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THUMPday Jams: Dusky, Anna Lunoe, Lone, and More!

It's time for our weekly roundup of new singles to get you through the hump.
THUMP Staff
6.12.14
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10 DOs & DON'Ts of Barcelona’s Sónar Festival

An advanced plan for getting the most out of an advanced festival.
Christopher Metler
6.12.14
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Eric Cloutier: New Kid on the Block

Berlin's best-kept American secret sounds off about his hometown of Detroit, insecurities in the studio and that whole "EDM" thing.
Aron Friedman
6.12.14
Listen

Saad Ayub: From Clubber to Curator

For this week’s Northmix, expect some dark psy-trance with uplifting vocals.
Connie Chan
6.12.14
News

Hostel Owners are Exploiting Backpackers in Mildura

Backpackers in Australia can extend their working visas in exchange for three months of farm labor. But some backpackers are getting totally exploited, as they try, and fail, to find work.
Mimi LaMontagne
6.12.14
South Africa

South Africans Bare Their Asses in Protest of Bucket Toilets

In the impoverished Johannesburg township of Soweto, some homes are still without running water 20 years after apartheid ended.
Jordan Larson
6.11.14
Opinion and Analysis

Big Oil Predictably Gets First Access to Drones

Old habits die-hard and the tendency of military-developed technologies to trickle down into policing and into major corporations is alive.
Natasha Lennard
6.11.14
Environment

No, Volcanoes Are Not the Primary Cause For the Melting Ice Caps

To the possible disappointment of climate change skeptics, warming seas — and not volcanoes — are still the main cause of melting glaciers.
Kayla Ruble
6.11.14
stanley cup

Which Player Has Been the Most Valuable During The Stanley Cup?

As a potentially series-deciding Game 4 approaches, it's time to examine who might be taking home an individual piece of hardware.
Patrick Kearns
6.11.14
ANIMALS

Fire Ants' Floating Rafts Could Inspire the Biomaterials of the Future

The fact that fire ants can float around on rafts of their own stinging bodies is both incredible and unnerving.
Derek Mead
6.11.14
Power

The Government Can No Longer Track Your Cell Phone Without a Warrant

An appeals court just made the biggest privacy decision of 2014.
Jason Koebler
6.11.14
Sports

A Drone Was Caught Spying on France at the World Cup

The age of drone surveillance in sports is born.
Ben Makuch
6.11.14
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