RollingStone turned to the experts to rank the best dance music clubs in America and while normally we like to talk about how far off the publication is, they actually nailed it this time around. The panel they interviewed included Steve Angello, Carl Cox, Pasquale Rotella, Gary Richards and Rob Swire.
We loved seeing D.C.’s dungeon U Street Music Hall make the cut and really any list that doesn’t include that venue might as well be thrown out and labeled irrelevant.
Rankings:
1. Beta, Denver
2. Liv, Miami
3. Output, Brooklyn
4. XS, Las Vegas
5. Sound, Los Angeles
6. Pacha, New York
7. Cielo, New York
8. Electric Pickle, Miami
9. Spy Bar, Chicago
10. U Street Music Hall, Washington, D.C.
Judges:
Steve Angello (Swedish House Mafia)
DJ Harvey
Rob Swire (Knife Party)
Perry Farrell
Seth Troxler
Carl Cox
Daniel Pearce (Eats Everything)
Subb-an
Dillon Francis
Thomas Gold
Talib Kweli
Jonathan Davis (Korn/JDevil)
Jake Schneider (manager, Bassnectar)
Andrew Cook (manager, Deadmau5)
Daniel Glass (head of Glassnote Records)
Brian Ahern (agent, William Morris Endeavor)
Tom Windish (agent)
Pasquale Rotella (CEO and founder, Electric Daisy Carnival)
Matt Colon (manager, Steve Aoki and others)
Alastair Duncan (publicist)
Steve Goodgold (agent)
Gary Richards (HARD Events, DJ DESTRUCTO)
Clark Warner (executive creative director, Beatport)
Via Rolling Stone
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