how it feels telling the RA office i got into electronic music through EDM and not esoteric forward-thinking techno-infused ambient music from the outskirts of a village you never heard in nepal
it’s the end of an era !! sadly, today my last day at
@thefader
but tomorrow, i’ll be starting full-time on the news desk (+ maybe some reviews!) at
@residentadvisor
. publicists and artists can now pitch me at allj
@ra
.co ⭐︎
i’ve interviewed dj premier, hudson mohawke, james blake, digable planets, karriem riggins, MIKE, billy woods, etc in less than 2 years of music journalism 🫡
surprise !! i spoke to
@t6mikee
(again) ahead of young world III tomorrow. for
@okayplayer
, we talked about how he built his festival from the ground up
last month i tweeted i would do insane things to go to iii points and today i am announcing that i’ll be hosting the
@thefader
x
@iiiPoints
social media partnership 😭 artist interviews, takeovers + clips of me partying at the fest and afties coming soon
three years ago we lost one of the greatest minds of our generation. an innovator, a trailblazer and a wunderkind whose influence continues to know no bounds. thank you for shining your light on us ✨
💕 SOPHIE 4EVER 💕
music is so abundant and full of life rn (despite what they say) so as a music writer, it feels really sad and hopeless that music journalism seems to be crashing down so quickly and unpredictably. i feel lucky in less than two years of doing this i’ve been able to make a living
long live annie nightingale 🕊️ the first female presenter on bbc radio 1. a champion of women in underground music who encouraged and uplifted other women to become broadcasters and DJs.
more male djs should ask who’s on the lineup and make sure they’re booked alongside a diverse group of people and not just men but maybe we’re asking for too much
my friend gave me this flower crown as a gift when i got out of rehab in 2020 because she knew how much i loved midsommar. its in theaters for one day today so i’m glad i finally get a chance to wear it since she recently passed away
i can name 5 off the top of my head and they’ve been told to get fired and k*** themselves every time they say anything less than ball licking in their reviews so
next week the interview w the biggest artist ive ever spoken to comes out and i’m going to the uk for a solo trip and i’m going to see hudmo spin again maybe this time i’ll leave and remember who the fuck i am and stop letting people treat me this way
“It's not just music or whatever. There is history, and music is a part of what creates the cultural zeitgeist of what's going to be the future. We're in history right now, and we're a part of it. What's going to be our part in the scene?” -
@aariellenyc
phish sells out like 3 nights of madison square garden on NEW YEARS every single year and you want svdden death to try and sell out the sphere 😭
the people who’ve appropriated real wook culture have lost their goddamn minds
our last
@TheLotRadio
show is live on youtube and soundcloud now 🤩
much love to
@HudMo
and
@nikki__nair
for being our guests and for letting us curate a room for their
@elsewherespace
takeover last weekend!
watch now:
my
@TheLotRadio
set for
@premiumharam
is now live on youtube and soundcloud :3
i'm on at 31 mins and then b2b w dj haram for the last 30 mins but watch/listen to everything
Whether she’s teasing partygoers with her intricate breakbeat-forward selections or making the ground shake with a high-octane hip-hop set (or even a mixture of both!), Philly’s
@jewelssea
continues to prove she’s one of the greatest behind the decks.
top 10 djs in no particular order
david guetta (shoutout to his family)
john summit
fisher
slushii
excision
liquid stranger
whoever drops the most skanka bootlegs
slander
illenium
blunts & blondes
bucket list interview 🥹
i spoke to
@djshadow
about mentorship, being an artist in the social media age and the joys of stumbling upon a sample source for his latest album ‘Action Adventure’ on
@thefader
if you're an electronic artist and would like to comment on spotify's change to tracks needing 1k plays before earning money, please dm me or email me at allj
@ra
.co
when someone goes to a festival and makes it their whole personality for the two weeks before + two weeks after is so fucking insufferable. unless i do it in that case it’s cute and charming and everyone’s real happy for me ☺️
we looked back at 2023 and saw we only booked 43% femme/nb artists on our lineups
so we booked our first of party of 2024 w 4 women out of 5 acts on the bill hehe we’ll try to keep the same energy thruout the year
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