Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Haochi. With DJ Sweetswirl. Presented by Ladies Night. Wednesday, July 1, 10 p.m. Kill Your Idol, 222 Española Way, Miami Beach; 305-534-1009; facebook.com/killyouridolmiami.com. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. Unleash your inner “Peggy” — who, as drummer Juan Oña explained in an interview with New Times last year, “lives inside of all of…

Pachanga Boys Bring High-Endurance Live Music to Miami

If you are a literalist and head to Trade tonight expecting to hear Pachanga music, you will be sorely disappointed. If, however, you wish to dance the extended night away to a medley of electronic waves and beats, The Pachanga Boys will not let you down. Made up of native…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

Charlie Megira. With the Gun Hoes, Rick Guerre, DJs Mikey, and Benton. Presented by Death to the Sun. Friday, June 26, 10 p.m. Gramps, 176 NW 24th St., Miami; 305-699-2669; gramps.com. Admission costs $5.  Charlie Megira, the “surf ghost crooner from the bays of Israel, suit drenched in watered guitars and hallway howls” is taking…

Till Von Sein Goes Outside the Box with New Album Precious

In the world of house music, Berlin-based producer Till Von Sein stands a little off kilter. He’s not big on self-promotion and in fact he spends half his time working as a booking agent for Wolf + Lamb, Soul Clap, or others. He’s a bit of a jokester or a…

Five Miami Hip-Hop Artists You Should Know About

Does Miami get enough credit as a hip hop city? Probably not. Sure, rappers are always giving shout outs to our strippers and neon nightclubs, but where’s the appreciation of our talent?  We’ve given the world Uncle Luke, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, and Trina, but people still like to overlook…

Circ X: From Dancing Condoms to Opera-Singing Drag Queens

Advertising a performance as a burlesque show will surely draw some people looking to ogle scantily clad women, but Diana Lozano, director of Circ X, is quick to explain that the root of the word “burlesque” is derived from a Latin phrase that means “to make fun of.” “Burlesque is…

Lori Garrote on Making Songs Mean Something

Even Lori Garrote’s day job involves rock ‘n’ roll. On a recent afternoon, she juggles questions not only from New Times but also from her co-workers at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The onetime singer of the New and AKA is now concentrating on a solo…

Heroes and Villains Assemble for Churchill’s Supercon Afterparty

Fans of 1980s Captain America comic books might remember the Bar With No Name. In the superhero realm, it was a dive establishment where colorfully costumed villains could shoot pool, drink beer, plan evil schemes, and talk about that one time they almost kicked Iron Man’s metal-plated keister. Sadly, the…

Meet the Man Behind the Lights at EDC Las Vegas

It’s Friday night at EDC Las Vegas, and at the Circuit Grounds stage, as is the custom at all of today’s EDM events, the crowd is facing the DJ booth. There, high above the tightly packed dance floor, a Russian DJ named Arty builds the music to a frenetic crescendo,…

Death Reported at Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas

A person who attended Electric Daisy Carnival Saturday has died, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reports. The deceased is a 24-year-old man, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. We contacted police for details but could not reach anyone. The cause of death would be determined by coroner’s officials. It…

Miami’s Five Best Concerts This Week

Nag Champayons. Rising Sounds of a Sinking City CD release party with Ackdaddy. Wednesday, June 24, 10 p.m. Bardot, 3456 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-576-7750; bardotmiami.com. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. Jam out to the “Afrogalactic tropidelic sounds” of the Nag Champayons as Little Haiti’s “world garage” funk crew celebrate the…

Jacuzzi Boys Give MTV’s No Seasons a Perfect Miami Soundtrack

Seasons come and seasons fall, but the Jacuzzi Boys, Julian Yuri Rodriguez, and MTV have No Seasons at all. Rodriguez, the goofy-grinned eternal-boy of a filmmaker, uses those words to open each episode of his own web series. The less-than 10 minute webisodes are available via MTV (other), MTV’s short-form…

Miami’s Ten Under $10 Weekend Party Guide

HITS Sessions with Pitbull. Presented by HITS 97.3. Friday, June 19, 7 p.m. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3rd Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-449-1025; jointherevolution.net. Enter to win tickets at hits973.com. Ages 18 and up. Armando Christian Pérez may be 305 all the way, but homeboy has nothing but love for all of South Florida,…

IAMNOBODI Takes Over Coyo Taco Tonight

Let’s hear it for the hippest taco joint in Miami right now. With a consistent string of shows, and no signs of slowing, the not-so-secret bar in the back of Coyo Taco has quickly become a Wynwood hotspot. The intimate space and dim lighting make it one of the better…