Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

Everyone in the 305 is preparing himself emotionally, physically, and financially for the insane uhntz-uhntz parade (AKA Ultra Music Festival) that’s about to come crashing down. But that doesn’t mean the shriek of electric guitar and finger-freaked bass are gonna be totally drowned out in the March EDM melee. Au…

Calle Ocho 2013: A 13-Stage Music and Entertainment Guide

Little Havana rises with the cock. Sunlight gleams off her concrete hips. She revels in her hot and sticky wetness. As fresh, juicy papaya scents float on palm tree breezes, she burns a sacred herb and swallows a cafecito with a piece of buttered toast. Today is her birthday, and…

Six Reasons Infest Might Be the Most Hardcore Band in Punk History

Leave it to local punk and metal promotions powerhouse Speedfreek to convince Valencia, California’s Infest to fly cross-country to Miami for the band’s first show outside of its home state. Ever. Infest’s discography is meager, and the band never left California. But somehow the group has still reached every punk-rock…

Robbie Rivera Makes Juicy Beach 2013 Juicier Than Ever

Winter Music Conference is a rich tradition that, despite the ignorance of some younger rave fans, has been going strong for 28 years. Over the decades, it’s evolved quite a lot, and now the party has eclipsed the “conference” atmosphere of old. Robbie Rivera remembers how it used to be,…

Peter Murphy Celebrates 35 Years of Bauhaus at Grand Central, April 30

Thirtysomething goth rockers are an underexploited demographic.Let’s get real: the Jersey Guido bubble has already burst and Rednecks are the wasted-on-television teenage simulacrums du jour. And how long can that last? Pseudo-reality television producers need to wake up and smell the blogging (which, in case you were wondering, smells like…

Top Five Trap Stars on Ultra Music Festival 2013’s Trapped Stage

Everybody loves trap music. It’s been around for decades on the Southern hip-hop scene, but 2012 saw the trap house get raided by electro and house producers. And despite the fact that the EDM trap phenomenon is barely a year old, Ultra Music Festival has already granted the genre its…

Rudimental Will “Feel the Love” at Bardot Saturday, March 16

Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week are swiftly approaching, and we are really starting to “Feel the Love.” We’re not sure if it’s the anticipation of a million mollies waiting to get popped, or the recent announcement of a warm-up show by UK sensation Rudimentary, but either way, we’re…