Miami’s top tier artists like Pitbull and Rick Ross have dropped off monumental records throughout the week. And while we wait for DJ Khaled to drop his next single off Major Key, rising artists like Bizzy Crook, Bobby Biscayne, and Denzel Curry hold it down for Dade County with fresh…
Argentinian electronic rock hybrid Altocamet have been a successful band in Argentina and South America for over twenty years. On the group’s first U.S. tour and their first ever performances in Miami, Altocamet see themselves as ambassadors for the sound of the seaside town from which they hail. The band…
Sunday might be the most important day of the weekend. How you spend it will set the tone for the rest of your week. And what better way to use your last day of freedom than enjoying some live music in the heart of Little Havana at Ball & Chain’s new…
Of all the ways I thought I would be describing my first Gathering of the Juggalos, “like my first rave” was not on the short list. But after less than 24 hours among the fans of Insane Clown Posse, that’s how I’m feeling. It’s like I’ve traveled back in time…
Heavy Drag is doing its best to live up to its name. “Pop music can be found in any part of music,” Michael Ruiz-Unger tells us. “It’s a little harder to make something more of a bummer.” Spawned out of the ashes of another local act called Lil Daggers, Heavy…
Miami’s hip-hop scene has evolved significantly since the days when 2 Live Crew, Trick Daddy, and Trina were the only rappers representing Dade County on a national level. As the aforementioned revolutionaries encouraged a new generation of Miami artists like Rick Ross and Denzel Curry to grab the mike, rappers…
When University of Miami senior and jazz vocalist Zoë Fromer discusses her adopted home, the imagery of a “plastic wonderland” is frequently invoked. “A lot of Miami is fabricated for tourists — not a lot of it is real,” Fromer says. “[Miami’s] been around for a long time, yes, but……
For many of Disney’s 90-plus years, diversity came only with respect to species. Sure, you could watch a crab share a scene with a mermaid, but good luck finding a black person. Luckily, that changed in 2009 with the release of The Princess and the Frog, a film featuring Disney’s…
After finding success with Wynwood’s Latin-themed El Patio (which we named Best New Bar this year), Nicolas Hoyos and Berto Perez were searching for a different motif when they found a new space off Biscayne and 55th St., where News Lounge once stood. “The area is flourishing nicely and we…
With its myriad opportunities and exaggerated qualities, Miami has a tendency to elicit both the best and the worst from those who pass through it. For an insular trust-fund baby with a legion of Maseratis at his command, time in Miami might be marked by powdery white lines and sizable…
Just under a year ago, Florida made its relationship with Pitbull official. Visit Florida, our state’s private/public tourism promotion group, struck an undisclosed deal with the Miami native to make Pitbull Florida’s official tourism ambassador. So far, his relationship with Visit Florida has been most visible through social media, where…
If you happen to come across a squadron of tween and teen girls armed to the teeth with guitars and drumsticks, fear not. Put aside your Children of the Corn nightmares, for it’s probably only the Miami Girls Rock Camp. MGRC, a Miami summer camp where young ladies learn the…
Opened in 1963 and closed nearly three decades later, Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key gave spectators a seaside view of some of the biggest names of the 20th Century. Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and Richard Nixon all graced the stage, which used to float a few dozen feet…
Now in its sixth year, the Overtown Music and Arts Festival is one of the city’s biggest gatherings of art and culture outside of the annual Calle Ocho Fest. The free event holds blocks worth of local art, food, and music — with this year’s headliners including Estelle, Jeremih, Kelly Price,…
It’s Monday, which means you’re probably nursing a hangover and doing your best not to think about the fact that you’ve got a full work week waiting for you. But, whatever it is you did this weekend, it probably can’t compare to Eskeerdo’s two-day pachanga in the official visual adaptation…
“You know how on Facebook you get these sponsored messages? I kept getting an ad for Ted Nugent’s show at Pompano Beach Amphitheater,” Tony Landa, bassist for Humbert, tells us. “One day after seeing it I yelled, ‘Fuck Ted Nugent!’ and then I thought: could that be a show?” Turns…
After a much-needed two-year hiatus from the madness that is Insane Clown Posse’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival, we’re happy to report that this year, our sister paper, L.A. Weekly, is off to Thornville, Ohio for the Gathering, which runs July 20-23, and will be reporting throughout the week on all…
In the not-so-distant future, when internet culture crushes humanity under the weight of deadpan hipster irony and belligerent comment sections, one man will stand above the fray, shouting “one love” until the bitter end. That person, perhaps one of the few in our world still left unscathed by cynicism, is…
Burger Records babes Las Robertas are on the way to make their Miami debut this week. Today, the Costa Rican lo-fi garage group with ’60s sensibilities is made up of bassist Sonya Carmona, drummer Fabrizio Durán and vocalist and guitarist Mercedes Oller, the only original member from the first lineup. The trio…
Miami Swim Week is here, and if you’d like to grab some quick cardio somewhere slightly more exciting than LA Fitness, you can head to the intimate South Beach club, Rec Room, this Saturday. Up-and-coming Fool’s Gold artist Speakerfoxxx (and one half of Bosco and Speakerfoxxx) will be playing a…
Dance music and Miami have been bedfellows pretty much from the start, from way back to its R&B and disco roots to its current EDM form. To have a conversation today about dance music without mentioning Miami is to leave out a very important chunk of the genre’s development. From…
Finding success in the competitive world of film scoring is challenging enough. But coming up with a completely new type of musical invention with which to play one’s craft is likely even more daunting, especially in a universe where seemingly every sound and sample has already found a practical use…
