Radio Ha-Ha

DJ Laz is a nice guy. Just ask all the strippers whose kids he’s put through college. They’ll tell you it took longer than an FPL refund check, but it was worth it. We’re not saying Laz is cheap, but he takes a bag full of quarters with him to…

August’s Second Saturday Art Walk Photo Tour

Whether your art walk is a streetwalk, a gallery crawl, a booze fest, a Facebook photothon, a food night, a hustle, a graff run, or the precursor to a night on the town, it’s clear that at least one night a month Wynwood is a place to be. This month…

Haiti in da House

Visual and music artist Woff Senatus was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and came to the United States at the age of 2. His American name is Wolfgang Mosaic, which he describes thusly: “I was born Wolf, gang is everybody with me, and mosaic is me piecing together the art.” Check…

Negroni’s Trio’s “Sabado En La Noche” Rocks the F#*% Out

Way back in 1966, Paul Revere and the Raiders put out a song by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart called “(I’m Not) Your Stepping Stone.” The track exploded to fame when manufactured pop band the Monkees recorded it, and later achieved cult status thanks to treatments by the Sex Pistols…

Rap Like Tupac at Dixie Lounge’s Cabby Tuesdays Hip-Hop Karaoke

We first heard about Cabby Tuesdays from DJ Primetime’s underground pirate radio show on 89.1 FM The Streets. He was broadcasting live from the Dixie Lounge, where every week local up-and-comers throw down rap karaokes and original music for prizes like a 15-minute showcase set. Between hosts Figaro and the…

Punk Ain’t Dead! Miami’s Top Ten Hardcore Punk Bands

One day soon, a flood may come and drown all of Miami in the Biscayne Bay, but for now, the city stinks, God is broke, and the youth are getting restless. The politicians hate the workers and the poor, the pigs take every opportunity to slam your face in the…

Level From Alukard Talks Vigilante Justice, L.A., and Rock Of Ages

Just because Miami doesn’t have any alternative music on the radio, it doesn’t mean the city isn’t producing radio-worthy rock. Alukard has been making the 305 headbang since forming in 2003. And now with its freshly digitized (iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby) second album Vigilante Justice, new friends on the Fresh…

Ital Is Vital Rasta Cooking Video

When you smoke herb, it reveals your food to yourself. Sure, you can live your whole life eating nothing but processed industrial food type products, and we love pork fat, and gas station patties as much as the next schlub, but it’s good to try new things.Every Saturday at Glaser…

Stretch Ledford Talks Video Kiosks He Installed in Miami’s Overtown

First God. Then Michael Jackson. from Stretch Ledford on Vimeo. When veteran photographer, grad student, and university professor Stretch Ledford moved into the Palm Plaza Motel on 14st and NW 1st Avenue, he’d already been producing short video docs in Overtown since 2009. It was when he moved in, though,…

Parable vs. Miami Beat Wave in New Video and Mixtape

Miami MC Parable is in fight mode. His new mixtape, VS, sees him trading hooks with artists like Llamabeats, throwing jabs at producers like the Miami Beat Wave, and stepping razors against DJ Guilletine. Soon, Parable will be crisscrossing the nation on a promo tour that’ll take him from the Bring…

Miami’s Five Best Parties for Fourth of July 2011

Once upon a time in America, the British Empire thought they could tell us what to do, and make us pay them for the privilege. Then we kicked their ass in front of everybody, made Britain our royal bitch, and threw a big-ass party to celebrate. Ever since, we have…

Glow Away

His muscles tense as he grips his cannon. Thick, glowing goo splats across her exposed skin. She rubs it in, wipes it from her lips, and smiles. Meanwhile, the 6,000 party people surrounding her are doing the same. This isn’t the scene of the world’s largest orgy; it’s Dayglow, the…

20 Photo Highlights From Big Night In Little Haiti, June 17

In just a few days, the Magnum Band of Miami celebrates its 35th anniversary. On Friday night, though, the band got the party started a little early with a free set at Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center’s monthly Big Night In Little Haiti event.A festive crowd heated up…