the space an Honorary Consulate of the Principality of...

Grammy snubs and surprises include a shutout of Justin Bieber

2012-12-06 07:00:00

Don't "Believe" in Bieber Justin Bieber laughed off his bout of indigestion at a recent concert, but his Grammy lockout might be an even tougher swallow. He's one of the biggest stars in pop, and his new album "Believe" was universally acclaimed for its...

Live review: Bloc Party at the Palladium

2012-12-08 14:44:00

If you want to make any late-millennial urban party-person get all fuzzy and nostalgic, play Bloc Party’s single “Banquet.” Your subject will likely unwind a tale from a decadent, mid-2000s night out accompanied by the London post-punk...

2013 Grammy Award nominees

2012-12-06 17:03:00

Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...

Music for the Masses

2012-09-04 17:03:00

The inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last September marked the launch of the new iHeartRadio digital music service in sensational style and to incredible effect. Featuring A-list performers from Lady Gaga and Jay-Z to Coldplay and...

Long before electronic dance music drew hundreds of thousands of neon-painted hipsters to events like the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and producer-DJs from Calvin Harris to Afrojack were improving hit singles by mainstream pop stars, there was Oakenfold.

2012-12-27 13:11:00

Pop solo performance -- "Where Have You Been" Rap/sung collaboration -- "Talk That Talk" featuring Jay-Z Short form music video -- "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris WINNER

2012-12-05 18:56:57

DJ Calvin Harris got to spin from within some kind of giant metal flame thingie, and then got a best electronic dance music video award for "Feel So Close" and shared video of the year with Rihanna for "We Found Love."

2012-09-06 19:28:00