Third Eye Blind Talks New Album, Dopamine, and Covering Beyoncé

Third Eye Blind’s long-time drummer Brad Hargreaves remembers an odd time between the band’s third and fourth albums. A time when he was on the road with another band, Year Long Disaster, touring in a tiny van and struggling. Then somewhere around Pittsburg, he came up with an idea for his…

Mickey Munday on Scarface: “None of It Is True”

“Say hello to my little friend!” Those are the famous words screamed by Tony Montana as he’s about to launch an M203 grenade at Bolivian cocaine kingpin Alejandro Sosa’s men in the 1983 flick, Scarface. The scene, which leads to the film’s climactic shootout, ends with the fictional Cuban drug…

Miami Soul Train on the Metromover: A Silent Dance Party on Public Transit

Miami’s Metromover is, at times, a very quiet ride. Maybe not when something like Ultra Music Festival is flooding this free downtown transit service with screaming, fist-pumping, neon-clad riders. On most days, though, the only sounds are idle conversation and the whoosh of the cars cruising down the tracks. Near…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Happy Memorial Day, party people! Yes, today is the day when the nation remembers our fallen troops. But in the 305, it’s also the day when Miami partiers raid Publix for subs and Coronas, hit the beach to shows off their rock-hard bods, and kick off summer — as if…

Slow Roast Records and The Do-Over Taking Beats and Barbecue on Tour

Say “Slow Roast.” And what comes to mind? Are you salivating at the thought of crunchy, fall-off-the-bone pork slathered in spicy, tangy sauces? Are you scrubbin’ the ground with dat fat booty, humming a riddim that sticks to your ribs? Both make sense, because not only is slow-roasted meat the…

Miami’s Urban Beach Weekend 2015 Party Guide

It is officially Memorial Day Weekend in Miami — AKA Urban Beach Week. But while the cops frantically erect barricades, establish checkpoints, and orchestrate traffic loops in preparation for a South Beach onslaught of hip-hop heads, bikini babes, and lime-green lowriders, we here at Miami New Times Music are feverishly…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Rise ‘n’ shine, 305 … Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! And with it, the (un)official start of summer! That means it’s time to grab your crew and turn up in the club. Sure, you could make it rain dolla bills and Patrón at the Urban Beach Week parties going down…

Life on Planets: “So Much Modern Dance Music Lacks Poetry”

Like fellow boogie meisters PillowTalk and Nick Monaco in the Crew Love collective, Life on Planets is bringing a fresh if retro approach to dance music, self-described as “dawning a long-awaited return to authentic songwriting” in the genre. “So much of vocal songwriting in modern dance music lacks poetry,” the…

Jacksonville Drag Queen Rapper Twinki Wants You to Let Go: Video

Don’t let her stilettos, tight dress, and wig fool you – when Jacksonville’s drag queen rapper Twinki raps, she slays those rhymes like a boss. “Basically, the music I perform right now, it’s really, I like to call it raunchy, sexxxcore,” the corporate salesperson by day and J-Ville diva by…

Miami’s Ten Best Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Parties

Memorial Day weekend in Miami, colloquially known as Urban Beach Week, is almost upon us. So yes, we must honor our fallen troops. But we must also get set for beats, bangers, public intoxication, near-naked insanity, and pimped-out Chevys causing gridlock on Ocean Drive. There are two ways to deal…

GoHard Festival Tour Shook the Fillmore Miami Beach

In recent years, the Fillmore Miami Beach has hosted some of EDM’s heaviest hitters. Whether it’s Excision bringing down the roof with his ridiculous sound system, RL Grime’s futuristic turn up, 12th Planet and Skrillex dropping bass-heavy sets for the wob-hungry masses, or the Disclosure brothers translating their slick garage…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

You know it’s gonna be a good day when your morning starts off with a shot of cafecito and your favorite song. But the moment you realize the next few days are filled with nothing but live music from some pretty talented artists, chances are you’ll actually find yourself looking…