This week, there’s no need for music fans to stray too far from the cultural, working class heart of Miami, Little Havana. For decades the area was just another one of the city’s quirky neighborhoods that, along with so many of our boroughs, sported a rich and unique personality all…
Miami’s annual Swim Week is both an international celebration of the latest in swimwear fashion and the plot of a 13-year-old boy’s erotic novel: A sunny city awakes one morning to find it has been invaded by models in…bikinis. But if you’re not interested in runways or fashion or bikinis,…
Founded in 2007 by the acclaimed DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs, Fool’s Gold Records is known as one of the most exciting incubators of hip-hop and electronic talent this world has to offer. With a roster of dozens of artists — both well known and underground — and a rolodex…
If you were to just see the name before hearing the music, you might expect the Velocity Gospel to be some sort of speed metal gospel choir, which — don’t get us wrong — sounds awesome. But if you ask the man behind it all (and he has been asked…
Last week we saw Trick Daddy nearly lose his marbles on Facebook live, but it’s not all bad news for Miami hip-hop. Check out the brighter side of South Florida rap and see what dropped this week that caught out attention. 5. Zoey Dollaz, “Port Au Prince.” North Miami native…
Close your eyes and imagine a Miami Vice remake, but instead of Don Johnson, a young Giorgio Moroder wears the neon suit. He walks into a bar in Wynwood and orders a drink with a little yellow umbrella. He sees a curvy blonde eying him as a band tears it up in…
Yesterday was the world premiere of Otto Von Schirach’s newest video for “Biscayne Block Boyz.”At first glance, the four-minute long video seems like an acid trip of bass, but even that fails to capture the gestalt of the work and its pure Miami-ness. “All love, zero budget,” is how artist…
Last year Zack Bush, co-owner of Little Havana bar Ball & Chain, was devastated after the death of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who was arrested and later found dead, hanging in her prison cell. At the time, Bland was just the latest in a string of police killings involving…
With the recent demise of Grand Central, it’s easy to feel there’s a dearth of locations serving up local sounds in Miami. Thankfully, places like Bardot and Churchill’s still fill their bills with homegrown talent, but outside of the customary clubs, what else is out there? Thankfully, the A+E District,…
In 1656, English poet Abraham Cowley wrote, “A mighty pain to love it is/And ‘t is a pain that pain to miss; But of all pains, the greatest pain/It is to love, but love in vain.” Sometimes, that’s what it feels like to be a fan of Brand New. Thanks…
One of South Florida’s hottest hip-hop and Latin venues isn’t even in Dade County. To the north, sandwiched between the desolate wastelands we call Weston and Miramar, an odd little joint known as Cafe Iguana Pines has been giving people a reason to commute to Pembroke Pines for years. After some pricy…
Quintron is a jack of many trades. He made a name for himself with experimental musical performances, like his puppet shows with his wife Miss Pussycat or his gangsta rap album featuring one of his blind neighbors. But the New Orleans resident is also an inventor. “I’ve always been building…
Just about a year ago, Kent Jones was living out of Cool & Dre’s lavish North Miami studio when he dropped his Tours mixtape, which features the single “Don’t Mind.” A lot has changed in twelve months. As Jones crisscrossed the country, performing “Don’t Mind” at major shows like opening…
Summer in Miami is a muggy, uncomfortable affair — even when activity involves simply just standing around. The humidity hangs like a cloth sack of moistness. That being the case, we might as well sweat for a good reason. And last Saturday night, Churchill’s Pub gave us a number of…
There are approximately 3,418,059,380 women on the planet. They come in all shapes and sizes, colors and ages, styles and manners of speaking. And when Justin Bieber appears in a glowing cube out of the center of an arena stage floor, all the varied women in the audience feel a…
Bernz was never tempted to record a solo album. After founding Miami hip-hop crew ¡Mayday! in 2003, the MC was content with his crew. But things change, and with his debut LP, See You On The Other Side, set for release on July 8, Bernz is wishing he didn’t take so…
From Felix Unger and Oscar Madison to Turner and Hooch and even Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-un — odd couples have been entertaining us for decades. One such unlikely pairing rolls through Miami this week as Brand New and Modest Mouse bring their co-headlining tour to Bayfront Park Amphitheatre this…
In these dog days of summer, Trade wants to help cool down fans of techno and house music with one hell of a value deal. “We wanted to give back to the dance floor community this July,” Coloma Kaboomsky, one of Trade’s partners, says. “Normally our cover for one show…
This Independence Day, there will be fireworks (both illegal and sanctioned) from Key Biscayne to North Miami. But if you want to celebrate America with loud noises and bright colors, you don’t necessarily have to look up. The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, which means you’ll…
It was 2006, and Behrouz had just moved to Miami. The San Francisco-raised DJ settled on the East Coast to ease constant travel to residencies around the world. He’d always loved this city’s crowds, whether it was Winter Music Conference or otherwise. On this night, he was set to play…
This year, one of Miami’s best (and most free) 4th of July celebrations comes a day earlier. This Saturday, you will be able to enjoy some good ol’ barbecue and local beer from Concrete Beach, all smothered in the rich musical sauce of Zach Deputy. Hailing from Savannah, Georgia, Zach…
In Callejón del Hamel, a street in Cuba lined with art shops and murals, rumba is a way of life. Every Sunday around noon, both locals and tourists gather in the streets to watch, and often partake, in the dance that’s been a Cuban tradition since the 1800s. On a recent…
