The sun had just gone down. We walked into downtown Miami’s Mekka Nightclub. And to our surprise, Top Dawg Entertainment’s own Isaiah Rashad was doing his sound check. “This sounds good, but turn the beat down a little bit so that you can hear me better,” the Chattanooga, Tennesse-bred rapper…
Poppy electronic tunes and “seductively tainted love songs” don’t really go hand-in-hand. But in Miami, anything goes… Especially ’round New Year’s Eve. That’s why supermodel-turned-DJ twins Nervo and XO recording artist The Weeknd are throwing one of the biggest NYE 2015 ragers, poolside at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. See also:…
Screw being merry. This holiday season, we’re getting very Miami, and what’s more Miami than a show with !Mayday!, Afrobeta, and Artime? The only thing that could make such an evening even more authentically 305 would be getting in for free. Well, we’re making a list and checking it twice,…
Gunplay approaches a medium height Hispanic male who has jus taken a bump of coke. He disrespectfully places a finger in front of Gunplay’s face suggesting for him to hold on. Not one to take the disrespect lightly, Gunplay pulls out a gun from his waist and shoots the man…
Feeling the broke effects of all that Holiday shopping, and it’s barely even mid-December? You’re not alone. And while you may have wasted all your money on space cat socks to give to your buddies on Christmas, that doesn’t mean you have to pay for it now by spending your…
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Miley Cyrus gets a lot of credit for bringing twerk to the masses. But Diplo told ladies to “Express Yourself” before pop’s most ratchet princess ever cranked up that booty. And hell, the Ying Yang Twins sang “Whistle While You Twerk” in 2000. Still, no one’s got…
Glitz. Glamour. And obscene, seven-figure weekly paychecks. Such is the life of the rich and famous pop tarts, rock stars, rappers, and superstar DJs who enrich our lives with their inspiring music, spectacular tours, semi-nude Instapics, and endless drug-taking, DUI-ing, sex tape-ing antics. Can you imagine making $100,000 a day?…
When we saw Giraffage open for Porter Robinson’s Worlds tour, he completely blew us away. Sure, we were familiar with the San Fran producer’s quirky-yet-sexy style, but it’s a whole lot different for someone to rock a 3,000-capacity venue when, up until then, he’s mostly played small, dark clubs. Giraffage’s…
“Yop = Your Own Path.” This maxim is the essential tenet of the simple, self-empowering philosophy practiced and preached by Niko Javan, the Miami music producer, member of rap duo O’Grime, and eternal optimist whose “non-stop yoppin'” has led to festival slots at Bonnaroo and TomorrowWorld, as well as shoutouts…
Neutral Milk Hotel is coming to town. After 15 years apart, the much mythologized indie band, led by cult legend Jeff Mangum, got back together in 2013. An ever-extending world tour came next. But now Mangum and company have announced “spring 2015 will be our last tour for the foreseeable…
Welcome to Wanee, where even the gnomes trip so hard and party so groovy that they end up crashing out on toadstools like narcoleptics on Ambien. Each and every spring, this fest lures hundreds of bands and 25,000 music fans to the 580-acre Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live…
Rock that beaded Cleopatra wig and diamond-studded tiara… It’s ball time. Sure, it may just be Wednesday, but in Miami, we always party like royalty. So gather your crew of party kings and queens and hit these Magic City streets for the six best club bashes this week. Check them…
Miami’s always had good punk rock, even when the rest of the U.S. didn’t know it. Our city’s punk scene has been world class since the mid ’70s and the Magic City’s actually developed a sound of its own, steeped in tropical sludge and sun-bleached scuzz. That’s why 305 Fest…
When it was time for the C9 collective’s Denzel Curry and Mike Dece, Metro Zu’s Lofty, and FWAY God to take over Vive Block Party 2014 at The Showroom by 8&9 Clothing, the scene erupted and all of the fans sprinted to the stage. Dece’s single “Yung Ho” is what…
Last year’s Fool’s Gold Day Off was lit, thanks to the 305’s own Trick Daddy. A true thug’s holiday. And this year’s #FGDayOff during Art Basel Miami Beach week was nothing short of spectacular, with headliners like Fool’s Gold label boss A-Trak and wild Detroit rapper Danny Brown. The DJs…
After a four-year stage absence, Phil Collins was finally set for a comeback concert. During Art Basel Miami Beach week, he would perform “three or four songs” as part of a gala to benefit the Little Dreams Foundation, a youth scholarship and mentoring program that he founded with ex-wife Orianne…
“I felt like a sell-out.” That’s what André 3000 recently told The Fader magazine about Outkast’s 2014 reunion tour. At least, though, he seems to have enjoyed designing the jumpsuits. Emblazoned with slogans like “art or fart?” and “i’ve never had f@cebook, twitt@r, or inst@gram” and “make love like war,”…
The world’s most sensitive rapper got cold-cocked by the mogul with the softest name in the game.
Last Wednesday night, we trotted down the Miami Beach Boardwalk past Miley Cyrus wailing away with Wayne Coyne for a small crowd of the most aggressive adults ever to elbow their way past doormen and cops. We weren’t interested in actually getting trampled to see Hannah Montana cover the Beatles…
The palace got ratchet. Over the weekend, Basel Castle packed a couple thousand party people (Scandinavian spitter Yung Lean, NYC shapeshifter Mykki Blanco, New Wave-y crew Future Islands, rap producer Mike Will Made It, some graffiti artists, even the chicken and the egg) into an actual castle in Wynwood. But…
Having Basel withdrawals? Good thing there’s a remedy for that… Even more music. Just check out Miami’s five best concerts this week, from 305 mayor Trick Daddy at The Stage to the rockin’ holiday tuneage of TSO at the BB&T to Usher’s sexy, smooth abs vibes at the AAA. See…
Khaotic is an Overtown rapper who collaborated with a Hungarian abstract artist named MSL for “Khaotic Killz Basel,” a mobile pop-up art performance. They put a painting on a Benz and staged impromptu street performaces of Khaotic’s new single “Dime Piece” while parked on the busiest block in Wynwood. Up…
