It’s official: Dubstep isn’t going anywhere. Even Taylor Swift has sampled the genre’s electronically warbled bass lines in her latest release, “I Knew You Were Trouble,” taking dubstep from the clubs ...

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Two years ago the Decibel Festival in Seattle, which had until then stuck closely to its original techno mission, had a new sound du jour: dubstep. It was 2009, the style’s bumper year. The London ...

Watch the video of "Katy on a Mission" by Katy B: Regular readers of theartsdesk will know that I have written extensively about the sound's cultural and artistic significance (here, here, here and ...

Imagine it’s 2009: People are talking about this new type of electronic music called dubstep. People are using phrases like ‘the metal of electronic music’ and ‘that wub wub sound.’ Love it or hate it ...

Dubstep star Rusko has a new EP with Cypress Hill, a crazy haircut and a gig in Orlando this week. We talked to him about the new project, his favorite production tools and Madonna. Rusko: Love it!

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If you love music as much as we do and have kids (or want to have kids), we imagine this is something you've said before: "I hope my kid loves cool music." With the ease of pop music, a young child ...