Ricky Jackson is a member of Bredcrumbs, a local rock, hip-hop, and R&B five piece. Though his crew’s usually playing every other night around the 305, he’s taking a temporary break from shows. Why? He’s too busy occupying Miami. Since Saturday, this city’s most dedicated activists have camped out in tents…
Remember when Madrid-born, Miami-raised pop star Enrique Iglesias broke onto the American music scene in the early 2000s? He had those sensitively angled brows, tastefully pumped-up muscles, and beautiful skin tanned to perfection by the South Florida sun. And that mole … Oh, the mole! He was a handsome young…
It appears the greatest threat to Occupy Miami’s tent city outside Stephen P. Clark Government Center, at this point, is the rain. After only one night, the dedicated activists are forming a little community complete with a medical tent, security teams, and clean up crews.Between 30 and 40 people slept…
Thanks to unbelievable unemployment rates, two U.S. wars that went nowhere good, and about a million other awful current American realities, what was once comfortable enough has become unbearable.Economic inequality and the corporate influence over governmental affairs have pushed those in New York, Chicago, and DC to give up the…
See the full 32-photo DWNTWN Concert Series with Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park slideshow. Surfer Blood With Spam Allstars and Ketchy Shuby As part of the DWNTWN Concert Series Bayfront Park Friday, October 14, 2011 Better Than: A falafel on a cold night. Under an almost full, waning moon, on…
On last night’s episode of X Factor, we saw “hipster” Philip Lomax sing “Don’t Stop the Music” to Rihanna. We saw Simon tap his toe, Paula look intensely happy, Nicole emote, and L.A. shake his head back and forth in approval. Future mechanic Tora Woloshin made us feel old, then…
Anoraak and Teen Daze at Bardot October 13
Limelight: Billy Corben’s new documentary screens at O Cinema
Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…
Dolly Parton at Hard Rock Live October 18
Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park October 14
You grew up listening to WVUM. The station number ran through your head as you lay it down to sleep. Every once in awhile, you’d call in and ask for a Sonic Youth song, just because you could and it felt so good. Nowadays, college radio has changed. But WVUM…
If you’ve never heard of Prince Royce, get used to his name. The Bronx-raised, 22-year-old Dominican kid writes beautiful songs in both English and Spanish. In only three years, Royce has brought a new kind of bachata to the Billboard charts. And recently signed to Atlantic Records, he’s coming out…
Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…
If you’re into electronica, chances are you’ll be riding that chillwave of excitement into Bardot for the club’s second installment of its Living Room Sessions. The speakeasy’s new Thursday-night concert series kicked off last night with Junior Boys. And now we’re all set to indulge in a dose of superrelaxed,…
Art and music. These days, it’s like they’re dating or something. And it’s kind of cute. The season for Art Walk-ing is back. There’s finally a breeze and a two minute stroll down NE Second Avenue doesn’t leave one drenched in sticky sweat. And thanks to the return of an…
You ever watch Beaches with your mom or Titanic with a girlfriend? Those weepy bitches have nothing on X Factor’s contestants and judges. The entire show is just people crying and being inspirational and then crying again. Last night, tryouts ended and boot camp began. Once the finalists are chosen,…
Although we thought our semi-apologist essay on budding R&B legend Chris Brown would allow us some leeway with Team Breezy. We were wrong. Last night, instead of heading inside to watch Brown float across the audience, singing and dancing, we were only allowed outside of the American Airlines Arena to speak with…
Yuck at Bardot October 8
You might know New York DJ Jonathan Toubin from his Soul Clap Dance-Off parties. He brought Miami’s best and most adventurous dancers to their knees last February just days before the Bruise Cruise with soulful music that kept us dancing all night. Spinning only vinyl, his music comes from a…
The obvious complement to a taco isn’t sake, unless, that is, you’re sampling dishes under the tutelage of Miami’s own sake expert Morgan Olivia Hartman. She is leading the spirits discussion at the United Way Miami Wine and Food Festival’s Sake at Sundown this Thursday at Wynwood Kitchen and Bar. Tapas created…
When you think, What am I doing this Halloween?, the first thing that comes to mind is a synthetic Frankenstein vagina, right?! No? Anyone? Male sex toy company Fleshlight launched a line appropriately creepy for the spookiest of holidays. Their Fleshlight Freaks feature four categories of design and eight haunting anatomical members. Now,…
