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Group Therapy
Three’s company as Above & Beyond launches a new Wynn Resorts residency
May 15th, 2013
Paavo Siljamäki. Jono Grant. Tony McGuinness. The English trio of producers collectively known as Above & Beyond has some of the most dedicated—and enthusiastic—fans in all of electronic dance music. Read more »
DJ Profile
Avicii Aiming for the Next Le7el
DJ is full steam ahead for summer
April 9th, 2013
The past year has been monumental for electronic dance music, and that’s thanks in no small part to Tim Bergling, who is better known as Avicii. His breakout hit “Le7els” helped mainstream the genre, and his latest banger “I Could Be The One” with Nicky Romero has reached No. 1 on the U.K. charts. Read more »
Night-lites
Las Vegas Clubs Own the Nightclub & Bar Top 100
February 28th, 2013
Las Vegas likes it on top … of the Nightclub & Bar Top 100 list. The annual rankings of the highest-grossing venues in the country were just released, with seven of the top 10 moneymakers hailing from our fair city: XS and Marquee tied at No. 1, each reporting a 2012 revenue of $80 million to 90 million! Read more »
Gossip
Gronk Does Exactly What You’d Expect Gronk to do
February 7th, 2013
You know how people always talk about sports as a way to give “troubled kids” something to do so they don’t wind up on the streets? The kind of thing where there’s a hope these kids will outgrow their rambunctious ways and become productive members of society? Read more »
DJ-Pocalypse Now
The Mayans were predicting the end of the world -- maybe they meant in the clubs, where Deadmau5 is poised to move to Hakkasan for big money
December 21st, 2012
There has been a fair bit of speculation about DJ migrations next year as Hakkasan at the MGM and Light at Mandaly Bay come online. The official announcement was set for the Grammy Awards, where two of Hakkasan's new residents are in talks to perform -- but where's the fun in waiting until February? Read more »
2012 Nightclub Awards
Best Resident DJ Roster: XS
December 20th, 2012
If there was one kid who holds all the music marbles, it’s XS. Although many of the top talents on the Wynn residency roster are shared between the property’s nightlife venues, XS seems to get the lion’s share of the top pop EDM DJ/producers. Read more »
DJ Profile
Crazy Cazzette
An off-beat convo with the oh-so-candid duo
December 6th, 2012
Alexander Björklund and Sebastian Furrer have some serious expectations to live up to. As Cazzette, they are the second act to be managed by Ash Pournouri (the other being Avicii), and the first single off their debut album, Eject, has already garnered some serious buzz. Vegas Seven caught up with the down-to-earth duo in advance of their Dec. 10 show at XS to chat about everything from Alex’s special mushroom sauce to hooking up with Pournouri. Read more »
DJ Profile
America Is Finally All Gone
Pete Tong brings his infamous experience stateside
November 15th, 2012
When Pete Tong talks, you listen. The same goes for when the U.K.’s electronic music legend hosts his BBC Radio 1 show and—most importantly—plays music you’ve never heard in a club. He’s long been the go-to guy for breaking records, but Tong is also a master of amassing the best of the best from established underground artists while championing unknown talent. Read more »
DJ Profile
Wild Youth
Steve Angello gets tech-y with it
October 18th, 2012
“Do whatever you want, whatever makes you happy.” That was the advice given to 12-year-old Steven Angello Josefsson Fragogiannis by his mother when he proclaimed he wanted to become a DJ. It certainly seems to have worked out well. Better known to millions of electronic dance music fans as Steve Angello, the Greek-born, Stockholm-bred superstar DJ/producer opens up about changing his sound and the SHM breakup Read more »
DJ Profile
The Other Bananarama
Living the Dada Life is all about partying with appeal
October 11th, 2012
Get your banana costumes ready. And maybe invest in a “Rolling Stones T-shirt.” Or, if you really want to do it up right, wear a Rolling Stones T-shirt over a banana costume. “But for what … and why?” you might ask. Because it would make Olle Cornéer (far right) and Stefan Engblom, a.k.a. Dada Life, absolutely ecstatic. Read more »
