Mad Decent Block Party 2013 Lineups : Massive Lineup

Mad Decent recently announced when and where it was going to be throwing it’s not legendary Block Parties this summer spanning all over the U.S. and Canada. Well now we get the full lineup.. and whoa. Now I don’t think all of these acts could be going to every date, but who knows. Until more info, here is the full lineup and dates again.

3Ball MTY, A Tribe Called Red, Baauer, Big Gigantic, Clockwork, Danny Brown, Destructo, Dillon Francis, Diplo, Dirty South Joe, DJ Dus, DJ Sega, DJ Sliink, ETC! ETC!, Flosstradamus, Grandtheft, Griz, HeRobust, Jack U, Jahan Lennon, Keys N Krates, Kito & Reija Lee, Lunice, Major Lazer, Matt & Kim, Nadastrom, Paul Devro, RiFF RAFF, RL Grime, Rockie Fresh, Samo Sound Boy, Sasha Go Hard, SBTRKT (DJ Set), Skream, Smalltown DJs, Swizzymack, The Partysquad, Thugli, Torro Torro, Zeds Dead

7/19 Calgary, AB – Venue TBA – 18+
7/20 Las Vegas, NV – Encore Beach Club – 3121 Las Vegas Blvd. S – 21+
7/26 Toronto, ON – Fort York – 100 Garrison Rd. – 16+
7/27 Philadelphia, PA – The Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing – Columbus Boulevard bet. Market & Walnut St. – All Ages
8/2 Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion – 10475 Little Patuxent Pkwy.
- All Ages
8/3 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Outdoors – 200 W. Broward Blvd. – All Ages
8/9 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park – 695 North Avenue NE – All Ages
8/10 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Park – 110 Kent Ave. – All Ages
8/31 Dallas, TX – Club Zouk Outdoors – 703 McKinney Ave. – 18+
9/6 Detroit, MI – Elektricity Festival Grounds – 10 S. Saginaw St. – All Ages
9/7 New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Music Amphitheater – 11860 FM 306 -
All Ages
9/14 Los Angeles, CA – Venue TBA – 18+
9/15 San Diego, CA – Petco Park Lot – 100 Park Blvd. – 18+

GRiZ – Too Young For Tragedy (Dj Green Lantern Remix) : Massive Trap / Hip-Hop Remix [Free Download] [TSIS PREMIERE]

Last fall GRiZ let loose a beast of a dubstep anthem “Too Young for Tragedy” on his free album Mad Liberation. Legendary hip-hop DJ and producer Dj Green Lantern (Nas , Eminem, Etc.) took the liberty of a doing an official remix of the song and giving it a proper trap / hip-hop treatment. For the beginning section the remix doesn’t stray to far from the original minus some additional drums and some additional vocals.. until the massive drop at around 2:15 spinning the song in a completely different light.  It hits you in the face chopping the track up left and right never letting you catch your breathe till the middle section, then you get hit again. The track was debuted in Dj Green Lantern’s POTATO DJ Mix, and now he has been enough to let us pass out the free download of the anthem. Turn up the bass for this one, Enjoy!

GRiZ – Too Young For Tragedy (Dj Green Lantern Remix) | Direct Download

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DJ Green Lantern – POTATO Mix : Massive Trap / Hip-Hop Mix with Unreleased Remixes from GRiZ, Brillz, and More [TSIS PREMIERE]

Hip Hop DJ Icon Dj Green Lantern, popular for being the DJ for Nas, Eminem or 50 Cent to name a few, has been breaking into the electronic side of things through a series of a massive mixes featuering hip-hop and bangin electronic trap such as his Altitude Mix and Diplo & Friends Mix. Due to his large list of connetions and collaboration in the works, his mixes tend to be chalked full of unreleased tracks. Today we have his special POTATO Mix, which is just as epic as the previous ones. This mix starts off with a massive official unreleased remix from DJ Green Lantern of “Too Young For Tragedy” by GRiZ, turning the melodic dubstep heater into a trap banger. There is also DJ Green Lantern’s new original “Splitting Atoms” on top of DJ Green Lantern Edits of “Crowd Control” by Flosstradamus x DJ Sliink. He also tossed in edits of “Atom” “Midass” “Birdcage Chain” and Brillz‘ “Smash It Up”. It

DJ Green Lantern – POTATO Mix

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GRiZ – Gettin’ Live : Must Hear Electro Soul / Future Funk [Free Download]

Detroit transplanted to Colorado electronic muscian GRiZ has been teasing with his Grizmatik project and a collaboration with Big Gigantic, yet has kept his solo productions under wrap since his highly successful free album Mad Liberation released last fall.  “Gettin’ Live” is the first single from his newest currently unnamed record. Right from the beginning the song packs a unique twist of bass and soul unlike anyone else. The song features some Django Unlimited samples as well as some guitar and sax work from GRiZ himself, and also features a guitar solo from Muzzy the guitarist on his last record. As if ‘Gettin Live’  didn’t have enough energy, around the 2:30 mark, he let’s loose one of the dirtiest  sections he has ever created. GRiZ has drastically improved as a producer, and has most definitely not lost that funky flavor we love. He has been nice enough to give this song out completely for free. Look out for more about his upcoming record slated to release sometime before summer. Enjoy!

GRiZ – Gettin’ Live | Direct Download

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You can catch GRiZ play live this summer on his festival run hitting Electric Forest, Lollapalooza, Movement, Governor’s Ball, Summer Camp, Wakarusa, Global Dance Festival, Lightning In A Bottle, The Bounce Festival, and The Forecastle Festival

Electric Forest 2013 Lineup Phase 2 Including Grizmatik with Special Guests, Above & Beyond, Morgan Page, Eskmo and more!

One of our favorite festival Electric Forest taking place in the actual forest at in Rothbury, Michigan has now unveiled phase 2 of it’s amazingly diverse lineup. It will be taking place over the weekend of June 27th – 30th.

The addtions to the already incredible lineup include Grizmatik with Special Guests, Above & Beyond, Morgan Page, The Polish Ambassador, Eskmo, Eliot Lipp, Cyril Hahn, A Tribe Called Red, No Regular Play, Lance Herbstrong, Nigel Hall, Brooklyn’s Own, Quixotic, Russ liquid, Orchard Lounge, LYNX, The Main Squeeze, The Floozies, Mutrix, We Got Plenty, DVBBS, Beard -o- Bees, DOPAPOD, Thriftworks, and Nth Power.

We are extra excited for the Grizmatik with Special Guests set, because last year Griz and Gramatik had their first set togeher as Grizmatik at the secret Thissongissick Forest at at EF. Last year they brought out Dominic Lolli from Big Gigantic, to form Big Grizmatik, which was a very special show indeed. We can only hope that is who the “Special Guests” might be.

Can’t wait to see you all in the Forest for another unforgettable weekend.

Check out our thoughts on Electric Forest and how we think it’s one of the best festivals in the country.

APRES : An Ultra After Party In Miami Featuring Mimosa, GRiZ, Michal Menert, Break Science, Coyote Kisses, Grandtheft, and 20 More presented by Pretty Lights Music, TSIS, Headtron

Miami music week is in full force and our party we teamed up with Pretty Lights Music, Headtron, and Embrace Presents to throw APRES, a mini festival of artists that we have featured throughout the site. The event is happening Saturday March 23rd at Mekka Nightclub taking place over 4 different rooms for an epicly chaotic night. Last year we saw a special guest set from Pretty Light himself among others.

We have Mimosa, GRiZ, Michal Menert, Ana Sia, Coyote Kisses, Grandtheft, Keys N Krates, HeRobust, Supervision, Paul Basic, Gladkill, Nit Grit, Russ Liquid, Small Town DJs, Stephan Jacobs, Sugarpill, Thugli, Andrenaline and more.

Tickets are just about sold out for this event, so grab them if you don’t wanna miss this party to remember.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

MEKKA MIAMI DOWNTOWN CLUB

950 NE 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33132

Grizmatik – My People (Preview) : Must Hear Electro Soul / Future Funk

Whoaa… When GRiZ and Gramatik team up for their side project Grizmatik, incredible things happen. Today we get the preview of their latest massive single “My People”. We got the first taste with their Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom complete with music video, and this track might top it. They fuse funk, soul, and gritty bass unlike any artists I have heard. These two teaming up is an insane combination. you can hear both artists shine through heavily. Even though this is just a sample, you can tell it’s gonna be quite the anthem. Can’t wait for the release.

Also don’t miss their main stage performance at this year’s SnowBall Music Festival in Winter Park this weekend March 8th – 10th. Enjoy.

Grizmatik – My People | Preview

Kill Paris – To A New Earth EP : Electro-Soul / Future-Funk EP Feat. Remixes from GRiZ, Gramatik, K Theory, Candyland, Robert DeLong

The taleneted funk filled Corey Baker aka Kill Paris has been releasing free songs over the past year really carving a completely original sound. OWSLA, Skrillex’s record label signed the soulful producer and just unleashed his debut release, To A New Earth EP. It features 3 brand new original songs from KP “Slap Me”,”To A New Earth” and “Catch You”; as well as a sea of incredible remixes from fellow rising artists GRiZ, Gramatik, Candyland, K Theory and Robert DeLong. We already got to premiere the free download of the bass heavy GRiZ remix, and Gramatik was nice enough to keep up the free spirit and include a download of his remix as well. K Theory delivers 110 paced heavy hitting remixes of both “Slap Me” and “Catch You”. Dubstep duo Candyland destroys “Slap Me” as well leaving us with a track fit to destroy a rave. Robert DeLong drops off 2 change of pace indie house remix of “Catch You”. The entire EP is great all the way out, and this is a huge release for everyone involved, so don’t hesitate supporting it through Beatport or iTunes. Turn this up, enjoy!

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Kill Paris – Slap Me (Gramatik Remix) | Download

Kill Paris – Slap Me (GRiZ Remix) | Download

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COLORADO: Don’t forget that Kill Paris is going to be making his debut stop in Boulder, CO March 14th when he takes over The Fox Theatre. Grab tickets ahead as this show is sure to sell out. Grab tickets here.

[WORLD PREMIERE] Kill Paris – Slap Me (GRiZ Remix) : Must Hear Electro Soul / Future Funk / Bass Music [OWSLA] [Free Download]

Corey Baker, aka Kill Paris, has become a site favorite with his incredibly sexy, emotion-filled electronic originals and remixes that he has typically given out for free. Well his hard work has paid off as he will be joining the unstoppable and eclectic OWSLA – Skrillex’s record label, whih is already home to Porter Robinson, Kill the Noise and Dillon Francis to name a few. To A New Earth EP will be his debut EP release on OWSLA, featuring 3 original tracks “To A New Earth”, “Slap Me”, & “Catch You” alongside a variety of remixes from other TSIS favorite artists including GRiZ, Gramatik, K Theory, Candyland and Robert DeLong. The EP will be coming on February 26th on all retailers. Stay tuned for more details.

Today, we have the world premiere of the GRiZ remix to “Slap Me” from the EP. To make things better, we also have an exclusive free download of the track before it gets released on the To a New Earth EP, thanks to the OWSLA team . GRiZ took the soulful song and pumped it full of his unique, bass-heavy gritty flavor. He manages to add a certain level of brutal grittiness thanks to the piercing synths and powerful drums, while still delivering the soulful grooves. This captures the GRiZ sound that he is known for and is fit to be the next OWSLA anthem. Make sure to support these hard working artists and purchase this release when it comes out February 26th. Enjoy.

TSIS PREMIERE Kill Paris – Slap Me (GRiZ Remix) | Download

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GRIZ at The Ogden Theater 3/1/13 Presented by Thissongissick.com | Photos, Tickets, and Bonus The Who Remix

GRiZ is an artist we have loved supporting over the past year and half ever since premiering his “Where Is The Love” track. We have enjoyed watching him as an artist really explode. We got to be apart of bringing GRiZ to The Fox Theatre here in Boulder, and if didn’t go you may have heard about the historic show where he brought out his own production full of lights, lasers and more. We are happy to announce that we are helping out with his next legendary Colorado show, this time down in Denver.

On March 1st, GRiZ will be taking over  The Ogden Theater in Denver which is one of the coolest indoor venues in Colorado. He has told us that he is going to be unveiling his even newer bigger production that is sure to be even better then before (See pictures above / below). The supporting artists have not been announced yet, but I would imagine somehow dope. See below for details and music.

His last Colorado show in Boulder at The Fox Theater SOLD OUT in under 5 hours after going on sale. Although this venue is around 3 times the size of The Fox, tickets are already half sold out. They are also on sale now for $17 while they last. Don’t wait and get forced to buy tickets over face value. Trust us when we say this is going to be a night to remember, you don’t want to miss out. Also included is an exclusive remix from GRiZ of The Who – “Behind Blue Eyes”.

 Purchase Tickets Here: http://www.ogdentheater.net/eventdetail.php?id=39410

UPDATE: The show is completely SOLD-OUT! There will be 30 tickets left at the door day of show for $20. They will be on a first come first serve basis. Thanks everyone who grabbed a ticket in time! This is going to one to remember!

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Here is a sampling of some of the latest GRiZ tunes, including a bonus throwback exclusive remix to The Who – “Blue Eyes” that we featured on our SnowBall 2012 Mixtape last year, which is pretty cool because Griz will be one of the headliners at this year’s SnowBall Music Festival as Grizmatik (Griz + Gramatik).

GRiZ & Big Gigantic – Power

Grizmatik (GRiZ & Gramatik) – Digital Liberation is Mad Freedom

BONUS: The Who – Blue Eyes (GRiZ Remix) | Download

Big Gigantic – “Rowdytown 2012″ at Red Rocks Presented by Thissongissick.com Official Video Recap, Full Review & Photo Gallery (ft. Macklemore, Dillon Francis, GRiZ, Raw Russ) [REVIEW]

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I started the blog back in February 2010 and the site has never done a proper concert review to date. I have gone to countless concerts since creating the website, and they have played an instrumental part in discovering new music. This past summer TSIS had the pleasure of working with the Big Gigantic team on “Rowdytown” that took place at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater, which completely Sold Out.. and it even got voted Best Electronic event of 2012 in Colorado by Westword.. It was really amazing to be apart of such an amazing groups’ biggest moment to date. We have premiere of the official recap video and have done a full review of the event complete witha picture gallery (above and below). Leave a comment below if you made it out to the first ever Rowdytown, or what city you would like to see Rowdytown come visit next?!

Big Gigantic Official “Rowdytown” Recap Video

Rowdytown took place on September 29th 2012 at Red Rocks Amphitheater and was Big Gigantic’s first headlining Red Rocks show. Also on the lineup was seatlle hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, moombahton king Dillon Francis, rising new electro soul sax player GRiZ, and Boulder local turntablist Raw Russ. This was a lineup that we worked with the Big Gigantic team to help pick, and we felt it was incredibly diverse and offered a little something for everything, without ever getting boring. We wanted to create a show that got you out to Red Rocks early in the evening and let you enjoy it all night. We also worked with them to help prepare some of craziest production I have ever seen at Red Rocks. Projection mapping was done for the first time ever on the actual side of the Red Rocks (See above picture). This was a first in Red Rocks history, and it was EPIC. It wasn’t quite as bright as if you were in the first 20-30 rows, but if you were anywhere towards the top.. jaw dropping. The concert goer was completely immersed in a light filled “Rowdytown”.

The night started out with Raw Russ, boulder local and one half of the Elm & Oak team, and he got the night warmed up proper throwing down some fresh moombahton and trap to get everyone moving.

Then GRiZ (picture above), one of the most buzzed about electronic names in Colorado took stage, and despite his early time slot, he made it feel far later. He played an incredible set managing to get in almost every track off of Mad Liberation. Some other highlights included his “Welcome To Jamrock” bootleg as well as an unreleased RJD2 “Ghostwriter” remix that was amazing. He ended the monumental set in his career fittingly with “Better Than I’ve Ever Been”. That is until his cameo during the headliner Big Gigantic’s set later in the night.

Then moving on to the Hip-Hop of the evening we had Macklemore & Ryan Lewis put on and incredible live performance complete with live singers, trumpet players and all. They performed some of their iconic tracks off their, at the time, yet to be released debut album The Heist. They also played some past fan favorites like “And We Danced” and “Otherside”. Ben (Macklemore) was actually sick at the time, but didn’t let is show once on stage, really giving one of the best hip-hop performances I had seen all year. Macklemore even capped the show off for by giving TSIS a shout out at the end of his performance. Considering Macklemore was one of the reasons that the website actually included hip-hop, it left me with quite the smile.

Now on to the headlining act of the evening, Colorado’s new heroes, Big Gigantic. Dominic Lalli on Saxaphone and Jeremy Salken on Drums, all dressed in white took the audience on a roller coaster through just about every single genre. They dropped a variety of tracks off their recent Nocturnal album, as well as some huge crowd favorites off A Place Behind the Moon like “Sky High” “Limelight” and “Step Up”. They even broke out some of their crowd favortie remixes like “I Need A Dollar”. Towards the middle of their set Dominic brought out openening act GRiZ for a cameo to play one of his tracks “Mr. B (Featuring Dominic Lalli)”, and Dom and GRiZ’s new freshly released collaboration track “Power”. The crowd was engaged and raging from start to finish. You could see the pure joy and satisfaction on Dominic and Jeremy’s face and they played to their Sold-Out Red Rocks crowd. This was not your average set or show, it was truly one for the books. It was a night that everyone in attendance will remember for a long time to come. Big Gigantic left us knowing that this was just the beginning of something very Big and Gigantic.

We couldn’t have been happier to be involved with the Big Gigantic team and everyone involved in making this show possible. We can not wait to help bring Rowdytown to another city and see what happens. Please share your Rowdytown story below or if you could not make it tell use what city we should bring Rowdytown to next?

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Big Gigantic & GRiZ – Power : Massive Funky Electro / Dubstep Collaboration [Free Download]

I have been wanting this track ever since it got debuted at Electric Forest Music Festival last summer during Big Gigantic’s closing set. It is MASSIVE bass heavy collaboration between Colorado electronic powerhouse Big Gigantic and the freshest new electronic star GRiZ. This track, “Power” packs quite a lot of power in the form of vicious synths and raw basslines. The massive edge is balanced out with soulful groovy essence of both artists. These are the two artists who are playing at Aragon Ballroom on New Years Eve in Chicago for a very special party presented by Thissongissick.com… which just completely SOLD OUT!! So what a better way to welcome in the new year early with their massive collaboration.. Looks like 2013 is the year of Power? Turn this up, grab the free download, enjoy!

Big Gigantic & GRiZ – Power | Download

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Grizmatik – Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom #DLIMF : Must Hear Song from GRiZ + Gramatik [Free Download]

A few weeks back we premiered the video to “Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom“,  the massive collaboration between Grizmatik, GRiZ and Gramatik‘s new side project that has been crushing festivals and secret after parties since the debut at the Thissongissick Secret Set at Electric Forest last summer. Today we get the full high quality download of the massive collaboration.. and it is epic. The track that packs bass thumping energy with groove like never heard before. The video, also featured below showed them crushing  crowds all over, and now you can crush your speakers or headphones for your personal enjoyment. Turn this up, enjoy!

Grizmatik – Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom | Direct Download

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Grizmatik – Digital Liberation Is Mad Freedom (Music Video)

Grizmatik – Digital Liberation is Mad Freedom (#DLIMF) (Music Video) : New Collaboration from GRiZ + Gramatik [TSIS PREMIERE]

I am proud to present to you the debut single from the new collaboration side projecet Grizmatik, comprised of Gramatik and GRiZ. These are both two of the most soulful, funky, electronic muscians I know, so having them both work together is a dream come true. We had the honor of debuting their live project at the Thissongissick Secret Set at Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan this past summer, alongside Dominic Lolli of Big Gigantic. Then they had their second show at a North Coast Festival after party at House of Blues in Chicago, which was sold-out mayhem.

“Digital Liberation is Mad Freedom” or “#DLIMF” for short is their debut single taking pieces from both of their recent album, GRiZ’s – Mad Liberation, and Gramatik’s #Digtal Freedom. This song packs such an amazing funky punch unlike one I’ve ever heard right from the start, then moves into a drop that hits you and won’t let up. This video captures all of their live shows to date, including a ton of their sold-0ut show at the House of Blues in Chicago. Sit back, enjoy the  start of Grizmatik! Download coming soon, don’t worry guys!

Grizmatik - Digital Liberation is Mad Freedom

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Colorado Readers, remember that Gramatik is coming to The Filmore in Denver on November 17th along with Talib Kweli and Mux Mool.

Make sure to grab your tickets here!

Two Fresh – Du Du Doo (GRiZ Remix) : Must Hear Hear Electro-Soul / Glitch-Hop / Future-Funk Remix

Niiiiceee.. Remember the incredibly catchy “Du Du Doo” by Two Fresh? Well it just got an extra fresh remix from GRiZ. He is the talented young producer who recently released one of the best electronic albums of the year Mad Liberation, for free. He flips the smooth Two Fresh’s track into a funky bass heavy BANGER. Like most songs  from GRiZ, the track takes many turns as it progresses. Around 2 minutes it enters a high pitched moombahton-esque break that will get you moving. All in all a very solid remix, and free download. Turn this up, enjoy!

Two Fresh – Du Du Doo (GRiZ Remix) | Direct Download