Tomorrow morning, Workshop Collective will be throwing the second instillation in its Disrupt Miami discussion series. Taking place at 9 a.m. at downtown’s Langford Hotel, the panel, moderated by New Times music editor Ryan Pfeffer (AKA me), will be centered around the topic of Miami music. Sweat Records’ Lauren Reskin,…
The weekend of October 7 looms large for Roberto Carlos Lange, better known onstage as Helado Negro. On top of dropping his latest LP and coming off a string of tour dates opening for Sufjan Stevens, the singer-songwriter will also perform at III Points, the Wynwood music festival famous for…
If, as a child, the notion of mutilating the neighborhood cat made you a little squeamish, Wednesday night’s concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach probably wasn’t for you. One half of the all-time big four of thrash metal were in town — Slayer and Anthrax — and an army of their…
God bless the sweet souls over at Klangbox.FM, Miami’s local internet radio station helmed by Patrick Walsh and Laura (of Miami). Since the station’s founding in 2013, the two have curated and helped produce local shows hosted by III Points, Death to the Sun’s Ricardo Guerrero, and dozens of other local DJs and…
Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive candidate to run for president of the United States, like, ever. And even that’s an understatement. So, when YG was planning a new tour, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to let Trump know how he felt about him. “I ain’t a…
Walls and borders seem to be the topic of discussion for old, orange gelatinous politicians these days. But the new generation exists in a place where physical walls have no meaning: the internet. Those same politicians have worked to group people together into neat and tidy boxes – boxes filled…
You step into a bar in Miami and a live band is playing. How did they get there? They didn’t just magically appear. And they didn’t just walk into the room carrying instruments and commandeer the stage like a troupe of funky pirates. As you peruse through the back of…
III Points is only ten days away, and if the layers of lineup additions, a dope local compilation, and intergalactic art installations aren’t enough to get you excited, here’s another little appetizer: the set times. Your musical cheat sheets for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have arrived, and, boy, do you have…
Yesterday, Ultra Miami took to social media to tease out the first wave of its 2017 tickets. The tickets, ranging from the basic general admission to the posh VIP option, will be available for purchase on October 4. Early bird general admission tickets (which are available only to those registered…
Regrettably, it’s still 2016, and on top of all the awful news this awful year has gifted us, music festivals are dying — at least according to some. Cynics point to the repetitive lineups and increasingly corporate vibe at major affairs like Bonnaroo and Ultra as evidence of their lost…
This will be the second year since Death to the Sun has returned to the Miami music scene, its three-year hiatus having snapped in 2015. The concert’s organizer, Ricardo Guerrero, has undergone a sort of phoenix-rising story himself during his quest to revive his music festival. He’s never quite shied…
In 2008, the nascent EDM machine was still a couple of years away from dominating the charts. In Miami, any form of dance music was still relegated to the clubs and stayed away from radio and record executives. It was also the era of Hipster Runoff-approved DJ names and glitchy…
Sometimes, life is hard. It punches you in the gut and then karate chops your neck when you’re doubled over in pain. Thank goodness for music and the escape it provides. This weekend, like every weekend, Miami is awash with plenty of opportunities to escape. Chief among them is a…
It’s only fitting that South Beach pool hall Lost Weekend, named for a 1945 Billy Wilder movie, has seen its fair share of random movie stars and celebrities. Like that one time Lenny Kravitz and Michael Stipe shot pool there. Or when Liv Tyler and Drew Barrymore sat at the…
The Nu Deco Ensemble have been living proof of Miami’s music scene since the group’s inception back in April 2015. And after wrapping its first season, the orchestra with a modern twist is back by popular demand for its second season, beginning October 27. But, for Nu Deco, the goal…
So you had a busy week and missed a few things? Well, while you were trying to placate your demon of a boss, some shit was going down in the Miami nightlife scene. Let’s recap our most-read stories of the week, shall we? On Thursday, we learned that the Miami…
The fall season began in Miami right on time when the Game had some cold words for Meek Mill at Story. While the freestyles from their beef have been keeping the internet hot over the last week, other rappers in the 305 like Bobby Biscayne and Deeno aren’t quite finished…
Have you heard the good news? Wynwood has been declared Zika free three days ago by Florida Governor Rick Scott, so now you really have no excuse to come on down to Miami’s art district. And in case you need more motivation — beside the money you’ll save on bug spray —…
Yesterday, we learned that Icon Nightclub had officially shut its doors after nine months in business. But it was unclear what was to come of the iconic Washington Ave. venue which had been home to Mansion, Level — and had been owned by folks like Prince and Al Capone at…
At the end of December 2015, Icon Nightclub opened its doors. The new 30,000-square-foot, art-deco-inspired concept was taking over the Washington Avenue space once held by Mansion, which survived for 11 years before finally announcing its closure in August 2015. “We have a high bar to reach, as Mansion had…
The South Bronx was a war zone in the late ’70s, as ESG’s Renee Scroggins will tell you. But it was among its gang-ridden, dilapidated tenement blocks that hip-hop was born. Punk, no wave, electro, and disco were all being spawned in the surrounding boroughs as well, so it was…
To describe Frank Gossner, AKA Voodoo Funk, as just a DJ would be like calling Indiana Jones just an archaeologist. But Gossner, who hails from the southwest of Germany, is so much more. He began DJing in the mid-’90s in Berlin and soon after started spanning the globe in search…
