She’s co-hosted my RADIO SHOW, collabed on several tunes (coming soon), appeared as one of my FACEBOOK CREEPS OF THE WEEK, and partied her ass off with me, but I’m still surprised, flattered and honoured that a certain rising NYC POP star has picked DKGL to EXCLUSIVELY host her newest tune. Eeeee! MELODY JOY Pittsburgh’s [...]

Rewind to the 60′s, a time when the Beatles and the Beach Boy’s innocent anthems flooded the airways. A time when bands were still iconic based on the music they released, and fans lived or died by the genre that represented them. Fast forward to today, we still all know the lyrics to “Hey Jude” [...]

For this month’s instalment of Museum Mondays, Wax Museum decided to profile one of the DJ/Producers responsible for the surge in electronic influenced Top 40, David Guetta.   For a little history on Guetta, we can look back to 2002, when he released his first single that caught the attention of house heads world wide, the title [...]

The Influence of Dubstep in Top 40 Now, a few year after the dubstep craze has come and almost gone, we’re going to assume you know what we’re talking about. When we first heard it we thought; no way is this going to make it into the mainstream – it’s too dark, too aggressive and [...]

It’s been a looong minute since we had some additions to the QUICK MIX VAULT. Nothing in this category should ever be describable as “long”, so let’s make things better. FERAL IS KINKY – MY SELECTOR (BILLY DANIEL BUNTER & SANXION REMIX) I’m nuts about FUTURE JUNGLE and I defy you to find a fiya [...]

This month’s topic is the introduction of Top 40 artists sampling house songs and rapping over them. While ViVi was certain the 2008 Mims remix of Enur’s ‘Calabria’ had spurred this phenomenon, of course, Pitbull was the first, and true pioneer of this style. Well wait, before we rip on Pitbull, let’s look at a [...]

Amidst the media stir around electro-pop idol Ke$ha’s ‘Die Young,’ Wax Museum still chose to look at the influence of electronica on the track – and not it’s perceived influence on the shooting in Newton. Perhaps this article should actually be about Dr.Luke, the producer of this and many other Top 40 electro infused tracks. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

ZOMBIE POP? Sounds like fun. STEPHANIE MABEY She may be a Pop artist, but she’s 100% Indie. Denver’s STEPHANIE MABEY has contributed to the Z JAM canon with THE ZOMBIE SONG (appropriately titled, no?). It’s very cute, qwerky, packed with great puns, and will get stuck in your head for days. It even comes with [...]