Coachella 2013: The 13 Best Moments of Weekend Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella’s art installations — the ones designed to impress you while you’re high, aka all of them — were particularly impressive this year. There was the tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant…

Sweatstock 2013: World of Shit, Nunhex, Beastplague!

Put another Sweatstock in the wrinkly, rain-faded books. The fourth installment of Sweat Records’ anniversary party and Record Store Day celebration played out on three stages in Little Haiti. But it’s not just good times and dancing in the intermittent sun. It is also bleak, stomach-turning angst inside Churchill’s, Miami’s…

People Smuggling Drugs Into Coachella 2013, From Shoe Stashes to Marijuana Bras

If you were at Coachella, chances are you experienced full-throttle security measures attempting to snatch any drugs. As usual, these included three tiers of security checkpoints, at which eventgoers were frisked and searched. It can all feel a bit personal, particularly considering that drugs and Coachella are practically synonymous. But…

Florida Bans EBT Welfare From Strip Clubs and Bottle-Service Party Palaces

It is a dark day for booty- and bottle-poppin’ EBT welfare ballers in the FLA. Following a Thursday vote in the Florida house of representatives, Electronic Benefit Transfer cards are now prohibited “from being accepted in certain locations” like the strip club “or for certain activities” like buying booze. Sponsored…

Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Seven Baddest Chicks

Rock ‘n’ roll is dirty business. It’s made of spit and blood and piss and drugs, smeared lipstick and dirty laundry and stale beer. When you’re a rock ‘n’ roller, your hair gets sticky, you smell bad, and you can’t remember what day it is. Some would say it’s no…

Baauer (and “Harlem Shake”) Coming to Grand Central Miami on May 18

“Drink lots of water.” That’s just a lil’ piece of practical Twitter advice from EDM meme megastar Baauer for any of y’all beat freaks planning to spend a whole night raving, raging, and “Harlem Shake”-ing. Especially when he arrives to “ey, ey, ey, ey, shake, ta, ta” at Grand Central…

Sweatstock 2013’s Full Lineup and Set Times

Go wild in the streets! Score swag! Mosh! In exactly 49 hours, everyone’s favorite Little Haiti music shop, Sweat Records, will be celebrating Sweatstock 2013, its third annual one-day music fest, anniversary party, and Record Store Day bonanza. There will be limited-edition RSD releases, indie music, sweet munchies, indie music,…

Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week

Sure, Record Store Day is usually a day when indie rock enthusiasts take the spotlight. But maybe you prefer BPMs to bands. That’s alright. There are still plenty of bottle-poppin’ moments to look forward to this week. And the underground’s in for a treat too. Get ready for some trap,…

Daddy Yankee, Openly Not Gay Reggaetonero, Announces May Concert in Miami

Openly not gay Puerto Rican reggaetonero Daddy Yankee and two male friends, fellow countryman J Alvarez and “Cubatón” pioneer Osmani Garcia, recently announced their upcoming three-way at Miami’s Fuchs Pavilion at the Dade County Youth Fair and Expo grounds. And they’re encouraging others to come watch! Billed as “El Concierto…