LYDIA'S FRESH CIRCUIT SOUND... Lydia Prim makes a good point in the liner notes to her latest circuit party compilation, Party Groove: Blue Ball Vol....
''I had an amazing time, it was an amazing crowd, and an amazing club,'' says DJ Escape of his debut at Cobalt last month. He...
If you're looking for non-ironic expressions of warm Valentine's feelings next week, you may want to steer clear of the Black Cat where mothertoungue stages...
DANCE SPOTLIGHT ON D.C.… Could 2005 be the year D.C.'s dance community gains greater recognition? Well, let's do our part to push it. The community's...
Erasure created a classic pop song almost the minute the duo launched. ''Oh L'Amour '' was the third single from the pioneering synth-pop duo's 1985...
2004'S TOP DANCE ACT.... Billboard's bestselling album in 2004 from a dance/electronic artist was not brought to us by a lesbian sex act. Despite half...
Pop on top: Stefani Is Gwen Stefani the new Madonna or the new Cyndi Lauper? The question arises on the occasion of Stefani's marvelous debut...
DIVAS TO DANCE IN 2005... The coming year looks to be shaping up -- if you can believe it, and dare we jinx it --...
JUNIOR'S JUNIOR, ED BAILEY... Did you know our own Ed Bailey, the promoter of (and sometime DJ at) VelvetNation, will open New Year's Eve for...
Even with all the talk of love and marriage, 2004 proved that pop music and politics don't go together like a horse and carriage. No...
Allix Allot A couple years ago Allix met a boy at Nation. After dancing together for a while, they started making out and their hands...
THE GRAMMY DANCE… In a typical year, we'd be crowing about Green Day's six Grammy nominations, Gwen Stefani's sole one-year-early nod, and Basement Jaxx's sweep...
After Mitsubishi tapped Dirty Vegas to promote its Eclipse model two years ago with the song ''Days Gone By,'' the band became the most popular...
MCLACHLAN'S CALLING… Some videos are worth celebrating because they're so good. Gwen Stefani's “What You Waiting For?” for example. And some videos are worth celebrating...
A DANCE BAND RISES… Way Out West is a dance music band. Think about how strange that concept is. And refreshing. You see, Way Out...