Whenever an actor or musician wins a major award, they climb on stage to tell the world that they “never expected this.” When they lose, it was always “an honor just be nominated.” Mexican singer/songwriter Natalia Lafourcade has been on both sides of the coin, having won the Latin Grammy…
France’s contributions to electronic dance music are considerable. And not just by way of commercial heavyweights like Daft Punk and David Guetta. Paris is also home to a fruitful underground house and techno scene which has grown by leaps and bounds since the 2000s. Among the Parisian scene’s prime movers…
What would this city be without nightlife? Probably nothing more than a good place to hide a body. Whether or not you’re one of the people standing in line outside LIV or Space on a Saturday, you must at least acknowledge what the club scene has done for Miami, especially…
There’s your favorite DJ, and then there’s your favorite DJ’s favorite DJ. Aristh Delgado, better known as DJ Craze, is the latter. The three time DMC World Champion and Time Magazine’s 2001 “America’s Best DJ” has spent his celebrated career racking up awards and accomplishments. Craze, who grew up in…
Thank you, Taylor Swift, for not destroying the world. What? You don’t think she could if she wanted to? Oh, really? Did you know that T-Swift has more followers across social media than the population of Germany? And do you remember what Germany was able to do back in the…
While you were dancing your pants within an inch of their life at III Points, the artists who entertained you were chilling across the street at Milk & Honey, Wynwood’s newest event space. The venue served as the artist’s lounge for Mana Wynwood’s three-day musical extravaganza. Owned and operated by…
Beats, booze, booties, and a whole lot of bass. That’s the stuff that put Miami music on the map, and that’s what you’ll get a face full of Saturday at Red Bull and Poplife’s United States of Bass. If you have any love for your city, you’ll shed your self-respect…
Daniel Goldstein is an American DJ and producer slowly making his way from the outer rings of the electronic scene to the inner circle of today’s top talent. Under his stage name, Lane 8 (a moniker lifted from swimming competitions and being stuck on the outside), Goldstein has created a…
Like heirlooms and hand-me-downs, dance music is passed from one generation to the next. Miami native and Club Space resident, Alex “ALX” Sanchez was introduced to the genre by his big brother. At an early age, he was taught that good times happen in dark rooms with loud music and…
When I was in sixth grade I went through what some would call a phase. I listened to a bunch of G-Unit and DMX, I was using the word “dawg” way too much, and I started to obsess over rims a lot for a kid who couldn’t even drive a…
Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club’s Adios Tour. Presented by Live at Knight. Thursday, October 22, 8 p.m. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets are sold out via arshtcenter.org. Although it’s been seven decades since Havana’s members-only party spot, Buena Vista Social Club shut its doors, “some of…
Vincent Crowley founded Acheron back in 1988 after leaving the Tampa death metal band Nocturnus. Looking to create a vehicle for a darker and more satanic approach to the genre, he’s since relocated through Pennsylvania and Ohio where he has forged on with a revolving door of members covering 26…
You can’t talk about Miami music without mentioning Slip-N-Slide Records. It’s a label as important to this city’s sound as any other — responsible for introducing the world to names Rick Ross, Trina, Plies, and Trick Daddy. For almost 20 years, Ted Lucas, the CEO of Slip-N-Slide Records has brought…
It isn’t often that bands list writers as their influences. But most bands don’t go by the name Telekinetic Walrus. “We’re a mix of JRR Tolkien and Douglas Adams. It’s Lord of the Rings meets intergalactic space travel,” explained the Telekinetic Walrus singer who goes by Time-Zoo Keeper onstage, but…
O Inimigo with Wrong, Prayer Chain, Bruiser, Reluctance, Xerox Missive, and DJ Bruno. Presented by Hardcore for Punx. Friday, October 16, 9 p.m. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-757-1807; churchillspub.com. Admission costs $8. Ages 18 and up. Oh, what we would give to see a bunch of Brazilian hardcore punk rockers do the…
Are your ears still ringing? Do you keep looking down at your hand expecting to see a wristband there? Are you waking up in the middle of the night to dance? If you answered yes to any or all of the above question, you’re a III Points survivor. We promise…
If you pumped a Day-Glo full of steroids, made it work out with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson for several months, and then unleashed it out into the world, you’d have something similar to Life in Color. “The world’s largest paint party” is coming back on Saturday, January 16, 2016, and…
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first heard of Sammy Arriaga, the Miami-born Cuban country singer — mainly because I don’t know a whole lot of Cuban country singers, or Miami country singers. The version I imagined of Arriaga was some type of classic South Florida bro in…
The attentive listener can sense Luca Bacchetti’s zeal, love for life, and utter worldliness through his songs. They’re always epic in length and progression. Rarely shorter than seven minutes and regularly longer than ten, each track takes listeners on a calculated but often unpredictable musical journey that tends to manifest…
“We wanted to do something that wasn’t the regular album-release party, so we decided to have a festival,” says Cuci Amador, half of the local electro duo Afrobeta. She and Tony Smurphio (the other half of Afrobeta), along with a few close musical friends, will throw the Mooncake Jam this…
Out of all his accomplishments – discovering superestrellas like Marc Anthony, Shakira, and Ricky Martin, creating the Latin Grammy music awards, and most recently, being inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame – Emilio Estefan is most proud of his heritage. “I’m a proven fact that you never have…
After finally getting caught up on sleep, I’m ready to take a look back at all the wonderful chaos that was III Points 2015. Overall, I’d that this year’s III Points was a winner and an improvement from last year’s festival. It was bigger, the acts were more diverse, the…
