Goldrush Music Festival is set to return to its cowboy-themed roots as the festival comes back to Rawhide Western Town in Chandler, Arizona. This unique festival used to be known for its heavy Wild West theme, which has been sorely missed as the festival spent the last few years being held at Phoenix Raceway. This year is set to be huge with the one-of-a-kind theme returning, as well as a stacked lineup including Excision, Illenium B2B Zeds Dead, Major Lazer Soundsystem, Crankdat, and Disco Lines. I’m incredibly excited for this year’s festival, and here are my top five can’t-miss sets.
Crankdat
Crankdat has been rising through the ranks of dubstep royalty lately with his nonstop viral hits. His biggest hit, STFU, samples the infamous Taylor Swift song Anti-Hero, which uses just enough of Taylor’s chorus before a scream cuts in, “Shut the fuck up!” The track currently sits at over ten million monthly listeners on Spotify. This set is guaranteed to be amazing as Crankdat shows off his unbelievable mixing talents, rinsing out his nonstop bouncy heavy bass beats. Crankdat will be the crazy party atmosphere you’re looking for on night one at the Golden Gorge stage.
Arius Presents Prism Warp
I have not had the privilege of seeing Arius live since Decadence 2019, when this incredible husband-and-wife duo floored me with their heavy trap beats and superb crowd interaction. Since then, the duo has continued to flex their stage presence to include Matt Nguyen’s experience as a professional dance choreographer. Matt now dances on stage to the beats, including a crazy effect of him grabbing the lasers out of the air. I can’t wait to see this effect for myself and find out if it’s as crazy as it looks online, and I’m sure there will be some heavy trap beats thrown down to go along.
Space Laces
As far as I’m concerned, Space Laces is a can’t-miss set no matter what lineup he’s on. This man oozes talent in both his mixing and production skills and is set to do some unpredictable and wild things. This set will give you all the energy you need to make you dance and break your neck through the night. Maybe the surprise of this set will be a new remix of his hit Dominate or some crazy new collab with Marshmello, like their last one, Rave Repeater. This set will be nonstop banger after banger.
Getter Resurrection
In 2019, Getter released his album Visceral. This album was controversial amongst his fans—so much so that Getter announced he would be taking a step back from the scene for mental health reasons. Three months ago, Getter revealed he would be going back on stage and doing a round of Resurrection sets, showing off his new, heavier sound. Following the positive buzz of his set at Svdden Death’s Pennical Festival, I am excited to see what Getter has in store for this next chapter of his career.
Illenium B2B Zeds Dead
Illenium and Zeds Dead are two of the biggest artists in the dubstep scene right now. Both artists regularly play massive headlining sets. This will be the first time the two team up for a B2B on stage at the same time. I am sure there will be something exciting planned to blow the crowd away between Illenium’s live music skills and Zeds Dead’s newer trippy sound. This will be the headline set that no one who is into any kind of bass music will want to miss on the big main stage.
Be sure to snag your tickets before they disappear!