Like fellow boogie meisters PillowTalk and Nick Monaco in the Crew Love collective, Life on Planets is bringing a fresh if retro approach to dance music, self-described as “dawning a long-awaited return to authentic songwriting” in the genre. “So much of vocal songwriting in modern dance music lacks poetry,” the…
Madonna’s been a bad girl. Basically, her entire life. Right now, though, we’re referring specifically to the bad, bad, bad news that this bad, bad, bad girl just broke about having to cancel her Rebel Heart Tour kickoff shows, a two-night stand in Miami. But that’s not all. Naughty Ms…
It seems like every day in recent memory has been met with the announcement that another iconic music group is getting back together, despite so many of these acts having so often addressed the possibility of a reconciliation with a “highly unlikely” or “no, never!” Between the draw of reunions for…
Don’t let her stilettos, tight dress, and wig fool you – when Jacksonville’s drag queen rapper Twinki raps, she slays those rhymes like a boss. “Basically, the music I perform right now, it’s really, I like to call it raunchy, sexxxcore,” the corporate salesperson by day and J-Ville diva by…
Though the Strokes are still together, frontman Julian Casablancas, like most of his bandmates, has spent the last few years on other endeavors. With only seven festival shows scheduled through 2015, the essential early-2000s rock band has no plans for a new album. Instead, guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is prepping…
Kaskade doesn’t just believe in Miami’s music scene. He’s bought into it. Super Music Group is a 305-based management company that started as a means to represent Amtrac. Since 2010, founders Derek Walin and Brandon Kesslar have expanded the mission and the roster to include Craze, Robb Bank$, DZA, Sluggers,…
Miami is not a boring city, but the nightlight scene can get old pretty fast. The same people, the same places, the same music, the same beer. But every Sunday, South Beach’s Score becomes a place where club kids and scenesters, gays and straights and in-betweeners come together under flashing…
Memorial Day weekend in Miami, colloquially known as Urban Beach Week, is almost upon us. So yes, we must honor our fallen troops. But we must also get set for beats, bangers, public intoxication, near-naked insanity, and pimped-out Chevys causing gridlock on Ocean Drive. There are two ways to deal…
In recent years, the Fillmore Miami Beach has hosted some of EDM’s heaviest hitters. Whether it’s Excision bringing down the roof with his ridiculous sound system, RL Grime’s futuristic turn up, 12th Planet and Skrillex dropping bass-heavy sets for the wob-hungry masses, or the Disclosure brothers translating their slick garage…
You know it’s gonna be a good day when your morning starts off with a shot of cafecito and your favorite song. But the moment you realize the next few days are filled with nothing but live music from some pretty talented artists, chances are you’ll actually find yourself looking…
The blues has given modern music any number of iconic individuals over the course of the past 100 years, but none were more beloved and respected than Riley B. King, better known as B.B. The legendary guitarist died on Thursday night at his Las Vegas home from complications due to…
Being a global techno icon with a hectic international touring schedule can take its toll on the best of them. After a decade of exponential momentum, the globetrotting DJ lifestyle certainly caught up with Hotflush Recordings boss Scuba, AKA Paul Rose. “The whole of 2014 was a pretty difficult time…
DJ Craze needs no introduction: Miami’s three-time DMC solo champ is an effin’ boss. So much so, he almost named his latest Baby Gurl EP after his track, “Bow Down,” featuring the 305 Mayor, Trick Daddy. “That was the original name, but we didn’t turn in the paperwork on time and…
Oh, the magic of the weekend … Three nights filled with endless possibilities of fun. When your wallet is filled with nothing but old receipts and random business cards, though, the weekend becomes a constant reminder of how broke you are. Especially when it’s 10:30 p.m. and the most fun…
In Isaac Asimov’s 1941 sci-fi short story, “Runaround,” a robot named Speedy is tasked by his human commanders with retrieving the selenium resources necessary to power the life-support system of their base on the scorching planet Mercury. However, when the robot fails to return after a few hours, an investigation…
When Waze & Odyssey dropped their bootleg of R. Kelly’s “Bump n’ Grind” in 2012, the pair’s garage rework was so piping hot, it actually brought major label Sony Music running to give it an official release with the blessing of R. Kelly himself two years later. It was one…
It’s often said those seeking money should follow their passion because money will follow. But sometimes, you’ve got to learn the hard way. “You learn by your mistakes,” says Jabba, DJ for New York City’s Hot97 and cofounder of Miami’s annual Best of the Best Concert. The reggae-centric celebration marks it’s…
Miami nightclubs aren’t known for their longevity. Usually a glossy, expensive party palace or trendy underground venue will open to huge hype, do solid business for a year or two, struggle for a similar stretch of time, and then close, suddenly, while clubbers shrug to show their lack of surprise…
Is it getting caliente in here? Yes, hot and sweaty and crazy, papo. Because iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, the annual Latin music-focused mini-festival from the internet radio platform owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly known as Clear Channel Media and Entertainment), has just revealed a secret: It’s moving the party to the American…
The Miami sun is a multifaceted muse. It’s typical for our locale to spawn glammed-out techno or hip-hop party anthems, but travel a bit off the beaten path and there’s a whole new array of beachy wonders to unearth. Case in point: Wynwood’s own Jellyfish Brothers, a local no-wave outfit…
Zeit zum feiern! And the cause for such celebration: “Due to overwelming demand,” Live Nation just announced, “electro pioneers Kraftwerk have added a second show in Miami on the upcoming North American run of their multimedia 3-D Concert Tour.” Still scheduled to stop at downtown Miami’s Olympia Theater at Gusman…
He wants to be the new Dick Clark, papo. Once just a Cuban kid off la esquina, Armando Christian Pérez became Pitbull, then Mr. 305, then Mr. Worldwide. And like anyone from Little Havan, the guy is always on his hustle. So far, he has notched ten Top 10 hits on the…
