If it’s true that the electronic dance music industry is male dominated, with women facing unfair challenges, then aspiring female artists couldn’t choose a greater role model than Ellen Allien. As a DJ-producer, Allien has been at the forefront of the Berlin techno scene pretty much since the wall came…
Just when you thought the party couldn’t get any better, Ultra Music Festival has announced its Phase 2 lineup. So let’s not bother with the formalities. Here’s who’s been added: Alesso, Benny Benassi, Dirty South, Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex), Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Loco Dice, Lucian,…
Does South Beach need another hotel ultra-lounge? Probably not. That’s not stopping the EMM Group, the company behind hotspots like Tenjune and Catch Roof in New York, from trying.SL Miami, the South Beach outpost of the Meatpacking District lounge of the same name, is bring its high-end nightlife experience to…
Rick Ross is having a party! The Grammy-nominated Maybach Music Group guru and Wingstop franchisee will attend Sunday service at LIV, celebrating his 37th birthday with a Bawse party. Unlike normal folks’ birthdays, where overindulging on ice-cream cake and Wild Turkey is both the highlight and sad reality check that…
Ultra Music Festival loves theatrics. We’re all sitting here, biting our nails to find out about Phase 2 lineup. And finally … Today is the day! UMF organizers are happy to announce the addition of Afrojack and Hardwell to the list of headliners performing at this year’s Ultra Europe in…
Maybach Music recording artist and Rick Ross protégé Meek Mill just can’t escape the heat. And we’re not talkin’ poolside piña colada. Or spicy jambalaya. We’re refering to a big ol’ bloody slab of ol’ fashioned beef. And if Mill doesn’t watch his step, he might veer off the fast…
Justin Bieber at American Airlines Arena January 26 and 27
DJ Craze’s Super Fridays Residency at Mansion January 25
G. Love and Special Sauce at Culture Room January 26 and 27
Mike IX and Corrections House at Churchill’s Pub January 30
It’s that time of year, beat freaks. The MIA is being flooded with uhntz-uhntz. And contributing to this dangerously rising tide, the Opium Group has just revealed eight shows at four clubs for Miami Music Week 2013. Oh, and that’s only Phase One. From March 13 to 24, a relentless…
We gonna be jammin’ all night. On March 2, the Nine Mile Music Festival (formerly known on the streets as Marley Fest) will be returning to the sun-soaked sands of Virginia Key Beach Park for its second straight year. Expect Jah, lots of Rastas, some blessed herb, irie vibes, and…
As you read this, a lot of would-be Jimmy Edgar imitators are sitting in their bedroom studios scratching their heads and wondering why they can’t sound like him. That’s because nobody sounds like Jimmy Edgar except Jimmy Edgar himself. From the start, his sound was so freethinking that the Detroit…
If you’ve been “Hangin’ Tough,” down “On Bended Knee,” just hoping to be touched by “The Hardest Thing” … The wait is over. ‘Cause three of America’s favorite 30- and 40-something boy bands — New Kids on the Block, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees — are finally hooking up…
The battle of the mindless pop star drones is real and gory, and the bloody fields of war are found on constantly refreshing Twitter feeds. Lady Gaga and her little monsters have just been unseated as the most obnoxious and numerous fans on the planet. Justin Bieber and his army…
Ever licked a frog’s ass? Sucker-punched the Swamp Ape? Square danced with a human gator? Well, show up at Tobacco Road (AKA Miami’s oldest, baddest, and most reliably awesome former whorehouse and speakeasy) in 24 days for the seventh annual edition of Swamp Stomp. Presented by New Times, YoMiami, Purehoney,…
Love him or hate him, LeBron James is a serious triple-threat. The Most Valuable Player in the NBA is a champion on the court. He’s a salacious dancer. He’s even got an adorable sense of humor. And King James isn’t too macho to get down and dirty to a little…
For less than what’d it cost to sit in the last row of the American Airlines Arena to say that you saw Taylor Swift live and in-person, you and a date can dance rueda mere yards from Puerto Rican-born, Miami-based salsero Marlow Rosado. Apples to oranges, you say? Well, they’re…
Project Pat EVE, Miami Friday, January 18, 2013 It was a rap show. So in the tradition of rap shows, EVE was turned into a battleground state for real and/or true hip hop. And Project Pat — Three Six Mafia affiliate and Juicy J’s real-life brother — was the guest…
It’s not often, if ever, that you hear of a reggae and dancehall artist crossing over into underground house and techno. But it’s not as random a makeover as you might think. After all, electronic dance music has big roots in Jamaican sound system culture and dub reggae. In the…
Martin Luther King Jr. loved South Florida. He visited the region many times throughout his career. He was a contemporary of some of Miami’s most upstanding citizens, like Father Theodore Gibson of Overtown, as well as some of our most venerable party starters, like WMBM disc jockey Milton “Butterball” Smith…
In 2010, Torche guitarist and vocalist, Steve Brooks reunited three different lineups of his cult-favorite weed metal band, Floor, and took the show on the road for four exclusive shows. We bought a commemorative poster at the Churchill’s Pub show, and under the legendary band’s name and logo reads an…
