Electric Daisy Carnival

The Best and Worst of EDC 2017

The Best and Worst of EDC 2017

At EDC, Misfit Street Performers Steal the Spotlight

At EDC, Misfit Street Performers Steal the Spotlight

The Best (and Worst) of EDC Vegas

By LA Weekly Music Writers
Jun 23, 2015

Electric Daisy Carnival is such a massive assault on the senses that, after the dust has settled (mostly in one's lungs), it can be hard to pick out the highlights and lowlights. We're still processing everything we heard and saw out there on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but here...
Tokimonsta Mixes Hip-Hop and EDM for the EDC Masses

By David Accomazzo
Jun 22, 2015

It’s a little past 11 o’clock on Friday and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is pulsing with sound, lights and bodies. Polyester jellyfish and gigantic LED mushrooms hover above the crowd; the smell of funnel cakes and body odor wafts through the 100-degree air on this first night of EDC...
The DJ Superstars of the ’90s Hit EDC Vegas, But It's Not About Nostalgia

By Liz Ohanesian
Jun 22, 2015

A few hours before Electric Daisy Carnival opens on Friday, Carl Cox sits near the pool at the Flamingo Hotel, ready to explain why he has remained so interested in electronic music after decades of DJing, producing and remixing. He pauses mid-sentence and motions towards the DJ booth in the...
Steve Lieberman: The Man Behind the Lights at EDC Vegas

By Andy Hermann
Jun 22, 2015

It’s Friday night at EDC Las Vegas, and at the Circuit Grounds stage, as is the custom at all of today’s EDM events, the crowd is facing the DJ booth. There, high above the tightly packed dance floor, a Russian DJ named Arty builds the music to a frenetic crescendo,...
10 Classic House Records for People Who Don't Know Crap About House Music

By Jonny Coleman
Jun 18, 2015

The origins and ownership of the term "house music" have been hotly debated since, well, always. House music is a lot things to a lot of people. It's disco's revenge. It's a feeling. It's controllable desire you can own. While house can still be a little elusive, it's like the...
10 Excellent Underground Acts to Catch at EDC Vegas

By Andy Hermann
Jun 17, 2015

With eight stages and over 200 scheduled performers, figuring out who to see and where to go at EDC Vegas can be a bewildering task. Sure, you want to be there with all the masses when Tiësto and Hardwell go on. But what to do before then? We're here to...
The 20 Most Beautiful People at Electric Daisy Carnival

By Phoenix New Times
Jun 24, 2014

Christopher Victorio You thought only homely people went to Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) this past weekend? Think again! This year, per usual, the bold and the beautiful made their way to Las Vegas for parties that lasted all night long. Here are the concertgoers, shot by Christopher Victorio, whom we...
Second Death Connected to EDC Reported

By Phoenix New Times
Jun 24, 2014

By Dennis Romero A second death connected to the weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas has been reported. Both the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun newspapers say 25-year-old Anthony Anaya of Everett, Washington, was an EDC festival-goer who was reported dead late Saturday at Vdara Las...