“I have a special connection to Sun Ra,” insists artist Kevin Arrow. And this Saturday at the end/SPRING BREAK, he will be leading a special listening session, presenting Sun Ra’s recordings decade by decade. Arrow’s seen Sun Ra many times over the years, both in Miami and New York. Most…
When the news broke that Latin royalty Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split, you could literally hear the cacophony of jaws dropping all over the 305. It seemed like JLo and MAnth would be together forever (we just made that up, like it?). The two singers just started shooting a reality…
Estelle brought class and style to Santo Live last night for A Night with Estelle. Hosted by 99 Jamz and Grey Goose, the vodka was flowing and the place was packed. Everyone was dressed to the nines since the flyer specified summer chic attire and no athletic gear. It was…
The Big Uneasy: New Orleans’s enemy wasn’t Katrina
Britney Spears’s Femme Fatale Tour with Nicki Minaj at the American Airlines Arena July 22
A Soul Clap is a clap made on the eighth note of a beat. The Boston-bred duo of Eli Goldstein and Charles Levine bring their soulful disco, funk, and hip-hop influenced house all over the world to footloose crowds hungry for a good time. They’ve been making beats together since…
Rolling Stone created a Queen of Pop Index, ranking the top 16 female pop recording artists of the last two years by examining, according to them, “album and digital song sales, Hot 100 rankings, radio airplay, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards, and critics’ ratings.” Mostly because of their limited timeframe,…
Many regard Hurricane Katrina as “the big one” thanks to media coverage emphasizing the strength of the storm and the extent of the damage. Comedian, writer, and actor Harry Shearer wrote and directed The Big Uneasy to correct the public’s perception of what happened on August 29, 2005. It wasn’t…
Motown and brunch, together, are the perfect elixirs for any Sunday morning hangover or soul sickness. Leonardo Valencia revived a musical brunch this weekend, which he started years back in Brooklyn when he had both money and cooking skills, and his friends didn’t. And yesterday, along with Patti Hernandez and…
Even though it came out in 2008, Estelle’s “American Boy” featuring Kanye West sounds like the best of the dance ’90s, deliciously Moloko-like. It’s mature, melodic, and completely enjoyable. That’s what the classy Brit seems to be about. And the chanteuse is coming to South Florida thanks to 99 Jamz,…
Usually, the middle of summer sucks. But this time around, wandering event space the end/SPRING BREAK has saved us from July by inviting crazy people with all sorts of audio agendas into its current squatting spot (155 NE 38 St., Miami) for some Summer Ear Conditioning. Of course, no Miami…
If you sense low rumblings, heavy crowd enthusiasm, and dark growls from behind the doors of music venues and art shows all over town, betcha it’s Slashpine. This three-man band has the raddest, most organic name for a metal group based in Florida, ever. These young dudes are all experienced…
This weekend, the strangest, richest, and phoniest folks will be sashaying out of the woodwork to catch a glimpse of 2012 swimwear collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. No matter what the fashion bloggers tell you, when it comes to style, Miami is no Milan. But, let’s give us at least one point…
Sade at BankAtlantic Center July 15 and American Airlines Arena July 16
We all know that meat is murder thanks to both the nature of what meat actually is (you know, dead animal flesh) and the vegetarian wails of sad pop king Morrissey. But now the quirky musical god has hit new levels of dietary restriction. As The Daily Mirror explains, “Stunned…
Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari make us nervous. We can’t keep our mouths shut before they enter the room at the Fontainebleau, but once they’re in there, we get shy. The two actors are visiting Miami to promote their upcoming movie, 30 Minutes or Less, which is due out this August…
Leonardo Valencia used to cook brunch for his broke friends in Brooklyn with his ex-wife Didi. She’s a pastry chef and he’s a former culinary school attendee whose favorite thing to make is breakfast. And one day, these two cooks realized that the most delicious garnish for eggs is Motown…
She is a 52-year-old British singer who hadn’t put out an album in ten years. And yet we all instantly recognize the name Sade. No doubt, her enduring popularity is fueled by a few iconic 1980s hits. But over the years, she’s cultivated a legion of loyal followers that follows…
Hey, dudes, ever wonder what it’s like to be a woman? Sure you can put on heels, a skirt, and a bit of blush, but then you’re just a man in women’s clothing. Living as a woman is a different tale, one that involves an intricate number of things from…
As Bambi, one of the strippers, watched a jazz and funk band perform for the all-nude female dancers at Bare Necessity yesterday afternoon, she declared good-naturedly, “It’s a good alternative to brunch!” When we walked into the lounge, Seizurely was playing “Shake Your Groove Thing” as a thick-bodied stripper lazily…
David Cassidy beats Bieber in any sort of teen dream competition, even today. Like, today’s Cassidy versus today’s Bieber. Sorry, Biebz, but Cassidy’s cuter. His feathered hair is better than the lesbian ‘do any day. Everyone remembers Cassidy, the androgynous, non-threatening TV and stage star who stole the hearts of…
Gloria Shuri Nava is the queen of internet makeup tutorials. This girl is kooky, kinda filthy, clearly smart, and definitely mesmerizing. The 23-year-old San Jose native showed America how to slap on face paint like Natalie Portman’s character in Black Swan while making funny tasteless jokes. She’s walked us through the Na’vi…
