When the founding members of Surfer Blood first decided to be a band, they hit the road hard. Within their first five months, they’d already done four tours. Before long the band had built a buzz that stretched between SXSW, CMJ, and beyond. Their DIY debut LP, Astro Coast, was…
No Work Fest 2015. Starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, November 6 with Holly Hunt, Bishop Sleeve, Treasure Teeth, and GWAND at Sweat Records, 5505 NE 2nd Ave., Miami; 786-693-9309; sweatrecordsmiami.com. The party continues at 8 p.m. with Black Mayonnaise, Rat Bastard, the Jellyfish Brothers, Hellmass, Human Fluid Rot, Bruiser, Sponge, Menudo Death Squad, and…
Local piano bar fans who are in a deep depression over Magnum Lounge closing a couple weeks back have a new reason to keep on living. Every Friday night this November from 6 to 10 p.m., Cafeina will transform into the Wynwood Piano Bar, where former Magnum Lounge piano man…
Quick, what do shredding, the Surfside Publix, tacos, and Wynwood have in common? If you answered “the new video from Ben Katzman’s DeGreaser, silly,” you’d be right on the money. For those seeking a heady dose of fist-pumping garage jams, look no further than this fuzzed-out ode to stickin’ to…
Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens’ catalog of sound stretches far — from the electro-based The Age of Adz to the detail-laden Come On Feel the Illinoise. He’s been creating something near orchestral with each album for more than a decade. Now, finally, Miami will get to experience the live melancholia of Stevens…
Yesterday, Miami-Dade police broke into Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach mansion after a judge granted a “break order,” which basically allowed officers to enter the rapper’s house with force if necessary. The reason for the order: Wayne owed $2 million to a company — the Miami-based Signature Group — for a…
Lodewijk Fluttert didn’t set out to become a DJ. Indeed, the young Dutch producer who records and performs internationally as Bakermat (including an upcoming set this Thursday night at LIV) didn’t set out to do anything beyond finding himself. “I was a psychology student in Holland. I took a semester off…
Just over a year ago we profiled the Miami-born-and-bred viral sensation known as Stitches. Despite hours in his company, the rapper remained an enigma. Conversations with his friends, his foes, and his relatives depicted an individual as mutable and vague as he was self-assured. Though, whether his persona is genuine…
One minute, you’re posting covers of your favorite artists on YouTube. The next moment, you’re sharing the stage with them at the American Airlines Arena. Instances like this are a rarity, but such was the case for Becky G. At only age 18, the Mexican-American pop star from Southern California…
Miami-Dade Police officers busted down the doors of Lil’ Wayne’s La Gorce Island mansion this afternoon, and then rolled out dollies loaded with the rappers possessions. The mass repo operation was ordered by a county judge on Friday, court records show — all because Wayne wasn’t paying the bills on…
Next month, on December 3, Miami will go into Art Basel mode, jamming as much art, music, and alcohol into this city as possible. While Art Basel itself is an annual art show that takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center — what Art Basel really means to most…
During the chorus of the song “Celebrate,” lead singer and frontwoman Emily Haines of Metric sings, “Who wants to celebrate?/and who’s just fine to sit and wait?/I gave it everything/cause I just wanted you.” The fourth cut from the band’s latest effort, Pagans in Vegas, “Celebrate” represents not only where…
Last November, when the New York City electro quartet Brazilian Girls left the stage of Ball & Chain after a fantastic set that had the crowd chanting, “Pussy, pussy, pussy, marijuana” (the chorus of the band’s single “Pussy”), singer Sabina Sciubba promised that the band would come back to Miami…
Camila Luna can’t stop giggling. She’s sitting across from me, in the middle of a Starbucks. People are starting to look at us. “I’m not that weird,” she keeps repeating while mixing Splenda and sugar together in her coffee. “It’s both healthy and sugary, a half-and-half thing,” she explains. It…
There are three things Trick loves more than anything else: 1) The Kids 2) Good food 3) Booty It’s taken him 42 years, but he’s finally found a way to merge these loves into one satisfying business venture. He’s up in his kitchen right now, cookin’ up a storm with…
With the plethora of themed musical cruises popping up practically every day, it was inevitable that an established band like the Moody Blues should jump on the proverbial bandwagon — or in this case, the luxurious cruise ship, the NCL Pearl — and host an outing of their own. “The…
Ben Folds is a musical chameleon. Since the early days of the Ben Folds Five, when he was banging out cheeky, college kid, punk rock for nerds, Folds was paying homage to his heroes – namely George Gershwin – while deftly misdirecting our attention to his honest and often clever…
Metric. Monday, November 2, 8 p.m. The Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; 305-673-7300; fillmoremb.com. Tickets cost $32.50 plus fees via livenation.com. Metric’s got five Juno Awards — that’s the Canadian equivalent of a Grammy for us ‘Mericans — to its name. In just over 15 years, vocalist Emily…
Let’s check in with Rick Ross, shall we? It’s been an interesting year. His legal trouble, including assault and kidnapping charges, were perhaps his biggest headlines of the 2015, and it remains to be seen how the drama will end for the Carol City native. He’s currently walking free on…
Were there music snobs in 1790 who went to hear Mozart play in a fancy opera house and said, “Bah, I remember when he only played small, grimy pubs.” Sure, seeing Chris Cornell play in as clean and classy an establishment as the Arsht Center last night was a strange…
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, which means Miami will be crawling with more costumed freaks than it has seen in years. There’s a whole lot of party options on the table already, and to help you make a choice, we’re compiling a list of every single Halloween party…
Put on your slutty pumpkin costume (that How I Met Your Mother reference will never get old), hit up the Magic City’s streets, and get your party on — it’s Halloween! And for this year’s spook bash, New Times has rounded up the wildest All Hollows’ Eve ragers that will…
