We hereby nominate Tommie Sunshine for PLUR president. He seems to be the most positive, well-intentioned person on the planet. But for all his posi vibes, he’s not afraid to stand up and fight. When Ultra Music Festival’s two-weekend 2013 party plan came under fire from the City of Miami…
In just about a week, Miami will be transformed overnight into the only place worth being for true EDM fans. We’ll be overrun with wide-eyed travelers seeking beats, bass, and some girl named Molly, who is apparently friends with everyone. But even as true insanity is unleashed all over town,…
Whoever heard of an EDM duo with only two songs playing Ultra Music Festival? Well, when the act’s two members are world-renowned DJ/producers Boys Noize and Skrillex, even an electronic dance music institution like UMF will make a special exception. Dog Blood, a crazy collab project from the German electro…
Everyone in the 305 is preparing himself emotionally, physically, and financially for the insane uhntz-uhntz parade (AKA Ultra Music Festival) that’s about to come crashing down. But that doesn’t mean the shriek of electric guitar and finger-freaked bass are gonna be totally drowned out in the March EDM melee. Au…
It was more than chilly Saturday evening as Miami’s Vice City Rollers warmed up on the flat track at Suniland Hockey Rink. It was downright freezing! Well, by Miami standards. About 55 degrees, the air felt a little brisk. That didn’t stop a bunch of fans, friends, and family from…
Ultra Music Festival is nothing without the music. Well, that and the thousands of attendees. But the people wouldn’t come knockin’ if the beat didn’t stay rockin’. That being said, the Ultra fest folks are working with the people at Ultra Records to bring you “what is guaranteed to be…
Birds of a feather rock together. And that was certainly true for this past weekend’s pre-WMC/MMW Dirtybird mini-showcase at Story Nightclub. It was headmaster Claude VonStroke, leading lady J. Phlip and Tallahassee’s fresh-out-the-egg new guy Mark Starr bringing the serious jams. To be honest, it was probably one of the…
Winter Music Conference is a rich tradition that, despite the ignorance of some younger rave fans, has been going strong for 28 years. Over the decades, it’s evolved quite a lot, and now the party has eclipsed the “conference” atmosphere of old. Robbie Rivera remembers how it used to be,…
What does it take to throw the perfect party? Ask Gary Richards, aka Destructo, AKA the man behind the curtain of all Hard events. He’s been in the music business since the ’90s, working with record labels, promoters, DJs, and everyone you could imagine. By now, he’s learned more than…
Everybody loves trap music. It’s been around for decades on the Southern hip-hop scene, but 2012 saw the trap house get raided by electro and house producers. And despite the fact that the EDM trap phenomenon is barely a year old, Ultra Music Festival has already granted the genre its…
Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week are swiftly approaching, and we are really starting to “Feel the Love.” We’re not sure if it’s the anticipation of a million mollies waiting to get popped, or the recent announcement of a warm-up show by UK sensation Rudimentary, but either way, we’re…
Our nation loves a good cause, and we seem to have made Rihanna one of them. This whole country is just one bad-gal Instagram photo away from a million-man march to raise awareness and call for an end to the singer’s tumultuous relationship with Chris Brown. Never mind that the…
Your weekend needs a little girl-on-girl action. Not that kind, pervert. We’re talking about local bad-ass bitches booty-blocking and blazing trails on the rink. These girls are looking good and breaking nails, because these derby dames are in it to win it. Cheer on the home team and represent for…
Did you know EDM is a big moneymaker? Nothing sells better than sex, drugs, and uhntz uhntz. And now, thanks to modern technology, you don’t even have to be a respectable, talented DJ to cash in on the molly moola express. Corporations are dying to sign contracts with these party…
Oh girls, we never learn. We always love the assholes who treat us like garbage. As long as they give us just enough to feel like “this time is different.” Well, this time it is different, because it’s not just on-again, off-again rumors of dating and Instakissing. It’s full-on marriage…
Music is more than just a collection of sounds. It’s a whole ‘nother world where anything is possible. You don’t have to be yourself, you don’t even have to be human, and a lot of artists take full advantage of this world of illusion. The benefits? Well, you can safely…
Yo, who’s hungry? We’re fucking starving. But before you start eating faces and torturing people, calm down. Raekwon the Chef is coming to feed Miami some meaty beats. The Wu-Tang Clan man will be stomping through The Stage on Saturday, March 9. He’s bound to exhibit some “Fly.International.Luxurious.Art,” because he’ll…
Whatchu want? Whatchu need? We got you, mang. You looking for something to get you pumped up and raging? Or do you want something that’ll bring you down and chill you out? Oh, you want something that’s gonna make you feel all crazy inside and jump around? How about just…
Saturday night is for him. It’s also for her. Thanks to Poplife, it’s for everyone, because the non-gender-specific get-down His and Hers was in full-swing at Grand Central’s upstairs Garret. This weekend, EDM mastermind, composer, and connoisseur Destructo hit the loft for its second installment of their new night. Naturally,…
Destructo (AKA Gary Richards) is the electro-house chief in charge of Hard Events, the good people behind Holy Ship!!! and the Hard Miami parties during Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week. But Richards is more than just a promoter. He’s been DJing and producing his own killer tracks since…
Just a week ago, Baauer and his “Harlem Shake” was simply an underground sensation. Sure, his name was on the lips of everyone in the know, but how many skinny-jean hipster trapper keepers are there? This morning, Baauer holds the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, the first…
If you’re going to listen to a DJ Pauly D set and you care at all about the legitimacy of the art form, you’ll need to get very, very drunk. But if you just really like clubbing and tanning and Pauly D, you’ll still probably want to get very, very…
