Music

Bad news, Miami! Transit Lounge is closing at the end of June. Good news! Owners of the local live music haven have promised to open a new venue in downtown Miami called Avenue D this summer.The news of Transit’s closure broke yesterday via the venue’s Facebook page. In the press…

South Florida artists wear many hats and no one wears them better than Beatriz Monteavaro. A darling in the contemporary visual art scene, Monteavaro’s revered as a living legend by fans of sludge-pop-metal outfit Floor. And her current band, Beings is gaining great momentum at both the local and national…

The international EDM community is a major sausage fest. But there’s no denying that women are on the rise. Over the last few years, DJ-producers such as Anja Schneider, Cassy, Nina Kraviz, Maya Janes Coles, and Steffi have been challenging the norm with their own chart-topping output and headlining performances…

Most children hate piano lessons when they are forced upon them by overambitious parents. And sometimes, children in musical households don’t necessarily follow mom and dad into music. But neither of these scenarios was the case with Pembroke Pines’ Tony Madruga. Learning the piano at the age of five, Madruga…

The 22nd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference rolls into town next week — and with it, a multitude of stars, celebs and industry types who will descend upon Miami Beach to partake of parties, panels and poolside cocktails at the Eden Rock Renaissance. But the main event is,…

​Local artist Carlos Rigau wanted to show us a house around the corner from his art space and residence General Practice. What’s so interesting about this place down the street? It’s situated next to an empty lot, under a sexy billboard and the freeway. Unlike General Practice, which is protected by…

​The story of Jason Handelsman, AKA The President, is already interesting enough when summarized by writer and video-maker Jacob Katel: “There’s something funny about a native Dade County cracker who calls himself The President and lives in a foreclosed house in Cutler Ridge, trying to make it in the rap…

If Shakespeare got it right and brevity is indeed the soul of wit, then Assholeparade’s Student Ghetto Violence is some Poor Richard’s Almanack-level shit. Issued back in 2000, Student is the closest thing the Gainesville five-piece has to a definitive release, cobbling together pieces from singles, tapes, and other ephemera…

The American interstate system is a dangerous maze, riddled with death traps and dead ends. Of course, there’s the always-imminent threat of being maimed (or worse) in a fiery, 27-car pileup disaster. But you’re also prime prey for recreational road-ragers, random rest stop ambushes, and catastrophic heart failure due to…

We’ve talked non-stop about Sweatstock 2011 and all the bands playing tomorrow. But let’s not forget, the reason Sweat Records is throwing this whole shindig is in celebration of Record Store Day — and the store’s anniversary.What’s Record Store Day? In 2007, it started as a way to get people…