Thank you, Taylor Swift, for not destroying the world. What? You don’t think she could if she wanted to? Oh, really? Did you know that T-Swift has more followers across social media than the population of Germany? And do you remember what Germany was able to do back in the…
When I was in sixth grade I went through what some would call a phase. I listened to a bunch of G-Unit and DMX, I was using the word “dawg” way too much, and I started to obsess over rims a lot for a kid who couldn’t even drive a…
If you pumped a Day-Glo full of steroids, made it work out with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson for several months, and then unleashed it out into the world, you’d have something similar to Life in Color. “The world’s largest paint party” is coming back on Saturday, January 16, 2016, and…
Feet were sore. Heads hurt. It was the last leg of a long race, but Sunday’s III Points lineup — which featured Bomba Estéreo, Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons, and King Krule among others — gave attendees just enough juice to get over the hill. III Points finished its third and biggest…
With names like Run the Jewels, Toro Y Moi, AlunaGeorge, Ghostface Killah and Doom, the second day of III Points was stacked. There was something to listen to in every direction you faced, and good music was never more than thirty yards away. The crowd was big and eager on…
On Friday, October 9, as the skies above Wynwood opened up and bled down upon the colorful neighborhood, we feared the worst. So much anticipation and preparation was being threatened by a few bloated clouds. But, as the clock struck 5, the sun emerged, all hot and glorious. God loves…
With Second Saturday and III Points colliding this weekend, it’s safe to say that the alcohol will be flowing freely. Also, traffic will suck. Sure, it always sucks, but it’ll suck especially harder on Saturday, like a vacuum cleaner drinking a milkshake. The good news: designated driver service BeMyDD is…
For a while there, it looked like we may never hear Will Smith rap again. The man who successfully welcomed us to Miami before instructing us in the art of gettin’ jiggy has been musically silent for the last decade. Perhaps his movie career got in the way, or changing…
The key to any successful festival experience is preparation. If you think you’ll be okay just winging it, you won’t. You’ll be standing in the hot dog line while King Krule invites everyone back to his hotel for tea and for weeks you’ll have to listen to all your friends…
In his San Francisco hotel room, John Cleese has been catching up on American politics. He’s been getting to know a handful of our presidential candidates through his TV set, and, of course, like any sentient being on this planet, he has an opinion about Donald Trump. “He is a…
Music and politics have always had a strange relationship. For the most part, its been contentious, like when Neil Young sang about the Kent State shootings on “Ohio,” or when Kanye West almost gave Mike Myers a heart attack when he said live on television, “George Bush doesn’t care about…
III Points is like that fat person on the plane next to you. Even though it only bought one ticket, it’s taking up the whole aisle. However, in this case, that’s a good thing. “I think we’re committed to keep pushing ourselves on the tech and art side of things,”…
Over 30 years ago two brothers from Scotland, Jim and William Reid, formed a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain. They were by no means a breakout success. In the band’s early days, their bass player Douglas Hart only had two strings on his instrument. He allegedly told Britain’s…
There’s a one-armed guitar player strumming away at a dive bar in Pompano Beach. Ordinarily, this would turn heads, but the few patrons in attendance on a Tuesday night seem more interested in their beer, and also, this is Pompano Beach, where something odd basically happens every second of every…
With success comes scrutiny. And Wynwood learned this the hard way back in February 2013. The up-in-coming neighborhood’s growing popularity and reputation for all-night warehouse parties had landed it on the radar of some very powerful enemies. With the support of Miami’s 24-hours downtown clubs, Miami police raided over 17…
House nightclub is a unique presence in Wynwood. It’s the neighborhood’s only real club (even though it’s technically a half-block south of Miami’s art hub) and operates as a literal house with kitchens, showers, and bedrooms, and even an elderly lady who plays house “Grandma” and runs around, interacting with…
D’Angelo’s highly anticipated show at the Fillmore Miami Beach has been cancelled. Fans who bought tickets to the show, which was scheduled for October 6 at 9 p.m., were sent an email from Ticket Master this morning saying the following: Hi live event fan, Unfortunately, your upcoming event was canceled…
Did you go so hard during Ultra 2015 that you just now woke up? Oh man, you really went for it, huh? Don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. We’ll fill you in on what you missed. Miley Cyrus has basically been naked since you lost consciousness, Kim Kardashian tried…
There’s something exciting about witnessing the birth of a band. Perhaps you’re seeing the beginning of something great — something you’ll tell your grandchildren years from now, when you’re old and gray and trying to figure out how to work that damn iPod97. The Hours Strange is a new duo…
On September 19, 1914, Mac Klein was born — just 49 years after Robert E. Lee’s army fired the last bullet of the Civil War and two months into World War I. The Ford Model T was celebrating its sixth year on the road. Miami Beach didn’t exist, and neither…
Bethany Cosentino was rifling through the basement of her parents’ house a couple of weeks ago and came across her high-school journal. She hesitantly cracked it open and began reading. “I had to stop,” she laughs. Audibly cringing over the phone, she reveals the culprit: boyfriend drama. “It was something…
Your dog, no matter how much you love it, is going to die — maybe peacefully in its sleep, or perhaps twitching in agony on hot pavement beside a gurgling Ford F-150. Cookies go stale and parents get divorced. The person in front of you in line — the rude…
