What can we say, this man loves to show his gratitude! This Tuesday there will be a ticket giveaway to the newly announced Big Dub Festival Re-union party that will take place on Thursday, September 22nd. Redeem your free tickets...

Washington DC gets hit with a perfect blend of bass music this Saturday as Buku and P0gman take over Uhall. The lineup is made complete by a bass house opening set by Ruckle followed by a direct support set from...

Perhaps what makes heavy bass music so successful is its ability to move people at their core, literally; deep bass frequencies vibrate organs and bones, creating minor molecular rearrangements to yield a visceral reaction. To put it plainly, it’s such...

After making a huge surprise at this year’s Coachella a live debut, Zedd and Kesha Rose have surprised us again by releasing “True Colors” yesterday, a day earlier than expected. The track off Zedd’s sophomore album remains the same except...

Funtcase has two heavy dubstep tracks coming out & we have previews here for both. The excitement is growing as we anticipate his arrival in Richmond on April 29th with Dirtyphonics, Habstrakt, and 2rip. CLICK HERE for tickets to the...

[caption id="attachment_3100" align="alignnone" width="800"] Click to subscribe to the event calendar[/caption] Here's the facts: You want good parties but sometimes you can't tell which ones are going to be the most fire. You also want to go where all your...

Cotton Candy Universe at The Paradox on Jan 23rd will be the fifth in the series of raves known as "Cotton Candy." And yes, there will be PLENTY of cotton candy both on site and launched at the crowd. The...

Tomsize just released an absolutely fire remix this week of "Prisoner" by The Weeknd on his Soundcloud. This comes just in time for his shows in DC & Philly a couple weeks from now. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/240016975" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true"...

The holiday cheer spreads to Philly this weekend with the return of Frostbite, a party for those who are 21+ and enjoy underground dance music. DJ's will be serving up house music, dubstep, drum & bass, and hard dance across...

Originally from the The Bronx, NY, the talented and charismatic graffiti master, appropriately known as Mastro, graciously hosted a seminar at Nightmare Festival in which participants learned the basics of tagging and had a chance to practice using spray paint...

While at times being pegged down as simply a trap music trio, Keys N Krates soar beyond expectations of traditional trap music; Their music maintains definitive qualities that have come to characterize trap while also demonstrating a masterful fusion of...

Faith Leedman, better known to all as the lovely Lady Faith, is a national female hardstyle icon here in the United States. It didn’t take long for Faith to embrace EDM once she first arrived in the states in Los...

Badass Raves: Explain your sound. How do you differ from other producers in the scene? Protohype: My sound... I'm pretty all over the place when it comes to production, I like to keep it that way to keep production fun...

NephilNine is the brainchild of New York artist Sue Helfrich, who has been creating event decorations and installation art since 2004. A classically-trained artist with a degree in Fashion Design from Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, Helfrich is deeply...

As a self-proclaimed “dub-hop” producer, 23-year-old Max Hype, known to his fans as Protohype, is one of this year’s headliners at Nightmare Festival alongside Figure, Herobust, Omar Linx and Keys N Krates. Protohype is no stranger to Badass Raves, as...

Like many DJs and music producers, their pursuit of a career in electronic music came after discovering a love for the EDM scene itself. Likewise, Michelle Katzelnik, aka DJ Massacat, being exposed to electronic music in her childhood, followed the...

Make sure you keep all of your food locked up safely in your cabins and tents, because Bear Grillz is coming to Nightmare Festival this Halloween! “I’m being told that Halloween is a time for people to dress up like...

Here is the full interview, in follow up to our spotlight on the wonderful Rania Peet that we ran last Friday. In case you missed it, you can check that piece out right here. Badass Raves: What’s your background/experience in...

If Hell is a giant party, then Figure is certainly the headliner. Combining his love for all things horror, occult, and the macabre with a talent for producing heavy-bass dubstep, electro house, and drumstep, Joshua Gard, better known as Figure,...

B.A.D.ASS. Raves, East Coast Hard Dance & Good Vibes Promo are proud to present the next installment of our Audio Havok parties: Black Magic, the Official pre-party for this year’s much anticipated Nightmare Festival. Please join us on October 17...