In 1900, Teddy Roosevelt wrote a letter to Henry L. Sprague with a few words of advice that have been echoed by many throughout the years: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” If anyone embodies that proverb, it’s Nikki Glaspie, a powerhouse of a drummer…
We’ve got a tough decision to face Miami: Beyoncé or Adele? With ticket prices in the triple digits, chances are you can only afford one. Unless you are Beyoncé or Adele, in which case not only can you afford a ticket, you can afford several thousand, fashion them all into…
Kinky Friedman was politically incorrect well before the term entered the popular idiom. After all, when you name your band the Texas Jewboys and boast signature songs like “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore,” “Ride ‘Em Jewboy,” and “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in Bed,”…
It’s every entrepreneur’s dream to find an investor early on in the venture. For Claude VonStroke, founder of house and techno label Dirtybird Records, that investor shared a house and a bed with him. “[My wife] paid all the rent and bills for that [first] year,” he says. “So all…
The year was 2011. American audiences were high on the rush of pulsing BPMs. But still we craved more. We demanded it, and in Miami, LIV was our answer, dealing out some of the dopest beats on the market. Always on the lookout for the hottest rising stars, it booked…
It’s only February and we have no shortage of concerts to look forward to this year, but we can go ahead and add another to the list. It was just announced that Duran Duran will be stopping by Bayfront Park Amphitheater on Friday, April 1, with special guest Nile Rodgers,…
10. Around the World In 80 Minutes with the Terry Barber Trio. Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m. Aventura Arts and Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St., Aventura; 877-311-7469; aventuracenter.org. Tickets cost $35 to $45 plus fees via ticketmaster.com. Take bae on a trip Around the World In 80 Minutes for V-Day without ever leaving Miami. One…
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Beyoncé knocked it out of the park last night at the Super Bowl Halftime show. Alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars, Queen B provided us with the some much needed comfort after Doritos forced us to watch a baby Superman his way out of…
Today, South Florida has the opportunity to purchase tickets to a very special show. New Order are setting out on a short, six-date tour across the U.S. and Miami is one of the fortunate cities on the list. Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. for New Order’s concert…
In 2006, James “J Dilla” Dewitt Yancey, just 32-years-old, passed away from a rare blood disease called thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. But before he succumbed to the illness, Dilla was known as one of the most important producers in hip-hop. A rapper himself (he was a founding member of Slum Village),…
You’ve got to be pretty slick to rock the nickname “Godmother of Soul,” but you’ve got to be even slicker to go by “High Priestess of Good Vibrations.” Miss “Lady Marmalade” Patti LaBelle goes by both, and for good reason. Her voice iconic, both smooth and fiery. It could cook…
Local heroes will celebrate the life of a legend this Friday. Together with Rock the Moon Productions, Miami fusion band Locos Por Juana is putting on its annual tribute to reggae icon Bob Marley. The tribute, called Locos Por Marley, is on its fourth year, however this is the first…
If you’ve never felt the endorphin rush of Irakere, call in sick, clear some room in your schedule for dancing, and stream up the Cuban band’s self-titled debut record. At home, I can’t help but dance and spaz out to the horn of Arturo Sandoval and punching sax of Paquito…
It’s a brand new year, Miami! And with it, comes 365 days of endless possibilities, new opportunities, and of course — being that we are the Magic City — great live music. While the 305’s music scene had its fair share of crappy moments in 2015 — the death of…
You might think the 18th-annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert would be a hippie-ridden, dreadlocked-Rasta smoke-out, but the organizer, who goes by the name Flash, would tell you to sit your blunt down. For him, it’s education over sedation. “We want people to learn at the event and then teach others…
Bun B is an authority on all things hip-hop, a professor of its culture on both a national and local scale. In Houston, where he is from, Bun helped invent the sound of the city alongside Pimp C as part of UGK, and in the process influenced Southern rap music…
Originally, Supersuckers’ lead singer and bassist Eddie Spaghetti said he got into rock and roll to get drunk and meet chicks. But, when he was diagnosed with cancer last June, he had to revaluate his motives. “During my treatment I wrote a lot of dark songs, but I’m not sure…
10. Atajos’ “Avestruz” Music Video and Single Release Party with Makai and Yayo. Saturday, February 6, 8 p.m. El Patio Wynwood, 167 NW 23rd St., Miami; 786-409-2241; elpatiowynwood.com. Admission is free. If you haven’t checked out El Patio Wynwood just yet, this is your lucky week. Not only will you get to hang out with your buddies…
If you’re lucky, maybe you’ve caught a glimpse of Iggy Pop cruising around town in his convertible. The retired rock legend lives in Miami and has been known to show up at some local spots like Sweat Records through the years. But it’s not often we get to see him…
At 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 29) tickets for the Modest Mouse’s July 8 concert at Bayfront Park go on sale. Yes, it is a co-headlining tour with Long Island emo rockers Brand New, but it still takes a moment to wrap my head around the fact that Modest…
If chillwave is as dead as the blogosphere claims, someone forgot to tell Chrome Sparks. Born Jeremy Malvin, the Pittsburgh-bred and Brooklyn-based musician, best known for his viral hit “Marijuana,” will perform at Bardot as a three-piece band this Friday after opener Moon Diagrams. If it were possible to genetically…
These days, the mashing of hip-hop, pop, and the various forms of dance music seems pretty standard. But back in the early 2000s? Not so much. Perhaps that’s why when Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary formed Modeselektor and decided to take techno and breakbeat for a ride by incorporating hip-hop…
