Dktv Podcast

When we started planning the final Don't Kill The Vibe of 2016, we knew we were going to look back on the best music of the year, dish a little about some year-end polls and Grammy nominations, and offer pro-tips about good holiday gifts (headphones!). But the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland shifted our perspective. When we recorded this episode it hadn't even been a week since the fire, but already much had changed. To break it all down and say goodbye to the strange year, Zel and Katie welcome V-Moda's Kira Judah, journalist Jemayel Khawaja, and DJ Eric Sharp.

It's a confusing time in America but Zel and Katie are here to help you get through it. As we honor the life of clubbing pioneer David Mancuso, DKTV ponders if you can work in music with different political views. Plus, what, if anything, has changed since the massacre at Pulse Orlando five months ago and did Moby's recent "letter to America" make the right point? Plus, as America enters its orange era, we talk about Dawn Richard's red era, Soulwax's comeback, Annabel Englund's bid for Madonna's crown, and we celebrate 20 years of DJ Shadow's Endtroducing.

Nobody predicted this, but here we are! This week on DKTV, Zel and Katie look at the results of the US election through the lens of the music world and get some wisdom from MetaPop's Matthew Adell and Dublab's Liz Warner. We also talk about Boiler Room's fall from grace in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, discuss the impact of internet radio, the state of music streaming and get a rundown of new music from Justice, the Black Madonna, and Deadmau5.

Is the world on fire? Maybe. But we're getting lit on hot topics of the week including how music industry freelancers are going to benefit from regulations in NYC, the hike in visa fees for artists traveling to the US, and deciphering all those marijuana ballot measures in this election. We also talk about how Schimanski took over Verboten, Steve Angello's two lawsuits, Swedish House Mafia reunion rumors, and Mark Ronson's tweet of the week. Plus, new music from Coldcut, Kimyan Law, and a collab from Skrillex, RL Grime, and What So Not. Light it up!

It's Halloween, and in this election year things are even getting scary in the world of dance music. We dig into the strange story of Caribou and Rush Limbaugh, discuss the controversy around festivals in Thailand, and mourn the passing of Dead Or Alive's Pete Burns. Plus, A Club Called Rhonda's queen of drag Phyllis Navidad gives us some costuming tips, Huffington Post writer Monica Duwe talks Beach Goth, and Krystal Rodriguez dishes on new music from Hudson Mohawke, Marshmello and a very long comp from fabric.

On this episode we swipe right on special guest host Josh Glazer, get some hot tips for Tindering from sex expert Psalm Isadora, and confess to swiping left on dance music's biggest conference. Songwriter Whitney Phillips tells us what it's like to create songs for Lil Wayne and how her new tune with Far East Movement and Tinashe happened. Plus, we chat up new music from Moby, Dusky, and Dragonette, and a documentary everyone is talking about.

This week on DKTV, we have a very candid conversation with a ghost producer who is spilling the tea on the whole industry. We talk to Billboard's Chris Martins and the LA Times' August Brown about the Chainsmokers. Plus, we discuss new music from Seth Troxler and Tycho, and rundown the biggest stories including a unique Donald Trump remix, the impact of a hurricane, and the passing of Mali's Issa Bagayogo.

On the very first episode of DON'T KILL THE VIBE, hosts Zel McCarthy and Katie Bain invite the panel to discuss controversy around drug-related deaths at music events, the never-ending festival season, and what Skrillex said about Deadmau5... again. Plus Zel catches up with Bill Freimuth of the Recording Academy to talk Grammys and we run down the week's hottest stories.