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  Electric Daisy Carnival 2013 Lineup: Major Lazer, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Baauer, and More

  May 2, 2013 – Avicii, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Armin van Buuren, Dog Blood (Skrillex and Boys Noize), and more will take the stage at this year's Las Vegas edition of Electric Daisy Carnival, happening from June 21 to 23 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Other performers on the bill include: Baauer, Empire of the Sun, Major Lazer, La Roux, AraabMuzik, Afrojack, Rusko, Knife Party, Carl Cox & Friends, Boys Noize, Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead,  …
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  Getting to the Bottom of Avicii and the 'GQ' Douchebag Debate

  April 2, 2013 – Last week, GQ magazine published a fascinating, not entirely flattering, but also weirdly sympathetic profile of Avicii. …
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  Avicii Unveils Bizarrely Twangy Mumford & Sons Reinvention During Ultra Set

  March 26, 2013 – Looks like Avicii is taking that Ralph Lauren Denim & Supply sponsorship seriously. In his main-stage set at Miami's Ultra Music Festival this past Friday night, the Swedish dance-music superstar got as ol'-timey as one of Ralph Lauren's 19th-century prospector-inspired photo shoots, right down to the banjo and kazoo. …
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  Grammys 2013: Who Should Win the Categories You Actually Care About

  February 8, 2013 – The 55th Annual Grammy Awards are almost upon us! Hey, we'd love to help you with your office pools and living-room side bets with some sure-thing, Vegas-ready odds. However, we always seem to be dead wrong about this stuff (we'll get you yet, Esperanza Spalding). …
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  Ultra Music Festival 2013: David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Avicii Confirmed

  January 4, 2013 – EDM superstars David Guetta, Avicii, Bassnectar, Calvin Harris, and more have joined the lineup for Miami's newly ultra-sized Ultra Music Festival, according to an official announcement (and the above video) released today (January 4). The six-day showcase, which is spread over the weekends of March 15-17 and March 22-24, has also locked down DJ sets from Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Fatboy Slim, and Swedish House Mafia, whose&nb …
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  Avicii Whets His Disco Whistle With 'Last Dance'

  August 27, 2012 – After collaborations with pop newcomer Eric Turner and pop hangover Lenny Kravitz, EDM golden boy Avicii released his first new solo track since "Silhouettes" this week, and for listeners expecting more lighters-in-the-air froth in the vein of his mammoth (46 million YouTube views and counting), Etta James-sampling "Le7els," the instrumental cut may come as a surprise. …
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  See Avicii's Super-Ravey, Lenny Kravitz-Boosted 'Superlove' Video

  August 24, 2012 – Warning: You may be about to find yourself dancing to the electronically altered vocals of Lenny Kravitz like it's the Clinton administration and radio hasn't overplayed "Fly Away" yet. In the video for EDM giant Avicii's Kravitz-remixing "Superlove," posted by Spinnner, a geeky runner comes across a Walkman that transports him to Napoleon Dynamite levels of twerkery. …
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  Snus Control: Avicii on His Favorite Vice

  August 20, 2012 – We've all got our vices. Some of us drink, some gamble, and others, like mega-DJ Avicii opt for a nicotine fix. The 22-year-old Swede, born Tim Bergling, is a devotee of snus — a powdered tobacco originating and widely used in his native Sweden and not to be confused with snuff or dip. "It isn't really chewing tobacco," Avicii clarifies, speaking over the phone before a gig in Riccione, Italy. …
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  Brodinski Fosters Bromance From Paris to L.A.

  August 8, 2012 – Brodinski (Louis Rogé) has been bubbling up in the French electronic-music scene since 2007, and in the beginning, his career path seemed pretty typical. He remixed artists like Bonde Do Role, Tiga, and Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya (remember her?), and he turned up on buzzing labels like Kitsuné and Boysnoize. …
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  EDM at the VMAs: Five Alternate Picks for an Alternate Universe

  August 7, 2012 – MTV's Video Music Awards were first broadcast in 1984 — the same year that Cybotron's "Techno City" put a name to the electronic-music movement that had been bubbling up in Detroit since 1981, when Cybotron's "Alleys of Your Mind" and A Number of Names' "Sharevari" came out within weeks of one another. …
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