Last year, when Johann Torres was closing down the Stage, a Design District music venue that he partly owned, he began sniffing around Miami for a new spot to host events. “One of the places I looked at was the American Legion,” Torres tells us over the phone.
As the line to get into Bayfront Park’s free Jennifer Lopez concert — which doubled as a Hillary Clinton rally — zigged and zagged around Biscayne Boulevard, a man sold pink T-shirts that read “Nasty Women Vote Hillary,” an allusion to the awkward improvised insult Trump threw at Clinton…
The Icelandic trio of Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, Högni Egilsson, and Birgir Þórarinsson may sport names unpronounceable to American tongues, but their band, GusGus, should absolutely be on the lips of every electronic music lover. Formed in 1995, GusGus was a collective of artists, filmmakers, and musicians that combined visually impressive live…
Boo! Sorry, did we scare you? Well, cheer up, because this weekend is jam-packed with Halloween events for you to explore. Having trouble narrowing down your choices? Start with our curated guide of the 12 best Halloween parties in town. Still feeling indecisive? Take a step back and look over…
You’ve probably heard by now: Jennifer Lopez will be playing a free pro-Hillary concert at Bayfront Park this Saturday. With only ten days to go until the godforsaken 2016 presidential election is over, Hillary is ramping up her campaign for what — according to most polls not conducted in an…
Local acts are starting to attract plenty of heat outside of the 305. Broward spitter Hi-Rez may be on a self-imposed hiatus at the moment, but throughout the last week, other SoFlo rappers have begun to pick up momentum inside the Sunshine State. While Little Havana rapper ER305 gives us…
It’s official: Trick Daddy is bad at social media. Like, really bad. Trick Daddy makes your racist aunt look like Mark Zuckerberg. Trick Daddy’s so bad at social media even Tom wouldn’t be his friend on MySpace. If you hired him to run your company’s Facebook page, your business would be…
Since leaving his hometown of Miami, Segundo Casalis has built himself a proper home in San Francisco, where he’s better known as the architect of Candy Rain, a bimonthly trap and R&B party. In recent months, Segundo has taken his show on the road to his new environs in Los Angeles. But…
Looking back, Ryan Brown realizes it wasn’t meant to be. He was young and inexperienced. On his first day of work he nearly crashed his friend’s Vespa into the first floor of New Times (which was basically one big window, so everyone got a prime view of his near-death experience)…
When Steph Taylor and Nabedi Osorio of Miami’s The State Of were living on opposite coasts, pretty much everyone else around them thought their partnership was done. But theirs was a special sort of bond, closer than you average Craigslist band, one that didn’t need regular, everyday maintenance. “I was gone for three…
Impending hurricanes, minor federal holidays, Tuesdays — Miami never needs much of an excuse to party. So it’s no shock that for an actual, A-list fiesta like Halloween, the Magic City doesn’t play. Our costumes are more elaborate than Donald Trump’s latest conspiracy theory, and our parties — from packed…
Adele’s introduction to her iconic Bond theme, “Skyfall,” on night one of back-to-back shows at the American Airlines Arena was quintessential Adele. “Every morning, the first thing I see when I go for my morning wee is an Oscar.” At first glance, Adele appears to be just like the rest…
Hardcore was the first rave subgenre. An investigation of early ’90s rave culture would reveal its participants’ insistence on using the word “hardcore” to describe themselves and their music. “Strictly for the hardcore,” “Hardcore, you know the score!” and “Hardcore will never die!” screamed off vinyl records and glossy flyers sporting…
If the 2016 presidential election was to be decided by the coolness of celebrity supporters, it would have been over months ago. Donald Trump — with fervent support from Z-listers like Scott Baio, Gary Busey, and the cast of Duck Dynasty — would have had to concede by now under…
In the realm of concert planning, the members of Japanese psychedelic rock band Kikagaku Moyo are true believers in an intuitive approach. “We decide onstage what songs we play,” Go Kurosawa, the band’s drummer, tells New Times. “If the crowd is silent, we’ll play meditative, dreamy songs. If people are more wild,…
In some ancient Polynesian traditions, “mana” represents supernatural power. For fans of the Spanish rock gods of Maná, their influence may not be mystical, but it is certainly magical. Since its inception in 1986, Maná has made a career embracing its Mexican culture. Instead of remaining a local phenomenon, the…
It was a Sunday in January. Erick Morillo had just finished a marathon set on the Terrace at Club Space. He and former Space owner Louis Puig were heading out with ladies packed in their car like clowns in a Volkswagen Beetle. But their afterparty was delayed slightly when warning…
I’m guilty of wishing bad things on good people. When I hear a beautiful album full of frustration and pain, I fall totally in love with the sound of the artist’s struggle. When that artist inevitably finds success and happiness, I feel a little cheated. The music is never quite so…
For most South Floridians, the worst thing about living here is the traffic. In our heavily suburbanized landscape, getting anywhere means crawling into a car and suffering through the frustration and tedium of a long — and often dangerous — drive. But for Fort Lauderdale native Jess Gentile, better known…
With the release of his new album, Third Ward Stories, Fort Lauderdale-based saxophonist Jason Hainsworth set out to create a musical biography of his childhood in Houston. But how do you tell a story through instrumental jazz without any lyrics? “Too often I think we take for granted the countless…
The cost of living in South Florida is notoriously high. This week, that price is going to skyrocket because of the obscene number of great concerts swinging through town. Brace your wallets, because in the next seven days, you’re going to want tickets to Foals at Revolution Live, Lindsey Stirling…
Other Body has been relentlessly pacing around the Miami alternative scene for over a year now, turning venues around town into pressure cookers of condensed punk vitriol. Formed in the wake of local acts like Teepee and Lil Daggers, the band includes Jacob Israel on bass, Melvin Zantua on drums,…
