Lex HernandezBrooklyn MC Theophilus London performing at Rokbar Tuesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Theophilus LondonTuesday, May 19, 2009Rokbar, Miami BeachBetter than: The current wave of hipster-hop.I'll start off by admitting I don't know much about the up-and-coming singer/MC Theophilus London expect that he's from Brooklyn, he performed with Solange Knowles at SXSW and has a mixtape out called This Charming Mixtape. I'll so admit I find the fact that before his performance
Lex HernandezThe Juan MacLean performing at LIV at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.The Juan MacLean with The FieldWednesday, May 27, 2009LIV, Miami BeachBetter than: Ninety-nine percent of the acts to have performed at LIV.Miami, you are hopeless and a disgrace. I never felt so embarrassed to call myself a resident of the 305 as I did on Wednesday night. You had in front on you perhaps one of the best electronic acts right now and all you g
Lex HernandezDrop the Lime and the Trouble & Bass crew taking over the decks at Bella Rose. Click here to view the full slideshow.Scion A/V Trouble & Bass CD Release Party with Drop the Lime, AC Slater, Star Eyes and The CaptainSunday, June 21, 2009Bella Rose, Miami BeachBetter than: Partying in a sauna.Electro-house is dead and New York-based label Trouble & Bass is making sure its never resurrected. And I don't mean that as an insult. The internet-produced genre has been on the dec
Lex HernandezAll they did was party. MSTRKRFT took over the decks at LIV Wednesday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.MSTRKRFTWednesday, July 1, 2009LIV at the Fontainbleau, Miami BeachBetter than: Doing blow off the toilet seat at LIV.My relationship with MSTRKRFT is an old one. Before all the hype, I was a fan of their remixes and after the release of The Looks, I knew I had stumbled on a dance music masterpiece. It was very easy for everyone to dismiss the album as electronic fluff,
Ch-ch-ch-changes are happening and everyone's favorite over the weekend recap has moved from its home at Riptide 2.0 over to Crossfade. Why? Well, it seemed appropriate and better yet, now we can focus on all the things happening across South Florida and between both the Miami New Times and the New Times Broward-Palm Beach.So here is your what you missed over the weekend:Crookers at LIVPhoto by Lex Hernandez​A belated slideshow from last Wednesday night's mayhem at LIV. This time it was Italia
Photo by Lex Hernandez​Junior Boys with WoodhandsSaturday, October 24, 2009The Vagabond, Miami
Better Than: Staying home, lighting some candles, putting So This Is Goodbye on blast and spending some quality bedroom time with someone special ...well maybe.
The Review:
The Junior Boys threw a Halloween party at the Vagabond and everyone showed up as a hipster. Ok, there was a guy in a banana costume and a rather detailed pirate walking around, but it didn't really matter what you wore becau
We kept it low-key this weekend, saving up our energy for the chaos of what is to be Halloween this week. With it falling on a Saturday, you know South Florida is going to be one big celebration.So in case you rested up as well, here is what you missed over the weekend:Junior Boys at VagabondPhoto by Lex HernandezCanadian indie dance duo Junior Boys played to a packed Vagabond Saturday. When we say packed, we mean wall-to-wall. We've never seen the venue as crammed as it was this past Saturday.
