Wakarusa 2012 recently announced their daily schedule, utilizing the JamBase platform. As May 31 to June 3 draws near, Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, AR is becoming more and more enticing by the day.

Thursday kicks off with the headliners ALO, Railroad Earth, Weir, Robinson and Green Acoustic Trio and Pretty Lights. Friday shakes it up with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and The Avett Brothers on the main stages, and Umphrey’s McGee and Primus are the Saturday night headliners.

There are some intense [...]

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SHITTY DUBSTEP SONGS. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.

It’s official – dubstep has taken over. I knew this day would come, although I somewhat wished it wouldn’t. I had an innate sense that once this day arrived, I would be hearing dubstep aside from any live setting, for example, on television commercials, on the radio, in the gay clubs and walking down the SMU boulevard during a tailgate. When I used to listen to dubstep (more realistically [...]

There’s a certain inherent criticism that comes along with changing any sort of Pretty Lights music. And, let’s be honest, it’s because something of near perfection shouldn’t be tampered with. Derek Smith is the elite of his genre and paved the way for many electronic artists, not to mention gave several the chance to produce on a major label. But while spinning one of Smith’s tracks into an original concoction is almost taboo, local hip-hop voice Jordan Johnson, more commonly [...]

Jay Fresh has recently been recognized as one of Dallas’ rising hip hop artists. The barley 20-year-old is gaining credit on a national scale for his smooth flows and collaboration with SuperVision, a local electronic producer recently signed to the Pretty Lights Music record label. As Jay Fresh pursues his own sound and musical inspiration, he once again turns to Colorado-based PLM.

Yesterday Jay Fresh premiered his video for “Amazing,” a sweet beats tune founded on a Pretty Lights [...]