Check out the full details at: http://www.northcoastfestival.com

Each summer, Chicago festivals offer iconic settings, and undeniable mainstream, alternative, and indie acts. But Midwest’s most fervent and insatiable music fans beg for a blend of the flavors offered at these fests, and at gatherings from Indio, California to Brooklyn, New York.

Enter “Summers Last Stand,” the inaugural North Coast Music Festival, descending upon Union Park in Chicago, IL this Labor Day Weekend!

From September 3rd-5th, Chicago’s favorite independent producers and worthwhile charities welcome the world’s electronic, house, jamband, indie, and hip-hop communities to Union Park for a lineup that continues to grow. 3 Days, 35+ bands, for $35/day. A portion of all ticket sales will go to support Urban Initiatives, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that runs a health and education soccer program in fourteen Chicago Public Schools and continues to grow.

3 Day Line Up Includes:
The Chemical Brothers (Live) * Nas & Damian Marley * Umphrey’s McGee * The Disco Biscuits * Lupe Fiasco * Paul Van Dyk * Moby (DJ ) * Benny Benassi * Pretty Lights * De La Soul * Boys Noize * The New Deal * Flying Lotus * Laidback Luke * Jay Electronica * Mayer Hawthorne & The County * Jakob Dylan & Three Legs * Green Velvet (Live) * Claude Von Stroke * Holy Ghost * Future Rock * Benga * Dirty Dozen Brass Band * Grace Potter & The Nocturnals * New Mastersounds * Phantogram * Paul Kalkbrenner * Van Ghost * Two Fresh * Skeet Skeet * Orchard Lounge * Loyal Divide *

Get tickets to this show at www.Clubtix.net or http://www.northcoastfestival.com

Guess who is back? DEVO ! DEVO is back with their first album of original material in twenty years. You can catch DEVO live at the Congress Theater located at 2135 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL on Thursday, August 5th 2010. Also performing is Dirty Projectors on the same night. Tickets for this concert are available online at Clubtix.net. Get them while they last.

DEVO – Whip It

Richie Hawtin RETURNS with one of the most referenced electronic music monikers in dance music.. PLASTIKMAN. Richie Hawtin has released a visually interactive LIVE show with custom production and LED. Check out the video above on ExactEvents.com to see what its all about.

For those of you have never heard of Paul Kalkbrenner, you need to get familiar with him. He is blowing up right now and producing some big tracks. Starting as a trumpet player and studying music theory, Paul Kalkbrenner later switched to electronic music. In 1999 he released his first tracks under the name of Paul dB+. As a live act, he performs using Ableton Live in combination with midi controllers and hardware synthesizers.

In 2008 he composed the sound track for the German movie Berlin Calling in which he also is the leading actor. The theme song Sky And Sand, featuring his brother Fritz Kalkbrenner ended up in various European charts. Check out some of his tracks below on ExactEvents.com

 
Paul Kalkbrenner – Sky and Sand

 
Paul Kalkbrenner – Gebrunn Gebrunn

Check out Armin Van Buuren’s “A State of Trance” Official Podcast Episode 125. This podcast has track such as Myon & Shane 54 — Ibiza Sunrise (Classic Dub) [Armada], Wezz Devall – Free My Willy [Captivating], Glenn Morrison — Symptoms of A Stranger (Jorn van Deynhoven remix), Dash Berlin ft. Solid Sessions – Janeiro (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix) [Aropa], and Orjan Nilsen – Lovers Lane [ASOT 2010]. Check out the mix below on ExactEvents.com!

 
Armin Van Buuren – State of Trance – Podcast Episode 125

Afrojack is diving right in and growing “Louder than Words” after his new remix he just did for David Guetta featuring Niles Mason. He also remixed Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction” which is a huge hit in club land. I could name more than 10 hot remixes and tracks that this guy is responsible for right now. Keep an eye out for Afrojack in your city.

 
David Guetta – Louder Than Words (ft. Afrojack & Niles Mason)

Benny Benassi -Satisfaction (Afrojack Remix)

That’s right! Get ready Chicago.. CHEMICAL BROTHERS are coming back to Chicago on Saturday, Sept 3rd 2010 at North Coast Music Festival, a 3 day music festival that is taking place in Union Park! Other artist playing the festival are Nas & Damian, Umphrey’s Mcgee, Paul Van Dyk, Benny Benassi, Pretty Lights, Disco Biscuts, Moby and to many more to type! Tickets are avail exclusively for this Festival at Clubtix Ticketing. Check out for Chemical Brothers below!

 
Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin Beats

Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl (Original mix)

Mr. Eric Prydz with Aliases: Cirez D, Eric Prydz, Moo, Sheridan Eric Prydz is out of control! He is on a roll at the moment, without doubt leading the way with some of his productions. His labels Mouseville, Pryda and Pryda Friends are positively brimming with underground club hits. Eric is now in charge of three highly respected labels whose releases are in feverish demand, consistently selling huge quantities of vinyl which is truly incredible in the markets current climate. Take a few mins to listen to some of our ExactEvents.com favorites.

 
Eric Prydz as Cirez D – Glow (Original Mix)

Eric Prydz as Pryda – Viro (Original mix)

 
LAKE & LYS: LA TROMBA

LAKE & LYS: VIOLINS

 
Swedish House Mafia – One