• Pretty Lights Launches Spotify Playlist, Offers Download of ‘Only Yesterday’ [LISTEN]

    Derek Vincent Smith, the electro-soul pioneer best known as Pretty Lights, is back with a free download of his latest track, "Only Yesterday." Additionally, the Colorado-based producer has launched a new Spotify playlist series called "The Hot Sh*t," which features cuts from Bonobo, DJ Shadow, A$AP Rocky, Run The Jewels, Nina Simone, Atmosphere and Ryan Hemsworth among others.
  • Pretty Lights Drops Video for New Track ‘Only Yesterday,’ Announces Telluride Festival [WATCH]

    Pretty Lights, the nu-jazz electronica project of Derek Vincent Smith, is back with a video for his new track "Only Yesterday," marking the producer's first new music since 2013's Grammy-nominated album A Color Map Of The Sun. Additionally, the electro-soul pioneer announced that in addition to a few other upcoming tour dates he will be hosting a camping festival in Telluride, Colorado this August 26th and 27th.
  • Freaky Deaky 2015 Lineup: Armin van Buuren, 2 Chainz, Bassnectar Headline

    Summer isn't even over and promoters, music fans and party-goers are already gazing their eyes to the next big holiday for events - Halloween. Chicago's React Presents, which hosts Spring Awakening, Summer Set Music Festival and North Coast Music Festival, is hosting a three day festival, Freaky Deaky, which enters its 7th year. The largely electronic festival will be headlined by the likes of Armin van Buuren, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, 2 Chainz, Big Gigantic and others.
  • TBD Festival 2015 Lineup: Chromeo, Chance The Rapper, Madeon

    Fiercely proud of its roots in the Republic of California, TBD Festival has announced the complete lineup for the 2015 edition of the three-day event. The lineup includes a wide range of trendy electronic acts, rappers and different bands. Among those who will be headlining include Madeon, Chance The Rapper, Chromeo, Ratatat, Death Grips (though you never know with them) and Tears For Fears.
  • Camp Bisco Announces 2015 Location, Lineup:

    Just when we thought Camp Bisco was dead in the water, the much-maligned festival relocates and makes a huge announcement. After being chased out of Upstate New York due to considerable drug and safety concerns expressed by local and state officials, the three-day camping music celebration has relocated to Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The news of its move to where The Office is filmed was revealed yesterday when fans unlocked the clue in a cryptic crossword, later confirmed by the festival on its official Instagram page. In addition to announcing the dates and location, Bisco has also announced the first wave of artists who will be headed to Montage Mountain in July. Among those included are Bassnectar, Pretty Lights and festival mainstays The Disco Biscuits.
  • Electric Adventure Announces 2015 Lineup

    New Jersey's Electric Adventure has announced the 2015 lineup of DJs and artists who will be heading down to Atlantic City to perform this summer. The two day-festival, dubbed Bloom, will host names like Pretty Lights, Dillon Francis, G-Eazy, A-Trak, Ty Dolla $ign, Dannic, Kid Ink, Tritonal and many others. The surprisingly diverse bill will make for a very interesting crowd that may come for the trance, the hip-hop or the trap.
  • Shambhala Music Festival 2015 Lineup Announced

    British Columbia electronic music festival Shambhala has announced the first group of acts who will be heading up to Kootenay and it is a heavy one. Of the over 300 acts who are slated to join the four-day fest, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, Kygo and Claude VonStroke will look to headline.
  • Holy Ship! Announces Dates for 2016 Voyages

    Holy Ship! just wrapped up its second weekend equipped with an unannounced visit from Kaskade who returned the favor to Skrillex for a surprise back-to-back set on the ship. With the dust still settling, Gary Richards, Hard, The Bowery Presents and Cloud 9 Adventures have not wasted any time locking down the dates for the two 2016 voyages.
  • Euphoria Music & Camping Festival 2015 Lineup: Pretty Lights, Adventure Club, Ghostland Observatory & More

    We are sounding like a broken record, but more is better when it comes to options for festivals. Competition is a beautiful thing and if you weren't able to score tickets to Coachella or can't afford a pass to the mega $300 plus festivals, then the smaller, lesser known ones may be your best bet. Euphoria Music and Camping Festival just outside of Austin, Texas is one of those options and it has released the lineup for the 2015 edition. Some of the headlining acts who be taking over the festival this April include Pretty Lights, Ghostland Observatory, Adventure Club, Thievery Corporation and STS9.
  • Pretty Lights Releases 9 Songs Through a Fan [LISTEN]

    Artists are always looking for new ways to get their music out to their fans. Whether it is a surprise album drop or forcing their way into their phones, artists have always been looking to gain an edge. American electronic DJ/producer Derek Vincent Smith, known professionally as Pretty Lights, has done something new of his own in releasing unreleased demos from his back catalog through a fan he met on jamband cruise Jam Cruise in 2013. He has released nine new tracks for free through the fan Cassie Blochinger, whom he met by the zen pool on the boat. As noted by "This Song Is Sick," the pair came up with the idea to release the music on the boat after Smith gave her the tracks on the boat: "[The fans] should be the ones sharing his music. We're the ones that help expand the knowledge of Pretty Lights and show the world just how we do."
  • Colorado's Red Rocks Implements New Noise Rules to Counter Rise of EDM

    One of the United States's most iconic outdoor music venues, Red Rocks Amphitheater, in Morrison, Colorado is undergoing another set of rule changes to its regulations for noise levels that emanate from the concerts that take place there. Denver officials outlined new rules that will apply to various levels of sounds of sounds, notably bass levels and late night performance times that have been at the heart of Morrison resident's complaints.
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