The Strip NOT Opening Up This Week

In the midst of South Beach Wine & Food taking over the beach, new lounge The Strip (330 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) was suppose to open this weekend in the old Rumi/O Asian space. Sorry to say, it ain’t happening. At least not until next weekend. The opening has been…

New Locos Por Juana Video, From Their Upcoming EP, Evolución

We get to see an awful lot of Locos Por Juana around town, as they gig consistently, giving localvores frequent opportunities to catch them at favorite watering holes. But one shouldn’t overlook the fact that, while they’re extremely proud to rep the 305, they’ve extended their reach far beyond our…

Surfer Blood Enter Remix Chamber to Benefit Haiti

Current NPR darlings Surfer Blood already got a co-sign from Brooklyn electro-house producer Drop the Lime when he spoke about the bands he spins when not spinning for cash in an interview last year. Now the DJ, who rolled through Miami last month, has taken his adoration to the next…

Calvin Harris Tomorrow Night at LIV, Plus WMC 2010 Dates

And to think it was only a year two years ago that Calvin Harris was playing for the Poplife crowd at White Room. Early tracks like “Acceptable in the ’80s” and “All the Girls” may have been hipster dance jams, but his latest album, last year’s Ready For the Weekend, pushed…

Recap: Honeyboy Edwards at Colony Theatre, February 21

Honeyboy Edwards destroyed a sold out house at Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre last Saturday night with a set so full of Delta you could feel it in your bones. The 94-year-old Edwards, who just won 2010’s Life Time Achievement Award at the Grammys, played with backing by Steve Arvey on…

Crossfade is Seeking Latin Music Writers and Photographers

Miami New Times is looking for freelance writers and photographers familiar with the local Latin music scene to contribute to both the print edition and our music blog, Crossfade. Candidates must be local to Miami-Dade county, and should ideally have some professional journalism experience. Please send your five best clips…

Concert Review: Amanda Blank at Electric Pickle, February 20

Click here to view photos from this event.Amanda Blank with special guest Spank RockSaturday, February 20, 2010Electric Pickle, MiamiBetter than: That other white faux hipster hop singer Ke$ha.She may be just some white girl from Philly, but Amanda Blank has been doing her thing since 2005. Her rhyming skills come…

WMC 2010: James Zabiela at the Shelborne and the Gansevoort

One+One, James Zabiela’s beloved collaboration with Nic Fanciulli, is long done. But Zabiela, the flaxen-maned, one-time-wunderkind, is doing more than fine as a solo star. Only 30 years old, but already a pro for the last 10 years, each year sees him developing his technical wizardry further. His musical background…

Uncle Luke Fucks With Miami New Times, Ya Heard?

There are seven dirty words that got George Carlin arrested for disturbing the peace while doing a stand up comedy routine in 1972. In the ’90s, Luther Campbell, or Uncle Luke to you, white boy. who put them into action and made a world famous career out of them.Obscenity? Fuck…

Live Music Comes to The King Is Dead, Starting This Weekend

Since Grass got a much-heralded makeover, including new expanded indoor seating, it was unclear what was going to happen to its lounge-within-a-lounge, The King is Dead. Well, the King is very much still alive (horrible, but I couldn’t resist, sorry). It’s just getting a major entertainment revamp. Past offerings there…

Over the Weekend: Jay-Z, Tegan and Sara, and Spank Rock

Spank Rock at MansionPhiladelphia MC Spank Rock played a rather odd booking at Mansion Friday night. We are used to seeing the man perform in downtown venues not South Beach megaclubs. Click here to view the full slideshow.Jay- Z at BankAtlantic CenterTemporarily renamed the Jay-Z Center, the rapper superstar kicked…

Concert Review: Jay-Z at BankAtlantic Center, February 20

Click here to view a slideshow of photos from the show.Jay-ZWith Trey Songz and Young JeezyBankAtlantic Center, SunriseSaturday, February 20, 2010Better Than: Listening to the AutoTuned train-wreck on “We Are the World 25 for Haiti.” The Review:Jay-Z’s last two appearances in South Florida, both in 2008, were each in downtown Miami…

Juiceboxxx, Puppy Hearts Playing at The Guest Lab March 27

Last time Milwaukee hipster hop MC Juiceboxxx performed in Miami, he got everybody sweating at Poplife. This time he returns to the city in the midst of Winter Music Conference along with Puppy Hearts.The 23-year-old is on the road in support of his debut mixtape, Thunder Zone Volume One, which…

In Defense of Lyrikill’s Viral Marketing Strategies

Before he was crashing live news coverage to get himself on TV, Lyrikill Dot Com already had a sophisticated viral marketing strategy in place. See the above video of the Lyrikill song “You Done Messed Up” intercut with celebrity gossip photos and titled “Chris Brown Beat Rihanna [Picture Rihanna on…