John Mayer

In frat houses everywhere, an acoustic cover of “Your Body Is a Wonderland” closes the deal with a Jessica Simpson look-alike 90 percent of the time. In Hollywood, John Mayer simply walks into the Ivy. The 32-year-old musician has long been recognized as the alt-bro Stevie Ray Vaughan, thanks to…

Video: Sweat Records Featured on National PBS – Long Live Vinyl!

Music’s push into the digital age has, if strangely, benefited one medium: vinyl! With no more middling-quality CDs to horde, more people are realizing what the hardcore collectors have always known. Records sound warmer, there is more opportunity for interesting art work and packaging, and they’re a hell of a…

Maayan Nidam Plays Electric Pickle on Friday

The PL0T crew kicked off the year with a real bang in January with “The Wolf + Lamb Experience” party at Electric Pickle. With no signs of slowing down, they’re back at the Pickle on Friday night with another special guest from the W + L collective, Israeli-born and Berlin-based…

Britney Recording With Scott Storch in Miami?

Everyone — meaning, uh, people with too much time on their hands on the Internet — flipped their shit yesterday when word got out that Britney Spears was spotted over the weekend in Miami. She touched down with manager Larry Rudolph and boyfriend Jason Trawick. They all stayed at the…

Destroyio Rocks For Legal Rights For Our Immigrant Bros

What if you woke up this morning and the government decided it was time for you to leave this country? Ever been imprisoned and deported? In Miami, it happens every day. Destroyio Records says it’s wrong, and in an effort to keep one of their own from a free trip…

Super Bowl 2010: Big Game Extravaganza with Lil Wayne Canceled

If you were hyped up to see Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston, and Trey Songz Saturday at the Miami Big Game Extravaganza at Jungle Island, sorry to break the news to you that the event has been canceled. According to the305.com, Jungle Island issued a press releasing stating that the weekend-long…

Q&A With DJ MGA, of Fox’s Shuffle Tuesdays

This interview is with up-and-coming local DJ Matthew Andrews, a.k.a. MGA. Folks might know him from some downtown hotspots like the Vagabond, where he pops in for the occasional Friday set. His main gig, though, is holding it down in South Miami, at the long-running Shuffle Tuesdays party at Fox’s…

Video: Tuesday Night of The Living Dead

Amateur scientists have told us that if you go too long without eating, your brain will start feeding on itself. That’s kind of how Miami is when it’s not tourist season. For local musicians it can mean ritual cannibal death. Miami thrives as a playground for the rich, famous, and…

Local Motion: The Hongs and Radar Vs. Wolf

​The HongsDelicate Tremors (Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator)twitter.com/thehongs  There is something very delicate and ephemeral about the Hongs. Their music sounds like something that reverberates in hallways in those moments before sleep hits. I’m talking about serenity — because there is something very serene about this EP. It somehow manages…

Video: South Beach Was Racist Once

It’s not that long ago that Miami Beach was proud to be a racist entity. Segregation meant that by law the beach was only for whites. This week, South Beach will go insane with Super Bowl parties for everybody to enjoy, but don’t forget what a fucked up place it used…