Ray Milian

Fred Falke on Daft Punk's Return: "An Adrenaline Shot Into Mainstream EDM"

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 fi ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend

The weekend is so close, you can almost smell it. In a few hours, you'll want to throw your papers in the air, run out of the cubicle, and make your way to the nearest bar for happy hour. The possibilities will seem endless, but that doesn't mean you have to blow all of your hard earned cash on par ... More >>

Sweatstock 2013's Full Lineup and Set Times

Go wild in the streets! Score swag! Mosh! In exactly 49 hours, everyone's favorite Little Haiti music shop, Sweat Records, will be celebrating Sweatstock 2013, its third annual one-day music fest, anniversary party, and Record Store Day bonanza. There will be limited-edition RSD releases, indie m ... More >>

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

It's finally here! Record Store Day (and cough, 4/20) is right around the corner. And that means tons of great acts are ready to get down and dirty with all y'all Miami music lovers. Whether you're looking for rock, punk, hip-hop, jazz, synth-pop, booty bass, or Latin, there's the perfect party wi ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend

"Everybody's working' for the weekend." Oh, Loverboy, you may have been wrong about a lot of things, but were you right about that.The weekend is finally and you can't let it go to waste because before you know it, it will disappear as quickly as Loverboy and the rest of the '80s faded away.That doe ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things Under $10 to Do in Miami This Weekend

Ten days of nonstop uhntz-uhntz madness that is Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week may have left a huge hole in your pocket. But just because you may have blown all your money on a slew of beat-freaking parties, that doesn't mean you can't party like an EDM superst ... More >>

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

If you survived the last ten days, you've probably had enough uhntz-uhntz to last you till 2014. Or at least the rest of the month. That's why we're taking time out to bring you five of the best chill, live performances happening this week. From hip-hop to electro fusion, post-punk, lo-fi, and live ... More >>

Sweat Records' Sweatstock 2013 Lineup, Raising Money via Indiegogo

Record Store Day 2013 Ambassador Jack White said it best: "We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with others." ... More >>

Destructo, Drinks, and Dirty Grooves Killed It at His & Hers at the Garret

Saturday night is for him. It's also for her. Thanks to Poplife, it's for everyone, because the non-gender-specific get-down His and Hers is in full-swing at Grand Central's upstairs Garret. This weekend brought EDM mastermind, composer, and connoisseur Destructo to the loft for its second installm ... More >>

His and Hers, Every Saturday at Grand Central's the Garret

His & Hers: Poplife and Off the Radar Launch a New Saturday Party at the Garret

Miami's nightlife scene is moribund. It's hard to argue otherwise, especially if you saw its growth during the last decade.What happened was originality and vitality got replaced by velvet ropes and bottle service.But Poplife and Off the Radar are hoping to change that. The two entities are coming t ... More >>

Afro Beat It Up

Miami's Lazaro Casanova Drops LAX EP With Matt Tolfrey and Nikko Gibler on Culprit LA

Miami is slowly but surely emerging as an underground EDM capital. And it's thanks in no small part to locals like Lazaro Casanova who are building musical bridges to sister cities such as London and Los Angeles. No music scene is an island, and collaboration between artists and labels is key. Cas ... More >>

MillionYoung's Grown-and-Sexy Chillwave Crashes Into The Vagabond Miami on April 13

​Who's feeling overdue for some grown-and-sexy chillwave romance? Wait no longer, lonely dance-floor hearts! 'Cause MillionYoung will be at The Vagabond for an intimate performance on Friday, April 13. This South Florida native is sure to help you shake it down with his under-the-radar hooks and ... More >>

Retro Formal

The Church at the Vagabond September 4

Aim High

Smoke and Dagger

Nonstop EDM This Weekend: Joris Voorn, Lee Burridge, Radio Slave and More

Joris Voorn is playing SET on Sunday​Clearly the action at last week's Detroit Electronic Music Festival carried over to Miami this weekend, because it's just nonstop stellar bookings Friday through Sunday at various hotspots throughout the city. Friday, June 4To start things off tonight, the ... More >>

ANR and MillionYoung Tour Kick Off Show Tonight at Vagabond

​Miami indie darlings ANR and MillionYoung are leaving town. They're  both going on an East Coast tour with big cities like New York and Chicago on the slate. MillionYoung even has shows planned for Canada, France, Berlin, Denmark, and London all the way through July. Who knows when they're c ... More >>

More Info on Sweatstock 2010, Sweat Records' Record Store Day

​Earlier, we let you know that Sub Pop's No Age was scheduled to perform at this year's Record Store Day at Sweat Records, also known as Sweatstock, but more details have finally been released. The all-ages events, taking place Saturday, April 17, will feature performances by Awesome New Republic, ... More >>

Head Spins: Sevim Abaza, South Florida's queen of metal disco

Karelle Levy on Tonight's Krelwear Reopening and Her Upcoming Solo Exhibit

​Fresh off a fashion show in Costa Rica, designer and artist Karelle Levy spoke with us about her Krelwear boutique that reopens tonight and her solo exhibit at the David Castillo Gallery next week. Her fashions are silhouette-skimming, "toobular" knits cropped for Miami's oppressive heat. The see ... More >>

Phish Afterparties and NYE at the Vagabond with Orchard Lounge, Aquaphonics, Particle

Here's more in immediately useful news over the next few days if you're into this sort of thing. As we've mentioned here, the Vagabond has its own events planned every night of this week, with Phish afterparties starting tonight. If you're in town for the show and are the traveling-for-music-festiva ... More >>

For the Ungrateful Child in Your Family

DJ Duo Classixx Spinning at the Vagabond Tonight

​If you've hit up the downtown/Wynwood nightlife scene, you most likely are familiar with LA DJ duo Classixx, even if you aren't aware of it. They are partly responsible for turning tracks into dancefloor gold through the art of remixing, including Phoenix's "Lisztomania" and the Ting Tings' "Shut ... More >>

We Love the ‘80s

Did We Say Little? We Meant Big.

Wednesday Blog Watch: Off the Radar Looks Across the Pond, Derick G. Does Amsterdam

via the305.comThe305 is relaunching its print magazine!​*Off the Radar is pretty much the only locally based blog that keeps up with all the international bloggy MP3 stuff, while providing some decent writing that explains why the hell we should care. You won't find too much coverage of the local ... More >>

Head Spins: Ryan Evans, the Vagabond's Saturday-night special

Future Classic Festival

N.E.R.D Headlining Future Classic Festival at Soho Studios

via MySpaceN.E.R.D​It seemed for a while that Miami could play host to multiple music festivals. But after the rapid demise of Bang! (we hardly knew ye) and the sudden cancellation of Langerado, it seems like nobody will be able to match the success of Ultra, so far the city's only music festival ... More >>

Eclectic Lineup at The Collage this Saturday

​By all accounts the last soirée at The Bunker on August 1st was an exceptionally groovy affair, due in no small part to a killer lineup featuring No Regular Play, Old Wives' Tale and Melting Mandarin, along with the sleek minimal sounds of PL0T residents Basti and Mansur. The Bunker gang now hav ... More >>

Plan A, B, and C at Purdy Lounge

On the List: Memorial Weekend Detours

Memorial Day in Miami is like the elephant in the room. Nobody admits they don't want to party in South Beach this weekend for fear of coming off as racist. Well, you are. You aren't going to get shanked, stabbed, cut, mugged or shot at if you cross the causeway. Then there are those who just plainl ... More >>

Off the Radar is Back on the Screen

In 2005, a recently separated (from Poplife) Ray Milian wanted to explore the b-sides, new cuts, and rare grooves of underground and so-called indie and electronic music. To do so, he created at a weekly party, Off the Radar, at the then-newly minted Buck 15. Then there were several v ... More >>

Off The Radar Returns, Nightdrive Shifts News Lounge Into High Gear

A few years ago, if you asked me what my favorite night of the week to go out was I would have told you Wednesday night without any hesitation. Yes, Wednesday night. South of Fifth bar/lounge The Mark hosted a hump-day party called Damaged, which was the brainchild Revolver creator Joshua Menendez. ... More >>

On the List - L.A. Riots, GrooveJet, Earthdance and Mount Eerie

On the List - Apt, Dirty Bird Wedding, Danny Daze and Victor Calderone

On The List - DJ Elle, LMFAO and Sébastien Léger

Head Spins: Ray Milian

The Vagabond resident's ear is off the radar.

On The List - Love Hate, Mark Knight and Studio A

Get Off

Miami’s hippest weekly bash is totally up our alley

She Spins Us Right ´Round

Circa28 is heir to the hipster club throne

The Bitch

Shrinking Eyelets

SoBe Suckers DesDis

Should the underground join the establishment?

Resurgent Rock

Energetic new bands and fresh audiences are pumping life into a dying music

Detour

Miami's indie scene is on the map -- you just gotta have the right map

BEST INDIE NIGHT

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Saturday nights at Piccadilly Garden

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