Sometimes when the future calls, it tells you to drop out of school. That’s precisely what Lodewijk Fluttert did before embarking on his career as Bakermat. Not a terrible decision considering the former Utrecht University psychology student is a rising star on the international dance scene.
Miami Music Week, which culminates with the deafening, glitter-and-neon bacchanalia that is Ultra Music Festival, is almost all about the DJs. It is as preoccupied with electronic music as Dr. Seuss was with cats, hats, green eggs, and ham. There are parties around pools/There are parties before school/You’ll find parties…
In 1993, Cypress Hill dropped what would be its biggest hit and a portal into the mainstream consciousness, “Insane in the Brain.” Perhaps what’s more insane is how little time the West Coast rap outfit of B-Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs, and Eric Bobo has spent in South Florida over…
“Jazz in the Gardens” is the wrong name for this festival. The two-day event held at the home of the Miami Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium, is now in its 12th year. But there is no garden, at least not in the typical, backyard sense of the word, and, more important, the music isn’t strictly jazz.
On January 20, a misogynist Cheeto took the oath of the president of the United States. Just as important, the next day, millions of women took to the streets to protest his plans. Around the world, women marched to show their strength and made their voices heard. A trio of…
For 24 years, the 9 Mile Music Festival has been the premier reggae event in Miami. Since its inception in 1993, the event, better known by its unofficial title, Marley Fest, is a yearly party with the Marley family. It honors their patriarch’s legacy.
Nigerian-born British vocalist Jacob Banks is one of soul music’s brightest rising stars. That’s ironic considering he was never interested in a music career or even soul music, for that matter. “I started singing through my friends, just asking me to do shows here and there,” he says. I was never much of a musician… My friends pushed me into it.”
With only days to go, general-admission three-day passes to the 2017 Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival are sold out. Still available, though, are the four-day Portal Passes for $279. It’s a bargain compared to Florida’s other mammoth festival, Ultra, whose tickets normally retail for about 400 bucks apiece. So what…
This coming weekend, the center of Florida’s entertainment universe will be at the Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival far from the city. The four-day event brings together some bright young things and a slew of classic acts. However, for those poor souls left behind during this musical rapture, we have…
The mention of Sting, who will play the Fillmore this Saturday, often elicits a face-contorting “ew” or an apathetic shrug from nonbelievers. He doesn’t always get credit for a three-decade solo career that began with his departure from the Police in 1984.
Revolution Live should not exist. Both man-made and natural disasters have pummeled the building for more than two decades. Cops, drugs, and shitty ownership have all tried to take it down in its previous incarnations as the Edge and the Chili Pepper. But there it still stands on SW Third Avenue…
The holiday dedicated to a fat baby with wings and a saint who was martyred for marrying couples illegally is a moneymaking machine. Cards, chocolates, and sex toys will fly off the shelves in the next 24 hours. There are also the inevitable last-minute plans to be made. For procrastinating Romeos and Juliets, here’s a guide to some of the best events and parties for both the loved and the lonely.
Larry Flynt is, to say the least, one of the more polarizing figures in American entertainment history. The 74-year-old Kentucky native is the founder of the infamous Hustler, a porn magazine that since 1974 has pushed the boundaries of the public’s sensitives. It was his contribution to the porn industry that brought him wealth in the form of a diversified empire that now stretches into casinos, hotels, films, and retail outlets.
A trio of concerts taking place in Broward stands out, each offering something different. The marquee event finds a South Florida native returning home for the third year in a row. Chris Carrabba and Dashboard Confessional will be at Revolution Live this Wednesday. The lovelorn group best known for songs such as “Hands Down” and “Stolen” is headed back to its roots at a spot that, according to Carrabba in a recent interview with New Times, is an old haunt.
In 2006, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Dave Chappelle told his onetime sketch-comedy target: “I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt like I was deliberately being encouraged, and I was overwhelmed. It’s like you’re being flooded with things and you don’t pay attention to things like your ethics.”
Rick Astley is back to remind us he’s good for more than just a joke.
Lamebot is the solo project of a local electronic musician, DJ, and producer who dresses in an outfit that’s a cross between an Image Comics vigilante and the Marvel supervillain Doctor Doom.
Over the course of four years and three albums, Kurt Vile established himself as an indie-rock darling. The trek took 20 years, lots of CD-Rs, and a successful run as one-half of the acclaimed indie act War on Drugs.
The poster for the Run the Jewels World Tour imagines members El-P and Killer Mike as Godzilla-like monsters destroying cities and breathing blue fire. It’s the sort of visual aid any rapper (and his ego) would embrace. However, just four years into the collaboration between the two veteran MCs, it isn’t just bravado; it’s the truth. RTJ has the record sales to prove it.
Run the Jewels is the punk band we need right now. Yes, technically it’s a hip-hop supergroup, but rappers El-P and Killer Mike are filled with the spirit of music revolutionaries, both on and off the stage.
To say that someone was born to make music is a cliché. Yet when it comes to Brazilian DJ Alok Petrillo, who grew up with DJ parents and began playing professionally at the age of 12, it’s appropriate. Tonight, January 19, Alok returns to Miami for the first time since Ultra, where he appeared for the first time last year. Miami is one of five dates on a U.S. tour that finds Alok criss-crossing the country. He calls his experience at Ultra “amazing” and says it was a “dream come true” to share the stage with some of the best in the business. He also worked with Ultra this past October in Rio de Janeiro
Going out in Miami requires plenty of debate and inner monologue. Do I go to the club and buy drinks, or do I pay rent this month? This city is a cash cow for entertainment business owners, and we, the cattle lining up at their doors, are milked for every penny. However, there might finally be a spot with a modicum of respect for its clientele.
