Five EDM Fads That Need To Die

Hey, beat freaks. Step away from the rave gloves. Take off the kandi bracelets. It’s time to own up. You’ve exhausted a batch of trends that have metamorphosed the once vibrant, sonically diverse electronic dance music movement into an LED inferno of pacifier-sucking, furry-booted creatures praising deadpan androids behind a…

Marilyn Manson at the Fillmore Miami Beach July 21

The man born Brian Warner is actually rather shy. But give him some color contacts, a latex body suit, and a crowd of thousands, and that skinny, pasty, quiet Florida boy transforms into Marilyn Manson, one of the most shocking musical entertainers of all time. After nearly two decades of…

Behrouz and Will Renuart’s New Club, Do Not Sit on the Furniture

Ask the underground electronic dance music heads who frequent downtown Miami and Wynwood hot spots why they avoid South Beach nightlife, and they’ll invariably say it’s at least in part because of the VIP culture and the way bottle-service customers dictate musical programming at SoBe clubs. The most controversial examples…

Miami’s Top Ten Hipster Bars

Have you accepted that you’re a hipster? Probably not. It’s in your nature to deny it. Most nights, though, you’re inadvertently (or deliberately?) setting trends at a handful of offbeat, edgy boozing joints around town. So, sorry to blow up your spot. But here are the top ten hipster bars…

Swim Week Miami 2013: Eight Best Parties

Models and bottles, y’all! If there is any week out of the year when that statement rings truer, it’s the awkwardly named Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, AKA Swim Week. While most of the official and satellite events are happening around the Raleigh, Soho Beach House, and the Miami Beach Convention…

Trick Daddy on George Zimmerman Acquittal: “AmeriKKKa”

Trick Daddy luh the kids. And as the self-proclaimed Mayor of the 305, you know he’s got to keep watch over the Florida justice system. So when an unarmed, 17-year-old kid is shot and killed by a grown man who then walks free, Trick Daddy calls shenanigans all over the…

Pitbull Opening Charter School in Little Havana?!

While some are questioning the motives behind his latest business-slash-philanthropic venture, Pitbull’s foray into the charter school industry should come as no surprise. El tipo is a father of six who loves education. He even taught listeners how to count in Spanish with the opening of one of his biggest…

Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

Aside from the blisteringly humid heat, people who drive around as if they paid their way to getting a driver’s license, and corrupt politicians … Miami is one hell of a city. We’re surrounded by pristine beaches, great music, and endless partying that runs till the early-morning sun rises. Check…

Jake the Dog’s “Bounce That Booty” Music Video

If you haven’t been following the strange saga of Jake the Dog, it’s basically me getting high as shit with John Cougar Mellencamp’s bass player and making booty music for the inventor of disco. I signed a record deal. Along the way, I’ve ridden a bike for miles through the…

Download the New Best Of App

Want to know where to go and what to do in Miami? Your essential mobile guide — also known as our Best Of app — just got better. You already know you can count on the Best Of app to offer restaurant, shopping and nightlife recommendations from Miami New Times’…