If there’s one problem with hundreds of the world’s best DJs coming to town every year for Miami Music Week, it’s this: How in hell do fans choose which events to attend? The embarrassment of riches is a good problem to have, of course, with every lineup delivering cutting-edge beats…
Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, Odesza’s two-man team, discuss their approach to high-profile gigs such as the band’s sure-to-be-massive set at Ultra Music Festival this Friday.
If you’re heading to Virginia Key this weekend, here are the Ultra acts you shouldn’t miss.
It’s been a long slog for rock ‘n’ soul band the Sh-Booms from their founding in an Orlando garage in 2011 to having their single “Leon the Hustler” declared “the coolest song in the world.” The Sh-Booms’ debut album, The Blurred Odyssey — whose release the group will celebrate with a free show…
If you were hoping to catch Eric Prydz — AKA Pryda or Cirez D — at Ultra Music Festival or his highly anticipated show at Wynwood Factory, bad news. Last night, he announced on Twitter that because of a medical issue, he won’t be able to make it to Miami this…
If you’re coming to the Magic City for Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival, you have Winter Music Conference (WMC) to thank. From 1985 to 2010, the week in March when the entire dance music community descended upon Miami to shake off the winter chill, network, and, of course,…
Before Ultra Music Festival was the behemoth it is today, revelers escaping the frigid temperatures of the North and Europe would travel to Miami for the parties. That tradition continues, even with Ultra’s strict artist agreements. (Ultra’s contract is standard among music festivals and ensures most acts cannot perform in South Florida for a period before and after the fest.)
It’s a frigid 22 degrees Fahrenheit in downtown Toronto. Gray sky hangs low over snow-slushed sidewalks, turning everything a dismal shade of urban slate. People are masses of jacket cloth hunched against the cold as they duck in and out of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s heavy glass doors. The lobby…
Will Renuart’s voice cracks slightly as he thinks about the time and energy he’s put into the Electric Pickle over the past decade. “It’s dawned on me now coming here to meet with you,” Renuart says while sitting down at a Wynwood café. That’s because at the end of June,…
Miami Music Week, Ultra Music Festival, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, March 25 through 31.
Ahead of the tenth installment of Dim Mak Miami, Aoki took time out of his busy schedule to reminisce about a decade of MMW parties.
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
JG Wilkes, half of the legendary Scottish DJ duo Optimo, discusses Electric Pickle and saying goodbye to beloved nightlife institutions.
New Times has rounded up all of this year’s Miami Music Week yacht parties to help get your sea legs dancing. Just be sure to plan ahead (some of these parties have cash-only bars) and arrive at the dock with time to spare. You wouldn’t want the party to set sail without you.
Though many questions regarding Ultra Music Festival’s move to Virginia Key still loom, one thing festivalgoers don’t have to worry about is the music. If you’re the kind of Ultranaut who likes to have a game plan before hitting the festival grounds, the good news is Ultra has finally released…
The queer and punk movements have always been intertwined. Though you couldn’t tell from today’s pop-punk acts or even from the more aggressive hardcore-punk acts, queer people have been integral to the scene. The queercore subculture eventually spun off from punk in the ’80s, keeping punk’s DIY ethos while championing a…
Every year, Miami Music Week boasts an unfathomable number of pool parties, warehouse raves, and all-night club showcases promising a utopia of beats and beautiful people – for a price. But everyone loves a free party, and just like previous editions, Miami Music Week 2019 brings a fresh batch of bashes…
After almost a decade and a half, the organizers of Wanee Music Festival say they might be calling it quits on their extravaganza in North Florida. But fans of the annual event started by the Allman Brothers Band in 2005 need not mope: A new tradition (closer to home) will…
Kodak Black should know better than to sexually harass a woman. Yet he is — and his target isn’t just any woman. It’s openly gay fellow rapper Young M.A. Black’s persistent comments about Young M.A, sandwiched in song lyrics and Instagram Live sessions over the past month, describe in detail…
As one-third of the English progressive trance trio Above & Beyond, Tony McGuinness has had a front-row seat to watch the evolving ways the world consumes music. “It used to be the lack of availability of music made it more valued,” McGuinness tells New Times. “You’d go to a club and hear a song, and you’d have to track it down. Then you’d spend weeks getting to know it. An album was valuable because you spent money on it. People’s record collections were a display of their soul.
Is Ultra Music Festival the greatest music event since Woodstock? According to a study by CloudCover Music, absolutely. CloudCover, a music streaming service for businesses, surveyed 665 fans who attended music festivals. They were asked important questions such as: Which one was your favorite? What did you do there? Was…
The time has come. From March 25 through 31, hundreds of thousands of dance music fans from around the globe will descend upon Miami to experience world-renowned DJs, producers, and electronic musicians. And if you somehow missed the news, Ultra Music Festival is moving to Virginia Key. Shit is about to get crazy.
