Drake will be returning to E11even in two weeks to host two consecutive after parties at the 24/7 downtown mega-club, August 30 and 31. This won’t be Drizzy’s first E11even experience. Last New Year’s Eve, Drake hosted a party at E11even, and whatever happened that night must have left a…
Back in April, thousands of floatie-wielding Miamins stormed South Pointe Park for a Miami Beach gathering known as Floatopia. The event did not originate in Miami, but people embraced it nonetheless as a welcome excuse to bob around in the surf like a drunk pelican. But sadly — and not unsurprisingly…
Some people might recognize Seal solely from the scars that line his face or the tabloid tales that were the inevitable result of his marriage to and subsequent split from supermodel Heidi Klum. Sadly, though, those things have nothing at all to do with the music he’s made over the…
Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, the four day event that drew thousands last year, will be holding a second edition. The 2017 dates are March 2 through 5, backers announced Tuesday. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday morning, August 17 at 11 am at okeechobeefest.com. 4 day general admission passes…
In 1991, when LL Cool J dropped perhaps his most popular track, “Mama Said Knock You Out,” he famously opened with the lines “Don’t call it a comeback/I’ve been here for years.” The members of Orishas — a highly influential Cuban rap group that made a name for itself with…
Ever since its initial lineup announcement back in May — where we learned we’d be treated to LCD Soundsystem, M83, Flying Lotus, and more in October — III Points has been steadily tweaking its lineup. Two months ago we learned Machinedrum was leading another wave of added acts. Then it was Vince…
Twitter beef is a lot like McDonald’s beef: tasteless, poorly crafted, and devoid of substance. And such tastelessness was on full display this past weekend during a heated exchange between Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale and Miami Snapchat socialite YesJulz. Wale — who already has an extensive and well-documented history of…
Wes Anderson’s 2004 flick The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was a film full of memorable performances that changed the way we saw red beanies forever. But perhaps no one in the movie was a more efficient scene-stealer than Brazilian musician Seu Jorge. Jorge appears throughout the film as the dutiful and…
Assembling a collection of great songs is tough work. Divining just one compelling melody or hook from the creative ether can present a steep challenge unto itself — but a whole EP or LP? That’s asking a lot. It’s a challenge that has long beset electronic artists. Regardless of subgenre,…
As 305 maestro Pitbull boasts on “Welcome to Miami” (Dat Lil Chico’s edition of Jermaine Dupri’s infectious ATL anthem): “Y’all got Uncle Sam, we got Uncle Luke.” Mr. Worldwide is damn right. Ever since the early days of Luke’s booty bass, The Magic City has been an X-rated paradise full…
Ray LaMontagne dresses like a wilderness survival expert or Indiana Jones’ long lost brother and — taking into consideration his new record, Ouroboros, and the accompanying tour — his outfits are incredibly apt. His current show is a meticulously crafted, carefully designed journey through time and space, head and heart,…
Three years ago, Christian Cooley moved to Miami to open his own recording studio in the heart of Wynwood. “Before Miami, I was thinking to move to L.A.,” he remembers. He booked a plane ticket, landed, and shortly after, had an epiphany. “I realized they don’t need another producer.” Born…
Asked how his club has achieved the herculean task of keeping its doors open for 18 years in Miami, Luis Morera, Score’s co-owner, credits his club’s ability to play offense. “We keep evolving with what goes on in the culture.” Score, a gay nightclub, opened in 1998 on Lincoln Road as…
This Friday night will be a busy one in Miami, to say the least. There are a minimum of ten shows running all throughout the city at one point or another. However, the absolute can’t miss of the bunch is Heavy Drag at Gramps inside Shirley’s Theatre at 9 p.m…
This weekend, fight the Zika paranoia in Wynwood and head to the Electric Pickle to see the Brooklyn-based No Regular Play live this Saturday. Unless, well, you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant. If that’s the case, sorry, but Wynwood for you. But for the rest of us non-fertile, healthy folks,…
“Okay, start asking so I can start answering.” El Chino DreadLion didn’t want to waste time when sat down earlier this week. Born Eduardo Rodriguez in Cuba, his artistic grooming is DJ booth to dance floor — and dressing room too. At the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte in Havana, Rodriguez studied…
Miami’s seasoned veterans and rising artists have been busy as hell this week. Wynwood native Thirstin Howl III paid homage to the late Sean Price alongside fellow OG spitters Sadat X and R.A. the Rugged Man. Meanwhile, Zoey Dollaz proves he does not give a shit about your furniture and…
At first glance, at least three quarters of the band Sunghosts — with their greasy long hair and Lennon-style glasses — do not appear to be the picture of ambition. But on the band’s long awaited, full-length self-titled debut, you can hear the hunger that’s made them a success of…
At 10:45 p.m, inside Churchill’s, a pulsing throng of sweaty punk kids are waiting anxiously for the most loved hardcore band to ever come out of Miami. It’s been five years since Poison The Well played in their hometown. And after selling out the show on a Wednesday night in…
Gregory Paulus and Nicholas DeBruyn, a duo better known as No Regular Play, first visited Cuba when they were high school students at Saint Paul Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their Spanish teacher, Rolando Castellano, took some students every year as part of a cultural exchange program. Paulus, a classically…
As the rap game continues to widen in Miami — showcasing a spectrum of new talent ranging from Robb Banks to Denzel Curry — one South Florida artist is banking on his unique style to make him stand out from the rest. Jeanomusic, or simply Jeano — a Haitian-born MC — found his…
South Florida has never been the warmest place for male singers. We may have had our fix from Pleasure P and Pretty Ricky, but lately, South Florida has suffered from a distinct lack of great voices and exclusive styles when it comes to the male R&B vocalist. But if ever…
