In a pivotal scene of the 1978 kung fu classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the protagonist poses an existential question: “Do men have a right to say what they believe in? Or must they always do what the government says?” It’s a simple line that has come to define the film’s overarching theme — the oppressed versus the oppressor — and one that resonates with the multitalented artist RZA 40 years later.
If the headliners are are any indication, Fort Rock will totally melt faces in South Florida. Here are five acts to watch this year.
My Panamanian mother never taught me Spanish. I thought that would be a disadvantage when I walked into a roomful of Hispanics during Bad Bunny’s #UpNext Apple event at 1306 Miami. I was wrong.
Diplo headlines E11even after a Record Store Day signing, and the Eagles return to South Florida. Here’s your Miami music and nightclub party calendar for this week.
At American Airlines Arena this past weekend, some of the biggest stars of the reggaeton world ushered in the newest crop of hitmakers.
Over the past few years, Italian-born and South Florida-raised DJ/producer Durante has quietly but steadily built a formidable reputation. His skills behind the decks might come as little surprise to University of Florida alumni and Gainesville residents who saw him cut his teeth as an up-and-coming artist at the beloved weekly party Neon Liger, but for those seeing him for the first time, it’s only natural to be shocked at how much soul and sheer skill the young artist brings to his craft.
Miami has been waiting for a visit from Lorde for five years.
The Miami rap legend talks food, friends, and his prolific career.
Colombian radio personality, DJ, and musician Alex Sensation is set to host one of the biggest bashes Miami has ever seen.
Video of him striking the woman surfaced just after the rapper was released from house arrest.
“I don’t know what I’d do if I went in a room with Drake; I can’t imagine that there’s anything that I have that would be of any interest to him, but he seems to think there is.”
There are a number of unsettling things about Miami-born-and-raised musician Austin Paul’s recent dual EP on local label Space Tapes — the industrial-indebted Cricket and the ambient Above Below. While Cricket follows in the classic industrial template of wedding eerie vocal samples with propulsive, crunchy beats…
For a certain kind of early-millennial indie-rock fan, Minus the Bear elicits affection. The band’s specific brand of melancholic prog-pop struck a chord with listeners on the breakthrough album Menos el Oso, a complex, layered beast that balances its math-rock, avant-garde tendencies with earnest songwriting.
Opa-locka was founded in the 1920’s with an Arabian theme. “Hollywood was making movies about the Muslim world and there was a romanticized stereotype of Muslims as sultans with swords instead of terrorists with bombs.” Kathryn Garcia, executive director of MDC Live Arts, explains. “Developer (Glenn Curtiss) wanted a city…
Not even two years after opening at 2000 Collins Ave., Ora Nightclub served its last cocktail earlier this month. Not long after hosting a full week of parties for Miami Music Week, the team behind Ora decided to call it quits. The vision for the club was to provide a more refined, sophisticated version of the stereotypical South Beach night. Unfortunately, that plan did not work out, according to managing partner Greg See, who made this statement to New Times:
Co-frontman Scott McMicken feels apprehensive about Dr. Dog’s upcoming tour because he doesn’t know how the mellower material will go over with longtime fans.
Mon Laferte fell ill and was forced to cancel her first show in Miami last summer. Instead, her first show in South Florida will now be at the American Airlines Arena as the opening act for Juanes.
Let’s take a walk down (recent) memory lane. Lorde’s Melodrama World Tour – with special guests Run the Jewels and Mitski – hits AmericanAirlines Arena on April 12.
In April 2017, this story was published: “The Revivalists’ David Shaw Gets Mauled by Tiger Onstage, Keeps Going.” The post was an April Fools’ Day joke. There was no tiger involved, but the blood gushing from the Revivalists lead singer was as genuine as his work ethic. “I was at Okeechobee Fest…
Lorde finally makes her way to South Florida, and Paul Van Dyk pays the final set at Heart Nightclub. Here’s your Miami music and nightclub party calendar for this week.
For the sixth installment of Tortuga Music Festival, which took place this past Friday through Sunday on Fort Lauderdale Beach, the winning strategy seemed to be less is more. The award-winning event mostly stuck to its tried-and-true formula — though there were a few key tweaks.
TLC brought the ’90s hits to the Youth Fair last night, but the group is not just another nostalgia act.
