On the List: Memorial Weekend Detours

Memorial Day in Miami is like the elephant in the room. Nobody admits they don’t want to party in South Beach this weekend for fear of coming off as racist. Well, you are. You aren’t going to get shanked, stabbed, cut, mugged or shot at if you cross the causeway…

A Decade of Poplife June 6 at White Room

It’s official: Poplife turns 10 next month. Last year, when we sat down and spoke with founders Aramis Lorie and Barbara Basti about the party turning 9, we thought that was a milestone, but 10 sounds so much more official, no? And to celebrate that achievement, the party is bringing…

Tuesday Night: Theophilus London at Rokbar

Theophilus LondonTuesday, May 19, 2009Rokbar, Miami BeachBetter than: The current wave of hipster-hop.I’ll start off by admitting I don’t know much about the up-and-coming singer/MC Theophilus London expect that he’s from Brooklyn, he performed with Solange Knowles at SXSW and has a mixtape out called This Charming Mixtape. I’ll so…

Oscar G at Hoy Como Ayer’s Tropicasa Wednesday Night Party

Since 2001, Oscar G has been Space’s resident DJ and the main reason why patrons still flock to the all-night 11th Street mainstay. Not to mention the fact that he’s done remixes for artists like Madonna and Pet Shop Boys and as one-half of Murk (the other half being Ralph…

Rachel Goodrich Working With Superstar Producer Greg Wells

Last year, we declared local singer/songwriter Rachel Goodrich “You’re New Favorite Singer,” then New York Times featured her prominently in a story about Miami’s emerging music scene. And now the Miami Herald reports that Goodrich will be going in the studio in July with L.A. songwriter and producer Greg Wells…

DJ Tamara Sky Featured in Missbehave Magazine

To say Miami via Puerto Rico DJ Tamara Sky is gorgeous is sort of an understatement. I’ve been at plenty of parties around the city where she’s been like two feet away from me but never had the nerve to introduce myself. One day, when I finally did introduce myself,…

Over the Weekend: Coldplay and Art With Edge

We’ve just realized hurricane season is around the corner. We just hope this is another quiet year, because we aren’t sure with the state of the economy how quickly the city can bounce back.While we stock up on batteries and canned food, here is what you missed over the weekend:Coldplay…

The Vagabond Celebrates Belated One-Year Anniversary

What happens why you forget a good friend’s birthday? Well, you perhaps try to avoid that person for a while until you can figure out how to make it up to them and then give them a kick-ass party insisting this was the plan all along. So perhaps this is…

Take Exit 66 – to Party

We reported back in February that the creators of crobar were opening a new Fort Lauderdale club called Exit 66. Well if you are burning with anticipation, the wait is over as the nightclub finally opens this weekend. The place is described as “the newest nightlife playground to hit the…

Scene Stealers

Miami’s indie and alternative nightlife scene is arguably controlled by only a handful of promoters. While some people are perfectly content letting those promoters continue as the hegemony, others are taking their discontent and using it to give the city a truly new alternative. “People used to party so hard…

Fort Lauderdale’s Exit 66 Opening Friday

We reported back in February that the creators of crobar were opening a new Fort Lauderdale club called Exit 66 (219 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-9981). Well if you are burning with anticipation, the wait is over as the nightclub finally opens this weekend. The place is…

Video: Exxxotica 2009 at Miami Beach Convention Center

Exxxotica has left us with many things, including plenty of porn for the next few months weeks days, a slideshow and something probably only antibiotics can take care of. But before we close out the chapter on this year’s porn convention, videographer Jacob Katel gives us a glimpse of the…

Best of Miami 2009 Readers’ Poll: Yes, We’re Listening

For the most part, we’ve made our choices for this year’s Best of Miami. Who won? Ha! You’ll have to wait until June 11 to find out, but in the meantime, our Readers’ Poll is open and awaiting your picks.Can’t say we remember the last time readers and the editorial staff…

Theophilus London at Rokbar May 19

Just when I thought the hipster-hop genre was dead, in comes up-and-coming Brooklyn MC Theophilus London to save the day. London has been on the cusp of breaking it big for that last year or so and has received plenty of accolades from publications likes The Fader and Urb, which…

Over the Weekend: Nine Inch Nails, Exxxotica and Aqua Girl

If you stayed home this weekend, it was either because the unbearable heat kept you indoors or because you actually tried to behave yourself on Mother’s Day. Skin and sin was aplenty this weekend (er, well more than normal), so here is what you missed:Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction…