Skrillex, Fred Again and Four Tet’s Frenzied Madison Square Garden Rave Opens a New Chapter for EDM: Concert Review

variety.com:

William Earl Ninety minutes into a set at Madison Square Garden, EDM mainstay Skrillex jumped onto the DJ booth, arms outstretched, head tilted back and bathed in cell phone lights, the screaming crowd and rattling bass.

When the massive drop hit and the house lights dropped, his rebirth was complete. The Feb. 18 show, a collaboration with fellow DJs Fred Again and Four Tet, was billed as a pop-up rave, akin to the secret sets the trio had been playing in the last few weeks in London clubs, Brooklyn’s Good Room and even a makeshift bus in the middle of Times Square.

While the MSG show sold like a legacy artist — with tickets gone in minutes and fans begging for a miracle on message boards — the Skrillex seen trotting around on social media prior to the sets was decidedly a different figure than a dubstep titan.

Born Sonny Moore and cutting his teeth as the singer of screamo outfit From First to Last, Skrillex turned to electronic music in 2008 and quickly became one of the most successful artists in the dubstep genre, catching the wave of increased popularity with a brash sound.