We know you love New Times’ Best Of Miami issue. We know you pine for it each and every year. And that’s why we work so hard to bring you the very best Miami has to offer in one spectacular issue, so that your months of gazing longingly at saved past issues…
You don’t need to be the most devoted fan of rock en español to know La Secta Allstar, especially if, between 2005 and 2006, you turned your radio dial to any Spanish-language station for even five minutes. And if you did, there’s at the very least a strong possibility you…
Miami artist David Lebatard, or LEBO as most know him, may as well be part of the local music scene. He’s always been in and around it, never too far from the action. Sure, he did work for the Mayfair in Coconut Grove, Las Olas Riverfront Complex, Burdines and others…
Remember that little beer joint that nabbed our award for Best Bottled Beer Selection just a few short weeks ago in this year’s Best of Miami? The DRB? Well, The Democratic Republic of Beer is proving us right this weekend by holding their own Downtown Summer Beer Luau. I know,…
The Latin Alternative Music Conference, or LAMC, descends once again on the normally peaceful city of New York. Okay, it’s never peaceful, but from today through Saturday, at least one of the causes for all the ripples on the surface will come from the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference. For anyone…
Who loves summer time? I know I do. Sure, it’s hotter than hell in SoFla these days (next time they’ll listen to you, Al Gore), and with a humidity index of, like, 975, opening the front door is practically like taking a shower, only in your own sweat. But it’s…
I was raised on Latin music, and work around it for a living. So I might as well be the one to address the elephant in the room. It’s big, it’s gray, it smells like an entire farm’s worth of shit, and it’s eating all the peanuts. Enough is enough,…
Salsa lovers of the world unite! There’s going to be a whole lotta cadera- (hip-) shaking at the James L. Knight Center on August 6, during the show dubbed “Juntos Por Primera Vez” (Together for the First Time).The tropi-tune extravaganza will feature a few fan favorites from the salsa realm:…
Have you checked out the Tuesday night party Jazz at Jazid? It’s a novel-again concept for the club, which began as a jazz-centric venue but in recent years has expanded its musical offerings far beyond those limits. Not that I’m complaining about the many frequent offerings of non-jazz jamming that…
Flamenco, as we all know, is the quintessential style from La Madre Patria (the Motherland), harking back to the Andalusian gypsies. Fittingly, the genre has its legends. Names of those past, like Lola Flores and El Camaron de La Isla (“the Shrimp of the Island,” no joke), pass with reverence…
I think you know what time it is. It’s time for some funkedified cubaneo up in here. And I can pretty much guarantee you’re not going to find a higher concentration of said funky cubaneo in any other single place than you would at Transit Lounge this Friday night. The…
Miami’s Venezolanos — or anybody looking for a fiesta — will be hard-pressed to find a more lively celebration than the Independencia de Venezuela concert this Saturday at the Fillmore Miami Beach. Of course, thanks to wack-job dictator Hugo Chávez, Venezuela isn’t really free these days. But hey, they’ve been…
There’s been no positive update to the condition of Argentine singer-songwriter and Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati, but his family hasn’t lost hope. Cerati remains in the FLENI clinic in Buenos Aires, where he was transferred on June, 7, following his May 15 hospitalization in Caracas, Venezuela after a collapse…
For those keeping track, ¡Mira Que Lindas! continues, and we keep telling you to go check it out. There were the opening festivities with Pacha Massive. There was Perrozompopo throwing it down and accompanied by DJ Le Spam. There was the Aleks Syntek acoustic showcase. There was a live performance…
If it’s Thursday and you’re reading this, it’s not too late. If it’s Friday … you better have a damned good reason, because it could mean that you missed a monumental occasion. You see, tonight not one, but two recent New Times Best of Miami winners will perform live together…
Nortec Collective is no stranger to the Latin alternative scene. Since dropping its first disc in 2002, The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1, the electro-fusion outfit has carved a well-defined niche. That’s not only across Latin America but also stateside, amassing a cult following from various appearances at some of the…
Nortec Collective is no stranger to the Latin alternative scene. Since dropping its first disc in 2002, The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1, the electro-fusion outfit has carved a well-defined niche. That’s not only across Latin America but also stateside, amassing a cult following from various appearances at some of the…
It’s a big week for local masters of Cuban son, Conjunto Progreso. Not only are they celebrating the release of their brand new disc Alive in Miami, but now they have a Best of Miami award to celebrate too, having earned the honor of Best Latin Band this week. The band…
Click here to view photos from this event.Passion PitWith Tokyo Police Club and BrahmsThe Fillmore Miami BeachSunday, June 13, 2010Better Than: Anything I expected … and expectations were high.The Review:If you’re reading this, I’ll assume you’re a Passion Pit fan. Either that, or just way bored at work today and…
Sad news out of Argentina this week. Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Cerati seems to have suffered extensive brain damage from a stroke in his left cerebral hemisphere, as evidenced from a CatScan. Cerati had been hospitalized in Venezuela as of May 15, after collapsing following a show in Caracas on…
With a thoroughly buzzed-about debut in Manners and a national tour well underway with a string of sold-out dates, it’s safe to say Passion Pit’s graduated from its humble college beginnings. The Beantown band’s reality today is a far cry from its beginnings as a one-man dorm room project by frontman…
Remember when reggaeton first blew up internationally, extending its reach far beyond the confines of Puerto Rico? Every club and radio station from Beantown to Brussels was playing that new booty music from La Isla del Encanto. Few of the cats from that first wave have survived in the industry,…
