Take a sick day. Or three. It’s time to start planning for another Fool’s Gold Day Off — that annual, often out-of-control, traveling rager thrown by world-champion DJ, party pro, and label boss A-Trak. For 2014, the Day Off tour is set to trek from Brooklyn to Toronto, Los Angeles,…
If you’ve been to a recent local show in the 305, then chances are you’ve run into Y Diz. Whether performing or just hanging out in the crowd, he can be seen around Miami’s clubs, rocking his signature long hair and viking-like beard. Having worked with artists like Afrobeta, Cornerstoners,…
Congratulations to you. You’ve conquered the weekly work madness of back-to-back meetings, cleared out those 672 unread messages in your inbox, and crossed out everything on your to do list. Now, that you’ve taken care of business, it’s time to party! And lucky for you, part of our job is…
Among the great American capitals of black culture, the Magic City has always been a beacon of music, art, and hope. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it by consulting most of the supposed scholars on the subject. They’ll talk for hours about Chicago blues, New Orleans jazz, the Harlem Renaissance,…
Seventeen days ago, Louis Salgar was murdered. The well-known Miami punk musician and Gramps/Broken Shaker bartender had been shot in his own home and left to die. His car was stolen. And the murderer fled. The next day, Palm Beach Police located Salgar’s gray Honda Accord, abandoned on the edge…
Miami’s underground house scene has a new home, though it may not be what you’d expect. Imagine sipping cocktails while grooving to a three-hour DJ set on a ritzy rooftop, looking out over the heart of downtown Miami while catching the sunrise on a Sunday morning. Of course, we’re talking…
Lil Boosie, the purported inventor of ratchet, recently got out of prison after serving four years of an eight-year drug sentence. And he has emerged a humbled man. These days, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper spends most of his time in the studio or with his Boosie family. He also…
Sunshine. Sweet tunes. Hot burgers. And sweaty, oiled-up babes of both sexes gettin’ faded in the shade of a swaying palm tree while turnt-up pranksters try to spray Riff Raff with a Supersoaker. The Mad Decent Block Party 2014’s gonna be the summer bash of the century. (Or at least…
Jenny Lewis certainly knows a little something about the art of performance. A former child actress born to show-business parents, she’s been in the spotlight since she was a toddler, first as a child actor and later at the helm of indie-pop sensation Rilo Kiley with then-boyfriend Blake Sennett. Even…
Gather ’round girls, the drinks are on us. We all know it’s not a party without some fine Miami ladies, and the 305 has got plenty of friendly females just looking for some place to dance and get their drink on. That’s why so many spots offer free booze to…
The ’80s and ’90s were a fun time for punk rock in South Florida. And though there wasn’t a major publishing house putting out every single local album recorded, we were fortunate enough to have a few individuals who took it upon themselves to scrounge up some dough, enter into…
Most of the seminal acts from the ’90s rave era are now but relics of the past. Few remain active on the scene today, and even fewer have continued to cultivate their sound to parallel electronic music’s evolution in the new millennium. Nightmares on Wax, the pioneering project from UK…
So what if it’s only Wednesday? When you live in the Magic City, every night is a party … Especially Hump Day. Just check out the six best club bashes going down this week from porn star-turned-DJ Jessie Andrews at Bardot to “Bad Boy-gone-clean” Ma$e at LIV to the “Queen…
Pop stars. They’re so rich it makes our brain hurt. The rest of us toil day in and day out for a yearly salary that these pretty-faced bastards would spend on shoes. Still, we all want to watch these guys live the lives that we never will, which in turn…
Who said cassettes were dead? Definitely not Patrick Garcia and Michelle Grand, founders and owners of Miami-based record label Cheap Miami. “We started Cheap Miami around two years ago in the summer,” says Garcia. “I envisioned it as a small project. I was looking to work with bands that I…
To quote Juan Blanco: “Yo trabajo duro.” Yep, those are some lyrics from former White Stripes frontman and Third Man Records jefe Jack White’s new single, Lazaretto, the title track off his latest solo slab. But why is Señor Blanco dabbling in Spanish? Well, he’s coming to Miami for a…
The massive outpouring of grief from the international dance music community when Scott Hardkiss passed away in March 2013 was a testament to the beloved legacy of Hardkiss. The legendary San Francisco DJ-production threesome, including “brothers” Gavin and Robbie Hardkiss, was instrumental in kick-starting the U.S. rave scene in the…
Jenny Lewis certainly knows a little something about the art of performance. A former child actress born to show business parents, she’s been in the spotlight since she was a toddler, first as a child actor and later at the helm of indie-pop sensations Rilo Kiley with then-boyfriend Blake Sennett…
Things sure aren’t perfect here in the land of the free, but we’re still happy to bravely drink our weight in alcohol and wear almost nothing on the Fourth of July … Because isn’t that the whole point? Our founding fathers celebrated life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And…
Aloe Blacc hardly needs an introduction after 2013’s “Wake Me Up” — produced with Avicii and first introduced live at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival — peaked at number one in over 20 countries. Though that hasn’t been Blacc’s only commercial hit, he’s hardly a manufactured pop act. In a way,…
Katy Perry’s The Prismatic World Tour Capital Cities and Ferras American Airlines Arena, Miami Friday, July 3, 2014 Fun Fact: A Katy Perry concert is a strange thing. When we told people we were going to see the diva that is KP, we got a few different reactions — pure…
Partied like our founding fathers did back in 1776 this weekend? There’s a cure for that. Find it at the five best concerts going down this week from Fabolous making it rain at KOD to Tim McGraw “Lookin’ For That Girl” at the Cruzan Amphitheatre to Ray LaMontagne playing “Supernova”…
