Down its biggest headliner and plagued by last-minute hiccups, III Points limped into day one, badly wounded. The forces of god, nature, and misfortune had seemingly unloaded their entire arsenal on the Wynwood festival this year in the form of wind, mosquitoes, and cancelled flights. Year four would be the…
Miami suffers from a severe lack of live music. That’s not an opinion, that’s a well-known and discussed fact. The 305 leads in electronic music and even benefits from a worldwide reputation in rap, but when a Miamian wants to leave his or her house and hear a full band…
The undeniable king of future bass has officially been crowned. Flume’s latest LP, Skin, broke the top ten in five countries and topped the charts in his native Australia as well as the dance charts in the United States. He also just nabbed his first certified-platinum plaque in the U.S. for…
Fuck the leopards. Jungle Island’s never seen anything as wild as what Rick Ross, Maybach Music Group, and Tidal unleashed on Miami Monday night. The Teflon Don didn’t just take the stage. He stole it, broke it into pieces, and shared the loot with his friends. Rozay, the Bawse —…
Pink Floyd’s The Wall. The Who’s Tommy. Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d. city. These are some of the greatest concept albums of all time. They draw us in with music and keep us rapt in attention. They tell a story so painfully human, we can’t help but be moved. Any…
When I was 12, I was a proud Moonie. I spent three-quarters of my free time in class drawing scenes from Sailor Moon mangas, and the rest of it writing my own Sailor Moon Fan Fiction. I avidly collected every single episode of the Japanese series on VHS tape. My…
Look outside. The streets are teeming with zombiefied screen watchers. People wander day and night through parks and parking lots. They’re trying to catch ’em all, dammit! These digital pocket monsters aren’t going to catch themselves. Pokémon Go became a worldwide sensation literally overnight earlier this month. The mobile app…
The most talented and big-hearted soul I’ve ever had the privilege of calling a friend has passed away. Kairo Gudino, aka Chalk, was a producer with releases on Nervous Records, Mr. Nice Guy, Loveless, and more. He was a DJ, singer, rapper, artist, designer, and all-around creative human. He was…
Darth Vader. Batman. The Mario Brothers. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. All these and more are now in my personal collection of cosplayers. I went out to Florida Supercon 2016 to see Saturday’s sold-out event dressed as Pokemon’s Misty on a mission to catch all the superfans, and I think I…
Geeks aren’t known for their sex appeal, but that’s a total misnomer. Ever see that scene in Revenge of the Nerds where the sorority girl accidentally gets with the goofy guy and finds out what she’s been missing? Now imagine you’re that sorority girl and the goofy guy is dressed…
There are approximately 3,418,059,380 women on the planet. They come in all shapes and sizes, colors and ages, styles and manners of speaking. And when Justin Bieber appears in a glowing cube out of the center of an arena stage floor, all the varied women in the audience feel a…
It was 2006, and Behrouz had just moved to Miami. The San Francisco-raised DJ settled on the East Coast to ease constant travel to residencies around the world. He’d always loved this city’s crowds, whether it was Winter Music Conference or otherwise. On this night, he was set to play…
Slow clap for Justin Bieber. Two and a half years ago, the then-19-year-old bad boy spat on die-hard fans, peed in janitorial buckets, cursed at framed pictures of former presidents, and got arrested for drag racing on residential Miami Beach streets. He went from a rosy-cheeked tween king to the…
Deadpool, Sailor Moon, and the Joker walk into a bar. You know there’s a joke in there, but you can’t find it. You’ve been mesmerized by the sight of Captain America with a mouthful of popcorn and a bulging beer belly. You’re pulled from your reverie when a 23-year-old Ash…
“Part of the weekend never dies.” That was the vocal hook of this Soulwax track I used to bang the fuck out to when I was in college. Back then, it seemed like a hopeful rallying cry for a weekend warrior. It was the mantra you repeated to yourself between…
Festival season is in full swing, and no doubt, you’re rackin’ up the unforgettable moments. Maybe you (almost) caught Kanye doing his best Pablo impression in New York City, or maybe you’re going to bathe yourself in layers of light and the sad, angelic croon of Radiohead’s Tom Yorke in…
“I don’t want to turn up anymore.” That’s what the headline said on Vice’s Thump. The picture running across the top of the screen showed Niko Javan, Miami’s king of hyphy psychedelia, posing devilishly before a gang of dancing Flaming Hot Cheetos bags, but below the turnt up imagery sat…
It’s crazy to think the world has been sans Prince for more than a month already, and yet, there’s still a constant stream of celebratory content honoring the legacy and the genius of the late musical icon. A star like Prince’s doesn’t fade fast. It will take decades, centuries maybe,…
It must have been a grand celebration when the Coconut Grove Theater first opened. In 1927, most buildings in the area didn’t have electricity, let alone air conditioning. The three-story baby-blue building, with its Mediterranean columns and lush proscenium archway, was a shining example of architect Richard Kiehnel’s celebrated designs…
The Bristol-bred Eats Everything ain’t like most techno scenesters. “I just wear black t-shirts because they’re slimming,” the producer Dan Pearce, says. “Not because I want to be cool and techno. It makes me look a bit slimmer, and I need all the help I can get on that.” He’s…
When one listens to German duo Satin Jacket’s debut album Panorama Pacifico, it sets a certain tone. We close our eyes and imagine a chic cocktail lounge on a far-off distant planet. It’s decorated with lights that seem to float and full of frail women dressed in shiny gowns. Sometimes…
Being a Kodiak Fur fan is an exercise in patience. The moody foursome released its first EP in 2012, performed a couple shows — one downtown at what was then known as the Vagabond — and then promptly fell off the face of the Earth. “When we first started working together, we…
