A-Trak News

Trak was the first DJ to win five World Championships. He won the DMC World DJ Championship in 1997 at the age of 15, making him the youngest and first Canadian winner of the competition.

It still boggles my mind that A-Trak, once and probably still one of the most scarily talented scratch-stuff-up turntablists, can crank out euphorically bouncing summer dance anthems with such regularity.

Though there may be another release of tickets, the 2nd annual electronic music cruise Holy Ship!! sold out before any acts were announced.

New Zealand's Kimbra - you know, the painted woman from Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and one of EW's favorite artists right now - dropped her debut album Vows Down Under last fall.

Hard Summer fest is back, this time as a two-day event, August 3-4, at Los Angeles State Historic Park.