Every year, Art Basel Miami becomes a bigger, brighter clusterfuck of pretentious, velvet-roped, invite-only events. It makes sense. Art is all about speculation, and celebrity is all about exclusivity. But director Gil Green knows plenty of celebrities, and he thinks that whole A-list, expensive scene is just a racket. That’s…
For a classic hip-hop group, Wu-Tang Clan has remained surprisingly relevant, but not due to any new music the group has released — not to the public, at least. In 2015, they famously auctioned off the only pressing of their long-awaited LP, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, to the…
There’s no doubt Miami Art Week will be filled with plenty of art in all shapes and forms, from blue-chip works to esoteric performance pieces. The well-heeled Art Basel crowds will be looking for the next hot artist to add to their collections.
Lookas likes to party. The young music producer from Palmetto Bay cut his teeth as a DJ at house parties all over Miami-Dade before EDM emerged as an ultrapopular genre.
Just when you thought you had your Art Basel plans set, NADA Miami is blowing up your schedule. The fair announced yesterday that Mac McCaughan and Jim Wilbur of the North Carolina cult favorite Superchunk will play an acoustic set Thursday at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The show will mark the band’s first South Florida performance in more than 20 years.
This weekend, Riptide Music Festival took over Fort Lauderdale Beach for the second year. Organizers significantly expanded the event both artistically and geographically, showing their ambition to make the fest a mainstay.
The trance legends have sold out the RC Cola Plant twice already.
Lady Gaga’s fans go to great lengths for their favorite pop star.
Winners of Best Unknown Band in New Times’ Best of Miami 2017, J.M. and the Sweets offer the lofty vocal talents of the 24-year-old Josh Miles. This year, the band appeared in public significantly more around South Florida, thanks in large part to its debut EP, Sol Village. This young soul singer’s career will come full circle with an appearance at Arts Garage in Delray Beach December 10.
There’s no way to overstate the importance of crossover acts. They combine their influences into a digestible, usually pop package that provides listeners the context, permission, and imagination to dive more deeply into the vast and bottomless pool that is music geekery. Just as David Bowie turned people on to the works of Jacques Brel and Robert Fripp, hip-hop madman Kanye West has long made younger listeners unlikely fans of artists such as Steely Dan and, uh, Robert Fripp.
For about ten years, English DJ and producer Nic Fanciulli fretted over making a debut album of original music. In the meantime, he did what anyone would do: earn a residency in Ibiza, start a record label, launch a music festival, get nominated for a Grammy, and consistently hop around the globe like the dance music version of a Jules Verne character.
The Mavericks were nominated for two Grammy Awards earlier this week for their latest album Brand New Day, but in 1989 they made their live debut on the Churchill’s stage.
Rows and rows of booths painted the perfect shade of white will fill tents and hotels all over Miami. Art spaces will stuff every inch of their galleries with all kinds of visual media. People with money to burn will live their flashiest lives, and gallerists will quickly descend on…
Last night, I rolled up to the Hangar at 9 p.m. and rushed to the entrance because I was worried about missing Lil Pump, who ended up not going on until 45 minutes after he was supposed to perform. In my Zen-like focus to see a rapper whose big thing is saying “Gucci Gang” 53 times in his hit song, I disregarded warning signs about what would happen to people who don’t pay for parking.
Just a year and a half ago, program director John O’Connell and his crew at 104.3 the Shark were gearing up for the radio station’s first foray into music festivals, Undertow Jam. The Shark quickly moved on to a second gathering, Riptide Music Festival, which returns this Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3, for what promises to be even more wildly successful.
This morning, the fest announced the lineup for next year’s camp-stravaganza, set for March 1 through 4. Other big names on the ticket are Foster the People, Leon Bridges, the Flaming Lips, and Zeds Dead.
X is awaiting trial on four charges, including aggravated battery of a pregnant woman.
Make no mistake: Jonathan Pierce has always been the creative force behind the Drums. Since the indie-pop band’s early days, he’s written all of the lyrics and most of the music. He maintained the collaborative façade partly because he feared vulnerability, he says. If the creative process was out in the open, any criticism of the music would reflect directly on him.
On her latest single, “Blissing Me,” Björk relishes the thought of once again being in love. “All of my mouth was kissing him/Now, into the air, I’m missing him.” She sounds practically giddy, which is a far cry from the songs on her 2015 album, Vulnicura, a deeply personal retelling…
Lady Gaga has been writing about her alleged sexual assault for years, so why did it take an interview revelation for people to start listening?
There’s barely a month left in 2017, but Miami is heating up musically as the event season kicks into high gear. This weekend, Riptide Music Festival will take over Fort Lauderdale Beach Park with two days of music, each with its own distinct flavor. The first day will present Weezer, Cage the Elephant, Portugal the Man…
Dark Basel will bring together Miami’s goth, industrial, and fetish scenes for a pre-Art Basel showcase at The Ground.
