Kevin Barnes has spent the last quarter-century subverting, undoing, and queering social norms — particularly those relating to sexuality and gender — on his records and onstage as part of Athens, Georgia, collective Of Montreal.
We asked Ultra Music Festival attendees to show us what’s in their fanny packs. We’re not even surprised.
Charlotte de Witte. Charlotte de Witte is the latest in a line of great Belgian electronic artists to break through globally. Like Front 242 and Soulwax before her, de Witte has proven to be one of Belgium’s top musical exports. As the curator behind techno showcase night KNTXT, de Witte…
Marshmello, Of Montreal, Boy Harsher, and more of the best concerts in Miami this week, April 1 through 7.
While people of color are rarely used in Ulra’s marketing, it still remains a place where black girls can thrive to EDM.
The first day of Ultra Music Festival showcased the best live performances and DJs — and the worst exit plan. The perfect night of EDM quickly took a turn when over 80k festival-goers were left stranded on Virginia Key with no hopes of returning back to the mainland by shuttle…
With so many new factors going into this year’s Ultra Music Festival, including a new location on Virginia Key, it’s fair to say that both organizers and festivalgoers were anxious about the first day. Those fears were proven valid last night, when shuttle service off the island faltered, forcing a…
At an EDM festival, its expected the hot sun, long lines and loud line ups, but even the toughest of ravers deserve a spot to rest. We found the best places to take a nap.
Sophie. The live stage is tucked in the corner near the Ultra Worldwide stage and the Radio stage, but it’s hard to miss. Its huge covering invited guests to escape the sun and hydrate between sets. Sophie was up next. With a thin crowd, it didn’t seem many onlookers were…
Did the task of figuring out how to get on and off Virginia Key this weekend seem like too much? Don’t worry — Ultra Music Festival isn’t going to leave the dance-music fans who decided to stay home hanging. The much beloved Ultra Live stream returns this year, so fire…
These are the five best concerts in Miami this weekend.
The death of Swedish DJ/producer Tim Bergling, AKA Avicii, rocked the world of electronic music last year. The artist was known around the globe as “an awe-inspiring creator, pioneer, artist, and true trailblazer in modern music,” as Ultra Music Festival described him in a commemorative statement. But at the age of…
The word bayo means “to give” or “give it to them” in Kreyol. For Haitian DJ/producer Michael Brun, whose Bayo party will take over the Little Haiti Cultural Complex this Sunday, the word has special meaning within the quickly gentrifying neighborhood. “What is happening in Little Haiti is happening all…
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,…
