The Couch Sessions
House/Electronic

Album Preview: Bara Bröst – Elephancycle

Cool as ice and red hot! In anticipation of their forthcoming BBE Records album release “Elephancycle,” Berlin producers Benjamin Quint and Markus Schwarzbauer have teamed up as “Bara Bröst” (which oddly enough means “just breasts” and the interesting meaning of which is fully explained on their MySpace bio) and have released two sneak preview tracks [...]

August 26, 2010

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New Music: Crystal Fighters Take On the Summer

Crystal Fighters – In The Summer [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Crystal Fighters is a relatively new group emerging more and more in the UK dance/electro music scene. Gaining steam last year from a couple singles, their lined up to play at a lot of summer festivals across the pond. But that doesn’t [...]

June 21, 2010

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Skeeter

DJ Skeet Skeet. Young Bol in charge. Very ill profile of him in the following video, someone in D.C. needs to do something like this. Skeet! ABCLA:”DJ Skeet Skeet” from Kevin Boston on Vimeo.

November 19, 2009

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In Case You Missed It: Daft Punk – “Something About Us”

Daft Punk – Something About Us Daft Punk – Something About Us Uploaded by Terminator2006. – See the latest featured music videos. Like most electronica heads I am a big fan of Daft Punk. The French duo is known for their tight electronic beats few vocals, dope videos and incredible yet mysterious live performances.  There [...]

November 17, 2009

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New Music: Azari & III – Hungry for The Power

I have to thank DJ Smudge for posting this video on DJ Harry Hotter’s Facebook page. Because it came up in my news feed and I got to see it. Azari & III are a from Toronto, Ontario, and consist of Dinamo Azari and Alixander III. They just released a video for their single “Hungry [...]

October 22, 2009

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New Video: Major Lazer “Keep It Going Louder”

“Keep It Going Louder” is definitely one of my favorite tracks off of Major Lazer‘s Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do. The track, which features Ricky Blaze and Nina Sky, is a feel good club song and the video matches it. But rather than keeping to the same old “Oh look…we’re in a club” kind of [...]

October 7, 2009

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Up next from DC’s vibrant dance music scene, DMERIT

If you have lived under a rock for the past year, 2009 has taught the musical universe one key lesson. DC is up next. From the sounds of Wale, to the up and comers like Phil Ade and Don Juan, the Capital City is making giant moves. As well, in the dance music scene, the [...]

August 26, 2009

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HANDS UP!

Kid Sisters album, UltraViolet is dropping soon and the first single, Right Hand Hi is here for your listening pleasure. Right Hand Hi is produced by Sebastian Ingrosso & Steve Angello of the Swedish House Mafia and you can just see/hear a random European Music Festival just screaming out of this song. Definitely has dance [...]

July 20, 2009

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BLISSPOP DC Dance Party Summer Extravaganza Review

The fact that Washington, DC now boasts a seven day a week underground party scene is fairly amazing, all things considered. For the numerous taunts and teases the city receives, from being a city of transient non neighbors, to that of being so polarized along racial and socio-economic lines that unity of any sort, on [...]

July 5, 2009

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Interview: DJ Will Eastman

If you didn’t know, Will Eastman is one the DMV’s most prolific DJs. The name is in your consciousness, because Eastman has been on his grind in the city for a hot minute, opening for such acts as Moby and MSTRKRFT. This FRIDAY marks the annual Blisspop EXTRAGAGANZA this FRIDAY with Tittsworth, Nadastrom, Dmerit, and [...]

July 2, 2009

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Video: Major Lazer – Hold The Line

If you didn’t know by know, Major Lazer is the latest collaboration between “Paper Planes” producers Diplo and Switch. The concept revolves around “a renegade commando with a lazer arm and a rocket-powered skateboard who fights the spoils of Vampires, Zombies, Pimps, Mummies and other unsavory forces of evil.” Yes, even if you might have [...]

June 3, 2009

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New Music: Christian Rich

Christian Rich – Famous Girl from CHRISTIAN RICH on Vimeo. Props to Sonya at The Glass House DC for this one. Rarely have I’ve ever come across a video as enthralling as the one for Christian Rich’s Famous Girl. In an era where videos feature the same tired cliches of girls and bling (word to [...]

May 4, 2009

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