Red Bull binge, errbody. During Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2015, the now-annual Red Bull Guest House will be throwin’ down at the Sagamore Hotel for four whole days and nights of ass-shaking shenanigans. From March 26 to 29, the #RBGuestHouse will be providing accomadations to Young Money…
When vinyl started its slow resurgence a few years ago, the naysayers said it was a fad. But proving itself to be a steady seller compared to other physical music like CDs, it has been the only format on the rise. Now, how about audio cassettes? Labels like Burger Records…
The War on Drugs is not over. Founded by celebrated rock songwriter Kurt Vile and moody indie mastermind Adam Granduciel, this post-punk outfit released its debut album, Wagonwheel Blues, in 2008. A short time later, though, Vile split to pursue a solo career. But despite his departure, Granduciel just said…
Sweet Micky for President may be among the greatest documentaries of all time. The movie follows Pras from the Fugees as he formulates the idea to run Haiti’s one-man version of 2 Live Crew as a candidate for president, and wins. Throughout, Pras’ old bandmate Wyclef steps up as the…
Pop the André and stack those dolla bills… It’s Friday! Since you made it through a tough week of work and that thing called adulthood, it’s time to party it up and treat yo’ self to some good weekend fun. The best part is you won’t even have to blow…
EDM fans are counting down the days until Ultra Music Festival 2015. But ten months ago, the City of Miami wasn’t sure if it would ever return. Following the tragic trampling of security guard Erica Mack and fatal drug overdose of 21-year-old attendee Adonis Escoto, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and…
Strolling through the streets of New Orleans, Tony McGuinness can’t help being charmed by the crumbling, romantic building facades as they peer through the bayou mist. He’s going Insta-crazy, taking and uploading pic after pic. “I’m a huge fan of faded grandeur,” he says. Maybe that’s why, as a third…
A phone rings during a scene in Montage of Heck, animated to one of many audio recordings that Kurt Cobain made during his life, while he was writing the song “Been A Son.” Cobain doesn’t turn the tape recorder off when he answers the phone, a call for his girlfriend,…
Break out your #TWERKEA t-shirt and Puerto Rican do-rag. Stuff your face with mariquitas y chicharrón and $5 homemade party punch. Join the impromptu conga line and impress the mami or papi of your dreams with those tremendo reggaeton moves. That’s right, Calle Ocho 2015 is here. For 38 consecutive…
“Feel like a woman”? Good. Because ’90s pop country superstar Shania Twain just announced the Rock This Country tour, hitting 48 cities from Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg to Nashville, Austin, and even Miami. Twain has spent the last two years holding down a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas…
David Macklovitch is almost naked during our interview. Unfortunately, it’s over the phone. “Yeah, I’m walking around in my underpants, trying to figure out what jeans I’m going to wear,” says the 36-year-old musician, also known as Dave 1, who makes up half of the band Chromeo. “I’m pacing around…
From 1948 to 2014, Henry Stone ruled the Florida music industry with an iron fist, a wad of cash, and a warehouse full of vinyl. Whether forming a label with James Brown or racking up as many back to back number-one Billboard pop hits as the Beatles, he made his…
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and Alexander Izquierdo is smoking the last of his cigarettes outside of DJ Infamous’ studio in North Miami. He’s recovering from a night (and morning) of South Beach clubbing for a friend’s bachelor party. It’ll continue, but not until this stopgap of an interview has been…
“Wake up, wake up, wake up.” Well, it’s not quite the “1st of tha Month.” But Layzie Bone and Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony still insist y’all “get up, get up, get up, so win free tickets and get up.” Tomorrow night, Layzie, Bizzy, and Miami’s own ¡Mayday! are gonna…
A full decade after Dirtybird’s very first record, it’s easy to forget how drab and somber electronic dance music culture was during the 2000s. Cold, soulless minimal techno served by po-faced DJs was still the order of the day for a scene that took itself way too seriously and had…
There are 11 million Cubans in Cuba, and two million in the United States. That makes 13 Million Voices, and they will be heard around the world when the new Miami documentary by the same name debuts at Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival 2015. The film follows a…
It’s been one hell of a meteoric rise for Eats Everything, AKA Daniel Pearce, since 2011’s explosive “Entrance Song” catapulted the UK DJ-producer to the top of the international charts, landing him DJ Mag’s prestigious annual Best Breakthrough Producer award. Hardly a flash in the pan, Pearce has continued going…
There’s a saying: If your venue survives a year in Miami, it’s a miracle. The Electric Pickle has survived six. This party destination named the eighth best dance club in America by Rolling Stone has been home to some of Miami’s best underground parties throughout the years. “It’s like a…
Over the weekend, RL Grime brought his Void tour to the 305 for a sold-out show at the Fillmore Miami Beach. An all-ages affair, the crowd skewed so young that the college students in attendance were dignified elders by comparison. Despite their youth, the revelers dressed impeccably in proper EDM…
If we told you the place to be tonight is a three year old’s birthday party, would you believe us? There won’t be any balloon animals or clown magicians. Instead, be regaled by special performances from Migos and OG Maco. Eat your fill of pipin’ hot chicken and biscuits from…
Miami’s inaugural Rolling Loud Music Festival came loaded with primo stoner and underground rap talent, from Schoolboy Q to Juicy J, A$AP Ferg, Action Bronson, Curren$y, and Miami’s own Denzel Curry, as well as dozens of others. This is a city that’s inundated with hip-hop fans and culture, yet it’s…
She’s been blessed with a Rebel Heart. From “Like a Virgin” to Sex to asking Ultra Music Festival ravers to pinpoint the whereabouts of Molly… Madonna Louise Ciccone has always defied her detractors, her censors, her critics. And she’s never apologized. Now 56, she’s about to release a new album,…
