Where were you last year when Hurricane Matthew rained on III Points’ parade? Were you prepping for a hurricane party? Gearing up for whatever was left of the fest? Well, LCD Soundsystem had to cancel its headlining set at Mana Wynwood because the storm stranded the band.
The pop singer will take her Melodrama World Tour to the American Airlines Arena next year.
Despite its reputation as an international party capital, Miami could improve as a live music destination. We certainly attract our fair share of triple-A acts (many of whom end up performing at the AAA), such as Kanye West, Beyoncé, and Chance the Rapper. But because of the distance from the next major touring city…
The controversial performer is the sole Floridian on this year’s edition of the annual list, which features up-and-coming hip-hop talent.
On June 13, Chicago’s Chance the Rapper will arrive at the American Airlines Arena on a wave of celebration and commercial success. Last year, his mixtape Coloring Book became the first streaming-only release to make the Billboard 200. The tape was also a critical smash, with its intense, bright fusion of…
The Baltimore group makes a triumphant, enchanting return to South Florida.
A young man enters a building with a gun in his hand. Already, he has shot the man at the door, and before he is finished, lying in a pool of his own blood, he will have wasted two more. This sounds like a news item from yesterday or today,…
Ahead of his show at Floyd Miami, the German sound artist explains how he transformed an old LP into a new one using one simple trick.
The xx joins Gorillaz on III Points’ 2017 lineup, which will be released in full tomorrow morning.
Promoters are the unsung heroes of the music world. While we happily gaze in awe at every rock band onstage or bump-and-grind to the sounds of the latest DJ, we rarely think of the people behind the scenes who work to bring our present and future faves all the way down to Miami. And in the city’s male-dominated party industry, we don’t often expect to encounter women.
There was a moment last year where Gucci Mane, the Atlanta-born hip-hop superstar, became not just a celebrity, but a role model. It was in an interview with Vogue magazine, a pairing of publication and subject that would have been unthinkable just three years before, when he was convicted for…
The new spot from the owners of Byblos promises an intimate club experience three nights a week.
Usually, a fresh-on-the-scene, up-and-coming band has to wait a while for the dream gig. They play locally for a while, build a set full of decent songs, and maybe record them if they can find the funds to lock down studio space. And then, finally, they get to open for a marquee name.
I have a confession: I’ve never done drugs. I’ve never snorted blow or dropped acid or even lit up a joint. I’m not straight-edge or anything, and I’ll happily have a drink at the right time and place. But anything beyond that has never really appealed to me, not even…
With his game Savior, Josuhe Pagliery hopes to prove that Cuba’s got game.
On the surface, the city of Miami is the polar opposite of Wasilla, Alaska, hometown of the alternative-rock band Portugal. The Man. The two cities are across a continent from each other, and Wasilla sees as many snowy days as Miami sees sunny ones. Alaska has vast forests and grand…
For many years, being a fan of the English rock band Radiohead meant three little words: “True Love Waits.” That’s the name of the sentimental ballad that long served as the Holy Grail of the band’s unreleased tracks. First heard on 2001’s I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, it was…
London-born Jesse Rose, one of the most quietly celebrated house DJs in the world, has never played Ultra. And thanks to his impending retirement, he never will. “There used to be a thing where if you played Ultra, you couldn’t play any other parties,” he recalls. “And for me, you…
He may be a jet-setting DJ and head of the label Knee Deep in Sound, but recently, Hot Since 82, AKA Daley Padley, was knee-deep in something else: mosquito bites. “I’ve got over 40 bites all down my leg,” he says. “I’ve not been bit a lot before this.” Mosquitoes…
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.
If you asked what song best describes the state of EDM in 2017, it wouldn’t be electronic. It wouldn’t have a drop or a simple synth melody or a four-on-the-floor beat. It would be “After the Gold Rush” by Neil Young. The singer-songwriter wrote “After the Gold Rush” while the…
What does the 2008 housing crisis have to do with one of last year’s most celebrated pop songs? Everything.
