Let’s take a journey down memory lane to 2007: Rihanna’s “Umbrella” ruled the radio, subprime mortgage owners were defaulting by the thousands, and the Fontainebleau was undergoing a $1 billion renovation. Its crown jewel was to be LIV, a 1,100-person-capacity nightclub that would become the premier party destination for celebs, glitterati, and wannabes looking to live like royalty for an evening.
The Thursday-night function will offer $3 beers and $5 disco daiquiris.
Before you celebrate all of that freedom next week — a concept definitely invented in the greatest nation in the world, ‘Merica — you have Independence Day weekend to look forward to. The leadup to the Fourth of July is packed with appearances, including Steve Aoki at Story, Lil Yachty at LIV, and Technasia at Heart on Friday and Apollonia at Space, Nora En Pure at Wall, and Flosstradamus at Ora on Saturday.
Prior to Friday night’s concert at the American Airlines Arena, New Times pit joint headliners Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull in a goofy imaginary brawl. In the end, the Cuban-American rapper bested his Spanish counterpart. But in the real world, this powerhouse odd couple appears to have found the perfect bromance to balance each other onstage.
Pull up a 2014 biography of 29-year-old Ringgo Ancheta, AKA Mndsgn, on his music label’s website, and your jaw will drop. The hip-hop producer’s parents were once members of the Filipino arm of the Aum Supreme Truth Cult. A Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara, it gained international notoriety in 1995 when it carried out a deadly sarin attack in Tokyo’s subway.
Did you miss Radiohead’s stunning concert at the American Airlines Arena this past March? Well, Thom Yorke and crew likely won’t be back to Miami for a while, but a few Radiohead-obsessed local bands want to offer you the next best option.
A lot of really cool people died when they were 27. We lost Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Robert Johnson in yesteryear, and more recently, we’ve said goodbye to Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, among way too many others. It’s sad — so much talent lost at such a young age.
Miami has a party happening practically every night of the week. You could show up any evening and end up at something well worth checking out. And for queer people, the options are only growing. But with so many events popping up, how do you know where to go? Here’s a collection of some of our favorites.
The first time Eclectic Overdrive’s Adam put on a show at the now shuttered, all-ages Pembroke Pines venue Talent Farm in 2012, it was packed with people who didn’t typically attend live music events. The popularity of that night was a sign that Adam, whose last name is Arritola but goes…
Few times and settings in rock history have as deep a mythology as the Sunset Strip of the late 1980’s. As lead singer for L.A. Guns, Phil Lewis had a front row seat for all the guitar solos and debauchery. “It was like I died and had gone to heaven…
Tastemaker and beloved local music scene member Lindell Trocard passed away last fall.
A surprise Drake guest appearance? Yes please! A half-assed, 40-minute-late DJ Khaled set? No thanks.
Riot Grrrls and the Womyn of Folk at Churchill’s All Folk’s Up night presents the music and work of womyn in the Miami folk community.
The untimely death of Soundgarden and Audioslave vocalist Chris Cornell shocked fans and the music community. Cornell was found dead of an apparent suicide inside his MGM Grand Hotel room in Detroit this past May 18, just hours after performing his final show. He was 52.
Earlier this month, two of the most successful Spanish-language crossover artists in pop music teamed up for a powerhouse tour. Ageless heartthrob Enrique Iglesias and Mr. Worldwide, AKA Pitbull, on their third go-round together since 2012, are once again selling out stadiums across North America with a double billing already…
Where were you last year when Hurricane Matthew rained on III Points’ parade? Were you prepping for a hurricane party? Gearing up for whatever was left of the fest? Well, LCD Soundsystem had to cancel its headlining set at Mana Wynwood because the storm stranded the band.
It has been 20 years since the tragic and untimely death of one of hip-hop’s figureheads, the Notorious B.I.G. If hip-hop had a Mount Rushmore, Biggie’s face would be one of the first carved into it. Reflecting on his influence on today’s hip-hop titans such as Jay Z, and the…
This week, American Airlines Arena will collapse with so much Miami-ness under one roof. That’s because Mr. Worldwide, AKA Mr. 305, Pitbull will share the stage with Spanish-born, Miami-raised singer Enrique Iglesias. Will the duo set off an implosion of neon and tropical heat? Probably.
And at the center of the spotlight is an EDC muse known as MsEasy
The pop singer will take her Melodrama World Tour to the American Airlines Arena next year.
If you’re driving west on 29th Street from North Miami Avenue, the street murals, galleries, and design shops of Wynwood abruptly give way to the body shops, warehouses, and pawn shops of Allapattah. There isn’t much difference between the two neighborhoods — both have rows of low buildings, long blocks,…
The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater might be demolished if city leaders get their way.
