North America has really embraced the new electro house movement with open arms, and it boasts a lot of popular DJs and producers in the scene. While European countries like Italy might still prefer the more traditional club sounds, Italian duo Crookers are representing their homeland in a very big way these days with rap-inspired electro house sets and killer remixes for big names like Kid Cudi, Armand Van Helden and Chromeo.

I was in Chicago last weekend and went to check out Crookers' North American debut at Smartbar. The place was packed for them. I was really impressed. I also really like their BBC 1 Essential Mix that is floating around the blogosphere.

Their first North American DJ tour makes a stop at Wrongbar (everyone's favourite club in Parkdale) this Saturday night alongside Toronto's VNDLSM and Nasty Nav.

Who wants to go for free? The first person to post a comment below will get two free tickets to the party!

Crookers, VNDLSM, Nasty Nav
Saturday, June 28
Wrongbar
1279 Queen Street West
Doors 10pm
Advanced tickets $18.50, available at Rotate This, Play De Record, wanttickets.com

Photo: Crookers Myspace page.