A lot has changed for the boys of GTA. They’re no longer Miami’s most promising upstarts but internationally known DJ-producers. They’ve opened for Rihanna’s world tour, played nearly every major music festival in the United States, and relocated to the West Coast. But even though JWLS (AKA Julio Mejia) and…
Things are about to get mad turnt at the museum. Pérez Art Museum Miami (1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami) regularly welcomes cutting-edge DJ/producers to its grounds for musical merriment, but it has yet to bring anyone quite so in-your-face as Night Slug’s crew member Helix. The Georgia-born artist blends experimental beats…
When was the last time you checked your local Craigslist personals? The sad messages, often written in broken English, present a bleak, pervy view of singles culture. So 27-year-old Marilyn Rondón had an idea. Why not post a Craigslist personal ad titled “Latina Seeks Thug,” explaining she wanted said thug…
Blonde Redhead and Mayer Hawthorne As part of the Mercedes-Benz Evolution Tour Soho Studios, Miami Tuesday, August 19, 2014 Not everyone can afford a fancy Mercedes-Benz, but when Mercedes-Benz is putting on a party to celebrate the launch of the new GLA sports utility vehicle, everyone can afford live music…
If these walls could talk, they’d have one strange story to tell. It’s a story of poppin’ bottles, and a story about saving souls. It’s a story about music, and creativity, and at the heart of the tale, it’s a story of community. That’s the vibe the Little Haiti Country…
You gimmicky schmucks. Yes, you. The multi-platinum artist reigning over the Billboard charts, farting out hits like your shit doesn’t stink. Actually, it smells like your soul died and rotted. It’s so hard to hear any good music over all these wack-ass jumble jams. Your keywords are rich, but your…
You can’t buy an all-over Nascar t-shirt with a picture of Chief Keef talking into a fat stack of Benjamins like it’s a cellphone, but you might see one on Sir Michael Rocks as he rolls through Kendall. The Chicago-bred rapper made the shirt himself, and he did actually sell…
Calling all club rats! It’s time for a lifestyle upgrade. Excessive clubbing is fun at first, but no one wants to turn into an episode of the Real World. Long-term excessive clubbing can have adverse effects on your wallet, your sanity, and the sanity of those around you, especially in…
Haters gonna hate. Ballers gonna ball. And rappers are going to claim to be (or at least claim to have been) really good at basketball at some point in their life. We all know rap and basketball are the two entertainment worlds with the thinnest common border. NBA players are…
The post-internet age has coined a lot of weird lingo. It’s affected every aspect of our lives. Nothing could be so pervasive without also irrevocably changing the artistic process, no matter the medium. Particularly in music, so-called bedroom producers have gone from queer experimental outliers to main-stage headlining acts. You…
Which “Black Widow” once dated Calvin Harris, “Will Never Let You Down,” and is coming to play a free and intimate show at downtown Miami’s Grand Central? It’s bleach-blonde bombshell Rita Ora, of course! And it’s all thanks to Hits 97.3’s Hits Sessions series. All you’ve got to do is…
If anyone’s got tips for how to succeed in the music industry, it’s Diddy. Even name changes more confusing than Prince’s failed to slow him down. Sure, Making the Band was kind of weird, and his girl bands don’t always take off, but he does make $700 million a year…
Elvis died on August 16. And hey, it is Madonna’s birthday too. Even more importantly, Miami’s own Stephanie “Baby Cobra” Torres came bouncing into the world on the same date. And without her, we’d be missing a lot of great Poplife events, like Thursday Degeneration and all manner of post-punk,…
OMG, you guys! Someone posted this flier to Facebook, and it looks like the Chemical Brothers, Pheonix, Justice, A Tribe Called Quest, OFWKGTA, and about 70 other headliners are coming to Bayfront Park for some incredible new two-day festival called Down by the Bay during Art Basel. The lineup is…
It may be Monday, but it’s never too early in the work week for a sex anthem. DJ Khaled is holdin’ u down till the weekend with the premiere of his latest video, “Hold U Down,” featuring Chris Brown, Jeremih, Future, and August Alsina — four of the silkiest voices…
Miamians don’t wait until they really need one to get a face lift. Sometimes, it’s more fun to just change things up because you can. The same rule applies to Miami nightlife, and international Latin entertainment destination Gavanna Nightclub is keeping the spice in its relationship with its patrons, opening…
They say music tames the savage beast, but in this concrete jungle, it takes more than a little mood music to unwind. Carolina Villalba, 25, is attacking the nerves of the Miami scene at both ends. Not only does she inspire crowds to let loose as one half of booty…
Turn on the radio and listen to the story of Miami. It’s your own story, and it’s right there in the danceable grooves, the colorful vibes, the tropical drums. Latino cultures — whether Cuban, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Caribbean — have had an irrevocable influence on American musical traditions, whatever the…
Two good things are better than one, and by that logic, the Life in Color Miami Festival just got a whole lot sweeter. The “largest paint party in the world” brought Martin Garrix to Sun Life Stadium last night in order to announce the return to its hometown for not…
When was the last time you checked your local Craigslist personals? The slightly sad messages often written in broken English are somewhat artistic in themselves, but what happens when an artist sets out to turn the bottom-feeding outlet into meaningful exposition? The result is gross and hysterical. Duh. What started…
Whose house? DZA’s House. That’s what the crowds are screamin’ over on the Bardot dance floor when the Peachfuzz don takes to the decks. His new Saturday night get-down floods the carpet on a monthly basis with old school funk disco, nu school groove house, and just enough remixed throwbacks…
Hit me! The new James Brown biopic Get On Up is gettin’ on up them screens today, and any soul-addict should hit the theaters, at least sneak in, to see Chadwick Boseman sweat his ass off while doing right by the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. All the great…
