Don’t let the fancy haircut fool you — Yanni is one bad mothereffer. He once used a Hammond B-2 organ to eviscerate an unruly concertgoer, surfed the guy’s guts across the stage, and then ran off with the dude’s old lady. The next week, he took off with her sister…
The Lee Boys is a world-famous family band of six Perrine natives who all went to Miami Killian Senior High School. It’s three brothers — rhythm guitar man Alvin, and singers Derrick and Keith — alongside three nephews — pedal steel guitar player Roosevelt Collier, bassist Alvin Cordy Jr., and…
Sure, there weren’t hundreds of thousands of people at the opening of Chum Bucket, Miami’s newest DIY punk venue. But there were hundreds.And if you think a warehouse show in Allapattah don’t mean shit on Ultra weekend then keep scrolling fucko, this post ain’t for you.Saturday night, the new spot…
Support Public Radio! We were filming live at 91.3FM for Ed Bell’s show, and caught a great musician.Sarah Packiam is a singer songwriter who grew up touring bars and clubs around the world.Her mom is Irish, and her dad is a traveling Indian musician. She won a national song contest…
Miami Chum Bucket grand opening March 26
Next art walk in Wynwood, on Saturday, April 9th, the Surface Merchants blast off with 100 feet of large scale interlocking wood-work blazed with shape-cuts and painted graphics. There’s a pirate ship with true, steel port hole, a 15-foot tall woman, water, smoke, and monsters. Pieces jump off the wall…
Who are Miami Chum Bucket and what are they doing in Allapattah? They are house punks, skaters, workers, drifters, schoolies, and grads. They are dropouts, misfits, fuck-ups, uglies, and normals. They are players, haters, riders, and sliders. They are secretaries, architects, assistant managers, and thugs. They are lovers, fighters, rockers,…
Someday in the not too distant future, the Miami Science Museum will have a three-story aquarium, massive color-changing dome, and roof-top wildlife center. The new museum will live downtown on Biscayne Bay, amaze at least a quarter-million visitors a year, and help tourists find their way to South Beach. This…
Nate Dogg is a bad motherfucker. And we mean forever, because that’s how long his music’s gonna live. However, Nate Dogg’s human self, Nathaniel Hale, died today after struggling for the last two years with the aftereffects of multiple strokes, which left him halfway paralyzed and unable to breathe on…
Oye, Miami, the Bird Road Art Walk is back again, and you’re invited to eat, drink, and, tour the working studios of Miami’s Southwest artists. Luis Fuentes will be there with his studio door open at 4229 SW 75th Avenue. He calls his fusion of bright colors, sense of movement,…
Twenty years in the game and the Slackers are still sharper than a stepping razor. On Sunday night, hundreds of people came out for the NYC ska rockers, the Duppies, and Miami’s own Askultura at Churchill’s Pub.The sound man was on point, the room was full, the booze was flowing,…
Little Havana throws one hell of a party. Yesterday’s Calle Ocho festival gave a million people the best food, drink, and music on the streets of Miami. We fucking love this city.The Power 96 stage was jam-packed all day. And SW 17th Avenue was so thick with bodies, it felt…
ver since that “Calle Ocho” track, people around the world who don’t even speak English are saying shit like “Pit’s got it locked from the Goulds to the Locks.” Now that is some amazing shit. We are proud that Mr. 305 is Mr. Worldwide, and if we had the opportunity…
Oye, Miami. The Bird Road Art Walk is back again, and you’re invited to eat, drink, and tour the working studios of Southwest Dade’s artists. Luis Fuentes says, “There’s something very Cuban, very Latin, about papier-mâché. I’ve got a new sculpture called Twisted Café, a big Cuban coffee pot that…
You can always tell when a politician is lying by whether their lips are moving. Those dirty bastards will say anything to get your vote.Luckily, Uncle Luke is not a politician. (At least, we hope not). He is running for Miami-Dade County mayor, though. And he’s using the same tactics…
When the newspaper industry finally crumples to death what will people roll up and smack their bad dogs with? Laptops? No matter. Even when the presses for the New Times choke to a halt, the art of printmaking will survive. The art form has been traced back to ancient China…
Shut your trap and just listen for once. Have you ever heard the sound of your own blood cells moving through your body? Gustavo Matamoros has, and now you can too.Here’s how, “Go somewhere quiet and put your index fingers in your earholes. You’ll hear two sounds. One is high…
The Ultra Music Festival isn’t just a concert. It’s now a week-long electronic and alternative musical free-for-all featuring the world’s best talent and over 150,000 fans. Sure, the big show is sold out. But in the Miami nightlife universe, the many satellite parties orbiting the main event may well surpass…
Kevin Hart’s got almost one million folllowers on Twitter and regularly says shit like, “Good Morning you long titty not knowing what 2 + 2 is crying down your back fat foot ass bitchhesss………….P.S I love Baby Jesus.” The funny man is doing four shows at The Fillmore for the…
When the newspaper industry finally crumples, clogging gutters along the road of history, what will people roll up and smack their dogs with when they’re bad? Laptops? No matter, because even when the presses for the last daily (or weekly) choke to a halt, the art of printmaking will live…
This year WMC makes history as the kickoff to an electronic music party marathon that will see over 300 events in the course of three weeks. Starting March 8, there will be more pool parties, hotel throwdowns, megaclub orgies, underground raves, laidback lounge-offs, and hardcore marathons than you can throw…
Tobacco Road trivia: Al Capone used to get so wasted there that he’d have to take the night off from shooting people. You ever tried to hold onto a submachine gun after twenty shots of whiskey? Not only is Tobacco Road the oldest active bar and music venue in Miami,…
