Ultra Music Festival, much like the Universe itself, is constantly expanding. Over the past 14 years, what started as a one-day party on Miami Beach has morphed into a huge corporate monster with a million heads. Rather than one day of debauchery, you get three days, plus an UMF concert…
Who’s Got The Funk? With Amtrac and Brass Knuckles Grand Central, Miami Thursday, March 8, 2012 Better Than: An awkward ’70s-themed party with fake afros and platforms. Miami’s own Amtrac and Brass Knuckles brought the house down last night at Grand Central with support from some of their funkiest friends…
Attention passengers. You’re normally allowed one carry-on per flight. But Ultra Music Festival is going to go ahead and upgrade that to about 10. No, we’re not actually flying anywhere, but Ultra is spreading the love with their Carry On series of after parties throughout Miami Music Week. Festivities kick…
Amtrac and Brass Knuckles at Grand Central March 8
Before Steve Aoki was voted DJ Most Likely to Waste Champagne, he already had a pretty sweet reputation as the head of Dim Mak records. When he started the label back in 1996, he focused mainly on signing massive indie rock acts like Battles, Bloc Party and The Von Bondies…
Even after 27 years, four albums, and a few line-up changes, Jane’s Addiction is holding on strong. In fact, Perry Farrell and company’s latest album, The Great Escape Artist, made it to the third spot on Billboard rock chart. So rather than kick the habit in 2012, these ’90s alt-rock…
Rising Swedish star Avicii is one of the hottest DJ-producers in contemporary house music. His massive hit “Levels,” which samples recently deceased Etta James’s “Something’s Got a Hold on Me,” gets so much play that it’s almost become obnoxious. But before you start hating on the guy for no reason…
Yeah, you read that right. Broadway’s about to get hood as fuck. Playbill.com has announced an open casting call for an upcoming “American musical,” tentatively titled Holler If Ya Hear Me, “inspired by and featuring the music of Tupac Amaru Shakur.” You know, because lyrics like “They say pussy and…
Underground R&B sensation and Odd Future fellow Frank Ocean is catching some static from the Eagles’ Don Henley. The singer isn’t feeling Ocean’s “American Wedding,” which samples the old classic “Hotel California.” Henley threatened to sue Ocean if he performs it again, and now the performance videos on YouTube are…
Who’s got the funk? On Thursday, March 8, you’ll get a chance to find out as Poplife, Super Music Group, and Gotta Dance Dirty bring a two-room, eight-act electronic extravaganza to Grand Central in search of the perfect beat. Think of it as a little Winter Music Conference warm-up party…
Ultra Music Festival band Neon Indian just released an Adult Swim-directed video for new-ish single “Fallout” and it’s just as cartoonishly trippy as you’d imagine. Coming from the minds of the best primetime stoner entertainment on the market, this clip features an animated hottie with pink hair, giant boobs, and…
Attention party animals! Sweden’s Miike Snow will be breaking it down at Ultra Music Festival, and you don’t wanna be caught slippin’. No, Miike Snow is not a man. It’s a group of electro-pop producers — Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Andrew Wyatt — that’s created some of the biggest…
Everyone in North Florida is straight freaking out about this band Hundred Waters and its otherworldy indie sound. Having just released a six-song EP, ironically titled EP, the group’s being hailed as the best thing to hit the mean musical streets of Gainesville in a long time, and one of…
The world’s greatest sea-bound rave has sold out a full year from its next scheduled sailing date. Just last month, Hard’s Holy Ship! hit the high seas for its maiden voyage, carrying Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 3000 bikini-ready party people to the Bahamas and back. And…
Surfer Blood at Bardot February 16
GTA’s Van Toth talks ghetto tech house, bedroom studios, and Laidback Luke
Miami’s not exactly renowned for its fabulous public transport system. But this month, there’s a new company trying to get you off the streets. Miami Water Taxi bills itself as a fun way for tourists to check out our city, as well as a fresh new way for locals to…
Miami beatmaker Amtrac celebrated the release of his album Came Along at Grand Central in September. And ever since, he’s been riding a chillwave of success. He put out a video for the album’s title track. The song was recently featured on Jersey Shore. And now he’s back with another…
Here’s a musical math lesson. What do you get when you take 16 DJs, divide them by three dance floors, and add everyone 18 years or older? Well, besides the obvious onslaught of kandi bracelets and neon tanks, you get 1 Night In Miami, Committee Entertainment’s latest endeavor. Committee’s the…
Valentine’s Day is generally accepted as a stupid holiday for saps, Hallmark, and women with no spines. The only thing it’s good for is selling candy and giving Hollywood another excuse to make disgusting and totally implausible rom-coms that no one will remember. Still, being single on National PDA Day…
R3hab at LIV February 11
Brenton Brown knows how to hustle. Having come back to his native Miami after graduating from the University of Florida, he doesn’t let the haters throw him off his quest to be the next big rapper. Signed with new management, he just made a video for his song, “Lemme Know,”…
