Calvin Harris wins "Favorite Artist" for EDM at the AMAs

The American Music Awards concluded yesterday and Calvin Harris beat out Zedd and Avicii to win the "Favorite Artist - Electronic Dance Music (EDM)" category. When you look at the results page, you'll notice that the EDM category rests at the second to last result, right after the "Favorite Artist" for contemporary inspirational. 

Even though it looks like electronic dance music has hit the mainstream, it still has a long way to go before it becomes one of the more important categories at these big award shows. 

Hottest tracks of the week (Nov 17th - 23rd)

Here's this week's selection of the hottest tracks hand-picked by the biggest radio shows and charts in the land. I know that it's hard to keep up with so many EDM shows on a weekly basis so let this list help you out and keep you up to date on the hottest tracks in the land, enjoy: 

#1 on the Beatport top 100

#3 on Hypem:

Roger Sanchez Release Yourself “Hot Release”:

DRUM & BASS

Friction's "Friction Fire":

Friction's "Remix of the week":

BIG ROOM

W&W's Mainstage Podcast "Smash Of The Week":

Max Vangeli's Code Radio “Tried and Tested”:

TRANCE

A State of Trance  "Tune Of The Week": 

A State of Trance  "Future Favourite": 

Giuseppe Ottaviani's Go On Air "Highlight": 

Cosmic Gate's Wake Your Mind Radio "Big Bang": 

M.I.K.E. Push's Club Elite Sessions"Track Of The Week":

HARDSTYLE

Kutski's Keeping The Rave Alive "Hardest Record In The World":




The Yousaf sisters (Krewella) claim that Kris Trindl was "Pretending to DJ"

As reported by Dancing Astronaut: 

"Richard Busch, attorney for the Yousaf sisters, has called the lawsuit baseless and believes that the information they have filed with indemnify the sister’s of any wrongdoing.  The countclaim states that during performances Trindl would just generally stand to the side of Jahan and Yasmine while “pretending to DJ” alleging that he was on stage “purely for the sake of image.” The papers also claim that Trindl did very little production on many of the Krewella tracks and that his alcoholism lead the group to hire outside producers to help Kris finish the album."

For the full story, click here to read the original article over at The Hollywood Reporter

Get weird with Skrillex's latest official video

Skrillex released an official video for "Fuck That" from his latest album Recess that will surely confuse a lot of people (including myself). The video begins with a prisoner montage sequence of harsh boxing training, and then a happy reunion with his girl once he's released. From there it just gets weird. If you don't believe me, go check it out for yourself: