Wet Nurse at Churchill’s Pub August 18
Wet Nurse at Churchill’s Pub August 18
Wet Nurse at Churchill’s Pub August 18
Brian McKnight at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 19
Artist and accomplished violist Kathryn Marks has made music with both traditional orchestras and prolific genius Dino Felipe. Recently, she partnered with nomadic art project The End/SPRING BREAK for Ear Conditioning, a monthlong experiment in sound that took place throughout July. With the help of her partner Romulo Miguel Del…
No one thing speaks of this city’s loyalty, questionable taste, and absolutely undeniable radness like Luther freakin’ Campbell. Miami loves Uncle Luke wholeheartedly and unconditionally. One of the patriarchs of our 305 family, he could start a dogfighting ring and we still might forgive him. Singing about how we want…
Bad music stinks as bad as Gaga’s meat dress after a week out in the sun. In your car, your bedroom, or your cubicle, you are the noise master of your audio universe. And it sounds so sweet. But there are other times when you’re trapped, helpless, and without control,…
After twelve years of live mixing the weekly WNYU radio program Beats in Space, never once missing a night, Tim Sweeney has hosted pretty much every big name in electronic music. Sweeney started the Tuesday night affair as an 18-year-old college freshman. With ambition, smarts, and commitment, Beats in Space…
With similar holy praise and spiritual righteousness, Matisyahu scratches the Haile Selassie out of reggae music and gives it up to G-d. Born Matthew Paul Miller, the musician made it all the harder for us to say his name when he started using the Askenazi version of it. This former…
Sketchy Miami is out for your face. This pen and paper project was launched earlier this year by Beached Miami, a website which self-describes as “Miami’s top independent culture blog.” To meet their goal of sketching every person in Miami, people are encouraged to send their photos to the site…
Artist Daniel Edwards is best known for casting a life-sized sculpture of Britney Spears giving birth on all fours, hunched over a bear skin rug. (As if Brit were that earthy!) But now Edwards has shifted his humorous and critical gaze to the next generation of “musicians” with a sculpture…
In September 2010, Nicchols Toussaint of Blackout Anima, known to his friends as Nico, was working at a regular job. Reflective of these crazy times we live in, he wasn’t getting paid enough. So he quit and started doing his own thing, booking rock shows under the name of Legion…
Two of Miami’s hippest endeavors have joined supercool forces and created one fantastically curated event: OMG Dinner and a Movie. O Cinema picks the flick, and Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink’s Michael Schwartz plans a scrumptious meal based on the film. It’s pure art in the form of chow. For…
Gospel documentary Rejoice and Shout screens at O Cinema August 11 to 14
Ace Hood’s Blood, Sweat and Tears Release Party at Mansion August 11
Let’s start with the facts: (1) Rap giants Jay-Z and Kanye West joined forces to create an album titled Watch the Throne; (2) There is a teaser trailer for their upcoming video “Otis”; (3) The video was directed by Spike Jonze; (4) The song features a sample of Otis Redding’s…
With his full, luxurious red beard and matching hair, comedian Matt Zigan is one recognizable character. A Florida native, he grew up Cocoa Beach where he says, he hopes “to never return.” A fan of death metal, the funny guy even has his own band Matt Zignan’s Crappy Death Metal whose…
Everybody, from your momma to your 12-year-old cousin, loves Brian McKnight’s “Back at One.” But don’t get it twisted, the man isn’t just an R&B heartthrob. Able to play percussion, string, and brass instruments, McKnight’s also a one-man band. He’s even hosted a self-titled syndicated morning radio program, scored his…
If you grew up in Miami, you’ve been assessing derrieres since elementary school. You’ve checked out more rumps than your average proctologist. You’re an ass expert. Thankfully, Miami’s got its share of great butts thanks to its proximity to the Caribbean, where near perfect tushes have been cultivated for generations.Since…
No doubt there was plenty of $leaziness going on at the Ke$ha show last night. We’re talking drunk dudes, wasted moms pulling down their tube tops, people with crunchy hair booty dancing on their seated friends. It was a little bit of a shit show. The way that people were…
See the full 36-photo Ke$ha at Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park slideshow. Ke$ha’s Get $leazy Tour With LMFAO, and Spank Rock Bayfront Park August 7, 2011 Better Than: Campbell’s Tomato Soup on a hot day. At about the moment when Ke$ha performed “We R Who We R,” it became clear…
Comedian Pam Bruno has a particularly quirky way of delivering jokes: a little awkward, with not too much enthusiasm, like she’s telling a story at the dinner table. But her stand up is solid, and she knows how to get the audience right where she wants them.As her tagline says,…
In the punky tradition of The Slits, Wet Nurse uses its womanliness to generate a veritable doozy of a band name. Comprised of twin sisters Nina and Susana Chaplin as well as drummer Vanessa Brewster, the band hails from Florida’s Disney-tainted underbelly of Orlando. And with its moniker, there’s no…
In his early forties, Greg Davis is the youngest master distiller in the bourbon industry. He’s in charge of production and taste at Maker’s Mark’s Victorian distillery in the countryside of Loretto, Kentucky. The beautiful structure has been functioning as such since 1805 and is listed on the National Register…