Mild temperatures and cloudy skies greeted the crowds Saturday afternoon as they walked onto the sand adjacent to the North Beach Bandshell. By the entrance, a large tent held about a dozen stalls offering food and drinks from top Miami purveyors. About 500 feet south of the large tent…
Over the course of four years and three albums, Kurt Vile established himself as an indie-rock darling. The trek took 20 years, lots of CD-Rs, and a successful run as one-half of the acclaimed indie act War on Drugs.
What does the 2008 housing crisis have to do with one of last year’s most celebrated pop songs? Everything.
Synth-pop melodies and chill electronic beats are on the menu for this Friday night. Local music blog Moonset Records is organizing a free night of live music and DJs at 1306, featuring performances by local act Monterrey and X3SR and DJ sets by Juliette Helen — founder of Moonset Records…
Coconut Grove Arts Festival music lineup includes Greyhounds, Locos por Juana, Electric Kif, and Patrick & the Swayzees.
Civic-minded community organizing is having a moment in the United States. Recent political events and announcements – take your pick, really — have spurred people to mobilize, united under shared causes and a steadfast commitment to the pursuit of justice. We saw it last week at the Women’s March on Washington…
It’s barely a month into 2017, and we’ve already witnessed hometown artists like Zoey Dollaz, Wifisfuneral, Eric Biddines, and Teenear make some serious moves.
This weekend, Miami will welcome yet another new music festival to its shores. And we’re not complaining. For a while, it seemed Miami would never have more than Ultra and 9 Mile. However, over the past few years, new endeavors have begun to pop up, with events like III Points and Rolling Loud hitting their stride. And then, last year, House of Creatives seemed to appear out of nowhere to give the city an early Christmas present.
The poster for the Run the Jewels World Tour imagines members El-P and Killer Mike as Godzilla-like monsters destroying cities and breathing blue fire. It’s the sort of visual aid any rapper (and his ego) would embrace. However, just four years into the collaboration between the two veteran MCs, it isn’t just bravado; it’s the truth. RTJ has the record sales to prove it.
In other parts of the country, the name “Miami Music Club” might conjure images of either toothless guys on a boat screaming along to “Margaritaville” or dancers in skintight clothes shaking their booties to EDM. Locals, however, know Miami has a vibrantly diverse music and art scene, one that Miami Music Club has aimed to promote since its founding in summer 2015.
Artists can learn about the legendary reggae label and how to get their own vinyl records pressed.
Dope Entertainment announces the lineup for its third-annual Rolling Loud Festival, featuring heavy-hitters such as Kendrick Lamar and Lil Wayne, along with local favorites like Denzel Curry and Kodak Black.
Few foods bring out a competitive edge quite like chili. Is it the deceivingly easy preparation that’s inspired chili cook-offs across America? Is it the dish’s long simmering time that led foodies to turn cooking into an all-day party? Or maybe it’s just because many chefs use beer in their…
New York DJ Jesse Marco can barely muffle his chuckles during an early-afternoon phone interview. He tries to whisper his laughter, but his cell phone picks up the sound. Marco has likely had this same conversation dozens of times before with music journalists, fans, and other DJs. What are his thoughts on the rise of superstar DJs, and is it his goal to attain that status?
Days after the shooting at the BPM Music Festival in Mexico that left five people dead and 15 people injured, DJ/producer Sharam, who had played the event nights earlier, was still shaken by the senseless tragedy. “I was at the club at midnight. I was hanging out there late at…
Any dance music fan worth her weight in vinyl recognizes Chicago and Detroit as the birthplaces of house and techno, respectively. Some of the pioneers, such as house godfather Frankie Knuckles and James Stinson of the undersea-themed techno group Drexciya, have passed on. But many others have become veterans in…
Over the course of nearly 13 years of careful construction, fine-tuning, and experimentation, Doctor P has developed a sound immediately recognizable in the dubstep world. It is forceful yet playful, like dancing in a thunderstorm. That sound made him one of the world’s premier dubstep producers from the moment he…
In his school days at Florida International University, Roger del Pino fancied himself a video artist. So it was only a matter of time before his electro-musical alter ego, Monterrey, released a video for one of his songs. The result, the video for the track “Neon,” is a kaleidoscopic trip with the color palette of a lost episode of Miami Vice in which Don Johnson ingests some weird drugs.
I remember the first time I heard Erykah Badu playing on my mother’s stereo in our little townhouse in Virginia. “Tyrone” echoed through the house while my mom cleaned the kitchen. I couldn’t help but think: Who the hell is Tyrone? Why does he need to be called? But then I became captivated by the sound of Badu’s soothing voice. It rang in my ears even after the song ended. “It’s called soul music,” my mom said. After that, I was hooked.
The term “Latin music” could no doubt use a bit of updating. These days, it’s a painfully vague descriptor, akin to asking someone if they enjoy “European music” — a genre that contains everything from Adele to German death techno. (That’s probably a thing, right?) Luckily, few acts in the…
Lazaro Casanova had a busy 2016. He cohosted his weekly Murk Monday party at Coyo Taco while managing the nascent Made in Miami music label alongside South Florida legend Oscar G. Now, Casanova is following up that strong showing with a new, only-in-Miami song.
Run the Jewels is the punk band we need right now. Yes, technically it’s a hip-hop supergroup, but rappers El-P and Killer Mike are filled with the spirit of music revolutionaries, both on and off the stage.
