I’ve been working on a remix all day. The last thing I wanna do, right now, is blow my ears out more with some loud, aggressive EDM. So tonight, I’m reviewing what’s been my go to MIXTAPE for chilling time. POOLSIDE Two good friends, from LA, who took the Indie scene by surprise, last year, [...]

The majority of the time, the merit of a  MIXTAPE is purely for our enjoyment, and we’d never expect anything more of one. Nevertheless, a Mix holds the potential to prove a point, or even make a political statement. The following mix is not only a fine example of this, it’s possibly the best one. [...]

Largely due to the unfortunate success of BAAUER’s HARLEM SHAKE as a viral meme, TRAP music is currently being abandoned by many of it’s supporters. The scene might be dead by this summer, BUT then again, a Canadian producer might end up being single-handedly responsible for revitalising Trap music’s tarnished image. IMANOS This Vancouver resident [...]

This MIXTAPE review is gonna be mighty different from what’s become the standard template, here on DKGL. Change is good, and a special mix deserves a special review. FOI OI OI & WHAT THE BLEEP It’s always interesting how like minded individuals manage to find eachother. FOI OI OI & WHAT THE BLEEP met in [...]

Another year has passed, and it’s almost time for North America’s most anticipated annual ZOMBIE event to go down once again, in Tha Dirty D! EVENT: HARDCORE 313 and KIKWEAR present DEAD WORLD 5: RISE OF THE DEAD DATE: Saturday, February 23, 2013 LOCATION: 6060 W. Fort St, Detroit, MI 48209 FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE Hundreds [...]

There’s a virtual pile of amazing MIXTAPES sitting in my downloads folder. Naturally, it was tough to pick which one to feature for the first monthly MIXTAPE MONDAY post. I decided to go with something different from the DKGL norm. The following mix is not only the first HIP HOP set to be featured in [...]

Happy new years everyone! It’s been a while but I’m back to bring you some exciting Hard Dance related articles. As with most of my past posts, I’ve been leaning on keeping everything on the Canadian tip (although not part of my mandate…just seems to be the way things are going). This time around, I [...]

I’ve received so much awesomely filthy ELECTRO, since the release of VOL 4. It was tough to narrow it all down. But what I’ve arrived at is the cream of the crop, for sure. I wonder if there’s something about the late months of the year that brings out some extra trashyness in HOUSE producers. [...]

We are now officially in the POST-APOCALYPSE. Could there be a more perfect time for the OFFICIAL RELAUNCH of DEAD KIDS GET LIVELY??? No doubt you’ve noticed that DKGL has an exciting new look. Well, the layout isn’t the only thing that’s brand new. Here’s what else is coming… A CASE OF THE MONDAYS Mondays [...]

Damn, it’s been a minute since my last proper MIXTAPE review. This one’s long overdue. BEATAUCUE The best thing that I can say about French duo, BEATAUCUE, is that they were the first group to break the NO FRENCHIES RULE that I had when I first started this blog. Sure, their climb to international fame [...]