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  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Explosions in the Sky Add Ten U.S. Tour Dates With Miami Show at Grand Central on June 20

    Be comfortable, creatures. Also, get your adorable, furry asses to an Explosions in the Sky show this summer. Just over an hour ago, the Austin-based instrumental rock band added ten dates to its June tour schedule and posted a cutesy notice to its Facebook page that read: "Dear Houston, Mobile, Ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Bacardi Plus Fest Brings Booze, Free Tunes, and Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza to Miami

    The best things in life are free, and the good folks at Bacardi want to show off their new line of pre-mixed cocktails in a way that you won't find obnoxious. So they've announced the Bacardi Plus Fest, a nationwide booze-and-tuneage event. On May 4, there will be a free show for 21-and-older parti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Drake Announces 2012 Club Paradise Tour Dates, Kicking Off in Miami on Valentine's Day

    ​What's overly emotional Young Money rapper Drake doin' right now? Well, if the cover of his recently released sophomore slab, Take Care, were a candid snapshot of Drizzy's private life, you'd think homeboy spent his days and nights locked alone in his billion-dollar mansion like Al Pacino in Sca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Tom Tom Magazine's All-Star Art Basel Showcase at Churchill's Pub

    Tom Tom's about ladies with drums. The crowd at Churchill's Pub for Tom Tom Magazine's Basel showcase wasn't all chicks with drumsticks. But there certainly were many of both. The night opened with an all-female percussion group, Gainesville's Cave Rave. A cave rave is apparently the opposite of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    The Stage Announces One-Year Anniversary Weekend With Four Days and 24 Bands

    Celebrate The Stage's b-day with Cody Chesnutt.​For the past 356 days, the Design District's most devoted boozers and fanatical music lovers have been regularly letting loose at a classy NE 38th Street joint called The Stage, draining goblets of Chivas at the bar, sleeping on the sofas in the par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2011

    Langerado Music Festival 2011 Canceled

    ​In March, the Langerado Music Festival announced its return after a long two-year abscence, exclaiming, "the wait is officially over." Backed by Florida's Boros Entertainment and Austin's C3 Presents, there was hope that Langerado could avoid being sunk -- as it had in 2009 -- by "'sluggish tic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Wet Nurse Playing Churchill's Pub August 18, No Infants or Milk Involved

    Dan Tantrum​In the punky tradition of The Slits, Wet Nurse uses its womanliness to generate a veritable doozy of a band name. Comprised of twin sisters Nina and Susana Chaplin as well as drummer Vanessa Brewster, the band hails from Florida's Disney-tainted underbelly of Orlando. And with its mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Hunx and His Punx Announce Sailor Jerry Show at The Stage September 9

    Hardly ArtSomehow, Sailor Jerry knows what we want to hear. Over the last couple of years, the booze brand has brought Austin's Strange Boys to town while hosting shows by Miami's own Jacuzzi Boys. And this time, Jerry and crew are importing a gayishly fabulous band with a 1960s rock 'n' roll feel ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    Robert Plant at Hard Rock Live April 14

    Hardly ArtSomehow, Sailor Jerry knows what we want to hear. Over the last couple of years, the booze brand has brought Austin's Strange Boys to town while hosting shows by Miami's own Jacuzzi Boys. And this time, Jerry and crew are importing a gayishly fabulous band with a 1960s rock 'n' roll feel ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Recycled Movies

    Hardly ArtSomehow, Sailor Jerry knows what we want to hear. Over the last couple of years, the booze brand has brought Austin's Strange Boys to town while hosting shows by Miami's own Jacuzzi Boys. And this time, Jerry and crew are importing a gayishly fabulous band with a 1960s rock 'n' roll feel ... More >>

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party at Grand Central February 24

    Hardly ArtSomehow, Sailor Jerry knows what we want to hear. Over the last couple of years, the booze brand has brought Austin's Strange Boys to town while hosting shows by Miami's own Jacuzzi Boys. And this time, Jerry and crew are importing a gayishly fabulous band with a 1960s rock 'n' roll feel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    How To Help the Families of the Murdered Miami-Dade Police Officers

    via WSVNOfficer Roger Castillo​In yesterday's brutal police shooting, murderer Johnny Sims not only took the lives of some of Miami-Dade's finest but also left four children without their parents. Detective Roger Castillo leaves behind a widow and three sons, while Amanda Haworth was a single-moth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Five Short Hardcore History Lessons With Punk Professor Steven Blush

    Your hardcore crash course instructor, Steven Blush.​There are only five hours remaining till punk professor Steven Blush's hardcore master class convenes at Sweat Records. Word is, there might be a pop quiz. So ... Are you ready? Have you committed the entirety of the textbook -- American Har ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2010

    ArtOfficial and The Bright Light Social Hour iPhone Video Highlights

    Victor Gonzalez's iPhone​​Where were you last night? Did you hang around Cafeina for the acoustic Taylor Guitar showcase, or get your Christian on at the Urban Inspired Gospel Showcase inside the Hyatt Ballroom? Whatever the case, there were a bunch of options last night, and Miami Music Festiva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Two New Miami Music Blogs You Should Be Checking Out: Nightdrive & Miami Grime

    ​Let's face it: Miami sucks when it comes to music blogs. Places like New York, Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle all have better online music presence. That's not to say there aren't people out there trying. We already crowned Off the Radar the city's best music blog, while Crossfad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Part Three of Three

    via sweatrecordsmiami.comVinyl bins inside the store.​In anticipation of Sweat Records' five-year anniversary party this Saturday, we sat down with Sweat head Lolo Reskin for a chat on the store's past, present and future. If you missed the first two parts yesterday, click here for part one, and h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for March 30-April 5

    Google "Big Black" if this isn't hilarious to you ​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records  graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Two was the magic number last week, and things have only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    WMC 2010: Steve Starks Interview and New Starks & Nacey EP Out Now

    ​Steve Starks is 1/3 of Washington DC's Nouveau Riche party crew alongside Nacey and Gavin Holland.Monday, he played White Room to welcome in WMC. Tonight, he'll be at Spiderpussy's Set Up For Scandal at Klutch on South Beach.We caught up with him by phone to get his perspective as an out of towne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    The Best Under-the-Radar Rock of 2009, Part Four

    ​Matt Keating - Between Customers Keating's follow up to 2007's astonishing double disc opus Quixotic is another revelation, a collection of richly affecting songs, ranging from the heartbreaking "Louisiana, a passionate paean to the victims of Katrina, to "Better Than That," a plaintive ball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Wolfgang Gartner Plays Mansion on Saturday

    ​In the world of short-lived electronic dance music fads, electro house is pretty much dead, extinguished by the very intensity with which it alighted on the international dance music scene in 2006-2008. The same brash and abrasive over-the-top sound that made electro house exciting a couple years ... More >>

  • News

    July 16, 2009

    Mamas vs. Papas: Two gay couples fight over custody of child

    Biological dad has "no rights," judge says.

  • Music

    February 5, 2009

    Slip and the Spinouts Play Rockabilly Across South Florida

    They hit Bougainvillea's Old Florida Tavern this Saturday.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    Black Tide Announces Winter 2009 Tour with Escape the Fate, at Culture Room Feb. 15

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Q&A with Yelle

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2008

    Black Tide Loses a Member

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Music

    July 24, 2008

    Return to Forever

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Review: Iron & Wine at Revolution

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    Guest SXSW Blog: The Wedding Present, Van Morrison, Kreamy 'Lectric Friends, R.E.M., and more

    Black Tide (photo via www.blacktidemusic.com)Here's some good news for the kids who tried to see Escape the Fate's almost-debut headlining performance in Miami, in fall of 2007 at the now-defunct Studio A. The band never made it due to van troubles, and the rest of the show went on without them. Th ... More >>

  • Music

    June 21, 2007

    The Crash of Crush

    Austin's Voxtrot makes mopery magical

  • Film

    February 1, 2007

    Sympathy for the Devil

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  • Film

    January 25, 2007

    Sympathy for the Devil

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2007

    Rags to Britches

    Even horny horse whisperers get off in Sundance docs

  • Music

    November 16, 2006

    Country Comfort

    The 18 Wheelers prove you can go down home again

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Circuit City

    Churchill's gets the hi-tech treatment

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    SPACEMEN

    Music writer Leah Gliniewicz was abducted by the aliens known to Earthlings as the techno group Spacemen. She was able to beam this transmission back to New Times.

  • Film

    July 25, 2002

    Powers Off

    In Goldmember Myers's mojo is running low

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Chombo Ghetto

    Los Rabanes go global with the Panama City style

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    Shake

    There Goes the Neighborhood

  • Music

    February 24, 2000

    Gumbo Bop

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    Deadmeat Puppet

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    The Last Days of Sound and Fury

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    August 20, 1998

    Rotations

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Five Days That Kind of Shook the World

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Rotations

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    News of the Weird

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    December 5, 1996

    Reverb

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    August 22, 1996

    Honky-Tonk Healer

    New Orleans's Astral Project

  • Music

    December 29, 1993

    Walkin' with a Kane

    The Mavericks return with another new guitarist, and it's not who you think

  • Music

    November 3, 1993

    Lady Slings the Blues

    From Ottawa to Austin, guitarslinger Sue Foley follows her blues muse

  • Music

    June 2, 1993

    String Fever

    Lyle Lovett's super-cellist John Hagen smashes preconceptions about his instrument

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