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 ...

After repeated attempts to describe the sound of dubstep, an electronic bass-heavy genre of music, most people give up and say, “You just have to listen to it.” Dubstep has invaded the bars and clubs ...

THE British DJ-producer Scuba, a.k.a. Paul Rose, has stepped behind the turntables at the Nasty Sonix club night at Echo Park’s the Echo. It’s his U.S. debut, and a mix of adventurous hip-hop heads, ...

For a genre where a large part of its growth and fanbase are directly attributed to how massive the scene is online, it's amazing to think about the lack of quality music videos there are in dubstep ...

So thanks to our pal Skrillex and his utterly inescapable ubiquitousness since the Grammys, dubstep has steadily made its way into the mainstream to the chagrin of true aficionados and the delight of ...

I am a major fan of electronic music, and I have an embarrassing problem: I have no idea what dubstep is. Though I’ve heard it buzzed about from countless people and media outlets, and despite my best ...

From underground clubs in London’s Shoreditch community and the town of Croydon in the United Kingdom to soundtracking global TV commercials and allowing groundbreaking producers to win Grammy Awards, ...

Mainstream music has a history of taking musical genres, smoothing out the rough edges and turning them into something easily digestible to the masses. Punk rock went from being the music of rebellion ...

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 ...