Did you see Martijn Garritsen at Ultra 2013? Maybe you walked right past him, asked him for a light, or made idle chitchat with him in the line for the port-a-john. Then 16, he was just another face in the crowd. Today, you may know the Dutch teen by his…
Beats and sunshine. That’s what makes the Magic City so, um, magical. And even though it may be Monday, just think about all the good music you’ll get to hear once the most dreaded day of the work week passes. To give you a little motivation, we’re hooking you up…
Red Bull binge, errbody. During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2015, the now-annual Red Bull Guest House will be throwin’ down at the Sagamore Hotel for four whole days and nights of ass-shaking shenanigans. From March 26 to 29, the #RBGuestHouse will be providing accomadations to Young Money…
When vinyl started its slow resurgence a few years ago, the naysayers said it was a fad. But proving itself to be a steady seller compared to other physical music like CDs, it has been the only format on the rise. Now, how about audio cassettes? Labels like Burger Records…
EDM fans are counting down the days until Ultra Music Festival 2015. But ten months ago, the City of Miami wasn’t sure if it would ever return. Following the tragic trampling of security guard Erica Mack and fatal drug overdose of 21-year-old attendee Adonis Escoto, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and…
Strolling through the streets of New Orleans, Tony McGuinness can’t help being charmed by the crumbling, romantic building facades as they peer through the bayou mist. He’s going Insta-crazy, taking and uploading pic after pic. “I’m a huge fan of faded grandeur,” he says. Maybe that’s why, as a third…
David Macklovitch is almost naked during our interview. Unfortunately, it’s over the phone. “Yeah, I’m walking around in my underpants, trying to figure out what jeans I’m going to wear,” says the 36-year-old musician, also known as Dave 1, who makes up half of the band Chromeo. “I’m pacing around…
A full decade after Dirtybird’s very first record, it’s easy to forget how drab and somber electronic dance music culture was during the 2000s. Cold, soulless minimal techno served by po-faced DJs was still the order of the day for a scene that took itself way too seriously and had…
It’s been one hell of a meteoric rise for Eats Everything, AKA Daniel Pearce, since 2011’s explosive “Entrance Song” catapulted the UK DJ-producer to the top of the international charts, landing him DJ Mag’s prestigious annual Best Breakthrough Producer award. Hardly a flash in the pan, Pearce has continued going…
Music makes everything sweeter. Lucky for us, we live in the Magic City. That means we’re never at a shortage of good concerts. So to add a little musical sweetness in your life, we’re hooking you up with SoFla’s five best shows. Check ’em out, from Sir Elton John’s classic…
The bucket hat. It’s been worn with such pomp by many of history’s greatest and most influential men. There was Bob Denver on Gilligan’s Island and Bill Murray in Caddyshack. But there is one actor who rapper Schoolboy Q insists wore it the best. “Homeboy from I Know What You…
The bucket hat. It’s been worn with such pomp by many of history’s greatest and most influential men. There was Bob Denver on Gilligan’s Island and Bill Murray in Caddyshack. But there is one actor who rapper Schoolboy Q insists wore it the best. “Homeboy from I Know What You…
When you think perks of being a DJ, you think about all the time you get to read books, right? Is that weird to you? It isn’t to Tiga, but then again, he’s always been a little different. The celebrated Canadian producer has been lucky enough to find success through…
Curren$y’s cool just can’t be matched. Even if he tutored you himself. It’s effortless, as his raps about weed, cars, and women, with the occasional off-cadence flow. Still, many fans (who he has been able to amass since the inception of Lil Wayne’s Young Money Records, when the internet mixtape…
It may be Steam Miami’s first Winter Music Conference, but the downtown club builds steadily upon old Vagabond tradition. The new leaders are veterans of the scene, and already, the week is slammed with showcases and old favorites. From Sunday, March 22, through Friday, March 27, it’s going to be…
When LA punk-rap skate collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All first came to Miami for a very special Halloween performance in 2011, Lil Wayne was there, but Earl Sweatshirt was thousands of miles away. The most critically acclaimed of the OFWKTA crew was off at boarding school in…
Hundred Waters is magically enigmatic. Here’s a band that uses modern technology, meticulously produced synthesizers and pianos, to create a kind of music that could only be achieved at this moment in history. Yet it also sounds as though it should’ve been world famous 50 years ago. Think Nat King…
Four years ago, Ultra Music Festival made waves when it split from the usual date range of Winter Music Conference. Traditionally, the festival and the conference took place during the same week. In 2011, though, the two entities feuded and scheduled separate stretches during the month of March. Thus, the…
It can’t be easy to leave a good band just when they’re about to hit it big. And once that’s happened, there’s never a chance to get back in and enjoy what you helped start. Or is there? Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke has been living out that rare chance…
There’s still another month until Miami degrades into a giant Winter Music Conference/Miami Music Week mess, but the list of parties is already longer than the city is wide. We can tell you from experience that such a list is daunting, especially when it’s scattered around the Interwebs. How are…
“Oh, won’t you stay with me?” With his debut studio album, last year’s In the Lonely Hour, and his melancholic meditations on love desired, love consummated, and love lost, English pop crooner Sam Smith has emerged as an unlikely pop phenomenon. He’s moody. He’s brainy. And he doesn’t do choreography…
The Ultra Music Festival 2015 party plan is finally complete. Last month, the EDM festival’s organizers confirmed 113 acts for this year’s musical roster, from Avicii to Afrojack, Die Antwoord, Deep Dish, Loco Dice, Röyksopp, and Kygo. Now the UMF folks have revealed their Phase Two lineup. Among the additions:…
