Gather round, producers, DJs, songwriters and live performers of our most esteemed Metrojolt readership!  If you’re in the Bay Area on the afternoon of November 17th, I’ve got an event you need to hear about.  Ableton certified Trainer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist Timo Preece will be teaming up with San Francisco’s favorite DJ, Liam Shy, to present an official Ableton sponsored [...]

It may be 2012, but there’s still hope for the world as we know it. The organizers of Sonar Festival heard the end may be near – so they decided to take their phenomenally curated lineup on the road for the world outside of Barcelona to see. Bringing together some of the finest in international talent – you’re going to [...]

This summer, I had the pleasure of attending The Smoker’s Club on August 1st at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. Once again the Smokers Club lived up to the hype both in drawing a huge number of smokers and putting together a line up of hip hop heavy hitters. Promoting some of the biggest names associated with stoner rap [...]

Identity in Mountain View was a great way to end my summer with Noisia, Bingo Players, Doctor P, Showtek, Paul Van Dyk, and Excision standing out in the lineup.  The main stage wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be since most ravers kept their wits, but the chairs still proved to be an issue.  Rather, if you [...]

Last weekend was Outside Lands 2012, and it was a doozy. By Sunday morning we were relating to our friends what an odd day-to-day lifestyle festivals put you in. Wake up, eat some breakfast, ride public transport to a park, sidle your way in, consume overpriced food, scurry around from stage to stage for eight hours, then stream out with [...]