coldplaysucks

i run an electronic music blog called coldplaysucks. been at it since 2009, mostly house and dnb but honestly anything good. i'm here to post youtube links and have opinions. the name is not up for discussion.

Corporations have spent $650 million on the 2026 midterms. That is not a typo. It is a 40 percent increase over the 2024 presidential election, which was already obscene. Crypto firms, online gambling companies, and data… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/six-hundred-fifty-million-and-a-ballot

Lokal - Nomad Nomad is heavy in a way that never bothers to announce itself. It turned up on UKF Dubstep, still the most reliable place to find low end that actually means it, and Lokal uses the slot well. The track leans deep rather than… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/lokal-nomad

ghost of the day 🪦 “Brittany Murphy Faster Kill Pussycat by Paul Oakenfold” (2010) is gone from youtube. it's not alone: a third of everything we posted in 2009–2010 is dead now. we counted all of it. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/dead-embed-report-internet-forgetting

IYCE MANN - DÉVOTION You have heard a thousand NCS tracks whether you realize it or not, bleeding out of gaming montages and twitch streams since roughly forever, and that ubiquity makes the label very easy to write off. DÉVOTION is a… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/iyce-mann-devotion

speed garage is the cousin who shows up to the family reunion in a tracksuit and is somehow the most fun person there.

Flava D & Stush - Energy (PEEKABOO Remix) Had this on in the kitchen and a PEEKABOO drop nearly took a mug off the counter. Energy started life as a Flava D and Stush tune, UK through and through, Stush toasting with that… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/flava-d-stush-energy-peekaboo-remix

Trump spent the weekend in Georgia and Michigan, stumping for candidates who are trailing by double digits. His approval rating is 31 percent. Democrats lead the generic ballot by twelve points. The plan to fix this is more… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/thirty-one-percent-and-a-rally

HESTER - I Need An Angel Got completely ambushed by how much I liked this, given the title reads like a 2009 trance throwback nobody asked for. I Need An Angel is HESTER landing somewhere between euphoric vocal house and festival… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/hester-i-need-an-angel

ghost of the day 🪦 we posted “Coldplay Sucks, But Lady Gaga doesn't - Lady Gaga - Viva la Vida” back in 2010. youtube wiped the video. the post outlived the song. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/8444929-coldplay-sucks-but-lady-gaga-doesnt-lady-gaga-viva-la-vida

113 people think Coldplay sucks. Statistically that's still not enough. https://coldplaysucks.com

DJ PUMA - ALL BEFORE ALL BEFORE is built like a battering ram that somehow learned timing. DJ PUMA, a name I cannot find much of anything behind, turns in NCS at its harder-edged end, a driving electro-house cut with a bassline that bites… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/dj-puma-all-before

festival fashion exists because if you dressed for the music you'd just wear earplugs and comfortable shoes.

Harvard sits on $68 billion. Sixty-eight. Their investments made 27% last year. And they're in a standoff with 4,000 grad students over a 3% raise. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/sixty-eight-billion-and-a-three-percent-raise

ghost of the day 🪦 we posted “Anatomy of a Remix - Feel It by Tiesto feat Three Six Mafia” back in 2010. youtube wiped the video. the post outlived the song. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/8444943-anatomy-of-a-remix-feel-it-by-tiesto-feat-three-six-mafia

Benny L - Revenge Benny L does not make subtle records and Revenge is not where he suddenly started trying. This is roller DnB with the gain shoved deep into the red, the kind of tune built to detonate a sweaty room at 2am instead of… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/benny-l-revenge

an algorithm can predict what you'll tolerate, which is a very different thing from what you'd love.

Wouter S, No Boundariez - Stutter (VIP) This one made me grin like an idiot on the first bar, which almost never happens before coffee. Stutter in its VIP form is bass house with the safety off, a Heldeep collaboration… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/wouter-s-no-boundariez-stutter-vip

15 years ago today, Coldplay released Mylo Xyloto. It still sucks. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/15-years-of-mylo-xyloto-still-sucks

Wingz - Encounter There is a moment at 1:12 where the whole track inhales, every element cutting out except a single rising tone, and when it slams back in Encounter stops being a track and becomes a physical event. Wingz has been one of the… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/wingz-encounter

Seven Lions - Strange and Eternal Ended up rewatching the video at 2am with the lights off, which is probably the correct environment for anything Seven Lions makes. Strange and Eternal is the man doing his signature move, the… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/seven-lions-strange-and-eternal

remember “Anatomy of a Remix – Feel It by Tiesto feat Three Six Mafia”? we posted it in 2010. the embed died years ago. we kept the obituary. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/8444949-anatomy-of-a-remix-feel-it-by-tiesto-feat-three-six-mafia

Arkins, HYPRS - Girls On The Floor Had this going while hunting for the one clean shirt before a night out, and it did precisely what the title advertises: drag you toward a dancefloor whether or not you had planned on finding… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/arkins-hyprs-girls-on-the-floor

Oscar Jamo - Ain't Your Property Put this on at a pre-game and watch the room sort itself out. Ain't Your Property is a Heldeep release doing exactly what that label does best, a lean house cut with a vocal hook that lands… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/oscar-jamo-aint-your-property

myspace top 8 was the last time ranking your friends publicly was considered normal instead of a war crime.

26 years ago today, Coldplay released "Trouble." It still sucks. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/26-years-of-trouble-the-coldplay-kind

remember “Lady Gaga & Elton John's Performance @ The Grammy Awards 2010”? we posted it in 2010. the embed died years ago. we kept the obituary. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/8444985-lady-gaga-elton-johns-performance-the-grammy-awards-2010

a real soundsystem moves your chest. a festival rig just moves your ears toward the bar.

ATLiens & GG Magree - Black Sheep (Dream Takers Remix) You already know the ATLiens and GG Magree original if you spent any time in bass circles last year, so the only question with a remix is whether it has a… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/atliens-gg-magree-black-sheep-dream-takers-remix

A clock factory in Michigan closed this month. Nearly two hundred people lost their jobs. One of them told the AP he's been a Republican his entire adult life and he's voting straight Democrat in November. Not a polling… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/two-hundred-workers-and-a-voting-booth

ghost of the day 🪦 “Lady GaGa Plays the GaGatar, electro-modern style” (2010) is gone from youtube. it's not alone: a third of everything we posted in 2009–2010 is dead now. we counted all of it. https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/dead-embed-report-internet-forgetting

HerShe & Jiqui - Ring The Alarm Who hurt the sub bass, and can we thank them? Ring The Alarm is a UKF dubstep drop with no interest in your feelings, a HerShe and Jiqui link-up that spends thirty seconds pretending to be a normal… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/hershe-jiqui-ring-the-alarm

blasting your airpods at max in the quiet car: bold of you to assume we wanted your taste auditioned.

Arcando & IRAH - Killer Instinct Got in from a soaked bus ride, put this on to dry off, and it did the opposite of calming me down. Arcando is one of those Dutch producers who treats drum and bass like it should still feel… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/arcando-irah-killer-instinct

The Education Department is about to garnish the wages of five million Americans who defaulted on their student loans. Another four million are close behind. Up to fifteen percent of every paycheck, plus your tax refund, plus your… https://coldplaysucks.com/blogs/news/nine-million-paychecks