Growing up in Colorado, Michal Menert was surrounded by music. During his childhood, Michal’s father exposed him to a wide variety of Eastern and Western music, along with the guitar and keyboard.

But with the arrival of diverse, multi-genre-utilizing, party-centric artists like Skrillex and Pretty Lights, North American electronic dance music is seeing its first wave of true rock stars.

Laptops are replacing lead singers. Technology is redefining music; artists are becoming famous from the internet, manipulating sounds in ways once inconceivable. But not everyone can conceptualize ...

Last night, we tagged along with Paul Brandt, aka Paul Basic, as he and Michal Menert were doing a photo shoot with Pat Milbery and the So-Gnar snowboarding monster. Brandt is one of the most recent ...

If there was one thing the organizers of the Snowball Music Festival took into consideration, it was the time management with transitions between artists. Everything on that end ran smooth and record ...

Pretty Lights' Derek Vincent Smith and drummer Cory Eberhard were on fire, coming hard with more charisma and stage presence than we saw from them last time. By the end of their almost two hour ...

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Before The Revivalists hit Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday September 21, members of the band will assemble with musicians from across the live music scene for a special edition of The Funk Sessions ...

Mar. 12—LONG POND — Elements Music and Arts Festival just announced that trip-hop powerhouse Pretty Lights is joining the 2025 lineup for two sets, showcasing his brand new project — Horizon Sprinter ...

For many an up-and-coming indie music act these days, the best way to get your music noticed is to get a mention on a major music blog. A mention on Pitchfork, Stereogum or even Dallas' own Gorilla vs ...

With the release of Pretty Lights' fourth album (and first wholly original album), A Color Map Of The Sun, one of the primary issues plaguing contemporary music criticism has come to light once again.

Derek Vincent Smith – better known by his stage name Pretty Lights – has made no secret of the fact that he wants to push the boundaries of the electronic dance music genre and take the music to ...