Best Coast Makes Talking Cat Wishes Come True at Grand Central, July 10

See also the 35-photo slideshow of Best Coast at Grand Central and “Best Coast’s Guide to Local Eats Across America” Best Coast With Those Darlins Grand Central, Miami July 10, 2012 Better Than: The second Best Coast? “I hate the ocean,” Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino confessed from Grand Central’s…

Fast, Hard, and Loud: Earth First Benefit at Churchill’s Pub on August 1

Punk rock’s political history is more convoluted than the plot of Prometheus.By most accounts, the fast-hard-and-loud aesthetic came into vogue during the mid 1970s as a sneering response to the hippies of the ’60s and an extension of the hard-partying glam scene.Although obviously rooted in social angst, first-wave punk was…

MTV Blacks Out: Network Dropped from DirecTV

Instead of a Jersey Shore rerun or Teen Mom marathon, several viewers who tuned into MTV just before midnight caught a scrolling message informing them that their beloved “music” network had been scrapped, triggering an accusatory, billion-dollar he said/she said shouting match between two media industry giants. That cable network…

Tanlines Brings Beach Worship to Bardot Miami on July 19

Humans are obsessed with the beach because it reminds us that we are sacks of flesh fulfilling the evolutionary teleology that began when all life on Earth was, like, primordial soup. This is about more than sand, saltwater, and boobies, dammit. We’re talking about the birthplace of our existence. The…

Bastard Noise, Iron Lung, Shitstorm at 305 Fest’s Day Three in Miami

See Crossfade’s review of 305 Fest’s Day One and Day Two — plus interviews with Speedfreak Presents, Merchandise, Torche, Noothgrush, and Dropdead. 305 Fest 2012, Day Three With Shitstorm, House of Lightning, Iron Lung, Bastard Noise and othersChurchill’s Pub, MiamiSunday, July 8, 2012 Better Than: Chinese checkers in the dark…

TenDJiz Talks Soviet Jazz and Hip-Hop Mashup Album CommoNasm

TenDJiz is a Russian-born producer and engineer in Miami on an Extraordinary Ability in the Arts visa. He owns a studio on Miami Beach, and he’s the mastermind behind an awesome mixtape series that mashes Soviet jazz instrumentals with American hip-hop. The first two releases were De La Soulviet, and…

Crocodiles Invade The Vagabond Miami on July 20

Before 1982, network television after 2 a.m. was an absolute waste of valuable airtime. That’s about the time stations literally signed off until programming resumed later that morning. But 30 years ago, a dude named Frank Cannella convinced some networks to let him push hair-growth products in the wee hours,…