Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Nag Champayons. Rising Sounds of a Sinking City CD release party with Ackdaddy. Wednesday, June 24, 10 p.m. Bardot, 3456 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-576-7750; bardotmiami.com. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. Jam out to the “Afrogalactic tropidelic sounds” of the Nag Champayons as Little Haiti’s “world garage” funk crew celebrate the…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

HITS Sessions with Pitbull. Presented by HITS 97.3. Friday, June 19, 7 p.m. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-449-1025; jointherevolution.net. Enter to win tickets at hits973.com. Ages 18 and up. Armando Christian Pérez may be 305 all the way, but homeboy has nothing but love for all of South Florida,…

Miami’s Kat Lane Hits the Stage With Snoop Dogg

Kat Lane’s on a mission to spread positive dance vibes across South Florida. “I love seeing people having fun and making them dance,” she says. The Miami DJ’s love of EDM is indeed infectious, something that’s helped her connect with South Florida audiences. “Being able to try new things and…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Lana Del Rey’s Endless Summer Tour with Grimes. Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 p.m. Coral Sky Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 561-795-8883; ticketmaster.com. Tickets cost $19 to $73.50 plus fees via livenation.com. Brace yourself for some Ultraviolence with Lana Del Rey. Take a ride to West Palm (you can visit your grandma on the way) as…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Psychic Mirrors with DJs Mikey R. and Benton G. Friday, June 12, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com.  The Magic City’s Psychic Mirrors are “on some next level shit.” That’s why the Miami boogie funk masters are traveling all the way to the foreign lands of Barcelona for the annual Sónar…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

David Crosby. Tuesday, June 9, 8 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $45.50 to $65.50 plus fees via livenation.com. Go on what David Crosby hopes will be “a little voyage where the words of the songs come out” at the Fillmore as…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Miami may love to party, but there’s one thing the Magic City loves even more — to party on the cheap. And since most of us are living a little on the broke side, your penniless club rats at New Times are hooking you with the weekend’s wildest ragers. But…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Rise and shine, 305! June has finally arrived. Though the official start of summer may be another 20 days away, we like to get the party started early in the Magic City. So if you aren’t already pumped up for the Most Epic Summer Ever, your music pros at New…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

You know you’ve had a legit night out in the Magic City when your party bender ends with the sunrise on the beach. But what really makes your night quintessentially Miami isn’t so much staying up till daybreak —  it’s what you did in between those late hours. And if…

Mickey Munday on Scarface: “None of It Is True”

“Say hello to my little friend!” Those are the famous words screamed by Tony Montana as he’s about to launch an M203 grenade at Bolivian cocaine kingpin Alejandro Sosa’s men in the 1983 flick, Scarface. The scene, which leads to the film’s climactic shootout, ends with the fictional Cuban drug…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Happy Memorial Day, party people! Yes, today is the day when the nation remembers our fallen troops. But in the 305, it’s also the day when Miami partiers raid Publix for subs and Coronas, hit the beach to shows off their rock-hard bods, and kick off summer — as if…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Rise ‘n’ shine, 305 … Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! And with it, the (un)official start of summer! That means it’s time to grab your crew and turn up in the club. Sure, you could make it rain dolla bills and Patrón at the Urban Beach Week parties going down…

Jacksonville Drag Queen Rapper Twinki Wants You to Let Go: Video

Don’t let her stilettos, tight dress, and wig fool you – when Jacksonville’s drag queen rapper Twinki raps, she slays those rhymes like a boss. “Basically, the music I perform right now, it’s really, I like to call it raunchy, sexxxcore,” the corporate salesperson by day and J-Ville diva by…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

You know it’s gonna be a good day when your morning starts off with a shot of cafecito and your favorite song. But the moment you realize the next few days are filled with nothing but live music from some pretty talented artists, chances are you’ll actually find yourself looking…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Oh, the magic of the weekend … Three nights filled with endless possibilities of fun. When your wallet is filled with nothing but old receipts and random business cards, though, the weekend becomes a constant reminder of how broke you are. Especially when it’s 10:30 p.m. and the most fun…

Twinki Brings Drag Rap to South Beach: “I’m About Empowering People”

Miami, meet Twinki. Corporate salesperson by day, the “Bubble Booty POP” star rips off the business suit at night, straps on some stilettos, and transforms into Jacksonville’s “sexxxcore, drag raunch” rapper. “She’s my alter-ego persona,” explains Carl Cochrane, the man behind the woman. “Twinki is a drag-queen rapper.” On May…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Rise and grind, Miami. A new week has begun, and with it, a brand new slab of concerts to check out. Now, as fellow music junkies, we know that picking out which shows you’re actually going to attend can be a challenge. That’s why we’re narrowing it down to the…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

The Magic City works hard, but parties even harder. That’s why the arrival of the weekend always calls for a celebration in the 305  Sure, you could go buck wild on the Beach and party it up for 48-hours straight… Or you can have an equally fun weekend jam-packed with pretty…