If asked to name two formative musicians who’ve opened the floodgates for noise and experimental music today, you would be hard-pressed to come up with two better entries than Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano. Free-form guitarist Orcutt brought his avant-garde din to the Magic City in the late ‘80s and…
Gavin Lynch – the electronic musician otherwise known as Matador – started young and started standard. After frequenting a number of local teen discos in his native Dundalk, Ireland, Lynch turned to his own turntables, began constructing a record collection, and commuting long distances (like over an hour to Dublin)…
He might be a man of few words when it comes to interviews — as we found out ahead of Friday’s Miami debut show at Bardot — but really, Galcher Lustwerk is the spoken word don of contemporary deep house. The laid-back, self-styled vocals he sprinkles over sultry stripped-down beats…
Grand Central and I reverse-synced our time in Miami. I left to New York City for college the same year Grand Central opened. And of course, about a month before I returned, the venue shuts its doors. But, at least I enjoyed it while I could. Every break included at…
New Year’s Eve is rapidly approaching, folks. And if the only plans you have so far is to meet at David’s house at 8 p.m. to pregame, you’re in trouble. You know David ain’t even gonna have cups, and everyone will be forced to drink champagne out of their hands…
No, that is not a newsstand that has opened up on the site that once housed Railroad Blues and PS 14. Not really, anyway. It’s a slightly more lucrative scheme than print media. While it might appear to be a vendor selling candies, old copies of New Times, and vintage…
Ultra Music Festival has just dropped an early Christmas present for everyone — the phase one lineup, which includes a lot of familiar names with plenty of surprises spread throughout. Afrojack, Tiësto, Avicii, Carl Coz, Knife Party, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, and more are all returning, and the will make plenty…
The city of Hialeah is known for many things — its large Latin population, a rich history, and streets that are numbered seemingly without regard to the rest of Miami Dade County, making it easy to lose your way if you’re not a local. Now however, it has another attraction…
Miami is one of the nation’s most in demand New Year’s Eve destinations. Why? Simply put: weather. Readily available cocaine probably doesn’t hurt either, but as New Yorkers prepare for snow, Miamians will brace for a low of 66º on January 1. We’re also all going to be underwater soon,…
The last time we spoke with Cavity bassist Dan Gorostiaga, his band was gearing up for an April 10 benefit show that he insisted would be a one-time reunion. But since then, the local sludge legends have already played one show at New York City club Saint Vitus back in…
Until just a few months ago, the space at 1235 Washington Ave. was known as Mansion. In its heyday, it was one of South Beach’s hottest party halls, where barely clothed women swung from the ceiling till the wee hours of the morning. Before that, in the early ’70s, it…
Pay better attention to your Classics professor, for the Greeks really knew how to create lasting myths and character types. Take Narcissus, the boy who loved himself. Strikingly handsome and thoroughly vain, Narcissus was lured to a still pool where he fell for his reflection. According to different tellings of…
In 1927, at 1306 N. Miami Ave., the rays of dawn washed over downtown as the Sunrise Bar and Grill served early-morning drinks to dirty men who sought a bit of relaxation after their night shift at the Port of Miami. It’s a historic bar that, over the years, changed…
“Hello from the other side.” Of the pond, that is. That’s how Adele greeted her 24.3 million Twitter followers this morning as the singer announced her first North American tour in five years. Back in late November, the singer revealed via a minute-and-20-second video that she was “of course coming…
The layman might have expected a very different sort of “305 Fest.” By inserting Miami’s area code into the name of 305 Fest, the punks and headbangers behind the two night extravaganza challenged an outsider’s expectations of what Miami music all about. If some poor schlub strolled into Churchill’s this…
10. Scraping Teeth with Bad Dream House, B.C., Michelle Forever, Randy Piro, and Smut. Wednesday, December 16, 9 p.m. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-757-1807; churchillspub.com. Admission is free. Only “the worst band in America” will pay you to see their show. No, really. Miami’s Scraping Teeth was given the title by Spin…
What a time to be in Miami. New Year’s Eve in the Magic City is always a big deal, and this year is no different. Pitbull, Questlove, and the Weeknd are but a slice of the artists coming to town on December 31, but the biggest name on the 2016 marquee…
Oh, Cleveland. You may sometimes be derided as a desolate wasteland of snow and pale people, but you’ve given us some great things. You gave us LeBron (though you did eventually take him back). And you also helped grow Nine Inch Nails. But maybe best of all you birthed Bone…
For local artist Daniel Mendez, making music under the alias Triangles was simply not enough. In the DIY spirit of today’s culture, Mendez decided to take on the additional responsibility of forming his very own cassette-tape label called Ear Problems. The label hopes to support local artists by giving them…
“Ultra Music Festival” is a name you either love to hear or hate. Our music editor spent the better half of a weekend coming to terms with the event that all but overruns Miami every March. Others eagerly blow $300 on tickets plus a few bucks here and there for…
Usually, one thing that most major cities with character have in common are street performers. However, busking seems to be something that has never really taken hold in Miami. Why not? There’s no shortage of musicians from all over the world living here. The weather is great. And there are…
“Ey Nasty, you showed up for work!” Fat Joe shouted at DJ Nasty, long time friend and collaborator, as he walked into Basel House’s backstage Swarm office. It was a Sunday night, but Joe, ever the businessman, was just getting to work, ready to perform a free show for Bushwick…
