Opened in 1963 and closed nearly three decades later, Miami Marine Stadium on Virginia Key gave spectators a seaside view of some of the biggest names of the 20th Century. Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and Richard Nixon all graced the stage, which used to float a few dozen feet…
“You know how on Facebook you get these sponsored messages? I kept getting an ad for Ted Nugent’s show at Pompano Beach Amphitheater,” Tony Landa, bassist for Humbert, tells us. “One day after seeing it I yelled, ‘Fuck Ted Nugent!’ and then I thought: could that be a show?” Turns…
“Does Miami have any punks?” director Penelope Spheeris wondered in a phone call with New Times. “I’m surprised when there are any in these fancy resort cities.” Apparently Spheeris has never been to Churchill’s. But she has seen her fair share of punks. Her 1981 documentary, Decline of Western Civilization,…
Double headlining shows like Modest Mouse and Brand New seem to only make sense financially. You get two bands who might not be able to sell out a venue as large as Bayfront individually, and clump them together for a big turnout, even if it is kind of weird. And,…
Last year Zack Bush, co-owner of Little Havana bar Ball & Chain, was devastated after the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who was arrested and later found dead, hanging in her prison cell. At the time, Bland was just the latest in a string of police killings involving…
Quintron is a jack of many trades. He made a name for himself with experimental musical performances, like his puppet shows with his wife Miss Pussycat or his gangsta rap album featuring one of his blind neighbors. But the New Orleans resident is also an inventor. “I’ve always been building…
Bernz was never tempted to record a solo album. After founding Miami hip-hop crew ¡Mayday! in 2003, the MC was content with his crew. But things change, and with his debut LP, See You On The Other Side, set for release on July 8, Bernz is wishing he didn’t take so…
In these dog days of summer, Trade wants to help cool down fans of techno and house music with one hell of a value deal. “We wanted to give back to the dance floor community this July,” Coloma Kaboomsky, one of Trade’s partners, says. “Normally our cover for one show…
This Independence Day, there will be fireworks (both illegal and sanctioned) from Key Biscayne to North Miami. But if you want to celebrate America with loud noises and bright colors, you don’t necessarily have to look up. The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, which means you’ll…
While many aspiring musicians would kill to work in the studio with big names like Pitbull, Ricky Martin, and KC & The Sunshine Band, the two brothers who make up XAXO found it soul sucking. “We were producing, writing, engineering, vocal coaching, and working as a psychologist for all these…
Started in 2010 by U.K. radio personality and DJ, Colleen Murphy, Classic Album Sundays is meant to be a way for music lovers around the world to gather once a month and geek out over a masterful record. Sadly, we’ve never had a formal Classic Album Sunday gathering in our…
For a lot of rock stars, headlining a show at Bayfront Park is just another gig at just another amphitheater — a very hot and humid amphitheater, but an amphitheater nonetheless. For Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba, though, it brings back fond memories. “I mostly went to smaller venues, but I…
While much of the talk since the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando has focused on the shooter himself, the politics of gun control, homophobia, and Islamophobia, the people at Miami’s Revolution Radio couldn’t stop thinking about the victims. So, this Saturday, June 25, at the Mana Wynwood Event Tent, Revolution…
Coming straight out of Salt Lake City, Max Pain and the Groovies earned the attention of ears across this great nation with their debut album, Electro Cosmic, a valentine to garage rock and psychedelia where — if you listen carefully — you can hear influences as varied as the Make-Up,…
Sunday is often seen as a day of rest — the Sabbath — a day where one can find redemption for the sins committed during the prior six days. In some parts of the United States, Sunday is so pure you are not even allowed to purchase liquor. Fortunately, we…
If you missed out on Iggy Pop’s concert at the Fillmore a couple months ago (we’re looking at you, horrible Miami selfie man) and are wondering what the late-era Iggy Pop live experience is all about, O Cinema is willing to fill you in. On June 16 at 9 p.m.,…
Everyone should attend a Weird Al Yankovic concert once in their life. And probably only once. It was fitting that the curly-haired parodist ended his over two-hour main set imitating James Brown, a roadie throwing a robe over his shoulders. Yankovic might really be the hardest working man in show…
The advice we get when we are particularly disgusted by a politician is to hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils. But wouldn’t it be nice if instead of having to choose between a billionaire narcissist or a two-faced phony, there could be a candidate who…
After renovating and reopening the 80-year-old Little Havana club Ball & Chain, co-owner Zack Bush has been on a mission to provide live music every day of the week, Sunday being no exception. And for the past year, Ball & Chain’s Sundays on the Ocho has sought to provide a…
It has taken only 20 years for Jazid to become Miami Beach’s longest-running nightclub. “Bars like Mac’s Club Deuce and Ted’s Hideaway have been around longer, but as far as nightclubs with entertainment, believe it or not, we’re the oldest,” co-owner Tony Alarcon tells New Times. Though he and his…
The isolation of Key West — it being the southernmost point of the continental United States, accessible only by boats and bridges — hasn’t exactly made the island a hotbed for rock ‘n’ roll bands trying to make it big. You’re more likely to find a band of drunk college…
The $40 required to enter Churchill’s Saturday night was confirmed to be a record cover charge in the Little Haiti dive’s storied 37 year existence. “I think Dick Dale charged $25,” an employee at the door said, “But yeah, nobody’s ever charged $40.” There was good reason for the price…
