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Florida Man Arrested for Pretending to Be Cop to Get Into Strip Club for Free

If a man is pretending to be a cop in a strip club it's usually because he's scheduled to perform on a stage à la Magic Mike. But when Darren Philip Walker showed up at a Florida strip club with fake cop gear it wasn't because he was there for amateur night. He just wanted to get into the club for ... More >>

Willie Nelson Announces 2013 Tour Dates, Coming to South Florida With Merle Haggard

The "Red Headed Stranger" and the "Okie From Muskogee" ride again. That's right ... Ol' Willie Nelson -- the pot-smoking, braid-wearing, hippie-loving outlaw country legend -- just announced some new 2013 tour dates. He's bringing his son Lukas, young gun Jamey Johnson, and the rest of the Nelson ... More >>

Danny Daze's Top Five Miami Jams of All Time

DJ-producer Danny Daze is an international player now, zigzagging around the global party circuit and throwing down at all the hotspots from Los Angeles to Ibiza to Melbourne. But for Danny, it all started in Miami -- the place he still calls home. Back in March, he reminisced with Crossfade about ... More >>

OWSLA Tour at Grand Central November 1

OWSLA Tour: Kill the Noise, M Machine, and Nick Thayer at Grand Central on November 1

Yo, be very, very quiet. We're hunting rabbits. Skrillex's OWSLA imprint is going on tour to showcase its variety of sounds and next-level skillset, and we're going to catch us some choice bunny meat from Kill The Noise, M Machine and Nick Thayer at Grand Central on Wednesday, November 1. The labe ... More >>

Passion Pit Cancels Summer Tour Dates, Still Playing South Florida on October 23

Two weeks of tour dates have just been canceled by Passion Pit. And the reason: Frontman Michael Angelakos needs "to take the time to work on improving [his] mental health." So far, most of the tour remains intact, including Passion Pit's South Florida show at the Hollywood ArtsPark on October 23. ... More >>

Dayglow Tour Miami: Life in Color at Miami Beach Convention Center June 29

Dayglow Tour With Alesso Painting Ravers Neon at Miami Beach Convention Center on June 29

If you've driven down I-95 in the past few days, then you've been invited to a beat-freaking Dayglow party. It seems the Committee Entertainment crew is getting superserious. And they're doing absolutely everything (including buying a huge Interstate billboard) to make sure the next local installm ... More >>

Craft Beer Weekend Starts Tonight at The Federal; Three Events Around Town

American Craft Beer Week is a little half way over, and there are several more events around Miami worth checking out for the beer-loving warrior. Before the week is finished, make an effort to attend and sip, or chug, some fine and local hand-crafted beersRemember Brews & Bellies at The Federal ... More >>

Haitian Beer Prestige Takes Gold Medal at World Beer Cup Competition

"Local" import Haitian beer Prestige won a gold medal yesterday for Best American-Style Cream of Ale. It took category #42 at the winners banquet for the World Beer Cup competition in San Diego.Miami is not considered part of the Caribbean, but Prestige was as close Florida got to receiving any awar ... More >>

New Times Brew at the Zoo: Local Beers and Music This Saturday

Miami New Times and Zoo Miami are teaming together once more to bring you beer and music right next to jungle cats, giant primates, and cute creatures of the forest - at the third annual New Times Brew at the Zoo. This Saturday, April 28 from 7 to 10 p.m, enjoy plenty of beer, food, and live music ... More >>

Surveillance Nation: Five Companies in Florida That May Help the Government Spy On You

​Earlier this month, New Times reported on how South Florida cops routinely track people through their cell phone signals without getting a warrant first. Like cops around the country, they can do so thanks to a Melbourne, Florida-based company called Harris Corp. that makes cell phone spying devi ... More >>

Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are

Pool, Poker and Pain Creator Talks Gambling and Fighting

​A waft of stale Coors Banquet and Camel cigarette smoke smacks you like a schoolyard sucker punch, temporarily clouding your vision and watering your eyes. A generic blend of 1970s Americana shuffles through the jukebox as 40-something-year-old divorcee waitresses deliver greasy baskets of cheese ... More >>

Florida's Drunkest Cities? Not Miami, But Old People Meccas

​U.S. News and World Reports has unleashed a top ten list of America's drunkest cities. Florida dominates the list with whopping three cities on the top ten. Surely, Miami, America's nightlife capital, would make the list? Or perhaps Fort Liquordale or Ernest Hemingway's favorite booze-drenched is ... More >>

Alimony Bill Would Let Rich Dudes Who Cheat on Their Wives Off Easier

​Ritch Workman, the Republican state representative from Melbourne who has already introduced a bill to legalize dwarf tossing, is back with another stunningly stupid and controversial bill. Just eight days after Workman finalized his own divorce, he introduced a new piece of legislation that woul ... More >>

Jennifer Lynn Hearn Killed Husband, Buried Him In Hog Pen, Lied On Facebook, Police Say

via Brevard County Sheriff's OfficeJennifer Lynn Hearn​Six weeks ago, Jennifer Lynn Hearn started bragging on Facebook that her husband had left her, but she'd already found a new man: "Wow. I am so glad one person walked out of my life so others could walk in," she wrote.Turns out, her husband, C ... More >>

Voice of the Valley Noise Rally 2011: Crossfade, Bleeding Palm, and Laundry Room Squelchers' Vision Quest

Lead the way, Rat!​Last night, noise swami Frank "Rat Bastard" Falestra appeared to Crossfade in a strange dream.He didn't say anything. But even if he did, it would have been drowned out by the sound of his hands (which were, uh, made of broccoli) forcing his four-string telecaster to cry out in ... More >>

Ramon Buchanan, UM Linebacker, Suspended Over Felony Arrest in Coconut Grove UPDATED

via University of MiamiRamon Buchanan​With Randy Shannon at the helm, the University of Miami's football team may not have won any titles -- but it did keep its nose clean, with zero player arrests since 2007. That's one record that new coach Al Golden's regime has already shattered.Ramon Buchanan ... More >>

Cut Copy's Ben Browning Talks Zonoscope, the Perils of Isolation, and Karaoke Bars

Photo by Timothy SaccentiSome of Cut Copy's best friends are geometric objects.​Australia's Cut Copy began as the solo production extension of Dan Whitford, a DJ in Melbourne. The project then expanded to a trio concurrent with the release of 2004's Bright Like Neon Love, which cemented the group' ... More >>

Dirty South at SET January 23

International Noise Conference Announces Another Bout of Chaos February 10

Photo by Mike NunnGet yr noise with Clang Quartet.​Hey noiseniks, it's almost time again to put your auditory system through those 72 hours of awesome sonic abuse commonly known as the International Noise Conference. As always, Rat Bastard and Laundry Room Squelchers will be helming the whole th ... More >>

Miami Horror at LIV

Video: Miami Horror Releases Music Video for "I Look to You;" Playing LIV September 15

Oh, the horror! Miami Horror isn't really from Miami, but they'd like for you to think so.​In all of our efforts to track down the best in local music, sometimes we just land upon little gems that hardly have anything to do with Miami, but we still can't help but share. Granted, Miami Horror is no ... More >>

Dirty South

Dirty South Hits Mansion This Saturday, June 5

Dirty South's methodical mixing skills can, perhaps, be traced back to the DJ's humble beginnings. Born Dragan Roganovic in Belgrade, Serbia, the encroaching unrest in then-Yugoslavia sent his family packing to Melbourne, Australia when he was 13 years old. Already a budding music nut, young Roganov ... More >>

Miami is World's Seventh's Most Livable City, Says Askmen.com

Local pride took another hit today. Fresh off that embarrassing #4 party school ranking from Playboy, Askmen.com has named Miami the seventh most livable city in the world. Ranked above Magic City: Cape Town, South Africa, and Melbourne, Australia. That's right, the former ground zero of apartheid a ... More >>

It's a Beer Bonanza at Cervezas

​Two Saturdays ago, a beer bar with a no-bullshit name opened up in the shadow of the Shops at Sunset. From its trio of giant booze fridges, Cervezas (5835 Sunset Dr., South Miami) serves up an international selection of bottled brews, including Canada's Labatt Blue, China's Tsing Tao, and Britain ... More >>

Video: Jim Morrison Interview in Miami, 1970, Talking About The Doors' Miami Incident

Lizard King Jim Morrison, one of the most influential American rock singers ever, was born in Melbourne, Florida on December 8, 1943.He went to UCLA film school, graduated, and hung out on Venice Beach, where he and Ray Manzarek started The Doors.There's a famous incident that took place at Dinne ... More >>

News Roundup

Hank -- a 2,000-pound, 20-foot-long, 47-year-old crocodile -- was found dead in his Jungle Island home. [NBCMiami]Teens who take the GED will no longer receive the standard diploma. [TBO]State officials have some questions about the proposed airport slot machines. [Sentinel] "A Central Flo ... More >>

Blowfly

Live at the Platypussery (Steel Cage)

Muscles

Guns, Babes, Lemonade (Modular)

I came, I saw, I got totally nude!

Chris Fortier

As Long as the Moment Exists (EQ Recordings)

Traveling Without Moving

Charcoal and Cocktails

Show us your etchings at Sunset Tavern

Station to Station

From Austin to Australia, Ozomatli spreads its world funk message

Letters from the Issue of June 3, 2004

The Best of Miami backlash is as good as it gets

Letters from the Issue of October16, 2003

A Cabbie's Crusade

Javier Peña is a maverick cabbie on a mission to turn the notorious Miami taxi industry into a respectable profession. So far he's been threatened, shot at, fined, and fired. In other words, he's making progress.

Cashed

Labors to legalize bud in Florida have gone sour as week-old bong water

All God's Children (Except Some)

Rev. Tommie Watkins knocked on the church door but no one answered

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of September 21, 2000

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Flipper's Revenge

They're cute. They're cuddly. They're smart. And as the fiasco at Sugarloaf Key shows, they make humans do crazy things.

News of the Weird

Rave New World

Raindance could very well shine as the event of the summer. Maybe even the event of peace.

Program Notes

Program Notes