Eight years. That’s how long Maxwell spent between LPs. And that’s about eight times the general shelf life of the average pop star. But as we make clear in this week’s feature, Maxwell is not, and has never been, your average pop-star. In fact, he’s come off as something enduring…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.So Raw Marathon and Festivalsorawfestival.comRun by a tiny rock chick named Nicole Irizarry and her buddy Christiane Allen, this local booking-slash-whatever agency made its debut with last…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Coco de Ville2377 Collins Ave. , Miami Beach 33139305-604-6545www.onelittlewest12.com/cocomiamiOur incarnation of L.A.’s celebrity hangout has emerged as South Beach’s leading elitist lounge. Located in the lobby of…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Dirty HairyLIV at the Fontainebleau4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach 33140305-674-4680whoisdirtyhairy.com Conceived in February 2009 by downtown revelers Poplife and Overthrow, Wednesday night’s Dirty Hairy has become the…
Poplife’s Anniversary Party With Surfer Blood, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Hooray for Earth Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 12, 2010 Better than: Getting pains for being too pure of heart, or surfing in blood, or…. The Review: The hipsterati and then some came out in droves…
Out on the winding, gothic highways of America, there are many strange, unnatural beings traveling through the darkness in search of fresh meat and virgin blood. The hunger must be sated. The night is lonely. In general, it’s hard to quantify those evil legions. But whenever you work out the…
Flo-Rida teams up with the ultra-trendy David Guetta to releases his latest single off his upcoming album The Only One. The song is also featured on the Step Up 3D soundtrack. The song is called “Club Can’t Handle Me” where Flo handles the main vocals and David Guetta handles the…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Lucas Leyva’s video for Rachel Goodrich’s “Lightbulb”At the beginning of the year, Sweat Records announced a contest for amateur filmmakers to create a video for local sweetheart…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Afrobetaafrobeta.comIn a splintered local musical climate, Day-Glo duo Afrobeta is beloved by all. The band can credit some of that to its members’ varied musical pedigrees. The…
In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Tamara Skydjtamarasky.comDear Tamara,Ever since the first time I laid eyes on you, I knew one day the celestial gods would bring us together. Every time you twist…
Miami’s premier mega-club Space just turned ten years old last month (that’s about a hundred in nightclub years) and still shows no signs of slowing down — certainly not on Saturday nights, which have become synonymous with world-class techno bookings. This Saturday brings two high-profile international talents to the venue,…
Saheed is a 21-year-old Dade County spitfire with a new video for a song called “The Ups,” featuring a beat produced by Numonics. The Mupalia Pictures video follows Saheed from the time he wakes up to when he walks outside to find his car has been towed on South Beach…
Sad news out of Argentina this week. Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati seems to have suffered extensive brain damage from a stroke in his left cerebral hemisphere, as evidenced from a CatScan. Cerati had been hospitalized in Venezuela as of May 15, after collapsing following a show in Caracas on…
Can you blame him? Fat Joe is seen around Miami all the time, but when he’s in South Florida, he doesn’t actually sleep in the 305. Instead, he’s been living like a king out in the western edge of Plantation. And now, apparently, he’s tired of it, and as we…
Alright, alright, we’ll stop blogging about Kat Stacks, hip-hop’s Internet enfant terrible … when she stops being so entertaining. Plus, it’s Friday — not a day to think about anything serious.The latest piece of Kat drama: People are supposedly now trying to kill her. But not in the way most…
Friday, June 11*Jazid beings its weekend-long 14th anniversary celebration tonight with the debut of its new reggae party, Freeup Fridays, featuring live music tonight by Jahfe and Mixed Culture. Admission is free before 9 p.m., $10 after. Click here for full details. *Celebrate Sweat head Lolo Reskin’s birthday tonight at the…
Even if you’re Hispanic and have lived in South Florida your entire life, you’ve probably never heard of Discovery Channel en Español. They’ve got lots of animals, travel, tornadoes, and quite possibly local singer Josephine “La Pepa” Bauza really soon. The channel (contact your cable provider for availability) recently held…
Askmen.com is one of those sites that seems to be endlessly generating best-of lists that other people then write about, thus creating an endless Internet circle-jerk. Mind if we join? Oh, it’s of some local interest. The site has released its 2010 list of the “top 10 nightclubs in the…
John Hancock seems to have always been the slightly more out-there member of local favorites Awesome New Republic, continually releasing his own, more experimental material during the band’s down time. The latest addition to his solo oeuvre is a new vinyl-only album, Antenna Death, out now on 10K Islands/St. Ives…
Good folks over at Ultra Music Festival premiere this week the new video Tiësto vs. Diplo track “C’mon,” which was filmed live at this year’s festival. The track sounds a bit like outdated 2006 blog-house, sounding more like the work Tiësto than Diplo’s. In other words, don’t expect any Third…
The Lebron James speculation is serious. Of course, here in Miami we’re hoping he comes down to join buddy D-Wade … but Wade’s future in Miami hardly seems certain, either. So who can help entice James make up his mind? How about some rappers with a new mixtape!Yesterday saw the…
If a trek to Tennessee for Bonnaroo just wasn’t in the cards this year, we have two ways for you to catch the Music and Arts fest from the comfort of your South Florida digs. First, the three-day arts and music festival is hosting a YouTube page with exclusive live webcasts…
