Once again, I am publishing a list of some of the best musicians and artists to follow on Instagram during Lollapalooza 2014. Each year, the number of artists using Instagram grows so you can now follow many of the top bands, as well as the up and coming artists.
So without further adieu, here are some of my favorites.
EDM Artists
Skrillex - As one of the 3 most notable EDM artists, Skrillex has moved to the main Bud Light stage this year instead of Perry's, expect a huge crowd for the Skrillex set on Sunday night!! @Skrillex
660 photos
1.4 million followers
Zedd - He has quickly become one of the top selling EDM artists with his collaborations with Hailey Williams and Little Foxes. He writes very catchy melodies that you can't get out of your head. He is headlining Perry's tonight. @Zedd
336 photos
560,000 followers
Calvin Harris - Calvin Harris has become completely mainstream with hits such as "Summer" and "I need your Love", so while you might consider him Pop, he started as an EDM artist and will be headlining the Bud Light stage Saturday night and will probably have the biggest headlining crowd on Saturday. @CalvinHarris
1200 photos
1.3 million followers
Krewella - From Chicago, you would expect Krewella to pull out all the stops at Lolla 2014 as the Perry's headliner on Saturday night. This three member group brings a lot of energy and will have the ground shaking on Saturday night. @Krewella
380 photos
216,000 followers
Sebastian Ingrosso - Another member of the Swedish House Mafia, Ingrosso will try to follow up Steve Angello's amazing set at Lolla 2013. He is playing in Perry's on Sunday night. He is new to Instagram, but is quickly building followers. @Ingrossoofficial
16 photos
The Glitch Mob - This 3 member EDM artist hails from Los Angeles where they have built up the largest LA following among electronic artists. However, they are just starting to gain attention across the US and Lolla should really lift their exposure. @TheGlitchMob
1150 photos
28,000 followers
Rappers
Eminem - Eminem is back at Lolla but this time he is not just a rapper, instead he is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. He is touring with Rhianna and many expect to see her as a guest on a few songs. Eminem is headlining the Samsung stage tonight. @Eminem
60 photos
2.3 million followers
Iggy Azalea - Hardcore fans have known of Iggy for a couple of years but most of us just learned about her as she burst onto the scene this summer with not one, but 2 number #1 hits, her "Fancy" and her collaboration with Ariana Grande "Problem". Keep in mind that Arianna is not currently touring so there is a possibility of a surprise appearance today during Iggy's afternoon set. @Thenewclassic
1500 photos
3.7 million followers
Chance the Rapper - Another artist that hails from Chicago, Chance absolutely tore it up at Lolla last year. His set on the BMI stage was packed and led to his headlining Perry's this year. Perry's will be rocking on Sunday night and likely packed with hardcore rap fans. @ChancetheRapper
700 photos
460,000 followers
Childish Gambino - Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, is an actor, writer and rapper from NYC. He has been a comedic writer on 30 Rock and other series, but created the Childish Gambino moniker as a stage name for his rap. He is performing on Sunday night on the Bud Light stage before Skrillex so he should get a big crowd. @ChildishGambino
87 photos
Alternative Cage the Elephant - These guys put on an amazing show everytime they get on stage. This is their third time to Lolla and it seems to rain everytime they show up. However, that doesn't get them down, they relish in it and Matt Schultz ended up covered in mud by the end of this year's performance @Cagetheelephantofficial 300 photos
45,000 followers
Grouplove - These guys had one of the best sets at Lolla this year. They worked a huge crowd into an absolute frenzy. If you get a chance to see them live, take it! I have also included Hannah Hooper's instagram, one of the two lead singers with Christian Zucconi. @Grouplove
700 photos
56,000 followers @LadyGrouplove
650 photos
27,000 followers
Young the Giant - Hailing from Irvine, California, Young the Giant is a blend of Alternative and Indie Rock. Their hit song, "My Body" has recently hit the top 5 on the US Alternative charts and they ended up in the early evening slot on Sunday at Lolla. @YoungtheGiant
720 photos
177,000 followers
Fitz and the Tantrums - Unfortunately, Fitz played opposite Grouplove so I missed them but friends said they put on a great show. They have two singles that have hit #1 on the Alternative charts. @FitzandtheTantrumsofficial
140 photos
12,000 followers
Bleachers - An up and coming have exploded this summer with their hit song "I Wanna Get Better". It was an impressive site to see 10,000 fans singing I wanna get better. @Bleachersmusic
45 photos
9,000 followers
Pop/Rock Kings of Leon - Hailing from Nashville, Kings of Leon passed on country to follow their roots in traditional rock. They were one of the Headliners on Sunday night. @KingsofLeon
70 photos
105,000 followers
Outkast - Outkast is a hip hop and pop duo from Atlanta. They have had two #1 Billboard 100 hits including "Hey Ya" and "The Way You Move". They headlined the Saturday night show at Lolla. @Outkast
50 photos
54,000 followers Lorde - Quickly becoming one of the best-selling female artists this year, Lorde is killing around the World. She was not yet a headliner, mostly because of when they set the lineup her fans packed the North fields to see her show in the early evening Friday. @Lordemusic
380 photos
1.4 million followers
Foster the People - Foster the People has a unique pop sound that blends electronic, alternative and indie sounds. Their hit "Pumped up Kicks" made it to #3 on the Billboard 100 in 2011. @FosterthePeople
200 photos
67,000 followers
Chvrches - An electronic pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, Chvrches are gaining huge popularity in the US this year with their interesting covers of popular artists such as Lorde and the Arctic Monkeys. @Chvrches
730 photos
49,000 followers
Every generation has its own music genre that is embraced by teens, and of course, scares the hell out of their parents. This generation's favorite music genre is Electronic Dance Music ("EDM"). EDM comes in many different variations from traditional House Music to Techno to Dubstep to Trap Music.
While the music itself is fairly innocuous combining catchy pop music melodies and earth shaking bass beats, it is the "trance" and "rave" events that scare these teens parents. Many of the young attendees are "rolling" on designer drugs like Ectasy and its powder form, Molly, or psychedelics like mushrooms and LSD.
EDM festivals have begun springing up across the US including Electric Zoo in NYC, Spring Awakening in Chicago, Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. In addition, the traditional music festivals like Lollapalooza, Coachella and Bonnaroo have all added a lot of top Techno acts to their line-ups.
The Perry's Stage at Lollapalooza has been the most consistently popular stage at the festival for the past two years. Packed with high school and college students, Perry's at Lolla 2013 was a whirling vortex of writhing teens bouncing to the powerful beats of Steve Aoki, Steve Angello, KnifeParty, Major Lazer, Flux Pavillion and many more.
The EDM artists have all embraced social media, and in particular Instagram. They share photos from their travels around the world and often post photos from the stage of their sets. We are highlighting the accounts for some of the most popular EDM artists on Instagram (listed in alphabetical order). Note that if you do not see your favorite Electro artist here, it probably means that we could not find them on IG.
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall (aka Afrojack) is an EDM artist and producer out of the Netherlands. He is one of the most commercially successful of the Techno DJs with several successful radio hits including "Take Over Control" and "Can't Stop Me".
@afrojack
210 photos 170,000 followers
Alesso
Alessandro Lindblad (aka Alesso) is Techno
artist from Sweden. Starting first with remixes of others songs, he has transitioned into an original music artist with several popular EDM songs and his first single release this year called "Under Control" which is a collaboration with Calvin Harris.
@alesso
240 photos 163,000 followers
Steve Angello
Steve Angello is an electronic artist out of Sweden and a member of Swedish House Mafia, whose hits include “Don’t You Worry Child” and "Save the World". He tours as a solo artist and is a headliner at EDM festivals all over the world. Check out the video above to get a taste of the finale from his outstanding performance at Lollapalooza 2013.
@steveangello
600 photos 260,000 followers
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki and Lil Jon at Lolla from @steveaoki
Steve Aoki is an electro composer, musician and record producer from Newport Beach, CA. Steve produces a combination of remixes and original music and travels the world performing for huge crowds. He was also a headliner at Lolla 2013 and added a surprise guest, rapper Lil Jon. Aoki shares more photos than most other celebrities so he is a lot of fun to follow.
@steveaoki
2,200 photos 620,000 followers
Baauer
Harry Bauer Rodrigues (aka Baauer) is Trap music artist from NYC. He grabbed international attention with his viral video hit "Harlem Shake". Which is the first single to ever reach #1 on the Billboard charts based on its youtube success without ever achieving major radio airplay. While his original video has been viewed over 20 million times, it has also spawned hundreds of thousands of copycat videos.
@baauer
370 photos 42,000 followers
Bassnectar
Lorin Ashton (aka Bassnectar) is an electronic dubstep music producer from Santa Cruz, CA. Heavily influenced by the metal bands of the 80s and 90s, Bassnectar brings a more edgy mix of techno music to his fans. He travels around the country and has a hardcore group of fans, called Bassheads, that travel to many of his shows.
@bassnectar
280 photos 64,000 followers
Boys Noize
Alexander Ridha (aka Boys Noize) hails from Hamburg, Germany and is an
electronic Techno DJ, artist, songwriter and founder of Boys Noize Records. He has released several albums and singles including a collaboration with Snoop Dogg on "Got It". He recently teamed up with Skrillex to release a few singles under the moniker, Dog Blood, and the two are currently touring together.
@boysnoize
280 photos 64,000 followers
Deadmau5 with a jet engine from @deadmau5
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (aka Deadmau5)
is one of the original progressive house and trance music producers and very well known around the world. His signature "mouse head" is an iconic logo that is instantly recognizable to most people under the age of 30. He has won many awards as an electronic music producer but has not yet received the radio airplay of many of the contemporary techno artists. However, Deadmau5 is doing just fine selling out shows around the world and selling hundreds of thousands of albums.
@deadmau5
620 photos 770,000 followers
Dada Life
Dada Life is a Swedish Electro house music duo including Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom. While they have been rocking out crowds in Sweden since 2006, they have only recently burst onto the international scene with "Kick out the Epic Mother***" and "So Young So High". Their songs typically feature a distinctive child-like computerized voice singing their lyrics.
@dadalife
440 photos 90,000 followers
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (aka Diplo) is an LA based Techno DJ, music producer, songwriter and founder of Mad Decent Records. He has worked on production projects with Justin Bieber, Beyonce and Usher. He has released 3 albums and several EPs.
@diplo
1250 photos 310,000 followers
Dogblood
Dogblood is a side project collaboration between Skrillex and Boys Noize. While each of these EDM stars have their own thriving careers, they are currently touring together after having collaborated on a few singles. Dogblood's music falls into the acid techno music with edgier sounds than typical techno. It falls into the same category with Kill the Noise and Knife Party.
@dogblood
50 photos 11,000 followers
Stage shot from @flosstradamus
Flosstradamus
Flosstradamus is a Chicago-based EDM duo including Josh Young and Curt Cameruci. They have collaborated with several other top hip hop and EDM stars including Baauer, Kid Sister and Diplo.
@flosstradamus
300 photos 41,000 followers
Flux Pavilion
Joshua Steele (aka Flux Pavilion) is a EDM dubstep music producer from Great Britian and cofounder of Circus Records. His brand of techno dubstep tends to be a bit edgier than most. He has built a devoted following with his distinctive sound such as "I Can't Stop" and "Bass Cannon".
@fluxpavilion
210 photos 30,000 followers
Dillon Francis
Dillon Francis is an electronic music producer from Los Angeles, CA and one of the pioneers of the moonbahcore form of trance music. After working on a lot of remixes as a DJ, Francis released his first EP of original music in 2010.
@dillonfrancis
800 photos 117 ,000 followers
David with Steve Aoki from @davidguetta
David Guetta
David Guetta is a French Electro house music producer who achieved international success with his 2009 release of One Love, which included hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories". His follow-up 2011 album was just as successful with hits like "Without You" and "Titanium". He has sold over 6 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide and certainly one of the most successful house music composers to date.
@davidguetta
160 photos 600,000 followers
Calvin Harris
Adam Richard Wiles (aka Calvin Harris)
is Scottish electronic artist and producer. He is one of the most
commercially successful of the EDM artists releasing three studio albums
with several Top 10 Billboard songs including "I Need your Love" and "I'm Not Alone" with Ellie Goulding, "Sweet Nothing" with Florence Welch and "Let's Go" with Ne-Yo.
@calvinharris
620 photos 530,000 followers
Keys N Krates
Keys N Krates is a Toronto based EDM band and one of the most unique acts in the Techno universe. Unlike other EDM artists which are primarily behind mixing equipment, Keys actually combines drums, keyboards and mixing equipment with three band members, Adam Tune (drums), David Matisse (keyboards) and Jr. Flo (mixers).
@keysnkrates
70 photos 1,400 followers
Kill the Noise
Jake Stanczak (aka Kill the Noise)
is an electronic music producer from Rochester, NY. His music comes with a definite edge that attempts to bridge the gap between metal and techno music. He has collaborated with metal band Korn and rapper Ludacris.
@killthenoise
160 photos 24,000 followers
Knife Party
Knife Party is an Australian electro house duo consisting of Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. Originally, members of a metal band, they changed course after hearing Konflict’s “Messiah”. Their dubstep style is much edgier than most other electro DJs and fits into the acid house category with Kill the Noise and Dogblood. Only Gareth seems to be an active Instagram user.
@garethknifeparty
210 photos 25,000 followers
Krewella
Hamsterballing from @MajorLazer
Krewella is an EDM trio from Chicago, IL consisting of Jahan Yousef, Yasmine Yousef and Kris Trindl (Rain Man). Formed in 2011, they band has not wasted any time to release their first EP, Play Hard, in 2012. They plan to release their first full album in September 2013 and Billboard Music has declared that it is going to be a huge year for Krewella.
@krewellamusic
240 photos 81,000 followers
Major Lazer
Major Lazer is electro reggae project created by Diplo (see above). Diplo and two other artists, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire record and tour as Major Lazer. Their music is unique in the EDM space because of the reggae, island flair. They are also one of the few groups that usually crowd-surfs in a giant hamster ball at their shows.
@majorlazer
420 photos 88,000 followers
Modestep
Modestep is an EDM band from London. Their members include brothers, Josh and Tony Friend, Matthew Curtis and Nick Tsang. Josh Friend is the lead singer and official Instagrammer for the group. He is very active posting pics on and off stage. You can also follow the Official Modestep IG account but it is much less active than Josh.
@joshmodestep
600 photos 15,000 followers
@modestepofficial
10 photos 1,500 followers
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold is an Electro DJ and music producer from Britian. At 50, he is one of the oldest players in the game he is still highly relevant as he has transformed his style with the changes in the industry. He has collaborated with many musical artists and served as agent for The Beastie Boys and Run-DMC back in the day.
@pauloakenfold
210 photos 16,000 followers
Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (aka Skrillex) is an American Techno and Dubstep artist and songwriter from California. Moore started his music career in a hard rock band called From First to Last but left as the techno movement was taking hold to become an EDM artist. He has released 6 EPs as a solo artist and won 6 Grammy Awards. He recently began to collaborate with Boys Noize on Dog Blood, and the two have been touring under that band name.
@skrillex
480 photos 910,000 followers
Tiesto
Tijs Michiel Verwest is a Dutch musician and EDM music producer. He started as a DJ back in the 90s and progressed to one of the new breed of software-enabled Techno musicians in the 2000s. Tiesto has released 5 studio albums and has won a number of European music awards.
@tiesto
570 photos 440,000 followers
Cal and Rez at Wrigley while in Chicago for Lolla @timeflies
Timeflies
Timeflies is an American electro music duo consisting of Rob Resnick and Cal Shapiro. The two met at Tufts University in Boston and moved to NYC together after graduating. They released their debut album in September 2011. They released an EP in 2012 and both records did well on iTunes. However, it is their first radio single, "I Choose U", released in April 2013 that is catapulting them to international success.
@timefliesmusic
240 photos 45,000 followers
Zedd
Anton Zaslavski (aka Zedd) is a Russian-born, German musician and
EDM music producer. He is a musical prodigy that began playing instruments at age 4. Zedd is a brilliant songwriter that has created some incredibly catchy songs at a very young age. Zedd released his first album in 2012 and its first single "Clarity" reached #8 on the Billboard charts. However, there are several other songs from this album that are also likely to hit the Top 10 after the receive radio airplay including "Spectrum" and "Follow You Down".
@zedd
130 photos 144,000 followers
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