If Charlotte Aitchison is anything, she’s affable. Any other 20 year old might have already let success go to her head. But this girl named Charli remains warm and friendly, if a little blunt. “I have read some reviews and stuff. Maybe that’s a bit uncool of me,” Aitchison says…

Hey Ultra, You are getting a lot of heat lately because some spoiled brats think they deserved to get early-bird tickets. No one deserves anything. Your request of $399.95 plus fees for a general admission ticket, while high, is reasonable. Coachella tickets go for $349.95; Bonnaroo topped out at $269.50;…

Before David Guetta had everyone singing “Sexy Bitch” and Swedish House Mafia soothed with “Don’t You Worry Child,” there was Digitalism. Circa 2006 and ’07, this German duo of Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi rode a wave of progressive dance music that took over indie dance nights across…

If any label has best harnessed the international hipster appeal of electronic music and indie rock, it’s definitely been Paris’s Kitsuné. Founded in 2002 as both a record and fashion label by Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki, Kitsuné seems to have been able to sustain its momentum despite the fickle…

We’re starting to sound like a broken record. (Pun not intended. Every DJ uses Ableton these days anyway.) Hot Chip is easily one of the most influential electronic (or dance rock or indie electro or whatever you want to call it) acts of the past decade. They’re almost this generation’s…

Sure, Ultra Music Festival is happening this weekend. But why party with everyone else, when you can party with the electronic dance music VIPs? The Motorola Music Lounge, presented by Sol Republic and hosted by Sirius XM, will return to an undisclosed location for the fourth consecutive year to serve…

There is EDM and then there is electronic dance music. What’s the difference? The former has been co-opted by the U.S. media to describe any electronic music that’s popular these days — from Swedish House Mafia to David Guetta to Skrillex — with little, if any, distinction between acts. But…

Diplo is undeniably a superstar now. He is well known beyond the confines of EDM. He is producing music for pop stars. And he’s got a face that brands want to use to hawk products. So, as expected, his side project, Major Lazer, is changing with him. And plenty has…

All we know is that in 2013 Daft Punk has promised the world a new album. It will be their first studio since 2005’s Human After All — a superb experiment in robotic mass consumerism. And after having a TV commercial pop-up during Saturday Night Live earlier this month and…

We’re going to be honest with you. When Ultra Music Festival announced its entire 2013 live stage lineup, we were underwhelmed. The scope of the roster was perfect, but it seemed to lack the kind of anchor act that sets the standard for everyone else. Last year, Ultra had Kraftwerk,…

Back when most of us were only concerned with what kind of Underoos we were going to wear that day, Carl Cox was already peddling dance music. And while DJs today enjoy playing atop enormous stages with seizure-inducing light shows, it’s safe to say that in the late ’80s, Cox…

It’s easy for EDM snobs to hate on Tiësto. The Dutch DJ/producer’s house and trance records are nuggets of music easily consumed by the masses. They aren’t always risky or forward-thinking, but they seem to get the job done and, more important, make a lot of people happy. Sure, Tiësto…

In almost month, Ultra Music Festival will kick off its six-day marathon of EDM madness in Bayfront Park and with it bring a slew of electronic acts to Miami, some of which you can catch pretty often at Miami-area nightclubs and others that rarely (if ever) make Magic City cameos.We…