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…
Typically, the Germans are known for their punctuality and affection for rules. So when West Berlin native Ellen Allien called in slightly late for our phone interview, she wasted no time apologizing. “Hi Elvis, sorry I’m late for the interview. I’m very slow today and running behind,” Allien told us from somewhere in…
Producers often rely on collaboration. Some of the biggest dance hits of the past millennium feature guest vocalists. But sometimes, waiting around for others to help you achieve your dreams no longer makes sense. For Monterrey, a Miami-based producer with a lengthy resumé in the city’s music scene, that time…
Days before Merchandise’s debut performance at Gramps, and weeks before the release of the band’s new album, A Corpse Wired for Sound, we got the chance to talk to lead singer Carson Cox about the state of his buzz-worthy little Florida band. Merchandise, originally from Tampa, has been touring the…
Local trance DJ and producer, Denzo, will open up for a stacked lineup this Friday at Space. So, naturally, we wanted to talk to him about it, but the conversation inevitably veered toward a grander look at dance music as a whole. “We should burn the industry to the ground…
DJ, producer, blogger, party promoter, label and A&R manager — Andrew “Lovefingers” Hogge has worn practically every hat there is to wear in the underground dance music industry over the past decade. But if one thing has driven his myriad professional endeavors since the beginning, it’s the love of sharing…
Some of their albums include combinations of the words “abyss,” “blood,” “hate,” and “hell”; the graphic nature of their lyrics references controversial subjects such as genocide and necrophilia; and their music is blistering, concrete-shattering heavy-metal insanity. Slayer and every member of the legendary thrash band should be absolutely terrifying, right?…
The Instagram generation fills their profiles with carefully curated snapshots posing as candid moments captured in time. They post makeup selfies, videos of concerts they should have been actually watching instead, and way too many pictures of food. On social media, we’re all famous (or infamous) in the addictive search…
Miami’s garage-rock savants Jacuzzi Boys have been a fixture on the local scene for some time, disappearing to tour before popping up again in our neck of the woods every few months. We haven’t heard much from the trio lately, but that’s because the band has been busy toiling away…
When Mike Gardner walks through a room of well-connected Miami movers and shakers, a reasonable amount of fist bumps and handshakes can be expected. As president and CEO of Headliner Market Group, the party promotions company responsible for some of Miami’s most lavish bashes, Gardner makes sure the right people…
