Niko Javan be going through some changes. “I’m letting out my inner James Blake, but I don’t wanna act like I’m not a fucking clown,” the Miami music producer and member of O’Grime says. This “inner James Blake” is expressed beautifully on his new Trench EP, featuring vocals from The…
In Miami, nothing ever gets in way of partying, not even the Hump Day slump. So gather up your crew and hit the streets of the 305 for the six best club parties going down this week. Check them out, from the Magician’s funky dance grooves at Grand Central to…
Partying is serious business. Just ask Life and Death, the Berlin-slash-NYC-slash-Miami dance music collective. For the third straight season, L&D is teaming with PL0T to throw an Art Basel Miami Beach bash. But for the 2014 edition, they’ve also recruited the party pros at Poplife. Meanwhile, among the underground DJ/producer…
Deep bass tones set the mood for the humming of a soft, melodic voice. A bit of blues-infused heartache shot through with the trill of Latin pop, the richness of soul music, and a hint of rebellious folk. These are the kinds of musical moments, urgent yet graceful, that flow…
That Caribou (AKA Daniel Snaith) is such a singular, idiosyncratic artist with a sound all his own has much to do with his being a self-confessed studio production nerd. It’s hard not to agree that the bespectacled 30-something mathematics PhD from Canada perfectly embodies the stereotype of the sonic mad…
“I CANNOT WAIT!” Oh yes, all caps and exclamation points… That’s how excited Taylor Swift is about her 1989 World Tour. Another reason Ms. Swift is stoked: The 24-year-old record sales machine just released 1989, her fifth studio album (named, obvi, for the year of her birth), and it’s already…
Shockingly and suddenly. Just an hour ago, Wood Tavern owner and Wood Tavern Group founder Cesar Morales announced that he is shutting down both of his most recent nightlife ventures, Bizerq and Benchwarmers. Located in the former Soho Lounge building at 175 NE 36th St., Morales’ club and sports bar…
Marnie Stern With Killmama and Kazoots Presented by Brooklyn Brewery’s Mash 2014 Gramps, Wynwood Saturday, November 1, 2014 Sure, it was a downright brisk November night, and many of us were undoubtedly still feeling the burn from spooking up the city on Halloween. But that wasn’t going to stop the…
For over a decade, Interpol has been one of the premier outfits flying the ever-vague flag of indie rock. In 2002, when the group’s debut full-length, Turn on the Bright Lights, dropped, it showcased a band that was mostly without peer in its ability to pump new life into post-punk…
Still recovering from all those candy corn shots and endless Pixie Stix you consumed over the weekend? So are we. That’s why we’re hooking you up with the ultimate hangover/sugar rush cure: a little bit of music. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from the…
Blowfly is so old that hieroglyphics on Egyptian pyramids show him and Cleopatra having oral sex. Legend has it that’s where he wrote the lyrics to his classic “Girl Let Me Cum in Your Mouth.” Both Snoop Dogg and the RZA have cited his profound influence on the world of…
Rise and shine, you little monsters … It’s Halloween! With All Hallows’ Eve falling on a Friday this year, you may have already spent most of your cash on candy corn shots and Pixie Stix. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to stay home and give away free candy to all…
Because he emerged alongside the UK dubstep explosion of the late 2000s, it would be an easy mistake to pigeonhole Scottish DJ-producer Rustie (AKA Russell Whyte) as a member of that trendy contingent. Glass Swords, his critically acclaimed debut album from 2011, may have fit the basic textbook definition of…
Break out the party favors. And hide your grandmas. ‘Cause it’s almost time for Fool’s Gold Day Off. Last year, this annual Art Basel Miami Beach week get-down brought out 305 legend Trick Daddy and nearly the entire Fool’s Gold crew for thousands of rap fans, hipsters, and arty partiers…
Don’t you just hate it when dumb TV funnymen joke about DJs being nothing but “professional iPod controllers”? Just because a few lazy douchebags get paid millions to fist-pump, mix overplayed tracks, and strike Christ poses … It doesn’t mean that “DJing is easy,” And the 305’s own DJ Craze,…
Les Claypool has been the driving force behind funk metal outfit Primus since 1984. In that time, he has also written a book, South of the Pumphouse, directed a film, Electric Apricot, and become synonymous with the sounds of animated TV shows Robot Chicken and South Park. Now he’s remade…
Remember Bar? It was the nightlife spot on NE 14th Street that became one of the city’s most infamous watering holes until it closed in July 2011. A lot of people were involved with it, but the main contributors were Raul Sanchez (now of Peachfuzz fame), Pres Rodriguez, and the…
Just as seasons change, so do musical fads. What is stylish eventually grows passé before becoming cool again. However, legendary singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris has never paid any mind to waves of popularity. Over the course of her four-decade career, she has been too concerned with staying true to herself, no…
Ten months of working and spending time in America was all it took for the Moscow-born, Australia-based, half-Dominican electro-soul singer Fantine to perform in front of Michelle Obama. “The First Lady was at an event in Miami Gardens, and what happened was, a few days prior, I was singing the…
“This is a music festival that can truly call itself jazz.” For a second-consecutive season, Miami Beach Jazz Festival founder Carmen J. Cartiglia has indeed assembled a fine lineup of modern masters. Last year, celebrating the inaugural edition of the fest, he tapped headliner Michelle Coltrane, the only daughter of…
Miami New Times is looking for a writer and editor to oversee coverage of all things related to art, theater, and other cultural happenings in America’s hottest city. The job entails working closely with a pool of freelancers to produce Night+Day, our weekly print guide to the city, while editing,…
Halloween may be just a few days away, but in the Magic City, the freak show never ends. So grab your crew of bikini clad monsters and tri-breasted vampires and get your spook on. Here are the six best club parties going down this week, from Drake and Marco Carola…
