“As water boils and changes form, you’ll come here one way and leave another.” That whole transformational nightclub experience is what industry vets Russ Bruce and Anthony Moretti hope to create when they open the Magic City’s first performance-driven party hall, Steam Miami on August 14. From the industrial steam…
They say music tames the savage beast, but in this concrete jungle, it takes more than a little mood music to unwind. Carolina Villalba, 25, is attacking the nerves of the Miami scene at both ends. Not only does she inspire crowds to let loose as one half of booty…
As his moniker suggests, Moon Boots (earthling name: Pete Dougherty) journeys through the farther cosmic outreaches of dance music. But as a proud native of the house birthplace, Chicago, this hotly tipped DJ-producer is also all about those classic jacking house beats. French Express, his home label, has emerged as…
Ah, the ’80s … A time when underground house music revolutionize the club scene and Pac-Man was the coolest game you could get your hands on. SoBe’s “nerd sanctuary” ARTcade is bringin’ it all back with Soul Logic’s Sunday Dance Nation. “It’s like what house music was ten years ago,”…
Who would have ever predicted that Trent Reznor would be the artist of his generation to age most gracefully? Absolutely no one, that’s who. Of course, the Reznor of yore was famously driven by his demons, fueled by addiction, and virtually burning to make artistic statements on a level that…
Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi, the duo that comprises Teengirl Fantasy, met at Oberlin College, connecting over their favorite old-school techno albums while Nick studied film and Logan attended the college’s conservatory. Taking a break from their final semester to tour with Animal Collective, the project became a full-time pursuit…
Like it or not, Pharell Williams’ “Happy” is likely to be the top-selling single of 2014. And yes, its buoyant ’60s soul vibe and simple, positive message is modern pop perfection. But scanning the rest of this year’s biggest hits, one is struck by a consistent theme: All of these…
Peter Murphy doesn’t want to be called the Godfather of Goth. At least that’s what he told New Times in a recent interview. The only thing is, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more adequate title for the former Bauhaus frontman. The inimitable Murphy hit Grand Central this Tuesday, bringing…
“Pretty” Tony Butler’s Music Specialists Inc. may be Florida’s first black-owned, million-record-selling independent record label. With Butler’s confidence in his ear for hits, he launched a studio in the heart of Liberty City and took on the recording industry. At its peak, the company owned its own pressing plant and…
Miami is a melting pot of cultures, and there’s no band that represents the various background of the 305 better than Suenalo. After four years without releasing an album, Suenalo dropped Keep It Groovin’, their fourth, in February of this year. Now, the band is busy promoting it with…
Living in Miami is pretty much like living in paradise. You’ve got some of the nicest beaches in the world, celebrities on almost every street corner, and a plethora of beautiful faces and bods. But one of the greatest perks of living in the Magic City are all of the…
Two good things are better than one, and by that logic, the Life in Color Miami Festival just got a whole lot sweeter. The “largest paint party in the world” brought Martin Garrix to Sun Life Stadium last night in order to announce the return to its hometown for not…
Y’all ready for this? Dun dun, dun dun dun dun dun. One of the most recognizable sports anthems in modern American sports history, 2 Unlimited’s “Get Ready for This” first arrived in this country in 1991, and nobody would play it on the radio. Techno was virtually unheard of in…
King of Diamonds has sorta become hallowed ground for anybody in the hip-hop game. Just about every major rapper, from Drake to Lil Wayne to Rick Ross, have dropped verses about the highly successful strip club catering to a predominantly African-American clientele. Floyd “Money” Mayweather practically has a second home…
Miami was once such a soul music mecca that it could rival Motown. This was thanks to classic local labels like Henry Stone’s Deep City Records and legendary recording artists like Clarence “Blowfly” Reid, Betty Wright, and the Moovers. Of course, our local melting pot of both Caribbean and American…
Whose house? DZA’s House. That’s what the crowds are screamin’ over on the Bardot dance floor when the Peachfuzz don takes to the decks. His new Saturday night get-down floods the carpet on a monthly basis with old school funk disco, nu school groove house, and just enough remixed throwbacks…
Better Than: Getting caught in the rain while out and about on a Sunday night. Even though Grand Central recently announced that the Miami venue would no longer allow smoking inside, last night the room was filled with a peculiar kind of smoke. It didn’t smell like cigarettes, but it…
Closing in on 60 years old has done nothing to slow Keith Morris down. Having founded Black Flag with Greg Ginn in 1976 and then the Circle Jerks when that relationship soured, Morris was behind two seminal outfits that will be synonymous with hardcore punk forever. And now four years…
Mondays are better when music’s involved. They’re even sweeter when you realize the entire week is, in fact, jam-packed with kick ass shows from splashes of EDM at the Life In Color halftime show at the Guinness International Champions Cup Final to industrial rock from Nine Inch Nails. Here are…
Bass parties were invented when people started stretching animal skins, beating them with sticks, and dancing around the fire back in the Flintstones days. In Miami during the 1980s, that beat became electronic and it was called bass music. The style has spawned global phenomenons, like Gucci Crew’s Cabbage Patch…
Fans of the Hunger Games, rejoice! Katniss and her ilk finally have a voice to match their revolutionary rage. It was recently announced that mysterious mistress of the Billboard charts Lorde will preside and curate over The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 soundtrack, as well as provide the lead…
When people talk about Miami, there’s a lot of things that come to mind. But jazz is not usually among them. The 305 is definitely more popular for its late-night dance spots and beach bars than its jazz clubs. For many, it may come as a surprise to learn that…
