The limo is loaded. The road-trip tunes have been recorded. And it’s time to hit the highway. With three whole months till the August 26 release of his latest garage-y psych-rock opus, Manipulator, the ever-frenetic Ty Segall is getting restless. Dude does not like downtime. So naturally, he’s crashing the…
Rob Base is a hip-hop pioneer whose hits with the late DJ E-Z Rock have sold so far out of this world that even aliens in outer space know that “it Takes 2 to make a thing go right.” He went from winning rap battles at nightclubs in the Bronx…
The weekend may come to an end, but in the Magic City, the music never stops. That’s why artists like New Zealand’s the Naked and the Famous, Sweden’s Little Dragon, and other international superstars make their way to the 305 just to put on a show for us beautiful people…
Behold The Violet Flame. Yes, it’s true that Erasure’s Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have offered only a glimpse of their impending Richard X-produced slab of synth-pop. (A single is set to be released in July.) But once summer’s fizzled, the entire opus will be revealed. And the English dance-pop…
Asked to sum up New Jersey’s the Everymen in a single sentence, singer and six-stringer Mike V says the band’s got “the hips of the E Street, the balls of Rocket From the Crypt, the heart of the Replacements, the soul of Reigning Sound, [and] the livers of Guided By…
It’s been said that all boats rise with the tide. And right now, Dusky is catching a serious wave. The London-based duo has found success as part of the groove-based house music resurgence. Of course, the Disclosure bros may be the darlings, but they’re not the only ones putting four-to-the-floor…
The last time that Cut Copy performed in Miami outside of Ultra Music Festival (which the Aussie outfit has played three times so far), it was for a couple of back-to-back concerts at downtown’s Grand Central. The band sold out one night. So the venue took a gamble and booked…
Waka Flocka Flame’s been busy, to say the least. Flocka’s been spending much of the year entrenched in the EDM scene with Steve Aoki, and released the collabo track “Rage the Night Away” with the cake-tossing club star. He also dropped the EDM-rap crossover “Slippin'” in late April. The Titan…
Maayan Nidam may be a celebrated house and techno DJ, but that’s only scratching at the surface of her musical interests and talents. For one thing, she’s always kept a soft spot for live musicianship. “As a teenager, I listened to a lot of rock — all sorts of rock:…
Next time you hit the streets for a dirty beat, get that shit with a side of Mustard. He’s the chart-topping L.A. studio maestro behind “Rack City,” “I’m Different,” “R.I.P.,” and “Show Me” — basically your entire summer soundtrack. You know his work for its characteristically minimal grime, heavy-on-the-edgy synths…
Cedric Gervais may have been born in Marseilles, France, but the Grammy Award-winning DJ is 305 all the way. That’s why he’s celebrating his 35th birthday at LIV and inviting all of you party people to “party and have fun” with him at the swanky Fontainebleau nightclub. Gervais may be…
Dutch producer Martyn Deykers already boasts releases on groundbreaking electronic music labels like Brainfeeder, Otsgut Ton, and his own 3024. But signing to the legendary Ninja Tune label puts him in the company of some truly seminal acts, especially of the boundary-pushing and genre-defying variety — think Coldcut, Amon Tobin,…
Morrissey Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami Saturday, May 31, 2014 The Moz is beloved as the undisputed master of post-punk balladry, louche melodrama, and biting lyricism. But he’s just as revered (and loathed) for his proclivity toward provocation on a great many subjects, including the consumption of meat and the futility…
Don’t you just hate it when you wake up thinking it’s Friday only to realize it’s actually Monday? Yeah, we’ve all been there, and from experience we can say it really sucks. But one thing that doesn’t suck are all of the good shows going down this week, from shirtless…
Miami’s Grammy-winning DJ Cedric Gervais is turning 35. And for this milestone birthday, he’s celebrating in straight-up 305 celeb style — by throwing a mega bash under the bright, flashing lights of the Fontainebleau’s fanciest nightclub, LIV. “It’s a family,” the birthday boy says about the club. “They’ve been supporting…
Sorry, Roger Sanchez fans, your boy has been possessed by S-Man. “There’s a season for everything,” Sanchez suggests. “Just like there’s a day, there’s a night. You need to have the darkness to appreciate the light.” It’s been 20 years since the iconic spinner first had the idea for S-Man,…
As Waka Flocka Flame likes to say: “Yea, I’m on that fuck shit those free tix.” The perpetually shirtless ATL party boy has always repped that life. Well, at least since 2010, when he got famous for “go[in’] hard in the motherfuckin’ paint.” Now he’s wilin’ out ’round the U.S.A…
Prepare for a blizzard of glitter and the heat of The Violet Flame. In just a few months, English dance-pop pioneers Erasure, otherwise known as Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, will be revealing their 16th studio album, a ten-track electro-pop opus recorded in New York and London, and produced by…
Oh, Morrissey. Though, on record, he is often compared to a lyrical Oscar Wilde, his day-to-day outbursts occasionally make him seem like a particularly grouchy Truman Capote. From slagging off the British Royal Family and bitching about carnivores to addressing his sexual identity, the Moz has never been shy about…
Kill the Zo Grand Central, Miami Friday, May 23, 2014 It’s not uncommon for two or more DJs to band together in an attempt to form some sort of supergroup. The most obvious and commercially successful would be the late Swedish House Mafia. Hanbraekes is a personal favorite, combining the…
There’s nothing like waking up and realizing you don’t have to go into the office today because it’s Memorial Day! That means that the rest of the four-day work week is gonna fly by as quickly as the arrival of summer, especially when you’ve got all these great shows to…
Holiday vacay in the club! In just a couple of weeks, Miami and South Beach will be swarmed with famous rappers, slow jammers, reggae heads, and bad girls wearing bikinis to the beach, bikinis on the streets, bikinis in the VIP. Sometimes known as Urban Beach Week. Also, Memorial Day…
