A few blocks down the road at Vanguard, house stalwart DJ Sneak will be bringin jack music to the people all night long (or at least til 3 am). I might be gettin my house on here myself if my night calls for a funk injection. More info can be found here.

Lastly, British house maestro Funkagenda is doing a special Labor Day event over at Playhouse on Monday night. End the weekend on a strong note! Grab yo tickets here.

Done. Enjoy yourselves this weekend!

© 2010, Rob. All rights reserved.

Tiesto @ The Shrine, Los Angeles 2009

Some people, of course, couldn’t be happier. Many electronic music fans think Tiesto is the epitome of a horrible trance DJ who just spins various CDs and doesn’t do anything. I of course respectfully disagree. I have seen Tiesto in LA every time he’s played since 2007 and was planning on going to this show. I thought a Halloween Tiesto show would be awesome, especially since it was on the EDC flyers and was scheduled to be at the LA Convention Center which, to my knowledge, has never hosted a dance music event. A few weeks ago, however, there began circulating rumors of cancellation and the event disappeared from the Insomniac calendar. And now we know why.

But look, whether you love Tiesto or not, this could easily happen to your next favorite DJ or event. So therefore, let’s think about what this means (and it’s not a double rainbow). There are a few important issues that this cancellation brings up:

The Future of Dance Music Events in LA

Although the reason for cancellation has not been explicitly given, it seems to be centered around the EDC death of a 15 year old girl from a couple of months ago (now confirmed to be an ecstacy overdose by the coroner). An analogy can be made between this and revoking the liquor license of a bar that had a 19 year old die of alcohol poisoning at the bar. I don’t really find this analogy to be 100% true because this is a concert, not a bar, and you can’t expect the promoters to control every single person and every single event at the concert. However I do think steps could have been taken to prevent the death and I welcome the city of LA pushing Insomniac to find new ways to prevent such things from happening in the future.So yeah, a slap on the wrist of Insomniac couldn’t hurt. But I think that the bad publicity and investigation that has been launched are both pretty legitimate slaps on the ol’ wrist.

Also, here’s the thing – it seems to me, personally, that steps by Insomniac have already been taken. Insomniac has made all events 18+ and I have heard numerous accounts from various events that they have been checking and scanning IDs at the door (which they did not do before). Furthermore, I’m sure Insomniac has learned lessons from EDC and the next time they have 100,000 concertgoers come to the Coliseum, they will do things differently. But that doesn’t even matter in this case – the LA Convention Center event would have had 17,000 attendees and that’s a bit easier to control. Also, the Convention Center reps were apparently the ones who wanted the event there in the first place and would surely have taken precautions in terms of the safety and enjoyment of the fans.

So why is the city canceling a completely DIFFERENT event 4 months after something bad happened at EDC? We’re talking about a completely different type of event – just one DJ and one main room, less people, different venue, etc. Surely if Insomniac was allowed to have Audiotistic and if Monster Massive is still scheduled to go on, this could go on too? The only similarity, which the LA Times has certainly pointed out numerous times, as that Tiesto also plays electronic music which is now beginning to be invariably associated with overdosing and drugs… With the cancellation of this as well as the SF LovEvolution Parade I am beginning to be seriously worried about the state of EDM events.

The State of EDM Events

So right now we’ve got a few big events coming up but we’ve also got big cancellations and the Rave Task Force investigating matters at raves. What will their results be? No one can say for sure but one easily reachable conclusion is to stop all these events alltogether due to drug use. This would be a bad idea since the events would simply go back underground and become even less safe – Europe and the other continents are continuing the growth of EDM so it would be silly to think we can just stop it here in the LA area, especially considering the fact that Orange County and San Diego are blooming with all sorts of events right now.

I certainly hope that LA isn’t going to take the mindset of electronic music = drugs and we should cancel any and all events at any cost. That would be quite a scary thought.

Other suggestions from the Task Force could be to make events safer in some aspects, perhaps increase police presence, etc. which is all fine. But then there is a new problem that arises: the fans. That’s right, you heard me. I’m going to put partial blame on the fans. Having gone to numerous events in the past few years, I’m talking approximately one per month, ranging from clubs to massives, I can safely say that the fans have a large part to play in what’s going on. All sorts of safety measures can be put in place but if the fans continue to act irresponsibly, ultimately nothing can be done to stop bad things from happening. If it wasn’t for irresponsible drug and alcohol users, this probably wouldn’t be happening right now.

So to those people, and all EDM fans, I issue a call:

I am calling to everyone right now to TONE IT DOWN. I feel like Lil’ Jon at EDC. Chill the fuck out people! Enjoy the music. Enjoy the world class DJs that come to our city, play to huge crowds, then list the event as their favorite of the year. Enjoy the people that fly from all over the world to come to events in LA. Enjoy the massive productions and lights that are staged just for you. Don’t ruin it by going out of control, being selfish, and doing what YOU want to do at a particular moment rather than thinking of the greater good. That’s what dance music is all about – huge crowds of people coming together to enjoy music, feel the energy and the vibes, and take these songs and experiences to another level. It can be the best feeling in the world standing among thousands of people with your hands in the air enjoying a track by one of your favorite DJs. However, just a few people can blow it by getting out of control, trampling or pushing someone else, taking too many drugs, or endangering the safety of others. STOP RUINING IT FOR THE REST OF US.

As childish as this may sound… let’s be on our best behavior so we can have events like this and EDC again.

Tiesto’s Loaded

On a lighter note… Tiesto, according to the article, was supposed to make $250,000 from this event. In one night, 3 hours, you make 250 grand. That’s pretty baller if you don’t mind me saying. I’m sure there are artists that make more, but that’s still a TON of money. The guy has his own private jet and plays around the world to huge audiences everywhere and if he makes this much from just one gig a month, he’s pretty much good to go. (that’s 3 mil, if anyone’s doing the math). Dabble a bit on the side with some productions, albums, mix CDs, and smaller events and you’ve got yourself a nice little paycheck.

Some hate, some love. I say kudos Tiesto. Whether you’re the best EDM dj or not, you are good at making money.

© 2010, M Silin. All rights reserved.

After digging through the web for events to add to our monthly concert calendar (which is now up-to-date, by the way), I found that September is, unfortunately, a bit weak on the live music side of things. However, there is one diamond in the rough: German techno masters Modeselektor at the El Rey Theatre on Thursday, September 23rd. These guys are at the top of their game, and this show is not to be missed. Tickets just went on sale about 30 minutes ago and can be bought here. This one looks like a sell-out, so don’t procrastinate! A new album from the boys is not yet on the horizon, but they do have a forthcoming mixtape coming out in November entitled Modeselektion Vol. 1. Go ahead and mark your calendars.

© 2010, Rob. All rights reserved.

The Orange County Pacific Festival is a 2 day event taking place this weekend inside and outside Triangle Square and Sutra in Costa Mesa. Sunday is more of a ska/reggae deal with bands like the Aggrolites and Rebelution, but Saturday is all about the disco. Indie dance darlings The Sounds and Miami Horror are among the headlining groups, as are DJs like Dim Mak boss Steve Aoki, “Music Sounds Better With You” co-creator Alan Braxe, local favorites Classixx, and Brooklyn disco duo Runaway. Tickets are 40 bones and can be bought here. If you go, be sure not to miss Alan Braxe, Runaway or Lifelike.

The festival is actually just a part of the 5 day “Sutra 5” event, which starts tomorrow at the club of the same name in Costa Mesa and coincides with DJ DC’s attempt to break the world record for longest DJ set. Trance superstars Above & Beyond will be there tomorrow, tech house phenom Joris Voorn will play Thursday, and hip hop/electro crossover Mickey Avalon will take the stage on Friday. The OC be poppin.

Saturday’s FYF (Fuck Yeah Festival) boasts more of an eclectic array of talents, but, like the Pacific Festival, is geared mostly toward the indie dance/nu disco crowd. Live sets from dynamic dance acts The Rapture and !!! make this a festival worth checking out, as do performances from disco/chillwave act Delorean and acid rockers Wavves. It all goes down this Saturday at LA’s Historic State Park, the same venue at which HARD’s Summer Festival took place. Tickets are highly affordable -only 30 clams- and can be bought here. The hipsters will be out in force for this once.

Lastly, I hope you guys had as much fun as I did on Sunday’s Chemical Brothers show. Easily my favorite concert of the year. The LA Times did a nice little write-up about the performance, and, of course, I highly recommend you check out the Youtube videos of the show. Phenomenal stuff.

© 2010, Rob. All rights reserved.

Business Proposal

I’ll do this Tosh.0 style… 20 seconds on the clock:

1. I didn’t know Saturday Night Sessions owned a bank? (although to be fair, SNS bank is a real institution)
2. You did a search on our last name? So the man’s last name is Connection? First name Beat?
3. Hmm he had 9 million dollars even huh? Not a penny less? Not a penny more? I like round numbers They make me happy.
4. Oh if I’m interested you just need my full LEGAL name along with my address? Would you like my social security number too? I’d like this money as fast as possible!
5. Would you perhaps like me to set up a wire transfer of a small sum so that you can then set up the transfer of the large sum back to me? I wouldn’t mind that at all!
6. Oh no! It may be unlawful to read this and not delete it if I’m not the intended recipient. Luckily I am, in fact, Mr. Connection so we can just take of this right now. I hope it’s not my cousin, STD Connection. Haven’t seen her in a while. (Sarah-Thomas Dean)
7. I am actually surprised that this thing is fairly grammatical… whatever happened to the good old scam letters that were in broken Engrish?
8. I find it weird that the head of payments of your bank (Jackson Joseph) is e-mailing me just to discuss this small matter. No phone call? C’mon!

I’m going to reply with a fake name and address to see what happens next. Stay tuned for more developments in this fascinating investigation.

© 2010, M Silin. All rights reserved.

I’m all about the fresh and new, but sometimes you just gotta recognize the beauty of the old school, and this weekend, the city of LA takes a step back into the bast (and a little bit into the future as well).

You’ve heard me write at length about Orbital, one of the UK’s seminal electronica acts responsible for anthems like “Halcyon” and “Chime”. If you missed their fantastic show at Coachella, now’s your chance for a little bit of redemption. Phil Hartnoll (1/2 of the duo) will be playing a very special DJ set at Marbella in Hollywood on Saturday night. God knows what Phil has up his sleeve for the night, but expect a smattering of old school breaks, British electronica, acid jazz/house/techno, and maybe an original track or two. Get your tickets here and give your ears a nice change of audio scenery.

The performance of the year is finally upon us. The motherfucking Chemical Brothers at the motherfucking Hollywood Bowl. This is a show I’ve been looking forward to since I saw their live set at Nocturnal Wonderland waaaaay back in 2007. These dudes have been keepin it real since the 80′s, rockin a sound that is unparalleled in its ability to both move feet on the dancefloor and tug on the ol heartstrings. I even had the pleasure of running into them on my flight from London to Barcelona back in June. I swear, they’re some of the nicest, down to earth guys at that level of notoriety that you’ll ever meet. The Brothers’ live show is one of the most complete, dazzling, immersive EDM arena acts you’ll ever see. Bolstered by elaborate visual storytelling, not many concert experiences will compare to this one.

Remaining tickets are a little sparse, but you should still manage to find a few over on Barry’s Tickets. I beg you, please attend this show. I’m not exaggerating when I say it’ll be on the same level as Daft Punk’s Alive tour. There might be no robot costumes or shiny pyramids, but the heart, soul and earth-shattering beats will all be there in spades. Come see 20+ years of compelling, psychedelic, musical exploration come to life at one of the best venues on earth.

Oh yeah, the Avalon. Rounding out the old school vibe will be Donald Glaude tonight and Felix Da Housecat tomorrow. Saturday is the Avalon’s 6-year anniversary, but other than that, nothing really too special.

Lastly, I suggest you all head over to the Vanguard tonight to check out hip-hop/electro crossover act Flossstradamus. My buddy Rej “Funkthefresh” Dhingra will be holding things down on the patio. RSVP here!

Have a good weekend, Chemical Brothers and Sisters…

© 2010, Rob. All rights reserved.

Dusk Till Doorn @ Avalon

First I must preface my review by saying that I won the TranceFamily competition to have dinner with Sander before the show and then go in the VIP section during the whole thing. This may or may not bias my review. And what I just said may or may not be a complete lie. It will definitely bias my review.

We started out with a dinner at Beso, a restaurant owned by Eva Longoria who unfortunately was not there to greet me and serve me drinks. They should really work on that. The restaurant is very nice and about a block away from Avalon (might be a good place to catch DJs before they play at the club). The inside looked like a small train station – very high ceilings, and kind of an industrial/warehouse feel with just an open dining room with some VIP table areas in the back upstairs. The food was delicious and so were the drinks, however the drinks were $13 a pop so not the best place to pre-drink before you hit the club. I recommend going to Dillon’s across Vine instead – you can get 5$ beers and 5$ shots no problem. Sander was generous enough to buy us dinner and drinks and along with the other 3 competition winners we had a very interesting discussion.

Main topics included producing, the life of a DJ, and Sander’s career. I won’t go into details (although you can ask me in the comments if you wish to know anything in particular) but I will say that for a man who sleeps a few hours a night and who was about to play a 5 hour set for his album release party, Sander van Doorn was just about the nicest and most laid back person I could have expected. He was extremely friendly, joked around, and answered all of our questions politely. We could tell he was mentally preparing for the night and he took off early to finish preparations for his set, but all of us at the table were very grateful for the opportunity to meet and dine with him and we were not disappointed.

Sander with Trance Family Competition Winners

After dinner we headed to the club. We got to go through the comps entrance which had zero line (however the whole club in general didn’t really have a line. People don’t show up there until around 1 it seems. It did eventually get very packed inside.). We walked in to see a very interesting sight at Avalon. The main stage was covered by a curtain, and the opening DJ was set up on the balcony to the right of the main floor. I am really beginning to dig the residents at Avalon – the openers always play a nice mix of chill house that never gets too intense but also gets you feet moving. Hats off to those guys – being an opening DJ is often difficult because you have to show restraint and not go for the big dancefloor killers.

A little after midnight the curtain dropped and Sander came out, smiling from ear to ear (which he never really stopped doing the whole night), and an epic intro track began playing. I am not sure of the name of the track but if anyone can ID it, that would be awesome. By the way, now that I have started an labeatco youtube channel, I am going to buy a new camera that has better sound because the slight tingle of bass makes my current camera completely fudge the sound. Nonetheless, I think you will get the idea.

After the first track, Sander turned up the heat and never backed down. He played an excellent mix that started out with a couple hours of house music, then built up into more trancey sounds, and then during the last hour or so played a few classics. I was happy that Sander sprinkled the set with his tracks instead of playing them all at once a-la-tiesto-powermix. All the good ones were there – Renegade, Hymn 2.0, Bastillion, Daddy Rock, Bliksem, remix of Spaceman, etc. I made a couple of requests at the dinner table – Control Freak and Kind of My Castle and I’m happy to say both of those were played. Hearing Bliksem and King of My Castle live at a club through massive speakers were definitely the highlights of my night. Sander played a lot of tracks from his new compilation album titled Dusk Till Doorn (this was, after all, the release party). My favorites included Teenage Crime, Moment (by Stoneface & Terminal), and Ummet Ozcan’s Arcadia. Other tracks I really enjoyed hearing through those big speakers would have to be Markus Schulz’s Perception, Michael Woods – Tomorrow, and Tiesto & Diplo – C’mon.

The Crowd at Avalon, Hollywood

Overall, I certainly enjoyed Sander’s set. At times he tranced out for a bit and played some epic stuff and just when I would get bored, he would bring it back down to that hard, grimy techy sound that I am enjoying the most lately. At times he would be playing really hard intense stuff and just when it’s too much he would bring in an uplifting, melodic track to keep things cool.

The club production that night was exceptional. Compared to Dirty South and Markus Schulz who just had their names scrolling in the background, Sander had a lot of cool visuals as well as all kinds of lights and lasers. There was also a light fixture above the dancefloor hanging from the ceiling which had a whole bunch of lights, combined with fog blasts from both sides and confetti blasts from the stage. Top that with 4 go-go dancers and you’ve got yourself a Dusk Till Doorn night! The setup was simply epic and certainly made the whole night more enjoyable.

The only downside to the night was the same problem I have been having with EDM events lately – a lot of irresponsible behavior. People are more and more treating these events as changes to get inebriated in whatever way possible and dance wherever and however they want, rather than enjoy the music and respect the DJs. We are quite spoiled at Avalon to have a world-class DJ come through every night and some people seem unphased by who is up there which makes for a vibe that could be better. Some people knew some tracks but it seemed like a lot of people didn’t and this is no different from when Dirty South played 2 weeks ago or anyone else I’ve seen. I must again call out to the LA dance community and ask you to be more respectful, and make these events less about you and more about the music and togetherness. Feel the love and enjoy everyone else, instead of getting out of control and pushing into other people. I was lucky enough to go in the VIP section behind the stage for the most of the night, which allowed me to avoid all of the sweaty men on the dancefloor, but I feel bad for those who are there to catch a good show and not necessarily go nuts. I’m down to go nuts in the sense of enjoying the music, but that shouldn’t mean interfering with other people’s enjoyment.

And that is all I have to say about that.

A minor criticism for an awesome night. Thanks to Sander as well as his PR agent Sara Cooper and his manager Malik for hosting us at the dinner and the club. They were nothing short of courteous and very friendly. Nice to see people involved in the scene who truly love it. Hopefully we can do it again sometime!!!

If you want to see the tracklist and/or download the set, the friendly users of TranceAddict have made both available so check it out here. I’m finding myself posting more and more there and you should too!

© 2010, M Silin. All rights reserved.

Saturday – Dusk til Doorn @ Avalon

Dusk til Doorn @ Avalon 8/21

Well first and foremost I believe I have mentioned this enough times to make you sick but I am going to harp on it again for good reason (you’ll see why in a second). I am going to Dusk til Doorn with Sander van Doorn at the Avalon on Saturday. The set time is 12-5 and Sander will play 3 distinct sets – some house, some progressive, some trance. All tech baby. It’s gonna be sweet. It’s gonna be great. It’s gonna be unforgettable. (I should get paid to do this, shouldn’t I?)

Long story short I can’t wait because Sander is one of my favorite DJs and yet every time he seemed to play in LA I was unable to come. The only time it worked out was EDC and that was just a 90 minute taste. Now I get 5 hours. I am super stoked. Can’t wait to hear some of his tracks live such as my favorites – Bliksem, his remix of Take Me Away (a classic that he will hopefully play), Daddy Rock, etc. Hear another classic in the video below:

On top of that, I just found out that I won a contest and thus I will be having dinner with Sander before the show on Saturday! I will post the discussion from that night as well as some photos next week.

Saturday – The Love Festival

The Love Festival 2010 Los Angeles

For those of you who just can’t get their rave cravings satisfied, there’s another big event going down this weekend at the LA Sports Arena. It’s put on by GoVentures so you know it’s going to be house heavy. In fact, there is almost nothing else on the lineup save for the huge outlier that is JOC. But that doesn’t mean there is no variety – within the genre of house there is so much difference that the sub-genres are almost becoming genres of their own, if that makes any sense.

The “Freedom of the Future” stage has some interesting players – Inpetto with progressive house, John O’Callaghan with 140 BPM intense trance (wonder how that transition is going to work out), good ol’ Swedish Egil, as well as GoVentures staple Cedric Gervais with some great house remixes in the past couple of years, Tom Novy and Micha Moor.

The other stage is a bit more interesting – “Party for the People”. That one’s got DJ Reza and Junior Sanchez (no surprises there) but it’s also bringing out Steve Angello’s brother AN21. If he’s half as good as Angello is, you know he’s gonna bring the ruckus. Also on the bill are Bad Boy Bill and Richard Vission doing an 8 deck duo session. I seriously don’t understand how any DJ could operate on 4 decks at one time but if they actually need 8 for any part of the performance it’s bound to be off the hook. Yes that’s a huge assumption but I say go with it. Mashing up even 4 dance records at once is hard enough…

Last but not least on that line up is Bass Kleph, a newcomer from Australia. He just recently had a breakout hit – his remix of Joan Reyes – Shakedown was #1 on the Beatport charts for quite some time. I will be honest – I was contacted by his publicist to mention him (for free; this is not sponsored in any way) but I can also be honest when I say I checked out his music and give him a full thumbs up. This guy definitely has some potential. A lot of groovy, bumpy house tracks that are going to sound great at The Love Festival tomorrow night. Be sure to check him out when he opens the main stage at 6 PM. Check out his website and MySpace.

Friday – Control @ Avalon w/ Don Diablo & Hatiras

Control at Avalon seems to be getting only bigger and bigger. Their website could use some updates but the events themselves aren’t lacking publicity – they just had Wolfgang Gartner last week and from what I saw in the videos, the place was more packed than ever. Lots of electro, lots of new stuff coming out on Fridays and this Friday is no different.

First up they got Don Diablo who plays electro and indie ghettotech stuff. Not exactly sure what those genres encompass but definitely sounds like some hard, grimy stuff that’s going to keep the feet at Avalon moving all night. More exciting is Hatiras, whom Rob and I got to see at Hands Up LA last year. He was playing to a nearly empty room but still dropping some legitimate, solid beats. He was playing some progressive, melodic house but at Control I would expect him to go a little harder and bring down the house with some electro and discotech house music.

More?

More! More you say! I must have techno 24/7! Well I can’t satisfy all your desires but I can tell you that there are plenty of Ibiza sets floating around from this summer that are phenomenal. Any taste can be satisfied. A simple Google search will do.

Otherwise, consult the calendar, consult facebook events, and get yourself out on the dancefloor.

Oh and be sure to look for me in the VIP section at Avalon on stand-by in case Sander needs a track mixed in .

© 2010, M Silin. All rights reserved.

DJ Mag Top 100 2010 (source: djmag.com)

If anyone is following any DJ on twitter (I recommend our Twitter DJs List) you have already been bombarded with hundreds of “suggestions” to vote on the DJ Mag Top 100 poll. Oh yes, it’s back. It’s that time again. It’s the time to be bombarded with requests and suggestions, as well as absolute demands, to vote for the poll so DJs can be ranked and thus promoters can figure out who the clubbers want at the next event. It also suggests how much to pay an artist – #80 will probably get less money than #40 to play at a venue.

But is that really how it works? This year has again brought the poll to light not because of how awesome and fair it is, but because of problems with potential cheaters. The first time this was brought to light was 2007, when fairly popular artists DJ Dan and Christopher Lawrence were both kicked out of the poll for possibly submitting fake votes. All you really have to do in order to submit a vote is give them your e-mail and name. I myself have voted twice in one year, because I like to vote for 5 big names as well as 5 smaller guys who I want to be noticed. Apparently, certain agents and managers have taken advantage of this system by recruiting programmers to create bots with fake e-mails to submit hundreds, if not thousands, of fake votes. It all started with this video clearly done by a man who lacks some serious English skills:

This brought about some investigating, and I credit “R!CH” from the TranceAddict boards for finding the site which is in the video. Here you can see the original post by somebody looking for the fake votes. In the video, only two DJs are implicated – Above and Beyond and Andy Moor. But those 2 guys are from completely different labels and perhaps share management only. So I am willing to bet that there are other artists who do this as well. I find it weird that A&B needs to do this, seeing as how they are consistently top 10 anyway (unless there is a rule that #8 vs. #7 is a $1000 difference in gig money, which I doubt). But regardless, it is a bit disappointing to see this.

Some people have said that we should vote anyway, in order to give your favorite genre a bump (i.e. if you like electro, just vote for 5 electro guys and hope that this gives them a slight boost and more electro is played next year). But that doesn’t seem pragmatic if there are hundreds of fake votes being submitted by robots! So is the competition, then, just a robot-off to see who can buy the most votes? I certainly hope not, and I certainly hope that DJ Mag finds a way to stop these attacks quickly. If I personally do not see any evidence of such prevention, I see no reason to vote. I also have lots of reason to doubt the results of the poll, seeing as how many of the placings could easily be rigged. I always wondered, to be honest, why trance DJs climb so high while certain house DJs with mass followings don’t get the credit they often deserve. Deadmau5 and Guetta have made the climb but besides that, it’s a little lonely at the top. This year I’m expecting Swedish House Mafia to make a grand entrance somewhere up there and we’ll see what happens with the rest. It’s also quite possible that the house DJs may be cheating as well.

Long story short, this whole thing is a bit disappointing. I realize it is important to get gigs and all that but the reliance by promoters on the DJ Mag top 100 has clearly caused people to cheat and care about the poll a bit too much. If it is not representative of readers, it should not be used, but of course most clubgoers and promoters won’t know that there may be cheating involved and thus will rely on the list anyway. This is the same gripe I have with college rankings but the system sort of prepetuates itself… so for now I will stay out and hope better news comes later.

© 2010, M Silin. All rights reserved.

Tomorrow!

Starting this week off right with a little shameless self promotion. BrewCo Bass (formerly known as Brewco Electro and Twostep Tuesdays) is a weekly house/electro/techno night that takes place every Tuesday night at the Westwood Brewing Company at 1097 Glendon Avenue. FREE entry (21+, however), cheap drinks and some of the best up-and-coming local DJs the west side has to offer. One of the guys from LA nu-disco heroes Classixx even made an appearance last month, so this night aint nothin to fuck with. Along with resident DJ KillaQueen, myself and Josh Brooks (aka DJ PZB) will be throwing down sets from 11-1. It’s gonna be a great night, so stop by and say hi! Especially those of you who we haven’t met yet, it’s always a pleasure meeting our readers.

You can check out the event page here.

© 2010, Rob. All rights reserved.