Bars in Miami come and go as quickly as the EDM madness that is Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week. So when a Wynwood hangout celebrates three years of beats and booze, it’s a serious accomplishment. Especially when the fete consists of the grand opening of…
A wise man once said, “Ain’t no party like a New Times party ’cause a New Times party don’t stop.” But why are our parties so awesome? The two-pronged answer is part of a longstanding tradition of histrionic revelry, dating back to the Socratic orgies of Ancient Greece: Dank food…
Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation’s Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo…
It’s the Boshman’s b-day. Actually, the six-foot, 11-inch NBA superstar (born March 24, 1984) turned 29 last week. “Had a Mariachi Band for my Birthday,” the self-professed “coolest dude alive” tweeted. But he’s a pro baller. And their b-day bashes last a minimum of 11 days. So this Wednesday (after…
Nowhere else in the universe will you be able to yell the words “I want you to want me!” along with Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, while covered in paint, except at this year’s SunFest. The Saturday lineup features both the band that sung “Surrender” and the world’s largest paint party,…
Sitting in a car with two unidentified men near NW 152nd Street and Sixth Avenue in the parking lot of an apartment complex, Kenneth “Nu Money” Casilla was murdered. According to Miami-Dade Police Department (via NY1), the Brooklyn-bred, Miami-based rapper and Rich Mafia crew member was shot and killed at…
April has just begun, and no doubt you fell for some embarrassing news clip about Daft Punk’s album release being canceled or a zombie apocalypse — wait, never mind. But rest assured that the good music in this post is not a lie, trick, or gimmick. These incoming jazz musicians,…
“It is true,” longtime downtown Miami don Louis Puig admitted last month. “I sold Club Space.” Writing in his semi-annual “tell-it-like-it-is letter regarding EDM,” Puig also confirmed that Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2013 would be his last with the NE 11th Street party institution. But the ex-owner…
Usually when C. Breezy visits a morning talk show for a lil’ chit-chat about domestic violence, all the windows get smashed. This morning, though, an uncharacteristically sedate Chris Brown visited with NBC’s Matt Lauer on the set of the Today Show to discuss a new single, “the Quincy Jones approach,”…
How weird was it to wake up this past weekend and not immediately jump on the Metrorail bound for Ultra Music Festival? After two consecutive weeks of fist-pumping, (almost) naked raver bros, nipple pasties, and Molly, the earliest stages of rave withdrawal were starting to creep into our central nervous…
When Kendrick Lamar throws a college kegger, there’s gonna be “Swimming Pools” filled to the brim with drank. Everybody’ll be wilding out like they’re “A.D.H.D.” And Karmaloop, eMuze, and Neff Headwear will be footing the bill. This Thursday, Kendrick and Karmaloop’s Verge Campus Tour 2013 kicks off at Florida Atlantic…
The international electronic dance music scene in 2013 is deeply divided. On one hand, you have the fans of “EDM” or generic, commercial dance-pop designed for festivals and stadium arenas. And on the other hand, you have the underground electronic dance music snobs, bitching and moaning because their precious subculture…
Photo by Jacob KatelWhile the bass shook the pool water at the Raleigh Hotel, booties in short shorts bounced up and down. And so did Steve Aoki, who looked like a little kid at Christmas behind the decks. His Dim Mak label’s Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week day…
Ten days of nonstop uhntz-uhntz madness that is Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference, and Miami Music Week may have left a huge hole in your pocket. But just because you may have blown all your money on a slew of beat-freaking parties, that doesn’t mean you can’t party like…
Some 30 years after “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the Internet is destroying the CD business, systematically bombing away at the brick-and-mortar retailers that still carry compact discs. By 2016, record sales will have dropped by over 75 percent, according the Wall Street Journal. “Times have changed,” admits Day Music…
We know Chris Brown can dance, and we know he’s moody, but now we can say without a doubt that he’s a “true artist.” Not only is he gifted in the realm of hip-shaking and heart-breaking, he can really strut his stuff with a spray can. He came down to…
The ancient art of the laser show (much like figure skating and the intentional spread of infectious diseases) is a sorely underutilized medium in rock ‘n’ roll. Why did the synesthetic experience of fusing music and amplified beams of light hit its peak with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the…
Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival are all over. But this is Miami. We don’t just part one week out of the year. We keep the beat alive all year long! Some of the DJs can’t stand to leave, and can you blame them? We’ve got…
Last year, the Rhythm Foundation and Heineken’s TransAtlantic Festival brought together the Afrobeat extravaganza of saxophonist and bandleader Seun Kuti and the modern-day cumbia stylings of Quantic and Combo Bárbaro. You might think it would be hard to follow that kind of lineup. But maybe that’s what makes the Rhythm…
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