The Clash released its EP The Cost of Living on election day in 1979, when the musically maligned conservative leader Margaret Thatcher assumed power of the United Kingdom. The EP’s first track, “I Fought the Law,” a song no doubt familiar to you now thanks to its bastardization in Pepsi…
Hey, there. Good to see you’ve taken a moment to veer away from the disorder and chaos in which the rest of the internet is neck-deep to read about something fun. Good call, bud. Today, in spite of it all, we’re rolling out our Art Basel 2016 party coverage.
Here’s one relaxation strategy we’re trying today in regards to the whole oh-my-God-what-have-we-done feeling swelling inside the stomachs of millions of Americans this morning: focus on the good things in life. We still have coffee and beer and beaches and cake and a pulse and music and parties. Yes, parties….
Valerie Lee and a co-worker were backstage at Orlando’s Electric Daisy Carnival last weekend taking a much-needed breather when a man abruptly walked in and demanded to know whether they’d voted for Hillary Clinton. Lee, the U.S. digital editor for Mixmag, nodded and turned back to her conversation, but…
2016 has been awful for many, many different reasons. But one of the biggest turds fate has left on our pillows this year came in the form of the United States of America’s presidential campaign. In the end, when the dust cleared and Marco Rubio finally agreed to stop playing…
Lord knows we’ve had our share of political events in Miami as the final week of the election nears, and Florida’s vote becomes all the more critical. But this, by far, will be the most lit of them all. The day before the election, on November 7, rappers T.I., Rick…
Last month, while most of Miami was busy preparing for the clusterfuck of Hurricane Matthew and III Points, a Facebook event page started to make the rounds online. The event was called House of Creatives Music Festival, and it boasted an impressive lineup for such a low-key announcement: the Flaming…
Four months after he was forced to awkwardly sing his own song at a Key Biscayne wedding, Jon Bon Jovi will return to Miami for a private concert presented by SiriusXM. The concert, to be held at a secret location, will sadly be available only to SiriusXM subscribers. It’s all…
Last year, at III Points 2015, Run the Jewels laid down one of the most memorable sets of the festival. It was the duo’s first time in Miami. Killer Mike and El-P ran through a high-energy set, encouraged the crowd to vote for Bernie Sanders, and stopped the performance every…
As the election wheezes out its last few cold, miserable breaths, it’s becoming clear what state both Trump and Clinton are fighting hardest for: Florida. As we learned yesterday, our critical swing state is hanging neither to the left nor the right, but rather dangling straight down the middle as…
You’ve probably heard by now: Jennifer Lopez will be playing a free pro-Hillary concert at Bayfront Park this Saturday. With only ten days to go until the godforsaken 2016 presidential election is over, Hillary is ramping up her campaign for what — according to most polls not conducted in an…
It’s official: Trick Daddy is bad at social media. Like, really bad. Trick Daddy makes your racist aunt look like Mark Zuckerberg. Trick Daddy’s so bad at social media even Tom wouldn’t be his friend on MySpace. If you hired him to run your company’s Facebook page, your business would be…
Looking back, Ryan Brown realizes it wasn’t meant to be. He was young and inexperienced. On his first day of work he nearly crashed his friend’s Vespa into the first floor of New Times (which was basically one big window, so everyone got a prime view of his near-death experience)…
Impending hurricanes, minor federal holidays, Tuesdays — Miami never needs much of an excuse to party. So it’s no shock that for an actual, A-list fiesta like Halloween, the Magic City doesn’t play. Our costumes are more elaborate than Donald Trump’s latest conspiracy theory, and our parties — from packed…
If the 2016 presidential election was to be decided by the coolness of celebrity supporters, it would have been over months ago. Donald Trump — with fervent support from Z-listers like Scott Baio, Gary Busey, and the cast of Duck Dynasty — would have had to concede by now under…
In one of Emily Estefan’s first acts of rebellion, she knocked over a microphone stand with a swift kick from inside her mother’s uterus. This is according to her mom Gloria, who was singing “Turn the Beat Around” on a roof at the time of the fetal assault. Actually, even…
Now, more than ever, we should treasure the unifying forces of this universe — the things that jump political, moral, and racial boundaries to yank us into one tight circle, where we can all, in unison, agree: this is fucking awesome. Pizza, Hamilton, naps, hot showers, puppies, HBO’s Sunday night…
Well III Points 2016 is officially in the books. Hopefully you’ve been keeping up with our day-to-day reviews, but now it’s time to take a step back and examine the festival from a larger perspective. In the end, who came out on top and who got the short end of…
Day three is always a royal bitch. With blistered feet and damaged ear drums (seriously — where were you earplugs this year, people?), many were on autopilot at the final day of III Points 2016, a year marked by both adversity and triumph. Luckily, there is a cure for such…
While Hurricane Matthew threw an obvious speed bump into Friday night’s festivities, there would be no excuse for not pulling things off on day two. Luckily, that’s exactly what III Points did. With ever stage up and operational — and with only slightly amended set times — Saturday night showcased…
There was a healthy bit of confusion last night as day one of III Points kicked off slightly behind schedule thanks to delays from Hurricane Matthew. Because of that, set times were shuffled around and few — if any — performances started on time in their planned locations. III Point…
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…
