Psyched because it’s finally Friday? So are we! That’s why we’re hooking you up with the ten best parties going down this weekend. And the greatest part of it all, they won’t cost you more than a Hamilton. Check ’em out, from alternative indie Latin with Elastic Bond at Ball…
The Road is rubble. Last month, the infamous century-old boozing establishment at 626 S. Miami Avenue slung its final beer and a shot. The Last Call Closing Party ended with bleary eyes and empty glasses at 5 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Over the weekend, Miami’s Oldest Bar celebrated its…
Still breathing? Good. ‘Cause Look Alive Fest is back. Last year, this “homegrown, alternative festival” popped up for its inaugural, two-night Art Basel Miami Beach week edition with Detroit noise-rocker Wolf Eyes, Houston’s Indian Jewelry, and a bunch of locals like Teepee, Cop City/Chill Pillars, Lil Daggers, and Nerve City…
“Whatever happens, we feel we already won,” says Palo! pianist Steve Roitstein from Las Vegas as he waits to find out whether his Miami Afro-Cuban funk five-piece’s record Palo! Live will win the 2014 Latin Grammy for Best Contemporary Tropical Album. “Submitting the album was daunting. Not the process, which…
Feeling like a big, fat stuffed bird? About to explode with cranberry sauce? Having way more pumpkin pie than you can handle? All that, and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet? If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are you’re suffering (or shortly will be) from what’s been…
Mobilee Records will be celebrating its first ten-year run soon, and so far, it has been a formidable one indeed. Cofounded by Berlin DJ-producer and longstanding radio show host Anja Schneider in 2005, the label has managed to position itself at the helm of the international underground house and techno…
The duke of food porn meets the godfather of punk. As Miami New Times food blog Short Order reports, Anthony Bourdain has been spotted lurking about our subtropical shores shooting a likely Miami episode of his enormously popular CNN show, Parts Unknown. So far, Bourdain’s scarfed a medianoche sandwich. He’s…
Pyrite bars. And booty-quaking beats. Yep, the Fool’s Gold crew is ’bout to be back in the 305 for some Basel madness. For the last several years, label boss A-Trak has regularly skedded his ratchet hipster dance party, Day Off, during Miami’s artiest week. And yeeeaaahh, it’s all set to…
“Rozay, how you lose all that weight?” He once tipped the scales at 160 kilos. (Or 350 pounds for those hustlers not “in the distribution.”) But big homie’s recently shed the equivalent of a modest midweek cocaine shipment. And in a new workout video for Funny or Die, Rick Ross,…
As Bob Marley once said: “Herbs are good for every-ting.” Indeed, mon. And now Momma Marley and many of Bob’s children have actually gotten into the ganja-selling game. The family just launched Marley Natural, “the world’s first global cannabis brand,” set to start peddling product to potheads and Rastas in…
If you’re a real house head, you’ve probably got love for Loco Dice. You’re more than likely to have a few Timo Maas records in your collection. And you just may harbor a serious music crush on Martin Buttrich. Not only is he a decorated electronic producer in his own…
Flamenco is the historic folk music of the Andalusia region in southern Spain. It is known for its use of the guitar, cajón, castanets, and clapping. Its singing, el cante, is evocative, heartfelt, and profoundly infused with pasión. Originally introduced to a wider audience in the late 1700s, flamenco did…
Pop That Turkey… It’s not some weird Japanese game show. It’s the most wobble-gobble way to twerk off a million calories before you stuff your piehole with — you guessed it — pie. The night before Thanksgiving, you can ready your gullet with ear-shattering, booty-sweat beats from your pals 12th…
It’s a good time to be a hip-hop fan. All over the country, artists and MCs are coming together to produce some of the most ambitious and memorable rap music since the ’90s. New York, in particular, is a hotbed of activity, and two of Brooklyn’s most heavily hyped crews,…
Get ready to pull out your “Me So Horny,” “Pop That Coochie,” and “We Want Some Pussy” dance moves, because the 2 Live Crew’s Fresh Kid Ice, Brother Marquis, and Uncle Luke are reuniting for “one night only” this Thanksgiving’s Eve at LIV Miami. The crew has not performed with…
Working as a nightlife entertainer seems like a pretty sweet job. Getting paid to wear extravagant costumes, dance alongside world-class DJs, meet celebrities, score free drinks… It’s like a dream come true. Yes, there may be an endless list of perks. But truth is, having a career in the nightlife…
Crows squack. Doves coo. Turkeys gobble. Birdman goes brrrrrr. We’re talking about that big boss dawg Baby Birdman of the Cash Money crew, and he’s ready to act fowl all over the streets of Miami. No, he’s not bringing any static, but he is bringing 1,000 turkeys to needy families,…
When one goes to the orchestra, one does not always bring one’s dancing shoes. There’s usually a bunch of sitting involved. But every few months, the New World Symphony throws everything you know about classical music out the window and breaks out the lasers for a bit of high-brow, late-night…
Scorned by the critics but worshipped by the masses, Grand Funk Railroad never second-guessed its own heavy-handed brand of blues rock. And soon, the Flint, Michigan-bred band became staples of the 1970s FM underground, as their primal, prototypical heavy metal showed itself to be a perfect fit for late-night deejays…
Rise and shine, you music junkies … It’s Monday morning. To get you pumped up for the work week, we’re hooking you up with some of the best music the 305 has to offer. Just check out the five best concerts going down this week, from Caribou at Grand Central…
Another year, another number-one spot atop the infamous DJ Mag Top 100 rankings. Another headlining spot at the main stage of Ultra Music Festival. Another absurdly successful set at Tomorrowland. So goes the life of young, Dutch DJ Hardwell. He has become one of EDM’s biggest mainstays at 26, and…
Higher, higher, higher. As Art Basel Miami Beach week approaches, the enviable aesthetic experiences on offer just pile up, up, up. And today’s thrilling #ABMB announcement… The addition of English electronic DJ, musician, and producer SBTRKT to III Points and YoungArts’ already impressive Basel concert lineup. “We’ve been trying to…
