theLIFT and KCRW will be hosting two special nights this month with DJ marvel Gilles Peterson, returning to San Francisco after five years and to Los Angeles after 2 years! The Saturday, May 24 event will be at Public Works in SF, while the Sunday, May 25 event will be at 333 Live in LA. More details and a chance to win tickets via our contest below!

SF Event Details
Gilles Peterson Live in SF
Saturday, May 24
9pm-3am

Tickets: $20 adv / $25 door
Purchase tickets
21+ w/ ID

Public Works
161 Erie St.
San Franicsco, CA 94103

LA Event Details
Gilles Peterson Live in LA
Sunday, May 25
9pm-2am

Tickets: $20 adv / $25 door
Purchase tickets
21+ w/ ID

333 Live
333 South Boylston St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

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May Next Step contest submission time is here!

The winner will receive an “Artist Spotlight” feature post on the Giant Step website, and up to $1,000 in Giant Step Marketing services!

Please note that we are accepting submissions from anyone that makes music - producers, singers, instrumentalists, rappers, and bands alike are all welcome.

This month, we are accepting submissions from today through Friday, May 24. That said, we are now open for May 2013 entries!

Submit your music for consideration!

The Knocks' latest single, "Modern Hearts" featuring St. Lucia, gets the remix treatment with an EP release this week exclusively on Beatport. Treasure Fingers, Goldroom, NAPT, Amtrac, Fareoh and The Aston Shuffle all put their unique touches on what has been called the ultimate summer dance track.

Now, The Knocks have offered all DJs a chance to remix the track through a contest with Indaba. B-Roc and JPatt will pick one grand prize winner who will receive $1,000 plus a promotional release by A&M/Octone through Giant Step. Download the stems and show us what ya got!

Yuna's new Sixth Street EP is out today! The endearing Malaysian singer shares about the project:

"Sixth Street is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I’m most comfortable, and at that point I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life."

Listen to "I Wanna Go" and "Let Love Come Through" on our post from last week!

Celebrate the release with Yuna today with a live show at 6PM PST via a Stageit video feed.

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Our February Next Step winner Andrea Kirwin makes folk-fused soul music that rides effortlessly along with her soothing honeyed voice. Using songwriting as a therapeutic exercise, Andrea's music is often rooted in her own reality, which includes growing up as a Fijian church minister's daughter.

Look forward to her debut album, From the Ground Up, out on June 21. Tour dates with a full band are forthcoming.

In the meantime, cozy up to a few of Andrea's tunes below.

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