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…
If London is the mecca of the global electronic dance music scene, then surely Fabric could be considered the Kaaba. At least one pilgrimage to the monolithic nightclub is a requisite for international house and techno heads during their lifetime. But even for those who have never made the trip,…
In the process of evolution, some species die, others get stronger. The guys and girl of Miami hip-hop fusion crew Cornerstoners and others of their ilk used to be fish, but then they grew legs, left the pond, and started walking the streets of downtown with flyers for the upcoming…
Take a break, America! But not you, Miami! It’s almost Labor Day, that annual 24-hour period during which we all celebrate workers by not working. Of course, though, the observance of this particular federal holiday is a bit different in the MIA. One day become a week. No one is…
Alright, so TomorrowWorld may not be coming to Miami. But a slice of the 305 will be making its way to Georgia next month as Belgium’s TomorrowLand travels overseas for its first U.S. fest. European EDM promo powerhouse ID&T has announced that LIV will be joining forces with TomorrowWorld as…
There will be “more paint!” Just 12 days ago, Life in Color announced its first-ever music festival at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium with an all-out (though curiously paint-free) volley of rave robots, party lazers, and DJ R3hab during the Guinness International Champions Cup final between Chelsea and Real Madrid. “In…
“Party in the city where the heat is on. All night, on the beach till the break of dawn… Welcome to Miami.” Will Smith’s Magic City anthem may be over a decade old. But hey, the cliché still holds true. The 305 does party till the break of dawn and…
