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A rundown of the best afterhours sets and parties at Miami Music Week.

The city is filled with techno music during Miami Music Week. A diet of just one of the 80-plus venues would satisfy even the most discerning techno palate. If the options become overwhelming, write the names of the parties on small pieces of paper, crumple them up, put them in a fedora, and draw randomly.

It’s nearly Miami Music Week 2017, and the cash cow of EDM has supposedly been slaughtered. The Miami Herald has said it. So has Pitchfork. Even New Times is demanding a sea change in the dance music industry that will save us from the monotony of stale DJs and distasteful acts like the Chainsmokers.

Moon Boots is set to play at Bardot on Tuesday, March 21 and the Anjunadeep party on Saturday, March 25 at Gramps Bar. United by Anjuna, “beats” and “deep” are the two labels owned and operated by Above & Beyond. In short, Anjunabeats for trance and Anjunadeep for house.

Liquid Liquid’s Sal P. teamed up with Italian producer Shield of Rebirth Records for an edgy new house cut he’s sure to drop during a rare Miami DJ set for the label’s 10-year anniversary party at Do Not Sit On The Furniture.

It’s usually easy to find a rock star pleased to talk about himself. But John McEntire, drummer, cofounding member, and engineer of the postrock collective Tortoise, seems incredibly uncomfortable when asked about his talents. Though he’s often singled out as the figurehead of the Chicago quintet, McEntire says that’s a…

If there’s one complaint you hear often about Ultra Music Festival, it’s that the acts all seem to be the same year after year. Some of that criticism seems valid, but if you’re looking for something new among the headliners, perhaps you’re looking in the wrong place. Acts such as…

Miami Music Week, which culminates with the deafening, glitter-and-neon bacchanalia that is Ultra Music Festival, is almost all about the DJs. It is as preoccupied with electronic music as Dr. Seuss was with cats, hats, green eggs, and ham. There are parties around pools/There are parties before school/You’ll find parties…

Whenever Floridians see Trick Daddy’s name on a playbill or flyer, they run to the stage. Jamming out to Trick’s classic songs and hearing what he has to say is an undeniable benefit of life in the 305. And within the past year, Trick Daddy Dollars has had a lot…

There’s no denying that acts like Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Martin Garrix, and Afrojack help Ultra Music Festival sell tickets. But before EDM became a marketing buzzword, Ultra was putting dance music at the forefront every March with a lineup that always seemed to carefully balance popular, if flash-in-the-pan, trends…

Dallas Green was born with an interesting story to his name. “That’s true,” the Canadian singer-songwriter says of the origin of his moniker. “My mom wanted to name me something else, I guess a plainer name, and my dad wasn’t going for it.” Instead, his parents named their son after…

You don’t have to be a model heiress or a startup millionaire to have a great time at Miami Music Week. Sure, having a table at LIV is fun, but it’s incredibly overpriced. There’s plenty of good music and good times to be had with just a few dollars in…

In 1993, Cypress Hill dropped what would be its biggest hit and a portal into the mainstream consciousness, “Insane in the Brain.” Perhaps what’s more insane is how little time the West Coast rap outfit of B-Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs, and Eric Bobo has spent in South Florida over…

“Jazz in the Gardens” is the wrong name for this festival. The two-day event held at the home of the Miami Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium, is now in its 12th year. But there is no garden, at least not in the typical, backyard sense of the word, and, more important, the music isn’t strictly jazz.

Right along with being guaranteed the last entry in any alphabetical list of history’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands, ZZ Top has one other quality that makes it stand out from the pack: longevity. And, no, that’s not a reference to the size of their beards.

As Ultra Music Festival inches toward two full decades as the premier dance-music event in the nation, in 2017 the festival doesn’t have a single woman among its headliners and only a handful in the rest of the lineup. Though it would be nice for the events surrounding Miami Music…

Amid all the house, bass, techno, and beyond at Miami Music Week, it can be easy to forget about trance — unless, of course, you’re a devoted member of the #TranceFamily. Trance has been an integral part of Miami dance music; residencies such as George Acosta at Shadow Lounge and…

That thump in the air isn’t just the incoming EDM bpm; it’s your excited heartbeat about to burst from your chest. The best and brightest of the entire dance community are on their way to Miami, and they want nothing more than to party with you.

Imagine yourself tilted at a music festival this summer. It’s pouring, your cell service is spotty, and hours ago you let some dude with cool hair use your set sheet as a rolling paper. Now what? Easy. You stare at your forearm for a couple of seconds, point to the main stage, and elbow your way there. The who, what, when, and where are all right there on your skin, because you tattooed the entire festival lineup on your body at home.