It was 2006, and Behrouz had just moved to Miami. The San Francisco-raised DJ settled on the East Coast to ease constant travel to residencies around the world. He’d always loved this city’s crowds, whether it was Winter Music Conference or otherwise. On this night, he was set to play…
Slow clap for Justin Bieber. Two and a half years ago, the then-19-year-old bad boy spat on die-hard fans, peed in janitorial buckets, cursed at framed pictures of former presidents, and got arrested for drag racing on residential Miami Beach streets. He went from a rosy-cheeked tween king to the…
Deadpool, Sailor Moon, and the Joker walk into a bar. You know there’s a joke in there, but you can’t find it. You’ve been mesmerized by the sight of Captain America with a mouthful of popcorn and a bulging beer belly. You’re pulled from your reverie when a 23-year-old Ash…
“Part of the weekend never dies.” That was the vocal hook of this Soulwax track I used to bang the fuck out to when I was in college. Back then, it seemed like a hopeful rallying cry for a weekend warrior. It was the mantra you repeated to yourself between…
Festival season is in full swing, and no doubt, you’re rackin’ up the unforgettable moments. Maybe you (almost) caught Kanye doing his best Pablo impression in New York City, or maybe you’re going to bathe yourself in layers of light and the sad, angelic croon of Radiohead’s Tom Yorke in…
“I don’t want to turn up anymore.” That’s what the headline said on Vice’s Thump. The picture running across the top of the screen showed Niko Javan, Miami’s king of hyphy psychedelia, posing devilishly before a gang of dancing Flaming Hot Cheetos bags, but below the turnt up imagery sat…
It’s crazy to think the world has been sans Prince for more than a month already, and yet, there’s still a constant stream of celebratory content honoring the legacy and the genius of the late musical icon. A star like Prince’s doesn’t fade fast. It will take decades, centuries maybe,…
It must have been a grand celebration when the Coconut Grove Theater first opened. In 1927, most buildings in the area didn’t have electricity, let alone air conditioning. The three-story baby-blue building, with its Mediterranean columns and lush proscenium archway, was a shining example of architect Richard Kiehnel’s celebrated designs…
The Bristol-bred Eats Everything ain’t like most techno scenesters. “I just wear black t-shirts because they’re slimming,” the producer Dan Pearce, says. “Not because I want to be cool and techno. It makes me look a bit slimmer, and I need all the help I can get on that.” He’s…
When one listens to German duo Satin Jacket’s debut album Panorama Pacifico, it sets a certain tone. We close our eyes and imagine a chic cocktail lounge on a far-off distant planet. It’s decorated with lights that seem to float and full of frail women dressed in shiny gowns. Sometimes…
Being a Kodiak Fur fan is an exercise in patience. The moody foursome released its first EP in 2012, performed a couple shows — one downtown at what was then known as the Vagabond — and then promptly fell off the face of the Earth. “When we first started working together, we…
Randy Egues is a Miami-based competitive mountain biker operating at the highest amateur level with almost four years of experience. He’s sponsored by South Miami’s Mac Cycle and Fitness, a member of the ID Angel McCarty Racing team, and often leads rides throughout the city at all levels. Suffice to…
“Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader.” Right there. We don’t have to say anything else. You’re already singing the rest of that song on your own, aren’t you? How could you not? Reggae artist Omi’s “Cheerleader” was one of the most ubiquitous songs of 2015. It reached…
For centuries, mankind has attempted to tame nature with a heavy hand. Floridian developers have drained huge swathes of Everglades swampland, building so-called “McMansions” behind useless gates and endless arrays of one-story shopping centers where iguanas and alligators once reigned. And yet, that very development pollutes the water and air,…
The world recently lost an icon, and while millions of music fans grieved in their own way, one man is sure he was the biggest fan of them all. That would be DJ Premier. “I understood where he was coming from,” the legendary hip-hop DJ and producer says. “My mom…
In 2014, Miami-Dade County made an estimated $23.8 billion in tourist money. That’s an almost astronomical figure. It’s 317,333 times more than Justin Bieber blew at King of Diamonds that same year. It’s enough to rent a room at the Versace mansion every day for the rest of your life…
Hold on to your party hats. Peachfuzz is moving one more time. Miami’s beloved monthly Friday-night party is riding high on three successful rounds of wild functions at the Thompson Hotel. Guests have included your girl, Rae Sremmerd, Robb BankS, and other hip-hop notables, which usually means things are going…
What gives, Miami? We are well into April, and yet there’s a chill in the wind. What’s it going to take to start heating things up? How about a poolside performance from Flo Rida? Maybe a little bit of Kygo live at the Fontainebleau Hotel? Yeah, that would do it…
How high are you? It’s April 20, the international stoner holiday, and we’re hoping you replied simply, “Wait…what?” We hope you’ve been blazing since the sun rose, and we hope you’re going to stay high until you inevitably pass out. But if you thought your 4/20 couldn’t get any better,…
People joke that the South Beach diet consists of cocaine, cigarettes, and a bit of somebody else’s ceviche, but that’s just mean. Model wanna-be’s actually drink a lot of cold-press. “They party all night, and they compensate by spending $30 on a juice,” jokes Carolina Villalba, an honest-to-goodness health fanatic…
Childhood nicknames are rarely sophisticated. John Benitez knows this all too well. When he was a kid, his sister started calling him jellybean, on account of his initials and that old saying “know what I mean, jellybean?” “When I grew up in the Bronx, everyone had nicknames, because everyone was…
If you’re a hip-hop head in South Florida, you know Felisha Monet. She’s holdin’ you down on your drive at 5, delivering the hits you want to hear on 99.1 FM. She hooks you up with free tickets and requests, and she always has the right song to get you…
