Skrillex and Boys Noize’s Dog Blood Scheduled To Return at Buku Festival 2019
Back in August of 2012, Skrillex and Boys Noize teamed up to release their debut single “Next Order / Middle Finger” as the super duo, Dog Blood.
While taking on some festivals as the super duo, Dog Blood has been relatively quiet. In August of 2018, Dog Blood posted on Instagram for the first time in over a year, igniting hopes among their fans. Despite a quiet couple of months from the duo, The Buku Project officially announced their 2019 lineup with none other than A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, Excision, RL Grime, GRiZ, Louis The Child, and Dog Blood.
If you want to catch the rare appearance of Skrillex and Boys Noize, make sure to grab your tickets for the New Orleans-based festival on March 22 + 23.
we didn’t have to, but we really did that.
the #BUKU2019 lineup is here 🔥
passes on sale tues 12/11 at 10am ct pic.twitter.com/aFf45zVfVS— The BUKU Project (@thebukuproject) December 6, 2018
Dog Blood Actually Delivered at Buku 2019
The rare appearance came through. Skrillex and Boys Noize played Buku in New Orleans that March, and they didn’t just run through old material, the pair unloaded a stack of brand new, unreleased Dog Blood IDs during the set. Dance music outlets covered the reunion with genuine excitement, with fan-filmed clips of the new tracks circulating widely in the days after the festival.
It ended up being more than a one-off either. Dog Blood kept the momentum going by lining up additional festival dates later that year, including a slot at Sunset Music Festival, which suggested the duo had more planned than just a single surprise comeback show. For fans who’d been waiting since that 2018 Instagram post for any sign of life from the project, Buku 2019 turned out to be the real beginning of a proper Dog Blood return rather than just a tease.
Why the Buku Booking Made Sense
Buku has always leaned into pairing heavier, bass-forward acts with hip-hop headliners, so slotting Dog Blood alongside names like A$AP Rocky and Excision on that 2019 bill tracked with the festival’s identity. It also gave Skrillex and Boys Noize a lower-pressure setting to test new material than, say, a full album rollout would have. Dropping unfinished IDs live at a festival crowd lets producers gauge reactions in real time, and for a project that only surfaces occasionally, that kind of low-key return made a lot more sense than trying to force a big proper release right away.
