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Top Five Recent Beer Inventions

The brewing of beer is a technology as old as civilization itself. Since its inception, mankind has steered its innovative mind toward the betterment of this process, as well as making beer more pleasurable to drink. Many inventions have come down the line, from the beer tap to the beer hat, yet the ... More >>

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Miami Pin-Up Era Eats: Sweeties Wholesale Candy to Dogma Grill

It seems everywhere you look these days old school pin-up fashions are on full display. From L.A. Boudoir vintage shop on the Upper Eastside to Miami's Cupcake Burlesque troupe, gals across Miami are whole-heartedly embracing the pin-up trend with sour cocktails and bright red lips. The 1940s look i ... More >>

Deadmau5 on Madonna, Molly in Rolling Stone: "Like Talking Slavery at F$%#ing Blues Show"

Our country's divided. However, it's not President Obama's failed promises or Mitt Romney's tired rhetoric that's causing this nation to feud; it's electronic dance music. On one side of the proverbial aisle, we have the disciples of mainstream electro giants like Tiësto and Swedish House Mafia. ... More >>

Top Ten Animals Dancing to Dubstep

​Dubstep is officially one of those genres that started out as one thing, ended up another, and now nobody can tell if music (as a whole) is even good. Maybe it's great? But it's probably terrible. With Skrillex's pop canonization by the Grammys, there isn't a lone old-timey basshead who hasn't y ... More >>

International Noise Conference 2012 at Churchill's Pub February 8-11

Neil Young: I Hate MP3s and So Did Steve Jobs

​Neil Young's extreme audiophilia -- that is, his obsession with acoustics -- sometimes borders on insanity. For example, every minute of his 2010 album, Le Noise, produced with acclaimed rock technician Daniel Lanois, was recorded live, exclusively during full moons and using Lanois's pipe organ ... More >>

Lil Wayne Writing Prison Memoir Titled Gone Till November

​Granted ... Lil Wayne ain't no Nelson Mandela. He only spent 11 months in prison (not, you know, 27 years) after getting busted on his tour bus for "attempted possession of a weapon" (not, you know, attempting to free the people of South Africa from the horrors of Apartheid), but why not cash in ... More >>

Top Ten Absolute Worst Music Trends of 2011

​Every generation lampoons those that came before it. Nothing is easier to parody than the '60s: the hair, the beads, the vibes, maaan. In the '70s, everybody's pants were fucking huge, until their hair got Bride of Frankenstein-huge in the '80s, thanks to all that blow and yacht rock. Unfortuna ... More >>

Fujiya & Miyagi Get Dark and Dreamy at the Electric Pickle May 26

​Sometimes electronic music can be soul-crushingly boring. But fans can't tell the difference because they've been hypnotized by a series of bleeps and bloops. In a few years, however, when trends change and the difference between what's good and not good is revealed, Fujiya and Miyagi will rema ... More >>

Just in Time for Miami Music Week... Play the Ultra 2011 Bingo Card!

​Ultra is only four days away. But the parties start tonight. And with dance music and rave culture letting its freak flag fly the entire week, we've decide to honor it with a fun game of Bingo! Well, with a slight Miami Music Week/Ultra Music Festival twist.Instead of numbers, the board's squares ... More >>

As Commission Votes On Clear Channel's 14 New LED Billboards, Activists Protest

Sarnoff, the city's biggest billboard backer, has taken thousands from advertising companies.​Raise your hand if this sounds like what Miami needs: fourteen new glowing LED billboards along the highway demanding drivers in hi-def to buy Svedka Vodka, iPods and cut-rate car insurance. Oh, hi th ... More >>

Seven Songs We Hope Lil Wayne Puts on Tha Carter IV

Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing ... Lil Wayne's release from Riker's Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison ... More >>

Our Top 10 Biggest Regrets in Technology

​Yesterday was the start of the High Holidays for the Jewish faith. Dubbed "Rosh Hashanah" (meaning "Head of the Year"), most Jews have now begun their 10 days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur. Since we always have tech on the brain, it got us thinking: What technological advances do we regr ... More >>

Jeff Greene's Latest Ad: Jobs. Jobs?... Jobs; Jobs (Jobs), Jobs!

We think billionaire Jeff Greene's latest ad in his insurgent bid for the Democratic Senate nomination is trying to spell out the central theme of candidacy. We just can't put our finger on exactly what it is. The guy who invented the iPod, maybe?Anyway, stay tuned for Greene's next attack ad, in ... More >>

Torche Gear Stolen in Chicago; Band Accepting Donations, Scrambling to Continue Tour

via myspace.com/torche​Gear theft is a sad reality of the touring life, but despite its many, many months on the road, Miami-birthed Torche had been lucky enough to avoid a major incident -- until this past Friday. The band is currently on tour with Circa Survive and Coheed and Cambria, a package ... More >>

Come See Famous Artist Cory Arcangel Do Standup Comedy at MOCA This Saturday

via myspace.com/coryarcangel​Working out of Brooklyn, Cory Arcangel first earned critical props for art work like 2002's Super Mario Clouds, a modded Nintendo cartridge that played nothing but a constant stream of pixilated nebulousness. (Check out the jump for a video.) And ever since, he's made ... More >>

PrunkTV: Green Music of Thailand

New Year's resolution: Somehow get an MacBook to edit videos better. Last week, PrunkTV was in the studio with Cash Money Heroes. This week, we are getting acupuncture and listening to a different type of music. It is called Green Music of Thailand, and it is perfect for this frantic time of the yea ... More >>

Miami Man Claims to Have Invented the iPod, but Sarah Jessica Parker Screwed Him Over

​Franz A. Wakefield, a Miami resident, claims that he not only came up with the idea and names of Apple's entire iPod, iTunes, and iPhone line, but that actress Sarah Jessica Parker totally screwed him over in the deal. Wakefield claims he won a 17th Congressional District Arts Competiti ... More >>

World leaders should see the Frost Art Museum's latest exhibits

Head Spins: DJ Ruen

The house-heavy party rocker.

South Florida According to Brooklyn: My Pod Mondays

 Yes, it's no secret I hang out at the Poorhouse in Fort Lauderdale a lot. But here's a new event worth mentioning at the bar: My Pod Mondays. It started a few weeks ago and is hosted by the place's legendary bartender, Mr. Jon Owens. People interested in putting their iPods up for scrutiny mak ... More >>

New Orleans Will Woo Away 2013 Super Bowl With Sexy iPods

via Wiki CommonsMiami already has the 2010 Super Bowl on lock down, but we just can't get enough of hosting the damn thing. So of course we're in the running to host the 2013 game along with Phoenix and New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints and the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation are reportedly ... More >>

The Conchords: The Geekiest Rock Stars Ever

Last Night: Flight of the ConchordsBetter Than: All the YouTube videos fit to click.By now, fans of HBO's off-kilter, musical comedy series Flight of the Conchords know that its number is up. The Conchords themselves, the duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, walking a nearly-flawless tightrope ... More >>

WMC 2009: Cut Copy at Ultra Music Festival

Santiago FelipeCut Copy lead singer Dan Whitford at Ultra Music Festival Day 2.Ultra Music Festival '09: Cut CopySaturday, March 28, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter than: Listening to them on your iPod.Most of my encounters with Cut Copy have been while drunk at The Vagabond or White Room, where ... More >>

Innovative French Label Institubes Celebrates Its Sixth Year

Freezepop Brings Its Icy Hotness to the Vagabond on Friday and Respectable Street Cafe on Saturday

Forget TV commercials (not that there's anything wrong with them); for that matter forget TV shows too (ditto; sometimes). I mean, they're all so 20th century. And you may as well also forget movie soundtracks. Because despite their potential enormity, few truly do go huge, let alone get big enough ... More >>

On The List - New Trend Alert Edition

With the economy going way south, it seems like the nightlife industry is starting to implement new business tactics. Bottle service is surely going the way of the dinosaur, and the industry knows if it's going to survive its got to find untapped market.Enter in the downtown hipster promoters.Often ... More >>

Commission Gets Fat on Avocadoes

If you thought the Federal ethics charges against Mary McCarty and her band of merry Palm Beach County and City Commissioners was scandalous enough, you haven't heard what the California Avocado Commission has been up to in the past three years. McCarty, after all, only accepted a few free hotel ro ... More >>

Top 10 Metal Albums of 2008

In a year worthy of your rage, metal delivered in spades. What with the economy circling the drain and Sarah Palin coming down from the tundra and then refusing to go back, 2008's been the kind of year that really makes you want to smash your head into walls or punch random strangers in the face. Go ... More >>

Q&A with Clutch, Playing at Culture Room on Friday

18 Essential Songs of Summer

The definitive sounds of encroaching melanoma.

Q&A With Ben Taylor, Live at Gusman Theater with Carly Simon Tonight

Cappadonna A No Show

The Abbey

Concert Review: Masters of Mayhem 3 at Thunderbird Resort

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old

No Replay for Wii Play

There's not much besides an extra controller to these minigames.

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the year's most timeless records

Get Buzzed for Less

Stage Capsules

Current shows

Stage Capsules

Current shows

Rabbit Enthusiasm

The Bitch chases down rumors about VW's new model

Taking It to the Streets

MoCA gives you Moore

Generation Next

Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war

Retro Revival

Coheed and Cambria

Dreadlocked and Loaded

U2

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Interscope