Dubstep. Once upon a time, like back in 2008, that was a word almost no one in the United States knew existed. Now it’s superdivisive and no can escape it. Whether you love dubstep or hate it, claim to only listen to “real” dubstep, or are a total brostep fanboy,…
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Sure, Avicci may be taking over the American Airlines Arena on Friday. But he’s hardly the biggest DJ booked to play the 305 this weekend. From electronic dance music veterans to up-and-coming collectives, a plethora of world-class DJs will hit the decks around South Beach over the next few days,…
Avicii at the American Airlines Arena June 8
Miami Rapper SpaceGhostPurrp Releases Debut The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp June 12
Jazid’s 16th Anniversary With Kulcha Shok, Locos por Juana, Spam Allstars, June 8-10
Calvin Harris at LIV Nightclub June 7
Munchi at Grand Central Miami June 9
Puscifer at the Gusman Center June 12
Childish Gambino at the Fillmore Miami Beach June 13
If you’ve heard of glam punker Bobby Durango, perhaps you’re a Johnny Depp obsessive. Or maybe you know everything there is to know about 1980s hair metal. But for fans of Durango, who died this week after singing in bands for about 30 years, he will be remembered as one…
One of the great things about Miami’s burgeoning underground EDM scene is that we usually get to catch the international up-and-comers before they really blow up. Take Daniel Bortz, currently one of the most buzzed-about DJ-producers in Germany, who’s stopping by the Electric Pickle on Friday in support of his…
Jay Z and Beyoncé love Florida. So much, in fact, they’re planning to spend their family vacation exploring the 65,755-sqaure-mile peninsula that 19 million of us call home. According to Contact Music, after Jigga and Coldplay wrap their respective world tours, the hip-hop power couple is teaming up with BFFs…
Cuba. It’s the mother land. And yet Miami rapper Garcia and his Crazy Hood homie DJ EFN haven’t even stood on its soil. Until now. “We, as Cuban Americans, have never been to the country that our parents are from,” EFN says. “But it still feels like we’re going back…
Will Call is Downtown Miami’s newest sports bar, speakeasy, grill, and music venue. It’s located just below the Metromover at NE Second Avenue and Seventh Street, offering a perfect a view of both Freedom Tower and the AAA jumbotron This joint’s got an outdoor wooden deck for chilling. It features…
In the gritty rap game, honor is everything. And honor usually means a bag full of automatic weapons at an airport. Alright, not every rapper’s got a rap sheet. But if you talk the talk, you’re expected to do the time. A mean MC with a big mouth is just…
A fundraiser on Sunday for one of Miami’s most beloved musicians, Nabedi Osorio, was spoiled when the cashbox was stolen towards the end of the night. Hundreds gathered at The Stage for NabediPalooza, a farewell party and fundraiser for Osorio, one half of The State Of and a dear friend…
Historically, West Coast rap is the homeland of gangsta rap. From cop killing to drug dealing, every horrifically real element of life in the hood has made it into song, for better or worse. While the game hasn’t changed much since its earliest pioneers, the message and the messenger has…
Surfer Blood! The West Palm Beach band is currently recording its second full-length slab in California with Gil Norton, a studio pro who’s previously produced The Foo Fighters and Counting Crows, as well as the final three albums by The Pixies (with whom the Blood boys toured last year). Given…
Riding the “Niggas in Paris” wave all the way to Europe, Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Throne tour finally made it to France. The rappers performed two-sold out shows at the Paris Bercy over the weekend. And though the gigs were attended by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, the NBA’s Amar’e…
If you’ve driven down I-95 in the past few days, then you’ve been invited to a beat-freaking Dayglow party. It seems the Committee Entertainment crew is getting superserious. And they’re doing absolutely everything (including buying a huge Interstate billboard) to make sure the next local installment of its Dayglow Tour,…
Whether he’s being denied access to the Oklahoma City Thunder game or pulling Nicki Minaj out of Summer Jam, there’s never a dull moment in Lil Wayne’s life. He is undeniably one of hip-hop’s most colorful characters and, beginning next week, he’ll become one of the game’s most transparent moguls…
