Dead Milkmen – Grand Central, Miami

Dead Milkmen With Humbert and Sandratz Grand Central, Miami Friday, April 11, 2014 While it can be difficult to watch certain punk outfits age (and settle into the awkward complacency that has plagued so many legendary bands in recent years), the brand of punk peddled by Philadelphia’s Dead Milkmen –…

Coachella 2014’s Cutest Couples

Photo by Colin Young-Wolff There are certainly plenty of single people wandering around the Coachella grounds; the volume of Craiglist “casual encounters” can attest to that. But there are also tons of couples, the vast majority of whom are completely adorable. Here are the cutest we saw. See also: Coachella…

Five Best Concerts in Miami This Week

Legend has it that bizarre things happen come a full moon. If that’s true, then there must always be an invisible luna plena over Miami because here, the weird never ends. Then again, maybe this lunar phase is what’s bringing Australian EDM sensation Flume, Swedish rockers the Sound, and postglam…

Coachella 2014: Funniest Craigslist Ads For Hookups and Casual Encounters

Nanette Gonzales/LA WeeklyLooking for love There’s something undeniably erotic about Coachella. Perhaps it’s the triple-digit heat that gets you hot and heavy, or maybe seeing some of your favorite bands all in one weekend gets your juices flowing. Or, most likely, you’re in your twenties so you’re perpetually horny by…

Record Store Day 2014’s Best Releases, According to Sweat Records

Since 2007, every third Saturday in April has been set aside for the observance of Record Store Day, when vinyl lovers and music fans show love and appreciation to the their local shops. In Miami, though brick-and-mortar music retailers like Spec’s, Virgin Megastore, and F.Y.E. are certainly a thing of…

Ron Morelli on L.I.E.S. and Greg Beato: “Expect the Unexpected”

Ron Morelli’s music is not for everyone. But that’s how it usually goes with artists that make few compromises in their work. Ostensibly a techno producer, his records can be arrhythmic, atonal, and murkily atmospheric — caustic machine noise experiments more akin to the power electronics subgenre of industrial music…

Miami’s Ten Best Things to Do Under $10 This Weekend

Yeah, being broke sucks, but that’s no excuse for you to spend Friday night eating Doritos and watching reruns of The Golden Girls from your sofa all weekend long. You live in Miami. That means that you don’t need wads of cash to party like an animal. All you need…

Miami’s Ten Best Gay Clubs

It’s not easy being so fabulous. Unless you live in Miami. With a sunny, sandy mecca like South Beach, our city’s long been a home (and fave vacation spot) for proud, partyin’ members of the international gay community. But SoBe isn’t the only neighborhood that flies the rainbow flag. From…

Ultra Ban: Delayed Till April 24 by Miami City Commission

What happened with the Ultra ban? Well, we won’t find out for another two weeks, because the Miami City Commission has just delayed the issue till its next meeting on April 24. Originally scheduled to be discussed, considered, and voted upon today, the resolution was withdrawn by both sponsors, Mayor…

Best of Miami 2014 Readers’ Poll: Music, Bars and Clubs

Grab that little red joystick, gamers. It’s time to work out those nimble wrists, trigger finger, and button thumb by casting at least ten votes in New Times’ Best of Miami 2014: Game On! readers’ poll. Sadly, the days of “Best Arcade” are long gone. But we here at Crossfade…

Ultra Music Festival Fights Ban With Petition to “Keep UMF in Miami”

Ultra Music Festival has issued a “call to action.” Responding to Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff’s proposed ban, the EDM fest has launched a petition to “Keep UMF in Miami.” “In order to stay at Bayfront Park,” Ultra writes, “we need your support now.” And at the time…

Ultra Ban on Miami City Commission Agenda

Chaos. Gatecrashing. Drug use. Graffiti. Crime. In the wake of Ultra Music Festival 2014, Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff have hyperbolically enumerated the evils of the EDM fest in pursuit of a city-wide ban. There were two undeniable tragedies at this year’s fest: the trampling of security…

Tobacco Road Planning to Sell and Relocate

Speakeasy. Whorehouse. Music landmark. For the last 101 years, Tobacco Road has stood at 626 S. Miami Avenue, serving a clientele of locals, drifters, and legends in need of booze, good times, rhythm, blues, and rock ‘n’ roll. This tavern survived Prohibition. It lasted through the lawless coke-addled days of…