Despite working for a chain, chef Sean Bernal has always brought local authenticity to the Brickell outpost of the Oceanaire Seafood Room. But we found out via Facebook that Bernal has decided to move on from the restaurant. He wrote, “Today is a good day, my tenure as the executive…
Click here to view photos from Kid Sister at Grand Central.Kid Sister and MalucaGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, June 26, 2010Local DJ/producer Induce cause quit a stir last week when he was quoted saying, “Uhmmmmm. We have a music scene?” when referring to Miami’s local music scene. Commenters quickly pounced on him…
Miami’s lack of public transportation makes bar hopping a bit more complicated and sometimes even illegal. So when Gran Sierpe Pisco offers a bus to take a few locals from bar to bar for the purpose of consuming free drinks, we say, where do we sign up? Last night, the…
Whoop, whoop! Steve Aoki is back in town this Thursday hawking his brand of mainstream hipsterdom. This time, the venue is SET. Now let us take a moment to guide you through a typical Aoki DJ set: (1) Lights dim as “Circle of Life” (AKA The Lion King theme song)…
South Florida-born, Paris-based Uffie has finally released the video for her latest single “ADD SUV” featuring part-time Miami resident Pharrell Williams off the newly released full-length Sex Dreams and Demin Jeans. Produced by Mirwas (who is best know for giving Madonna her groove back back in 2000), the track is…
Looking for bargain dining? We are still a few weeks away until Miami Spice, but cit-crit (I learned that word yesterday thanks to Lee Klein) site Yelp is dolling out the price cuts thanks to its annual Yelp Eats! event. For a week, area restaurants offer a prix fixe three-course…
UffieSex Dreams and Denim Jeans(Ed Banger/Elektra)When French electro label released “Pop the Glock,” a bratty club anthem by then unknown chanteuse Uffie, it was the sort of a carefree record that everyone could get into. That was 2006. In four years, Uffie still has a minuscule body of work, failing…
South Florida foodies food people already know that James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz has been busy opening a second outpost of his popular Design District restaurant Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Cayman Islands. There is little difference from the original in that he is taking the same…
The bookings just don’t stop over at Grand Central — let’s hope they are making money.We just received word that hipster-hop queen Kid Sister will be performing live at Grand Central next Saturday, June 26. The Chicago native sort of had Miami on overdrive back when she performed at Basel…
Good folks over at Ultra Music Festival premiere this week the new video Tiësto vs. Diplo track “C’mon,” which was filmed live at this year’s festival. The track sounds a bit like outdated 2006 blog-house, sounding more like the work Tiësto than Diplo’s. In other words, don’t expect any Third…
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past few months, you should know that South Florida got stuck with its own mini-Madoff who goes by the name of Scott Rothstein. Yesterday, Rothstein was sentence by U.S. District Court Judge James Cohn to 50 years in prison for masterminding a…
Hipster-hop isn’t exactly a new genre. Pioneers such as the Beastie Boys, the Roots, and OutKast have always appealed to eccentrics who want some substance with their big, fat beats. Hip-hop for white people? Maybe. But it was solid and indisputably good. Enter Brooklyn’s Theophilus London, whose This Charming Mixtape…
Easily contenders to top every end-of-the-year poll for the amazingly superb follow-up to 2008’s Crystal Castles, for the similarly named Crystal Castles (AKA Crystal Castles II), Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have shed the electro-house label and positioned themselves as true electronic music pioneers.Their 2009 performance at Ultra Music Festival…
In this week’s issue of New Times, Natalie O’Neill profiles artist Romero Britto, a man who Miamians seem to have a love/hate relationship with. Er, well more like some people love him and some people hate him. In the past, we haven’t been shy of our disdain for Britto’s work…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Prior to their Ultra Music Festival booking, Passion Pit was already scheduled to play at the Fillmore Miami Beach on June 13. But it wouldn’t be a complete Miami concert appearance without the obligatory afterparty. That’s where the Overthrow, Poplife, and One Fifty come in to ensure the possibility that…
Two-thirds of Miike Snow is responsible for producing some of the biggest pop hits of the last decade. Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, also known as Bloodshy & Avant, are responsible for giving mega-hits to Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Jordin Sparks, Kylie Minogue, Kelis, and Madonna. But along with Andrew…
The Swedes are good at a lot of things: Modern-looking furniture that looks easy to assemble but turns out to be a pain. Swedish meatballs and lingonberry jam. Creepy old dudes producing bubblegum hooks for pop-tart wannabes. Playing convincing vampires on hit HBO shows. And scary death metal music. Oh,…
Let the record show this Buddyhead piece with the Jacuzzi Boys is perhaps the stupidest interview ever. The questions are half-assed and pointless. And for the ones that are provoking, they obviously only look to stir up drama. Thankfully, the Miami-based band wisely choose the high road.For instance: 4. Time…
Yesterday, if you skipped on the memorializing of our nation’s veterans through grilling various meats, you might have parked yourself in front of your TV to catch the premiere of the Cooking Channel. The network replaced Fine Living and is brought to you by the people behind the Food Network.So…
Praise Jebus! There is a god, and his name is Roman Jones! For those of us already dreading the drive up to Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room to see La Roux perform live on August 4 have another option. Mansion has booked the British electropop outfit two days later on August…
We are only two weeks away until we pissed off people announce the 2010 Best of Miami winners. The choices have already been made and are in the book, but who won is currently only the knowledge of the editorial board — and no matter what people say, our sales…
