Email Author Matt Preira

2013 Stories by Matt Preira

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  Staccato Du Mal Talks Zeitgeist: "It's Free! And You May Get Lucky With a Sexy Dwarf"

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Vintage gear enthusiast and reclusive composer, Ramiro Jeancarlo, is renowned the world over as Staccato Du Mal. Under this handle, and in cahoots with post-punk electronica label Wierd Records, J... More >>

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  Thurston Moore Doing Noise Session at Sweat Records, Free With O, Miami Tickets

  published Apr 26, 2013

  A tragically pea-brained swath of society doesn't believe P. Scott Cunningham and the University of Wynwood's month-long, citywide "O, Miami" poetry festival is worth its weight in heroic couplets. ... More >>

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  Joe Preston (AKA Thrones) Predicts Miami Show With Floor Will Be "Best Part of the Tour"

  published Apr 12, 2013

  If Joe Preston had simply hopped from prolific, legendary stoner metal band to prolific, legendary stoner metal band, he would still probably be Joe Preston. But he didn't. In addition to performing ... More >>

• Joe Preston's Thrones at Churchill's Pub April 12

  published April 11, 2013

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  Planetarium: Krautrock Was Trippy, Man! Like Woodstock With Lasers in German

  published Apr 08, 2013

  The traditional rock 'n' roll laser show just got a reboot. A quick scan of the repertoire reveals your standard-issue Planetarium jams: Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Grateful Dead, and, of course, Pink ... More >>

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  Joe Preston: A Brutal Five-Part Guide, From Earth and Melvins to Thrones

  published Apr 05, 2013

  You know something's up when legendary South Florida-slash-Gainesville metal group Floor is playing a local show and it's not even the band we're most excited about. We love Floor, its signature met... More >>

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  New Times' Beerfest 2013 Lineup: Modernage, Beatmachines, Hongs, and Tremends!

  published Apr 02, 2013

  A wise man once said, "Ain't no party like a New Times party 'cause a New Times party don't stop." But why are our parties so awesomer The two-pronged answer is part of a longstanding tradition of h... More >>

• Buckwild Star Shain Gandee Dead at 21

  published Apr 02, 2013

  In February, New Times reported on the arrest of Salwa Amin, one of the stars of MTV's teen redneck reality series, Buckwild. But Amin's possession charges were only the beginning of gray skies for t... More >>

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  Kevin Arrow Talks Planetarium: Krautrock, a "Strangely Appropriate" Laser Light Show

  published Mar 28, 2013

  The ancient art of the laser show (much like figure skating and the intentional spread of infectious diseases) is a sorely underutilized medium in rock 'n' roll. Why did the synesthetic experience of... More >>

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  TransAtlantic Festival 2013: Bajofondo, Bomba Estereo, Zuzuka Poderosa, Seven Others

  published Mar 28, 2013

  Last year, the Rhythm Foundation and Heineken's TransAtlantic Festival brought together the Afrobeat extravaganza of saxophonist and bandleader Seun Kuti and the modern-day cumbia stylings of Quantic ... More >>

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  Other Electricities Talks Eternal Peasant Remixes by South African and South Florida Artists

  published Mar 26, 2013

  What do you get when you cross South African sonics with South Florida sound wavesr The question is not a joke, riddle, Zen koan, or pickup line. It's the inquiry at the heart of Eternal Peasant Remi... More >>

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  Teepee Kicks Off Distant Love U.S. Tour at Bardot Miami on March 28

  published Mar 26, 2013

  "I only eat fruit," Teepee frontman and songwriter Erix S. Laurent (birth name Eric Lopez-Zareno) declared in an interview with New Times last summer. "And I love it." In addition to jazzing up hi... More >>

• Miami's Other Electricities Releases Eternal Peasant Compilation Album

  published March 28, 2013

  Miami Record Label Other Electricities Releases Eternal Peasant Compilation Album More >>

• Michale Graves, Ex-Misfit and Libertarian Who Loves Puppies, Coming to Churchill's Pub

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Michale Graves got his big break after nailing an audition for the role of Not Glenn Danzig in Jerry Only's 1995 re-boot of campy pop-punk rock crew the Misfits. And ever since, his musical career has... More >>

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  Kenny Millions on My Hoe Wants to Paint Project: "F#$% Art, Can't Make No F#$%ing Money With It"

  published Mar 14, 2013

  To really understand Kenny Millions' My Hoe Wants to Paint project -- performed once, this evening, at Electric Lunch, the new outpost of nomadic art collective The End/Spring Break -- would require a... More >>

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  Florida Banning Bongs! Ten Stoner Songs That Wouldn't Exist Without Water Pipes

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Last week, New Times reported on a bill in the Florida Senate that may criminalize bongs and other common marijuana paraphernalia sold everywhere, from smoke shops and record stores to an increasing n... More >>

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  Of Montreal Announces 2013 U.S. Tour, Coming to Grand Central Miami

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Like some kind of rabid half-human, half-beaver freakshow cooked up in the laboratory of Dr. Moreau, Of Montreal is plowing through the second decade of the new millennium with a psychedelic skill set... More >>

• Casa de Hamburger

  published February 28, 2013

  When it comes to Neil Hamburger, the maudlin, sloppy, and nasal stand-up comic known in all 50 states as “America’s... More >>

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  Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do in Miami This Weekend Under $10

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Do you find yourself falling within that treacherous zone of a Venn diagram that connects "Working for the Weekend" with "The Great Recession"r One surefire way to know: Do you work all the fucking t... More >>

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  Denmark's Iceage Announces Miami Show at Churchill's Pub on June 7

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Do Denmark's very hyped, babyfaced postpunks Iceage represent The Shape of Punk to Comer That slogan was coined by Refused -- another set of Scandinavian agitators, this time from hardcore-obsessed S... More >>

• Infest at Churchill's Pub March 9

  published March 7, 2013

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

  published Mar 04, 2013

  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. I... More >>

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

  published Mar 01, 2013

  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 ... More >>

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  Neil Hamburger Talks Miami, Disco, and "Drinking Cheap Booze by a Swimming Pool with a Nefarious Past"

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Neil Hamburger is more than just "America's Funnyman." He is the absolute best worst comedian of all time. Between you and me, Mr. Hamburger doesn't actually exist. He's a figment of comedian Gregg ... More >>

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  Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do in Miami This Weekend Under $10

  published Feb 15, 2013

  A wise man once sang, "I don't wanna work, I just wanna bang on these drums all day." And lord almighty, do we relate. Especially when working consists of writing about other shmucks banging on drums... More >>