“Back in 2006, I had no band, no car, and a lot of free time,” says Miami musician Jose Flores. “So I was doing hundreds of home recordings. I always thought freestyle and Miami bass were these fun and lost genres. I noticed that the simpler, funny bass-heavy jams were…
After three days of arty partyin’… Your legs are jelly. Your ass is sore. Your ears are ringing. Your eyes are dry. And your head feels like Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs’ Dream Machine at a South Beach foam party circa 1995. Congratulations! That’s what the #ABMB pros call…
Fat blunts. Penis costumes. A topless Amazonian disco diva. And the art-world elite. Last night, Miley Cyrus brought the hot mess to Art Basel Miami Beach week with a ratchet cabaret show at the Raleigh Hotel, as part of Jeffrey Deitch, Tommy Hilfiger, and V Magazine’s ultra-exclusive #ABMB kickoff bash…
“I never said I wanted to be the best rapper, that’s not my goal,” says André 3000. “I just want to connect with people.” The ATLian is nonetheless one of the most celebrated creative minds of his generation. His work with Big Boi in Southern rap duo Outkast has brought…
Don’t stop the arty party. You’ve done all the art fairs. You’ve endlessly chit-chatted sophisticated babes of both sexes. And you’ve sipped enough free champagne to keep your pee bubbly till New Year’s Eve. All that culture and glamor can be exhausting. But that’s no excuse for heading home (or…
Novy Græy is an enthusiastic young man, talented and spiritual. While emerging with Quarter Horses as an intricate, self-described “Gospel Noir” outfit, he’s also been the main driving force behind the technical and experimental project {in-boxes}. We had a chance for a lengthy discussion about spirituality, music and the creation…
As much as we love to brag about how sexy and posh we are, truth is, not everyone in the Magic City is VIP. But we all, however, have that one überly popular friend who gets invited to every single bash in the 305, which comes in pretty handy during…
Please don’t let us down. We begged. And pleaded. But sadly, Solange Knowles (AKA Beyoncé’s sis) is canceling her Art Basel Miami Beach week music series at Select Art Fair 2014. The Saint Records founder was supposed to be headlining and curating six nights of free Basel parties, starring label…
Take a shower. Pop a pill. Slip into another little black dress. For the truly dedicated Art Basel Miami Beach attendee… The arty party ends at dawn. The gallery-going begins before noon. And the #ABMB bashes resume as soon as last night’s hangover wears off. That leaves just hours to…
Telekinetic Walrus looks like a gang of interdimensional beings on a concert tour across space-time. This Miami band’s stellar live shows are a tripped-out electronic circus of operatic vocals, rhythmic tidal waves of bass, and uplifting sonic landscapes that weave their way around your chakra like a wireless connection to…
The German capital of Berlin still sets the tone for underground electronic dance music on the wider global scene. And celebrated DJ-producer and Poker Flat Recordings boss Steve Bug has been at the helm of Berlin house and techno for two decades now. With 15 years’ worth of formidable chart-topping…
The Dreamer returns. As the first artist signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation, J. Cole emerged onto the worldwide rap scene amid crushing hype. But the Fayetteville, North Carolina-bred rapper and Dreamville Records founder never broke. He just slowly and steadily turned out album after album of thoughtful, ambitious hip-hop…
Come December, megaclubs on South Beach and party spots in downtown Miami vibrate with the sounds of international DJs while every hovel in town is pounding with the sounds of bands from all over the world just itching for their one moment in the Art Basel spotlight. But Miami’s also…
Gonna be fiyah. In just five months, the Best of the Best concert’s back. Waving flags and shaking ass into downtown Miami’s Bayfront Park, the annual music fest will be returning for the last weekend in May 2015. And for the third straight year, #BOTB’s shrugging off radio rap in…
Email interviews are often terrible. So we were disheartened when A-Trak was too busy touring Europe and filming a new music video to speak by phone. But it turns out the Montreal man is just as good a penpal as he is a DJ. In his chosen career, A-Trak’s a…
Miami could be called the sixth Borough, what with so many transient artist types constantly commuting between New York and our city. A lot of people who live in New York came from South Florida, and the quickly approaching Art Basel Miami Beach celebration is one of the largest comminglings…
Sure, for eleven and three quarter months out of the year, the people of Miami can indulge themselves with sunny beaches and scandalous nightlife till they’re burnt to a crisp, puking in a chic SoBe restroom, or both. However, for one golden week, Art Basel Miami Beach descends upon our…
Who the funk is Lo Down Loretta Brown? She is Erykah Badu’s DJ’ing alter ego. And she’s coming for Art Basel Miami Beach week. With just days till total Basel madness, Ms. Low Down Is packing her bags, picking her wigs, and stacking her wax for an #ABMB set as…
I cleaned some sprouts off some red potatoes, and they sat in the sink, wet and glistening like pomegranate seeds. It was a fleeting thought, them looking that way. A thought I found amusing and privately poetic. I had recently heard that Jeff Tucci had passed. I didn’t know the…
Art Basel has fallen upon the 305. To help get you juiced up for the arty party madness, we’re hooking you up with Miami’s five best concerts this week. Check ’em out, from James Blake at National YoungArts to Yung Lean at Basel Castle to Carlos Vives at the AAA…
With the tents going up in Midtown, Wynwood buzzing with activity, and new restaurants and hotels opening in Miami Beach, it can mean only one thing — Art Basel Miami Beach is making its way back to the Magic City. And so are the parties. Now, some will lament the…
Prom was just better in the ’80s. Haven’t you seen John Hughes movies? Unlike the plot of some ’80s films, going back in time is impossible. The closest thing we can get to it is theme parties, and theme parties only work if people get on board with the theme…
