It’s Labor Day weekend! That means an extra day off for (most of) us to lounge by the pool, catch rays, and bask in the fruit of our labor by drinking and partying til we can’t any more. The holiday also marks the official end of summer, so it merits…
Sound = a change in air pressure traveling on waves that tickle the hairs inside your ears. Music = a series of sounds delivered rhythmically to make a song; and World music = sounds that defy American radio format classification. Clear channel sucks, music rules, and the Miami World Music…
We all spend our days slaving away, flipping burgers, serving slop, pouring drinks, hauling trash, driving big rigs, selling cars, cuffing creeps, dancing on poles, counting other people’s cash, or tapping data into crappy old desktop computers. But our nights (and paychecks) are gloriously wasted on cab rides, vodka shots,…
In 1975, Willie Clarke won a Grammy for his work on Betty Wright’s “Where Is The Love”. It’s one of many hits he wrote in the ’70s for the biggest independent record company in the world, Henry Stone’s TK Productions, out of Hialeah. But Clarke’s recording career began in the…
Have you ever walked through Wynwood and thought, There should totally be a SXSW-style festival up in here? Even if you haven’t, we’re sure you now realize that’s the best idea ever. Thankfully, the people who make Bardot one of the dopest spots in town had that idea months ago…
Did you watch the MTV Vide Music Awards last night? No? Doesn’t matter, we’ve got your back. Oh, you did? Doesn’t matter, these GIFs are still worth a few minutes of your time. Seriously, what better way is there to capture the high-energy, low-brow atmosphere of the VMAs than to…
You work hard and you know it! That’s why the entire nation celebrates its hard-working citizens by dedicating an entire day in September to not working. But while much of America will celebrate Labor Day by sitting on the couch and watching a Lifetime movie marathon, the 305 will be…
Damn it, our favorite show of the year is already over. Like a whirlwind of confusion, corporate sponsorship, and cocaine-induced egotism, the MTV Video Music Awards blew through our living rooms last night, and we wish we could live it all over again. Judging by last night’s show, it seems…
Even with the sweeping sonic palette of synthesizers, mainstream electronic music has hit a certain threshold. It has to do with so many producers these days using the same store-bought music production software, virtual instruments, and sample packs. One producer who is certainly not guilty of adding to the derivative…
Parahoy, mateys! That’s right … Hayley Williams, Taylor York, Jeremy Davis, and the rest of the Paramore crew will be throwing a megabash aboard a four-day cruise, just for you, Parawhores. Departing from Port Miami aboard the Norwegian Pearl in March 2014, Paramore, Tegan and Sara, and other rockers will…
If someone were ever to sit down and draw out the family tree of local Miami bands, there would be a disturbing amount of inbreeding. Almost every band shares each member with at least three other bands. And just as one in two hundred men is a direct descendent of…
The Cure pretty much summed up how we all feel about the work week with their 1992 hit “Friday, I’m In Love.” “Monday’s blue. Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too. Thursday [we] don’t care about you. It’s Friday, [we’re] in love” with the cheap parties, boozy libations, and great music you…
It would seem that everyone not bent on being a DJ these days is buying a guitar. In recent years, there have been unprecedented national advertisements for large chain music stores like Guitar Center all over radio and television, and the fact that a company like the aforementioned grew so…
Can you smell it? That hot, sugary corn-flavor smell? Well, that’s what we’d imagine the MTV Video Music Awards smell like. There’s almost nothing as poppy, shiny or over-the-top commercialized at the VMAs, and its coming back Sunday, Aug. 25, to rear its star-studded head like the hydra of the…
Robin Thicke is making a ton of money off his collaboration with Pharrell and T.I. titled “Blurred Lines,” but have you ever bothered to consider what that song is about? Well, the more we think about it, the more we think he’s talking about date rape. “Just let me liberate…
If you’ve haven’t heard of Chase & Status (AKA Saul Milton and Will Kennard), don’t fret. For 10 years, the British duo has been making music together, spanning everything from classic UK garage to dubstep and drum ‘n’ bass. But around 2009, pop star Rihanna came calling looking for a…
Friends of Nature comedy booker Jessica Gross. War isn’t funny. Neither are Planet Earth’s environmental woes. But this Veteran’s Day weekend on November 9 and 10, the Friends of Nature Music Festival (AKA FONFEST) will descend upon Virginia Key Beach Park in the hope of making Miami laugh and dance…
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the National League East was still up for grabs. Having taken three of four games against the Marlins, the third-place New York Mets squad was within five games of its division rival, the Atlanta Braves, and set to start a series against the…
“Miami bass is the ghetto-style hip-hop that came out of Miami in the ’80s,” says DJ Jerry Pulles. From 1989 to 1994, he drove a van loaded with speakers and records from Miami Lakes to Hialeah to Carol City, playing house parties for his friends from American High. Later, he…
DJ Carnage — he’s “just chilling, eating food, watching Netflix,” doing whatever. You might have heard his breakout Bang! EP. Or you might have heard about how he pissed off a bunch of aggro commenters by saying he was over trap. Or you might have seen him killing it at…
Chico Mann’s new album, Magical Thinking, sounds like a mix of Company B, P-Funk, and every freestyle song ever. It’s a style characterized by classic machine drums, catchy synth lines, funky guitar chops, thumping bass, and party-ready female vocals. The Brooklyn producer has been making waves throughout the States since…
Toni Braxton’s been riding the roller coaster of fame ever since she broke into the R&B world in 1996 with the breakup anthem of all breakup anthems, “Un-Break My Heart.” Through the ’90s and early 2000s, the singer snagged six Grammys, seven American Music Awards, and nine Billboard trophies. Fame…
