“Thievery Corporation is a punk-rock band.” So says Eric Hill, one half of the decidedly not-punk-rock-band Thievery Corporation. Along with his longtime partner, Rob Garza, he has crafted eight full-length records of lush electronica that melds worldbeat with acid jazz and trip-hop. What is perhaps their most popular track, “Lebanese…
Miami native Denzel Curry’s set at this year’s III Points festival will be a homecoming of sorts, but as a teenager growing up in Carol City — just a few years ago — he was a long way from the spotlight. “My parents didn’t want me to go to Carol…
David Sinopoli is calm. Or, at least as calm as he can be right now. “When it comes to shit you can’t control, you have to try and remain positive,” the III Points cofounder says. This week, Sinopoli and the III Points team have been drawing up a game plan…
It’s been a while since we’ve had a hurricane in these parts of our state. And folks are understandably jumpy. South Florida has recently been added to the cone of uncertainty and Miami is now officially under a tropical storm watch, which runs from the Seven Mile Bridge in the…
In just four years, III Points has grown at a staggering pace. Year one, the festival seemed to have been slapped together in a matter of months. Yet despite the rush job, 2013’s inaugural edition was electric thanks to the headliners, which included DJ Shadow, Jamie xx, and James Murphy…
As Miami prepares to welcome the fourth year of III Points this weekend, we can add another new festival to our calendar. On November 18 and 19, the first-ever House of Creatives Music Festival will touch down in North Beach. It could be the biggest lineup to ever hit the…
In roughly his first half a millisecond out of a three-year jail sentence for two counts of firearm possession, rapper Gucci Mane was already back to being one of the most-discussed rappers alive. Prison had only amplified the mythology of Gucci, and now he was on everyone’s radar, from his hometown streets…
In the EDM world, the club is king. DJs grind night after night to earn their space behind the booth, their name in LED lights while the confetti rains down around them. Krewella’s been there, done that. So for their ongoing Sweatbox tour, chart-topping sisters Yasmine and Jahan Yousaf have…
This week is all about III Points. Over the course of three days, October 7 through the October 9, Mana Wynwood will be the epicenter of avant-garde music acts from across a spectrum of genres. A variety of international, national, and local acts will descend upon the creative heart of…
Instead of just one free concert, this weekend, we recommend an entire day of debauchery to celebrate Lost Weekend’s 20th anniversary. Over 15 bands, a bunch of DJs, burlesque dancers, drag queens, comedians, magicians, and more surprises are in store at the free event that will be held on the…
The weekend of October 7 looms large for Roberto Carlos Lange, better known onstage as Helado Negro. On top of dropping his latest LP and coming off a string of tour dates opening for Sufjan Stevens, the singer-songwriter will also perform at III Points, the Wynwood music festival famous for…
Donald Trump is perhaps the most divisive candidate to run for president of the United States, like, ever. And even that’s an understatement. So, when YG was planning a new tour, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to let Trump know how he felt about him. “I ain’t a…
III Points is only ten days away, and if the layers of lineup additions, a dope local compilation, and intergalactic art installations aren’t enough to get you excited, here’s another little appetizer: the set times. Your musical cheat sheets for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday have arrived, and, boy, do you have…
Yesterday, Ultra Miami took to social media to tease out the first wave of its 2017 tickets. The tickets, ranging from the basic general admission to the posh VIP option, will be available for purchase on October 4. Early bird general admission tickets (which are available only to those registered…
This will be the second year since Death to the Sun has returned to the Miami music scene, its three-year hiatus having snapped in 2015. The concert’s organizer, Ricardo Guerrero, has undergone a sort of phoenix-rising story himself during his quest to revive his music festival. He’s never quite shied…
In 2008, the nascent EDM machine was still a couple of years away from dominating the charts. In Miami, any form of dance music was still relegated to the clubs and stayed away from radio and record executives. It was also the era of Hipster Runoff-approved DJ names and glitchy…
Sometimes, life is hard. It punches you in the gut and then karate chops your neck when you’re doubled over in pain. Thank goodness for music and the escape it provides. This weekend, like every weekend, Miami is awash with plenty of opportunities to escape. Chief among them is a…
Have you heard the good news? Wynwood has been declared Zika free three days ago by Florida Governor Rick Scott, so now you really have no excuse to come on down to Miami’s art district. And in case you need more motivation — beside the money you’ll save on bug spray —…
The South Bronx was a war zone in the late ’70s, as ESG’s Renee Scroggins will tell you. But it was among its gang-ridden, dilapidated tenement blocks that hip-hop was born. Punk, no wave, electro, and disco were all being spawned in the surrounding boroughs as well, so it was…
To describe Frank Gossner, AKA Voodoo Funk, as just a DJ would be like calling Indiana Jones just an archaeologist. But Gossner, who hails from the southwest of Germany, is so much more. He began DJing in the mid-’90s in Berlin and soon after started spanning the globe in search…
Typically, the Germans are known for their punctuality and affection for rules. So when West Berlin native Ellen Allien called in slightly late for our phone interview, she wasted no time apologizing. “Hi Elvis, sorry I’m late for the interview. I’m very slow today and running behind,” Allien told us from somewhere in…
Days before Merchandise’s debut performance at Gramps, and weeks before the release of the band’s new album, A Corpse Wired for Sound, we got the chance to talk to lead singer Carson Cox about the state of his buzz-worthy little Florida band. Merchandise, originally from Tampa, has been touring the…
