There’s very little Erol Alkan hasn’t done during his odd two decades in the music game. As a DJ, he’s garnered some of the international dance music industry’s top accolades, including Mixmag’s prestigious DJ of the Year award in 2006. As an A&R visionary, he’s broken cutting-edge new electronic artists…
DJ-producers Zip Stolk and Tom Waist may as well be time-warp Chicago homeboys, considering their keen grasp of the jacking classic house sound. But in fact, they hail from present-day Amsterdam. As Homework, the pair has taken the international scene by storm since 2010 with a series of delectably deep…
Let’s make one thing clear about this list: the only goth bands that matter were those at the forefront of this short-lived scene in England. Everything after the bands listed and explored below were some sort of rip-off … excluding one exception (it’s called cognitive dissonance, humor me … it’s…
When Peter Hook takes the stage at Grand Central this Friday night to perform the music of Joy Division, he will be playing on the same stage Peter Murphy performed his tribute to Bauhaus two years ago. Before Murphy took that stage, Miami New Times had a nice long chat…
“You have to be proud of the city that you’re representing.” With those simple words, Trick Daddy captured the whole vibe of Fadenfest II. Newly 24-year-old Eric Faden wasn’t so much throwing a birthday party for himself as he was dedicating a night of epic rowdiness to the streets that…
Living in Miami can be rough, bro. But there is one thing that makes the 305’s sleazy politicians, never-ending traffic, and jacked-up prices all worth it: the music. And with pretty good tuneage almost every single night of the week, you’ll realize there is no other city in the country…
“¡Te voy a dar jarabe de palo!” That may be a common phrase parents tell their kids in Spain when they act up, but those words are what inspired the name of Spanish rockeros, Jarabe de Palo. “It’s something mothers say to make their kids react,” Jarabe’s lead singer Pau…
Peter Hook seems happy that he is no longer a member of New Order. He also appears quite content to be diving deep into the catalog of the Manchester, England group’s early manifestation as pioneering post-punk band Joy Division. Speaking over the phone from his second house in Malloraca, Spain, the…
If Yahaira Antonia Vargas would have made the cut on season one of Diddy’s Making the Band 3 in 2005, the “tropical Latino urbano” singer, who goes by the name Miss YaYa, probably wouldn’t be where she’s at today. YaYa didn’t make it into “the next international girl group sensation,” but…
Hannah wanted to be a DJ. She clawed her way up the dance-music ranks for 10 years. Now Hannah is wanted all over the world. According to both DJ Mag and Mixmag, the Birmingham, UK native was 2014’s Best Breakthrough DJ and Star of the Year. She thrilled crowds on…
When you’ve got a bunch of talented artists and crazy shows to check out, living in the Magic City can be somewhat of a struggle. But this week, your music experts at New Times present you with a challenge, one that will require strategic planning and critical pacing: To hit…
Since her 2009 debut, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus has consistently pulled off the odd feat of coupling insanely vibrant dance numbers that often sound like the inner rumblings of a piñata on the verge of bursting with weighty lyrics about everything from body image and socioeconomic privilege to gentrification, resource access,…
Blurb. DJ Windows 98 (Arcade Fire’s Win Butler) at Bardot Miami Giveaway 1. Head over to Miami New Times Music’s Facebook page. 2. Find the DJ Windows 98 update and leave a comment. 3. From the pool of commenters, we’ll randomly select a winner for this show at Bardot. So…
Although he’s played a critical role in dozens of high profile projects over the 30 years, Frank Simes is hardly what one would consider a household name. Yet he also claims one of the greatest dream jobs any musician could imagine. As the Who’s musical director, band leader and participating…
It’s hard to imagine how the founders of Miami Beach envisioned their island paradise a century in the future. It’s unlikely that they foresaw Miami Beach residents in 2015 using selfie sticks or drones. They also probably could not see Flo Rida coming. But Flo, along with fellow 305 superstar…
The 305’s Telekinetic Walrus and the Pride of Ions may have started their Magic City voyage in 2009. But according to legend, their journey actually began galaxies away and eons ago when the Prime Primordial Walrus was placed at the center of the ancient universe to lead the Primordial Pride…
Ten years ago in 2005, I went to my first Ultra Music Festival. Back then, it lasted merely a day. Moby played, but he played with a full band and did nothing but original material. The Carl Cox & Friends tent was still actually a tent. No one yet knew…
Ultra Music Festival is 36 solid hours of EDM-themed overstimulation. Superfamous DJs! Pop-star cameos! Half-naked ladies! Oiled-up beefcakes! Dancing robots! Human tacos! Toothpaste Man! Pyrotechnics! Cryo cannons! Fireworks! Everything at Ultra deserves an exclamation point. Or maybe ten. And there’s never less than 120 decibels rumbling through your already stimuli-flooded…
Another year, another Ultra, another man-on-the-street video starring you, the Ultra attendee. You braved a lot this year to have a good time. You roared in the face of torrential downpour, you struggled (or maybe breezed) through heightened security, and you toiled hours composing the world’s sexiest and most vibrant…
Any veteran of Ultra Music Festival who attended this year’s three-day event was pleasantly surprised by the increased organization and overall maturity of the audience. Certain seemingly simple measures, like significantly improved perimeter security and an 18-and-over age policy, taken following 2014’s trampling of security guard Erica Mack and the…
Sure, the rain washed out a lot of acts on Friday and Krewella spent Sunday getting trolled by Deadmau5, but for the most part Ultra Music Festival 2015 was a success. The most positive feedback we heard all week was how much more enjoyable the festival was without the under-18…
The United Nations could learn a thing or two from Ultra. Imagine how much more effective Ban Ki-moon would be in bright pink booty shorts that said Slut across the butt. Hold up, Iran, before we drop these sanctions on your ass, allow me to drop the beat. The people…
