If it weren’t for cocaine, strippers, weed, and liquor, Amos Larkins II may have never started making Miami bass records. Long since clean, sober, and completely drug and alcohol free, this is a story going back 25 years. He is now healthy, vegetarian, and practicing yoga and meditation daily. Larkins…
A year ago, Telescope Thieves’ Mario De Los Santos was feeling pretty lonely. “I always felt like the odd guy out,” he says. “At the time, if you were a producer or a beat maker, you’d get booked for shows and be the only beat maker among guys with bands.”…
Feeling fancy? Well, that’s convenient. Because it’s nearly time for New Times’ Artopia 2015, the latest edition of our annual jubilee in honor of “Miami’s best artists, musicians, fashion designers, culinary masters, and cocktail creators.” As we’ve done on this occasion since 2010, we will also be giving out MasterMind…
Happy Pickle Day! Well, almost. The Wynwood dance institution won’t actually kick off its dauntingly named Sixth-Anniversary Three-Day Bender for about another 60 hours. But we’ve already got some serious anticipatory tingles. And you should too. Because the Pickle crew is offering free passes for the entire weekend’s festivities. It’s…
Miami native Danny Dueñas is the co-creator of My Mixtapez, the number-one hip-hop mixtape app for Android, iPhone, and Windows operating systems. With his brothers Juan and Ricky, Danny launched the mobile service in 2011, giving fans a resource for discovering, downloading, streaming, sharing, and favoriting the freshest, dopest beats…
Who will be the next Ricky Martin? The Puerto Rican heartthrob started his career, shakin’ that bon-bon as a member of legendary Latin boy band Menudo when he was just 12 years old. Now lil’ Kiki is all grown up (actually, he’s 43) and he’s teaming up with Simon Cowell…
Remember when we all thought medical marijuana would pass in Florida, and then you were super-disappointed when Miami failed to get out the vote? Fear not, for American democracy is a revolving door, and the time to hit the polls is coming sooner than you think. The street soldiers of…
Miami is a budding metropolitan superpower, with a music scene that offers some of the best dance, hip-hop, and Latin music in the world. But did you know Miami is also a destination for today’s international, Grammy-winning jazz legends? For seven seasons, the Adrienne Arsht Center’s monthly Jazz Roots series…
“Liquor in the front, party in the rear.” That’s the motto of The Bend Liquor Lounge, a new ’70s-style boozing spot in Miami Lakes. But it’s also a snappy way to describe the former occupant of 6844 NW 169 St., a strip-mall dive (and 2013 recipient of New Times’ Best…
Back in 2013, Jason Baez was New Times’ pick for Miami’s Best DJ on the strength of his powers as a selector. By all accounts, he was one of the most popular and in-demand on the local underground house and techno scene. But while he already had a couple of…
Miami hip-hop unite! Crazy Hood’s DJ EFN has a new album, Another Time, that matches the best underground talent in America with some of the godfathers of the genre to make an indelible classic on wax, tape, CD, and digital. With two decades of mixtape mastery, artist management, marketing, promotions,…
Does Wynwood really need a piano bar? Well, Yvette Naranjo and the Cafeina Wynwood Lounge crew think so. And soon, enthusiasts of ivory tickling can spend one night a week on NW 23rd Street, singing along to Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” with a real-life piano man. “There’s no neighborhood bar…
With 52 years of experience, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival need hardly prove itself as a credible destination for artists, patrons, crafters, or appreciators. Tradition shows it’s a great place for families and friends to congregate and glimpse the colorful works and offerings of Miami’s many creatives. But what about…
Free drinks, free ice cream, and hot beats. What’s not to love about Sidebar’s new ladies’ night, Ice Cream Thursdays? It’s everything you’ve come to expect from the Chocolate Sundays and Peachfuzz Fridays crews. But now they’re double-swirling their talents and topping it off with plenty of sprinkles. “Wherever you…
Pitbull always bites back. Especially when you try to snatch his shades. Case in point: The Miami rapper (born Armando Christian Pérez) has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court claiming that Oakley, the sports apparel company owned by Luxottica Group S.p.A., is infringing on his “federally-registered Pitbull trademark” by…
In the early-morning hours of January 12, Alex Omes died, suddenly and mysteriously, just hours before his lawsuit against Ultra Music Festival would finally go to trial. Four weeks later, the Miami-Dade County medical examiner has not determined the cause of the Miami nightlife icon and Ultra cofounder’s death. But…
Have you been to LIV or Story recently? They are making sooo much money off the uhntz-uhntz. Once again, SoBe’s most illustrious megaclubs make the bank and the cut, placing among the top ten in Nightclub & Bar Media Group’s 2015 list of the 100 Highest-Grossing Nightclubs, Bars, and Lounges…
If you follow internet rap, then chances are you’ve heard something from Miami’s latest underground phonk rapper, N3ll. Though he’s been making music since 2008, word has only started getting out about the young MC these past few years. His 2014 mixtape, Boyz N the Hood, was a SoundCloud sensation,…
Once upon a time, the Hotel Astor was a hotbed of activity amid a thriving alternative South Beach scene. Fast-forward a couple decades, and the glamorous spot has fallen off the map as well as SoBe’s “alternative” reputation. But culture, just like fashion, moves in circles. “Wherever there’s lack, there’s…
2 Live Crew got As Nasty As They Wanna Be in 1989, caused some booty drama, and took their right to bass to the Eleventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Though they later won, the group called it quits shortly after. More than two decades later, these old…
Remember when Steam was Vagabond and Bounce Thursdays was serving up the heavy bass on a weekly basis? That was the ish, nah? It sucks those days had to come to an end. Syke! The old Bounce crew is getting the party back together, but it’s not going to be…
It was the song that blew up the radio last summer, earned Enrique Iglesias three Latin Grammy awards, including Song of the Year for 2014, and made Cuba’s Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno international estrellas. But now there are two Miami musicians suing Iglesias, Gente de Zona, Descemer Bueno,…
