Since the mid-'90s, Miami Beach has welcomed some of hip-hop's biggest names during Memorial Day Weekend for an alcohol-fueled, four-day throwdown, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week. The climax? Best Of The Best at Bicentennial Park. Hosted by Funkmaster Flex, this year's Best of the... More >>

What do Euro Disneyland, the film The Cutting Edge, and Jeffrey Dahmer’s life sentence have in common? (Besides the tragedy of their existence, of course.) Each of them turned 20 years old this year. Yup, it was 1992 when Disney poured a fortune into an ill-conceived Paris theme park, we... More >>

Anyone who knows Lance-O of Kulcha Shok can attest that he's one of the hardest working local DJs in the business. Hell, to call him simply a DJ seems limiting since he not only plays out at bars and clubs on a weekly basis, but also does radio, promotes shows, and that's probably still just... More >>

Without a word or sign, the band Innasense assembles onstage, each musician moved by some inner guide, like iron filings before a magnet. The music starts with the same spontaneous ease, effortlessly sliding from one reggae dancehall song to another as if the band were one musician. This is a... More >>

After 72 sleepless hours of non-stop champagne drankin', ass shakin', mischief makin', cash wastin', and coochie poppin', most people would be ready for a nap. But not booty bass pioneer, 2 Live Crew legend, and New Times columnist Luther R. Campbell, AKA Uncle Luke. Still as nasty as he... More >>

It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South's most promising artists. "I'm just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South," he says, "I get that love and respect like I... More >>

This dynamic duo features local hipsterville DJ Troy Kurtz and live-show electronic ingenue Panic Bomber making a world of pounding bass and throbbing deep house with a techno party heart. This debut of their new live show will be more full of surprises than Christmas at Santa's house. So,... More >>

Tony Goldman didn't build New York City, but he did help make it a lot cooler. And the art inspired real estater hoping to do the same for Wynwood has just been honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. To celebrate, he's throwing a free party at the... More >>

Cultura Profética don't mind if you smoke a spliff, bone your chick, or fight oppression while they beat up the speakers at La Covacha. They record with Bob Marley's engineer, tour the world spreading conscious music, sing in Spanish, and rep Puerto Rico to the fullest. Guitarist Eliut... More >>

What's got six strings, four hands, a kit full of skins, and a fuzz box? The Deaf Poets, a two-man band from the MIA featuring guitarist-songwriter Sean Wouters and drummer Nicolas Espinosa. The duo's catchy garage sound tempers lo-fi wildness with digital recording value for an ear-friendly... More >>

In 2009, YACHT -- Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans -- stepped into the indie music spotlight with its fourth album, Sea Mystery Lights. Sea Mystery Lights appeared on nearly every hipster blogger's best of '09 list -- not to mention the Critic's Choice list at the New York Times. The group's... More >>

When historians look back at turn-of-the-century music at the dawn of Y2K, Jonathan Smith’s name will surely be mentioned. How could it not? He’s a composer, producer, and musician who has been perfecting his craft for more than a decade. He’s even a monarch with powers to... More >>

The hardest working bluesman on the tri-county scene is Big Poppa E, and he brings his signature jazzified sound to the Betsy. f you've never seen the dude wail, it's worth the trip, and if you've seen him a hundred times, it still is. So have a scotch, a bourbon, a beer and a good time. More >>

If there is one thing Headliner Market Group is known for, it's having parties packed with celebrities. And we're not talking about reality-show rejects and D-listers (yes, you, Brooke Hogan); we're referring to real celebrities: Kanye West, Amber Rose, Michael Jordan, Lil Wayne, Flo Rida,... More >>

Everyone knows about the Delano’s Florida Room — the basement-like space transformed into a private playground for Miami’s A-list. But above ground, located in the lobby of the historic hotel, is the Rose Bar. You probably didn’t think you had any reason to visit, but now... More >>

When hip-hop thugs G-Unit rap, "I move the keys, they call me the piano man," they're talking about transporting loads of happy powder, but when scene king Edison Farrow puts on a party called Piano Man, he's talking real keys, like the black-and-white ones at Crescendos Piano Bar. Each... More >>

Most people associate open-mike poetry nights with tie-dye, sneaky hits from Pyrex bowls, crusty flip-flops, and the stink of patchouli. But the Bohemia Room at Vlada Lounge is the “Boom Boom Pow” version of those hippie nightmares. Sure, there’ll be some political ranting, but... More >>

On any given Thursday evening at the Palms Hotel on South Beach, you'll find an intimate confab of hipsters swaying to a decidedly worldly beat. The party's called Sip and Spa, and as the name implies, it's as heavy on the cocktails as it is on the massage. Actually, there might be even more... More >>

As Arnold Schwarzenegger, AKA Mr. Freeze, says in Batman & Robin, the definitive database of cold-weather-related puns, "Tonight's forecast: A freeze is coming." Tonight being Thursday, that forecast refers specifically to Ice Bar at Hotel Victor, where at 8 p.m., it's time for Frost Bite... More >>

Anytime a hotel opens in South Beach, it means there's a new restaurant to fulfill your face-stuffing needs, a slew of new rooms to get wasted in, and a brand-new hot spot begging you to dance in it. The splashy arrival of the W Hotel was no different. Our little sandbar to the east got Mr.... More >>

It's 2 a.m. on a Sunday at Space. College kids and club crawlers, thugs and lovelies, Latinos, Keys rats, and tourists from every country with an airport are all losing themselves en masse to the thunder of DJ Radamas. "I love this!" Radamas shouts over a wicked mix of vintage Biggie. "Nobody... More >>

You're at STK Steakhouse on the Beach grooving to the music. The waiter brings out your bone-in rib steak, done medium rare, just the way you like it. You sit down to dig in when you hear your favorite 80's tune and then you're on your feet again, dancing, the steak waiting for the music to... More >>

DJ Contra began life in Munich, Germany, on the left side of the Berlin Wall. He spent his teen years around Washington, D.C., and as an adult, he finally wound up in Miami. Since then, he has traveled around the world, racking up passport stamps as the tour DJ for M.I.A. and, currently,... More >>

Few DJs can boast a history of beat-dropping that dates back to the days of grade school. Then again, few DJs grew up in houses as heavy with sound as that of DJ Oski. Oski's pops, Pepe Pothea, was a player — he handled percussion for some of salsa's most active bands throughout the '70s... More >>