Who loves coffee, writes lyrical poems about feeding cats, and kicked off the 32nd Miami Book Fair with a tremendous bang? Why, that could be none-other than National Book Award winner and living rock music icon, Patti Smith. The 68-year-old celebrates the 40-year anniversary of her seminal album Horses and…
Somewhere in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Lake Worth, sledgehammering his way through dusty concrete, a pop culture icon recognized the world over struggles with his friends to meet a renovation deadline. “I did ‘Ice Ice Baby’ when I was 16 years old,” the rapper-turned-reality star renovator says. “If you would…
Your imaginary friend Slow Magic loves playing Bardot so much that not even the threat of a shanking can scare him away. “There was this guy who was dressed up with a top hat and was really weird,” the mysterious masked man remembers of his last trip to the lounge…
There are three things Trick loves more than anything else: 1) The Kids 2) Good food 3) Booty It’s taken him 42 years, but he’s finally found a way to merge these loves into one satisfying business venture. He’s up in his kitchen right now, cookin’ up a storm with…
I wasn’t sure I even wanted to go. I’ve seen Duke Dumont DJ a few times, and every time it was good, but hearing about his new live set triggered something in my brain. It’s like I started to consider him a “live artist,” in the vein of Disclosure or…
If your local convenience store tells you they’re out of Plan B, don’t be surprised. The United States of Bass was so hype, somebody’s got to be pregnant. It was the party of the year, the kind of magical homecoming Miami’s legends deserved. The superstars of my youth proved they…
Beats, booze, booties, and a whole lot of bass. That’s the stuff that put Miami music on the map, and that’s what you’ll get a face full of Saturday at Red Bull and Poplife’s United States of Bass. If you have any love for your city, you’ll shed your self-respect…
Another III Points has come and gone, and I’m still trying to find my lost innocence voice. The Wynwood-based music, art, and technology fest was bigger, bolder, and had Miami going harder than ever before. It’s going to take more than ten hours of sleep to shake this social hangover,…
Casey Veggies is not a new name. The 22-year-old rapper popped up on radars as a member of the Odd Future crew in 2007. According to math, he was 14 when he began releasing mixtapes, and he stayed heavy buzzing through 2013, releasing seven hot tapes. In 2014, he made…
With names like Run the Jewels, Toro Y Moi, AlunaGeorge, Ghostface Killah and Doom, the second day of III Points was stacked. There was something to listen to in every direction you faced, and good music was never more than thirty yards away. The crowd was big and eager on…
“What does ‘live from the Other Side’ mean?” That was the question on the collective mind as hundreds of eager Super Villain fans gathered anxiously around III Points’ Main Frame stage. Everyone was eagerly anticipating some kind of Ghostface Killah/MF Doom double-performance, though no one had any idea how III…
On Friday, October 9, as the skies above Wynwood opened up and bled down upon the colorful neighborhood, we feared the worst. So much anticipation and preparation was being threatened by a few bloated clouds. But, as the clock struck 5, the sun emerged, all hot and glorious. God loves…
What? XYZA is evolving? The admired collective solidified about a year and a half ago as a gathering of minds and resources between Miami-based solo electronic artists. The motto was “DIY together.” The aim was to share knowledge, tricks of the trade, connections, and ultimately, to help each other gain…
Of the more than 30 hotels Adventure Club has been kicked out of over the years, at least two of them were in Florida, but no one kicked them out as fast as the Weston in Toronto. “The general manager of the hotel was having a very bad day, and…
When the noise-rock pioneers of the Jesus and Mary Chain toured their debut album, Psychocandy, in 1985, things got a little wild. Fans stormed the stage, small-scale riots broke out, and venues across the nation quickly became afraid of the Scots. “A lot of things got out of control on…
In 1990, Bobby Radical walked into South Beach’s Disco Inferno. His life changed forever. “I quit my day job, and I never stuck to a day job since,” he says. “I realized there was a different calling for me, and it was the nightlife.” His tale is a siren’s song…
Earl Sweatshirt With NX Worries, Remy Banks, and more Grand Central Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Better than: Jumping on stage and being told to “actually not.” For someone who doesn’t like shit or going outside, Earl Sweatshirt sure knows how to put on a fucking show. His latest LP, actually…
Rec · on · dite (adj) (Of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse. That definition applies well to the Bavarian producer, performer, and “sound artist” who took the name. His compositions, though danceable, are dark and abstract. They’d provide the perfect soundtrack if you explored the deepest seas. But…
It’s officially September, and that means there’s only seven months until the next Ultra Music Festival. While it’s obviously excruciating to wait for another three days of unbridled EDM insanity, the UMF camp keeps sprinkling little rave treats out to the PLUR nation. Kandi kids everywhere, set a reminder for…
The future is now – if you’re staying at the Aloft South Beach. The Starwood family hotel has officially opened its trendy doors to the public of Collins Avenue, and in true Aloft fashion, there’s plenty of millennially-driven excitement to be enjoyed. “We can bring high design, style and fashion…
It was a hot Sunday afternoon, and passersby may have wondered at the commotion. The intersection of Biscayne and NE 33 Street was taken over by a parked cop car and a pop-up film set. At five ’o clock, the scene was still. The crew, already tired from a long…
Sixteen years ago, Michelle Leshem flew direct to Miami from Toronto, and she’s never looked back. “I’m a snowbird who turned into a flamingo,” she jokes. In her day job as the leading lady at SuperMarket Creative — the agency behind many of Miami’s wildest nightlife adventures — she helps…
