Summer's not over yet...

It's autumn now. The weather is getting colder, leaves are blowing off the trees, and days are getting gloomier as Winter approaches.

But as the seasons changed, Soul Clap put out a fantastic edition of the Resident Advisor podcast that will keep the summer vibes going well into the colder months.

This is one of the better podcasts I've heard all year, loaded with downtempo tracks and a classic closer. Registered RA members can check it out here.

[Image credit: Resident Advisor]

New DJ Eco Podcast

DJ Eco has a new podcast: "The Sound Of (You)th". The first episode can be listened to here, with new episodes being released bi-weekly.

Weekly shows update

- Aly & Fila, Simon Patterson, and Tom Colontonio will be celebrating Massive Event's four-year anniversary with a show scheduled for October 9 at Webster Hall.

- The openers for deadmau5's trio of shows in late October at the Roseland Ballroom, in which he has dubbed "The Trifecta", have been announced. Performers include Afrojack, Sleepy & Boo, Pete Tong, Kaskade, and Busta Rhymes.

- Soul Clap and Nicolas Jaar, of Wolf + Lamb fame, will be at the Rivington Penthouse in a few weeks.

- Two notable names are coming to Pacha again: Mark Knight on October 23, and Stoneface & Terminal on October 15.

- Gareth Emery will play a show at Cielo on October 28 in support of his new artist album: Northern Lights.

- For the first time in over a year, Sasha will play a show in New York City in one of it's newest clubs: District 36.

So yeah...about that VMA performance

What I thought would be an actual 2-3 minute performance by deadmau5 last night at the VMA's was nothing more than a couple 20 second spurts of music for the show before and after commercial breaks. He played some of his popular tracks like "Some Chords" and "Moar Ghosts N' Stuff", but for the most part, he was just someone there in person filling a role that is normally done behind the scenes.

While his "performance" didn't help the image of dance music in the United States as much as I hoped it would, it actually made me appreciate deadmau5 even more. Compared to the lip-synched performances by guys like Usher and Justin Beiber, deadmau5's music wasn't annoying, and it wasn't shoved in your face either. And his LED mau5head and cube were visual eye-candy.

The next chance for a DJ to play to millions of Americans on national television will be New Year's Eve. Last year David Guetta filled that spot.

deadmau5 at the VMA's

Deadmau5 will be performing at the MTV VMA's tonight alongside some of America's biggest mainstream artists: Lady Gaga, Eminem, Justin Beiber, and Linkin Park.

Since the show is only two hours long, he probably won't get more than 2-3 minutes to play, but I'm curious about what song he will pick for his "set". Outside of David Guetta performing with the Black Eyed Peas on New Year's Eve 2009, I can't think of a DJ getting TV time at an event this big in recent memory.

Beatport's annual end of summer sale

Through Monday, all tracks that previously cost $1.49 on Beatport are now $.99.

The Winter 100 at Audiojelly

Audiojelly is running another promotion where if you buy $5 worth of tracks from them, you get 100 free downloads.

The site has also lowered their per track price to $1.45.

Electric Zoo Roundup

Just a few more quick things before the festival this weekend:

- There will be an Ultra Records tent on-site both days where the following artists will be signing items for fans:

Saturday: Markus Schulz, Benny Benassi, Kaskade
Sunday: Above & Beyond, Grum, Armin Van Buuren

- The list of food vendors has also been released:

[taken from a Plexi press release]

FOOD BOOTH VENDORS  @ ELECTRIC ZOO

Ruthy’s Bakery – Middle Eastern/Italian/ vegetarian

Circles Café – hot dogs/Italian ices

Vegetarian Oasis – Mexican/Carribean/Thai/falafel/burritos/jumbalaya      

Water Taxi Beach LIC  – cheeseburgers/fruit (grass fed beef/hand cut fries)

Strawberry Fields Inc. – burritos/smoothies/Pita/Falafel

Masala Times – Indian/specialty drinks (Mango Lassi yogurt drinks)

PizzaMoto – wood oven pizza/ice cream (locally produced products)

Sigmund Pretzelshop – pretzels/sandwiches (handmade & vegan)

Thai Trio Platters – Thai/salads

Nyota’s Ting – vegan health food

Shaved Ice – flavored shaved ice

MOBILE TRUCK VENDORS @ ELECTRIC ZOO

Green Truck – American/Mexican/vegetarian (organic/locally produced) 

Kwik Meal – Indian/Mediterranean/pitas

La Cense Beef – steak burgers (natural grass fed beef) 

Rickshaw Dumplings – Pan-Asian/Pacific Rim 

Street Sweets – coffee drinks/cookies (gluten free/organic dairy)

Van Leeuwen – ice cream (hormone free) 

Miss Softee – soft serve ice cream (kosher) 

Je & Jo Cookie Dough Ice Cream (cart- tricycle) – organic ice cream that's cookie-dough-a-licious!

Mexicue – Mexican/BBQ (gluten free foods)