Miami, Bring Your Earplugs: A Place to Bury Strangers Is Heading to Gramps
The New York-based group will play a tinnitus-inducing free show at the Wynwood bar Gramps on Friday, February 7.
The New York-based group will play a tinnitus-inducing free show at the Wynwood bar Gramps on Friday, February 7.
Everything is in its right place for Womanhouse. Since forming last April, the band has taken Miami by storm with its dark, moody, and powerful live performances. Nine months later, with plenty of shows and recording sessions under its belt, Womanhouse is set to celebrate its recently released self-titled debut EP at Churchill’s this Friday.
Here are 20 songs released by Miami acts in the past year that are unabashedly 305.
The bandmates will celebrate the release of their first recorded material with a music video and December 6 show at the Center for Subtropical Affairs.
Latin trap’s infiltration of the United States has left the duo Baby City Club with a blueprint for achieving musical fame. The group’s Puerto Rico-raised brothers, June Summer and Augie Pink, have worked tirelessly over the past year to carve out their own place in the genre by refining their sound…
When three of Mahogany Purple’s six members decided to move away from Miami, the band was left with a choice that lovers typically face: Break up or commit to a long-distance relationship.
On his latest album, Introducing Juan Pablo, Juan Wauters reclaims his full name and musical identity.
The Spirit of DIY, a concert series launched by the skateboarding-shoe company Vans, celebrates the do-it-yourself hardcore punk movement that began in the late ’70s. Popping up in South Africa, the United Kingdom and other European countries, and across the United States, the global initiative is set to land at Gramps September 28.
From beachside spots to downtown hangouts, music venues are the best way to celebrate the end of summer. Here are Miami’s five best outdoor music venues.
Out west, beyond the rising waters of Miami Beach, the condo towers of Brickell, and the green canopies of Coral Gables, lies the ever-changing suburban dreamland of Kendall.
Miami Girls Rock Camp’s mission is simple: Use music and performance as a platform to promote self-esteem, community, and creative expression.
Carlo Barbacci has always strayed off the beaten path. Born in Peru’s capital of Lima, the musician and producer has made life decisions that have often pissed off his parents. At age 19, he toured with Los Rigbys — a Peruvian Beatles cover band that in 2014 won a competition to be named the best Beatles band in Latin America.
The 305’s legendary party scene makes it a great place to celebrate Independence Day, whether you’re looking for a family-friendly party, a night filled with drag queens, or your basic poolside soirée. So get out there, grab a drink, and dance. As the late American poet Robert Frost once said, “Freedom lies in being bold.”
Nightlife in Miami can be tough when it seems like all clubs, bars, and venues only want to make a buck off you. Ahmed Labib and Tony Ferro, business partners and co-owners, decided to open WaterLoo with the goal of offering an inclusive space that’s also genuine — reasonably priced drinks, good customer service, and a space meant for locals while keeping a sexy and laid-back aesthetic.
Las Nubes will celebrate the release of their new album SMVT (an homage to the original band name) at the Allapattah venue the Bridge on Thursday, June 13, the day before the album is released everywhere, giving fans the first chance to hear SMVT and buy the record or tape.
Summertime means road-tripping and water-sliding. From South Florida’s largest water park to Miami-Dade’s only wave pool, the region has plenty of ways to stay cool for the summer. If your hot-weather plans include breaking the world record for most time spent floating on a lazy river, we’re not here to judge.
Miami psych-rock band Jaialai is ready to release its first full-length album, Say So, under the new indie label Public Works Records.
Locals are well-versed in the signs of Miami summers: sweat, sandals, shorts, sun, and sand. The days are long and the sun shines extra-hard. Hey, this is the cost of living in paradise.
Let’s face it: One of the best reasons to live in Miami is the sunshine. It just makes us feel good, dammit. So when hurricane season hits and gray skies start rolling through, we begin to start wondering what in hell we’re supposed to do with ourselves when we can’t…
What makes Kendall such a perfect neighborhood for these backyard shows to run rampant? Perhaps it’s the distance away from the city that gives people the feeling they can do what they want, or the common suburban drone that sparks the energy for young music lovers to wild out in a stranger’s backyard. Either way, the 305 should be proud of the music that comes from Kendall.
You’ve heard it from your friends in bands: “Bro, I need to get out of Miami.” Perhaps they’re thinking about the woes of constant low-paying/unpaid gigs or the weekend drone of hopping from Las Rosas to Gramps to Churchill’s, or maybe they’re just dreaming of taking their talents to a new place. Though most Miami musicians don’t skip town, these local artists have moved on to pursue their passion elsewhere.
Life can be hard for a Miami club kid. It’s not all champagne and bathroom-stall snow showers. Sometimes your favorite place is marked by developers and reduced to rubble overnight. Sometimes you love a place but no one else seems to care, and it slowly fades into nothingness, prompting half-hearted queries like, “Is that place even still open?”