London-born Jesse Rose, one of the most quietly celebrated house DJs in the world, has never played Ultra. And thanks to his impending retirement, he never will. “There used to be a thing where if you played Ultra, you couldn’t play any other parties,” he recalls. “And for me, you…
He may be a jet-setting DJ and head of the label Knee Deep in Sound, but recently, Hot Since 82, AKA Daley Padley, was knee-deep in something else: mosquito bites. “I’ve got over 40 bites all down my leg,” he says. “I’ve not been bit a lot before this.” Mosquitoes…
It’s nearly Miami Music Week 2017, and the cash cow of EDM has supposedly been slaughtered. The Miami Herald has said it. So has Pitchfork. Even New Times is demanding a sea change in the dance music industry that will save us from the monotony of stale DJs and distasteful acts like the Chainsmokers.
If you asked what song best describes the state of EDM in 2017, it wouldn’t be electronic. It wouldn’t have a drop or a simple synth melody or a four-on-the-floor beat. It would be “After the Gold Rush” by Neil Young. The singer-songwriter wrote “After the Gold Rush” while the…
What does the 2008 housing crisis have to do with one of last year’s most celebrated pop songs? Everything.
Any dance music fan worth her weight in vinyl recognizes Chicago and Detroit as the birthplaces of house and techno, respectively. Some of the pioneers, such as house godfather Frankie Knuckles and James Stinson of the undersea-themed techno group Drexciya, have passed on. But many others have become veterans in…
We all know what Miami looks like in the movies. It’s the same scene every time: a plane flies over a nonexistent “Miami” sign and whisks us into a flashy world of clubs, beaches, and salsa music. It’s the city of Miami Vice, or this year’s War Dogs, the based-on-real-events story of two South Beach schmucks who become unlikely arms dealers. It’s the Miami that gets sold to tourists, the one we construct at work in hotels and bars.
Less than three months from now, thousands of EDM-crazed festivalgoers will descend upon Bayfront Park for Ultra’s 2017 run. If you’re hoping to join the party, you need to act quickly. Tickets are almost sold out.
For 34 years, Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival has brought international cinema to the Magic City, but this year, a homegrown talent will step into the spotlight. Blake Jenner, a Miami-born-and-raised actor best known for his role on Fox’s Glee, will compete for this year’s Jordan Ressler Screenwriting Award when the festival presents the world premiere of Billy Boy.
If food is fuel for our bodies, perhaps music is fuel for our brains. Maybe the emotional stimulation of listening to a Mozart symphony or a Migos banger can be as fulfilling to the mind as a plate of spaghetti is to the stomach. But what would it take to combine these two sensations? What would it require to put together food and music like a mighty sandwich?
What do you hear in your head when you read the word “saxophone”? It’s “Careless Whisper,” isn’t it? It’s one of the most iconic saxophone melodies in pop music history. To some, the first four notes alone instantly summon sex, evoking the kind of smoldering passion you’d…
Where were you when Hurricane Matthew screwed up your III Points plans? I wasn’t even in Miami. I was planning to head down from college in Jacksonville when the storm steered its cruel, windy gaze toward the Sunshine State. The six-hour drive became too dangerous to attempt as the storm…
For Los Angeles-based DJ Amber Giles, AKA Mija, the musical obsessions that make up her frenetic, mercurial sets come quickly, burn brightly, and fade fast. “A year ago, it would’ve been trap, a year before that house,” she says. “I go through so many phases, but right now, my favorite…
When Theo Kottis flies in from the United Kingdom to embark on his first North American tour, the first thing he’ll be looking for is some Miami sun. “In Scotland, it’s just raining every day nonstop,” he says, presumably from the inside of a very thick wool sweater. Although it’s…
In the mostly wordless world of club music, finding the right words to describe one’s sound can be frustrating. It’s a problem Berlin-based DJ and label head Camea Hoffman, better known simply as Camea, encounters frequently. “Even when I’m just trying to write, like, a one-sheet for a release, I…
Since her last stop in the Magic City, Nora En Pure has felt the most telling sign of music biz success: She’s busy, busy, busy. “I can’t remember the last time I was off for a week or so,” she says. “New music has come out, and I’m trying to…
For most South Floridians, the worst thing about living here is the traffic. In our heavily suburbanized landscape, getting anywhere means crawling into a car and suffering through the frustration and tedium of a long — and often dangerous — drive. But for Fort Lauderdale native Jess Gentile, better known…
The weekend of October 7 looms large for Roberto Carlos Lange, better known onstage as Helado Negro. On top of dropping his latest LP and coming off a string of tour dates opening for Sufjan Stevens, the singer-songwriter will also perform at III Points, the Wynwood music festival famous for…
Regrettably, it’s still 2016, and on top of all the awful news this awful year has gifted us, music festivals are dying — at least according to some. Cynics point to the repetitive lineups and increasingly corporate vibe at major affairs like Bonnaroo and Ultra as evidence of their lost…
