Contrary to popular belief, Joe Budden has no problem connecting with an array of everyday people, whether it be in the studio or online with his more than 900,000 followers on social media. The Jersey City native may have spent the summer igniting viral beefs with rappers like Drake and…
You probably woke up this morning to your girlfriend nagging you for two things: tickets to see Jeremih and PARTYNEXTDOOR at the Fillmore tomorrow night and a text back. You should comply with both of her demands if you don’t want to sleep on the couch for the next week — not…
2016 has been awful for many, many different reasons. But one of the biggest turds fate has left on our pillows this year came in the form of the United States of America’s presidential campaign. In the end, when the dust cleared and Marco Rubio finally agreed to stop playing…
Miami artists know they don’t have to prove anything to anyone, but this week a few MCs decided to take some time out to remind the world of their hustle. Earlier this week, Ace Hood kept the spirit of Starvation 5 alive with a new video and provided an…
Big Night in Little Haiti — the music, food, and arts festival that celebrates the rich Haitian culture of Miami — returns this Saturday, November 5. The event that started as a monthly festival in 2011 courtesy of the Rhythm Foundation and the Little Haiti Cultural Center tragically announced last…
“In some medieval religions, the female orgasm is considered the craft of the devil. This is a black mass where we celebrate the female orgasm… in the name of Satan!” Cue awesome rock-and-roll finale and crowd sing-a-along. And so concluded the first-ever concert in Miami by the…
Yet another new venue has emerged to try and reclaim the spot where the beloved Vagabond once stood. And the new joint, Armando Records, is hitting the ground running. But don’t expect an actual Armando to greet you at the door tomorrow night for the grand opening. “Armando is a…
For those who revere and miss the days before social-media feeds took over our ability to experience the present moment, we have good news. There is hope. Because last night in Miami Beach, there was a place where phones were a rare and unwelcome sight. More surprising still is…
The Soul Clap twosome — Boston natives Eli Goldstein and Charles Levine — were en route to the airport in Chicago the morning after a six-hour set when we connected. Chi-town was the first stop on their 14-show North America tour. The duo’s self-titled second album dropped on October 14, and now…
You just have to love the Swedish heavy-metal outfit known as Ghost. You have to love it about as much as its members profess to love the devil in all his forms and under all his names, be they Beezlebub or Lucifer. Led by their “anti-pope,” Papa Emeritus III (seemingly…
Lord knows we’ve had our share of political events in Miami as the final week of the election nears, and Florida’s vote becomes all the more critical. But this, by far, will be the most lit of them all. The day before the election, on November 7, rappers T.I., Rick…
Last month, while most of Miami was busy preparing for the clusterfuck of Hurricane Matthew and III Points, a Facebook event page started to make the rounds online. The event was called House of Creatives Music Festival, and it boasted an impressive lineup for such a low-key announcement: the Flaming…
Four months after he was forced to awkwardly sing his own song at a Key Biscayne wedding, Jon Bon Jovi will return to Miami for a private concert presented by SiriusXM. The concert, to be held at a secret location, will sadly be available only to SiriusXM subscribers. It’s all…
It has been a big year for James “Woody” Beckham. While many people might foolishly think someone who suffers from paralysis — as Beckham has since 2011 — might slow down, Woody has proven just the opposite. He’s spent the last 12 months graduating from FIU with a finance…
It’s been two years since the world-renowned hardcore-punk act Trash Talk sweatily yelled and thrashed around on a Miami stage. In that time, the Sacramento act has toured in Australia and Japan and recorded and released the free EP, Tangled. Now Trash Talk is touring the nation by van and…
Over the past few years, Plastic Pinks have worked and played their way toward becoming one of the most recognizable names in Miami music. And their upcoming EP-release show at Churchill’s promises to be both a celebration of the band’s accomplishments thus far and a launching pad toward a new…
Last year, at III Points 2015, Run the Jewels laid down one of the most memorable sets of the festival. It was the duo’s first time in Miami. Killer Mike and El-P ran through a high-energy set, encouraged the crowd to vote for Bernie Sanders, and stopped the performance every…
As the election wheezes out its last few cold, miserable breaths, it’s becoming clear what state both Trump and Clinton are fighting hardest for: Florida. As we learned yesterday, our critical swing state is hanging neither to the left nor the right, but rather dangling straight down the middle as…
For a very long time, Miami has faced one big obstacle when it comes to live music: geography. The fact is, it takes a lot of convincing for a band to drive all the way down to the tip of Florida. From a financial perspective, it doesn’t make a whole…
Do you have an extra half-million lying around? We’ll wait while you check your sock drawer. Done? No luck, huh? Well, look, if by some chance you can round up $500,000 by December 30, the Fontainebleau Hotel has a New Year’s Eve package tailor-made for you and nine of your closest…
Anticipation for the Fest builds year-round. On Halloween weekend, punks from all over the continent swarm the quaint college town of Gainesville, Florida, for the three-day punk music festival that has become a mainstay in its 14-year history. Gainesville hotels are booked months in advance. In the hours before…
Last year, when Johann Torres was closing down the Stage, a Design District music venue that he partly owned, he began sniffing around Miami for a new spot to host events. “One of the places I looked at was the American Legion,” Torres tells us over the phone.
