If you bring your flask out to the party for Big Night in Little Haiti on Friday, June 17, make sure to fill it with Barbancourt, it’s the best rum in the world, and the liquor will have you feeling right at home.The festivities include a free concert headlined by…
In blonde, braided pigtails and cherry-bomb lipstick, Heidi doesn’t look like a beast. But she sure as hell sounds like one. She’s that girl who scares all the boys ’cause she’s just that cool. I swear I saw DJ Bill Patrick flinch when she took over the tables. And last…
Many of us in the 305 make fun of Hialeah. And why wouldn’t we? The addresses make no sense, no one speaks English, and it feels like you need a passport just to enter the city limits. Curiously, though, a lot of cool stuff comes out of Hialeah too. Like…
If you’ve partied in Miami in the last decade, you’ve heard DJ-producer Danny Daze (AKA Daniel Gomez) throwing down at venues like Rokbar, LIV, and former downtown hangout White Room. And if you haven’t clubbed with Mr. Daze, then you will soon, because homeboy is about to blow up in…
A few months ago, Crossfade initiated an intense letter-writing campaign in an attempt to bully (er, woo?) a bunch of our favorite indie bands into booking Miami shows. And while certain targets of our stalker-ish affections, like Fleet Foxes, have steadfastly ignored our pen-and-paper threats (er, pleas?), there are other…
See the full 20-photo Primus at the Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow.Primus With the Dead Kenny G’s Fillmore Miami Beach Saturday, June 4, 2011 Better Than: Pretty much any live music coming our way this month. I mean, what do we really have to look forward to? Katy Perry. Primus is…
Next Friday, The Legion of Psychedelic Doom presents Funemployment, a Thursday night rager featuring a packed lineup and open mic. The evening features Orlando garage goofs Slippery Slopes and a wide sampling of notable indie/punk/assorted local acts, including riot grrrl-ish trio Snakehole, black metal post-rockers Slashpine and no-pop ensemble Meat…
Wisin y Yandel’s Los Vaqueros: El Regreso Tour With Gadiel American Airlines Arena Friday, June 3, 2011 Better Than: Pushing through the stifling crowds on South Beach to grind on complete strangers. So much easier to let the crowd come to you in our city’s state-of-the-art facility with AaC cold…
Warning: Just five minutes with 74-year-old surf rocker Dick Dale and his infamous Fender Strat could cause spilled Mai Tais, random outbreaks of retro dance moves (e.g. the Swim or Splashin’ Round), and lifelong hearing loss. But that doesn’t mean Dick’s a brutal dude. In fact, he’s basically a nice…
We’d never seen a real-life poet before Will Da Real One. He was not some boring page inside a book, or stale words inside a class room. He was a giant dude using spoken word to grip an audience with the depth and presence of his speech. His lyrical assault…
West Palm Beach may have Surfer Blood. But Miami’s got Jacuzzi Boys and Crossfade wouldn’t have it any other way.The trio has been churning out tracks since 2007. And after releasing their debut album No Seasons in 2009, we’ve been left wanting more. Finally, the band has announced that its…
Summer is here. And at Wynwood dance music emporium the Electric Pickle that means extended daytime hours, bigger lineups, and parties out on the patio. To kickstart its new weekly summer sessions, the Pickle is hosting a veritable musical extravaganza this Saturday with a couple of serious headliners and a…
When was the last time you got right with Jah? A day? A week? A month? A year? An entire bloody decade? Whatever the case, it’s never too early to work some of those kinks out of your soul. So go smoke a little herb, fast for four days, re-dread…
Think it’s kinda redonkulous that the Dirty South’s king of cartoon rap, Ludacris, has been tapped to host the afterparty for a classy Saturday night with the Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and America’s pastime? Well, you’re wrong ’cause Mr. Chris Bridges and baseball go together like Conjure Cognac and Crackerjack…
Wisin y Yandel must be doing something right. After all, you don’t see a whole lot of reggaeton stars selling arena dates like the AAA, right here in the MIA tonight. But then, maybe it’s because, while others got mired in their love of el perreo, WyY, otherwise known as…
Argentine pop star Diego Torres is a patriot, a proud citizen of the Western Hemisphere, and a total soccer junkie. Just last week, Torres debuted a catchy little ditty called “Creo en America” (“Believe in America”), a feel-good, finger-snapping slice of Pan-Americanism that he helped write specifically for the Copa…
Finding commercial success through advertising can be a bitch. Dirty Vegas knows this well. The British trio’s popularity exploded after the track, “Days Go By,” off their self-titled debut, was featured in a 2002 Mitsubishi commercial. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the…
If you haven’t already met spacey soul singer Miguel (or pirated his debut album All I Want Is You), here are some fun facts. He was born 24 years ago in San Pedro, California. He’s got black hair, brown eyes, stands 5’7″ short, and weighs 135 pounds. He is half…
The Internet has always been a cesspool of rumors, misinformation, and innuendo. But the rapid rise of the blogosphere, the Facebook boom, and the viral proliferation of Twitter have cranked up the online noise to about a billion decibels. And the latest debunked bit of web bullshit: Some hearsay that…
Whether you describe its signature sound as funk metal or you’ve got no idea what to call it, there’s no question Primus has been rocking out ever since the three-man band debuted with 1989’s Suck On This. As frontman Les Claypool’s bass throttles from a deep rumble to percussive slaps and…
Primus at the Fillmore Miami Beach June 4
Jimmy Pagano memorial tribute at America’s Backyard June 5
