Electronic dance music is currently in the midst of a major crisis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Six drug-related deaths during this year’s Time Warp festival resulted in an indefinite city-wide ban of “all commercial activity involving dancing with live and recorded music,” effectively bringing the party to a grinding halt…
Art Basel has become a new hub for rappers to express themselves outside of the recording booth with innovative exhibits and ambitious events. Emcees from around the country fly down to Dade County to dive headfirst further into the culture that has ruled the streets of Wynwood and Miami Beach…
An interview with Guy Gerber isn’t really an interview — it’s more like a casual conversation, a stroll in the park between pals. He was with friends in Los Angeles having a few prestudio cocktails somewhere on Sunset Boulevard when we tracked him down. His friend yelled from a distance and…
It’s been quite a year for globetrotting DJ/producer Lee Burridge and the loose collective of artists he’s gathered under the banner of All Day I Dream. In 2016 alone, the nomadic party series touched down in Berlin, London, Paris, Ibiza, and Beirut, to name just a few international destinations. This…
Speaking to Nic Fanciulli is like chatting with an old mate. Even if you’ve never met him in the flesh, a conversation with Fanciulli becomes a portal into the past. This veteran British DJ, Grammy-nominated producer, and owner of Saved Records has been around long enough — about two decades…
Few words in the dance-music world inspire as much delight as Dirtybird. The name carries weight as both the innovative label helmed by Detroit-raised dance royalty Claude VonStroke and as the traveling party series combining cutting-edge DJs with familial events like camp-outs and cookouts. This year, the label is bringing…
Since the party’s announcement, Coyo Taco has been teasing some “special friends” to appear alongside resident DJ Walshy Fire during the Rum & Bass Block Party, happening tonight at the restaurant’s Wynwood flagship. Today the Taco joint/dance club announced those friends, and though not exactly shocking, they are indeed special.
Although it may have taken some time, Marea Stamper’s rise to the forefront of electronic music has been nothing short of remarkable. Since her days peddling mixtapes outside of raves in the American Midwest, she has steadily become one of the most beloved and in-demand DJs on the international stage…
Nik Nowak is fascinated by bass. A few years ago, this obsession saw Nowak create the Soundpanzer, a mobile tank that unfolds into a studio and subwoofer tower — a weaponized DJ booth of sorts. Now, the Berlin-based artist is bringing his machine across the Atlantic to Wynwood’s Gramps…
That Wynwood has evolved well beyond the bank account of your average Miamian is, at this point, as much a secret in this city as Fidel’s heart rate. Chances are, you can’t even afford a pothole in the trendy art district, where even the most unattractive of lots are earning…
Part of the fun of Art Basel is the last minute, random celebrity appearances. Is that Miley Cyrus riding a City Bike? Yup. Wait, is Usher charging his iPhone in a woman’s vagina? Mhmm. When Basel week rolls around, you can bet on some last-minute big names to be announced. And…
Today, November 9, it’s tough for a massive slice of America to feel optimistic about anything. But if there is a reason to get out of bed eventually, it’s the stacked lineups coming our way this Art Basel. Though the 2016 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will have its…
The chic, sprawling extravaganza that is Art Basel is set to consume the city this week, and we have you fully covered with everything you need to know, including a handy map, gallery guides, and numerous party guides. The events are endless, the gallery options impressive, and the musical acts…
Like most of us, Maxwell is something of a TV addict and an admitted fan of shows like Game of Thrones and House of Cards. And also, like most of us, his newest favorite is HBO’s latest hit, Westworld. “Westworld, Westworld, Westworld,” he gushes. “I am loving this show, and…
From Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to the “degenerate art” of Otto Dix, art has always been a way to place political and social unease into context. With the specter of a Trump presidency looming over America for the next four years, rest assured that plenty of the works at Art Basel…
Are you outside Walmart dressing Grandma in hockey pads and showing her the proper way to use a machete? Let us offer a decidedly chiller Black Friday experience. If you’re planning to Basel on a budget next week, there are some good Black Friday party sales for you to take advantage of today from the comfort of your own computer.
Once the Thanksgiving plates have been cleaned and stomachs settled, Atlanta native and R&B star Lloyd will headline A Tru Thanksgiving Festival at the Wynwood Yard, a show which aims to raise funds and collect donations for the still-ailing country of Haiti. The singer will be joined by bands…
Miami-based independent label Houndstooth Cottage wears many hats, but whether they’re putting out cassettes for local bands, recording tracks by various acts for compilation albums in marathon sessions, or pressing T-shirts and other printed paraphernalia to fill merch tables, their practice always reflects a unique personal philosophy and DIY attitude…
The first Thanksgiving – or at least the less bloody one sans ethnic cleansing that’s preferred in elementary school curriculums – involved hospitable natives sharing food and resources with struggling immigrants. Since the inaugural feast in Plymouth, the spirit of Thanksgiving has evolved and now includes such things as football, discount shopping…
It’s an ironic truth that sends a mixture of anger and confusion shooting up the spine of out-of-towners: South Floridians who live near the beach tend not to actually go to the beach very often. Maybe we’re jaded, spoiled, or don’t want to get sandy — who knows? But the concert…
The Tallahassee college dayglow-turned-traveling-international-EDM-paint-party, Life in Color, has some big plans for its tenth anniversary. First off, it announced a change in its traditional venue and will be moving from Hard Rock Stadium (formerly Sun Life Stadium), to two nearby Wynwood venues: Mana and the…
When Theo Kottis flies in from the United Kingdom to embark on his first North American tour, the first thing he’ll be looking for is some Miami sun. “In Scotland, it’s just raining every day nonstop,” he says, presumably from the inside of a very thick wool sweater. Although it’s…
