Though its name conjures up thoughts of isolation, the reality of Canadian indie-rock juggernaut Broken Social Scene is quite the opposite. The Scene’s earliest incarnation began at the turn of the millennium and it has featured 25 different members. As hard as it is to pin down a head count,…
Don’t be that guy (or girl) who settles for any of these unforgivable last-minute Walgreens candies (or, worse, a teddy bear holding a heart.) If you’re reading this blog, chances are you have particular culinary taste — and probably so does your valentine.If your date appreciates a sugar fix and…
If you missed the Overthrow’s party at the inexplicable Wynwood castle during this past Art Basel, well, you missed out. It was a packed, rave-tastic night of live performances, carnival games, and scandalously cheap drinks. But have no fear — you can do it all again (or relive what you…
Confused yet by all the street food court change-ups in the last couple weeks? In a nutshell, here’s what’s going on:BTTR, the popular Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup near Biscayne Boulevard and NE 109th Street in North Miami, was forced to take a couple Tuesday nights off after it got too…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 96…
Local post-punkers Astari Nite may not have been playing an overload of shows within the county’s borders lately. But that doesn’t mean they’ve been quiet. Instead, the foursome’s been gigging frequently through the rest of South Florida, most recently at Respectable’s annual New Year’s shebang in West Palm. They’ve also…
South Florida is lucky to finally enjoy access to several CSAs, or Community Supported Agriculture, projects. CSAs have been likened to “subscription farming” — you pay a farmer up front for a “share” in his or her output, and for the rest of the growing season, you get a weekly…
We love the trend Kanye started with his G.O.O.D. Fridays series of MP3s that led up to the release of his last album. Ever the maddeningly savvy businessman, Yeezy proved that free music — executed well and released with careful marketing — is an amazing way to drum up excitement…
Yesterday we introduced you to the co-owners of the new Route 9 restaurant in Coral Gables, Jeremy and Paola Goldberg. The place promises a new, more casual and independent spirit in a neighborhood that has lately been dominated by chains and big bills. You can click read more about the…
Endless nostalgia has drilled into our collective heads that the ’60s and ’70s were times of rapid change for music. Often overlooked, though, is that similar upheavals of style and form were going on across all of the arts — even dance. Among those leading the charge were Japanese choreographers…
Culinary swashbuckler Anthony Bourdain now occupies the enviable position of making more money talking about food than actually cooking it. Still, his charisma and wit were both too big to be contained behind the line, and it’s Bourdain we can thank for ushering in the era of chef-as-rock-star. His 2000…
At the dawn of 2011, Jimmy Eat World is one of the few early-’90s indie bands to blow up without getting bashed for selling out. The group’s longevity — it’s lasted nearly 18 continuous years, with new studio albums appearing every two or three years — has fed both its…
Coral Gables residents with chain restaurant fatigue will be heartened by a new establishment on the block (though off the Mile): Route 9, set to open February 20. Located just down Ponce de Leon Boulevard, near Coral Gables Elementary, the 50ish-seat spot is a cozy labor of love (literally) that…
Röyksopp albums, like all good things in life, come to those who wait. The duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland first began experimenting with synthesizers together around the age of 12 in their small, sub-Arctic hometown of Tromsø, Norway. (Thank cool older siblings who were into Depeche Mode and…
We’ve been on the Sweetness Bakeshop trail for the past couple of weeks, since we discovered their awesome custom cakes and took a look at the rest of their store offerings. Cupcakes remain the most popular item at the shop — especially because owner Stephanie Perez-Diaz and her partners keep…
As further proof that 2012 may indeed bring an apocalypse, the current crop of reality TV offerings not only offers warring shows about pawn hockers, hoarders, and trash-sifters, but now, also, abandoned storage container bidders. If you work at home or stay up too late, you may already be familiar…
More food truck mania on the web! (Don’t expect it to stop any time soon.) So, what to do if, even though you’re following all your favorite trucks on Twitter, you don’t get to stay logged in all day for the scoop? How about a website that conveniently lists the…
While food trucks get all the shine on the local affordable-dining scene, it’s easy to forget that some of them are offshoots of actual brick-and-mortar establishments! Case in point: Sugar Rush Miami, the city’s first baked-goods truck. The truck wows with so-bad-for-you-they’re-good concoctions like deep-fried cupcakes and super-thick milkshakes. But…
Most of what people associate with dubstep is the wall-rattling warped basslines that come at club-night peak hours, or even — yikes — just the kind of wobble that’s now being filtered down in a lite version to the likes of Britney Spears. But dedicated fans of the genre recognize…
First, an obligatory reference to the old glory days of South Beach: Sandra Bernhard totally hung out there in the ’90s and — obligatory related reference to Ingrid Casares — totally dated Ingrid Casares! Okay, got that out of the way. Everyone involved in that era has moved on, but ribald…
Local band six-piece Araka cribs its name from a piece of Spanish slang that means “Watch out!” With billing like that, the music had better be suitably in-your-face. Luckily, Araka delivers, although not the aggressive attitude the name might imply. Rather, the multiculti act commands attention with a bright, brassy…
Bollywood and restraint are two words rarely seen in the same sentence. But the 2010 Tamil production Enthiran definitively blows all of its predecessors out of the water. The S. Shankar-directed film took a decade of preproduction and two years of filming. The result is the most expensive Indian film…
