Thanks to unbelievable unemployment rates, two U.S. wars that went nowhere good, and about a million other awful current American realities, what was once comfortable enough has become unbearable.Economic inequality and the corporate influence over governmental affairs have pushed those in New York, Chicago, and DC to give up the…
See the full 32-photo DWNTWN Concert Series with Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park slideshow. Surfer Blood With Spam Allstars and Ketchy Shuby As part of the DWNTWN Concert Series Bayfront Park Friday, October 14, 2011 Better Than: A falafel on a cold night. Under an almost full, waning moon, on…
On last night’s episode of X Factor, we saw “hipster” Philip Lomax sing “Don’t Stop the Music” to Rihanna. We saw Simon tap his toe, Paula look intensely happy, Nicole emote, and L.A. shake his head back and forth in approval. Future mechanic Tora Woloshin made us feel old, then…
Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…
Dolly Parton at Hard Rock Live October 18
Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park October 14
Anoraak and Teen Daze at Bardot October 13
Limelight: Billy Corben’s new documentary screens at O Cinema
You grew up listening to WVUM. The station number ran through your head as you lay it down to sleep. Every once in awhile, you’d call in and ask for a Sonic Youth song, just because you could and it felt so good. Nowadays, college radio has changed. But WVUM…
If you’ve never heard of Prince Royce, get used to his name. The Bronx-raised, 22-year-old Dominican kid writes beautiful songs in both English and Spanish. In only three years, Royce has brought a new kind of bachata to the Billboard charts. And recently signed to Atlantic Records, he’s coming out…
Bras can be sexy and they can be cute, painful, or the wrong size. Bras. They’re usually pretty uncomfortable, but western women wear them almost everyday of their lives. Each bra speaks to a stage in our lives. The tiniest were usually first, the largest when we’re pregnant. They’re more…
If you’re into electronica, chances are you’ll be riding that chillwave of excitement into Bardot for the club’s second installment of its Living Room Sessions. The speakeasy’s new Thursday-night concert series kicked off last night with Junior Boys. And now we’re all set to indulge in a dose of superrelaxed,…
Art and music. These days, it’s like they’re dating or something. And it’s kind of cute. The season for Art Walk-ing is back. There’s finally a breeze and a two minute stroll down NE Second Avenue doesn’t leave one drenched in sticky sweat. And thanks to the return of an…
You ever watch Beaches with your mom or Titanic with a girlfriend? Those weepy bitches have nothing on X Factor’s contestants and judges. The entire show is just people crying and being inspirational and then crying again. Last night, tryouts ended and boot camp began. Once the finalists are chosen,…
Although we thought our semi-apologist essay on budding R&B legend Chris Brown would allow us some leeway with Team Breezy. We were wrong. Last night, instead of heading inside to watch Brown float across the audience, singing and dancing, we were only allowed outside of the American Airlines Arena to speak with…
Yuck at Bardot October 8
You might know New York DJ Jonathan Toubin from his Soul Clap Dance-Off parties. He brought Miami’s best and most adventurous dancers to their knees last February just days before the Bruise Cruise with soulful music that kept us dancing all night. Spinning only vinyl, his music comes from a…
The obvious complement to a taco isn’t sake, unless, that is, you’re sampling dishes under the tutelage of Miami’s own sake expert Morgan Olivia Hartman. She is leading the spirits discussion at the United Way Miami Wine and Food Festival’s Sake at Sundown this Thursday at Wynwood Kitchen and Bar. Tapas created…
When you think, What am I doing this Halloween?, the first thing that comes to mind is a synthetic Frankenstein vagina, right?! No? Anyone? Male sex toy company Fleshlight launched a line appropriately creepy for the spookiest of holidays. Their Fleshlight Freaks feature four categories of design and eight haunting anatomical members. Now,…
Manhattan’s clubland outlasted AIDS, it out-partied Andy Warhol, but it couldn’t survive Rudy Giuliani. In Limelight, filmmaker Billy Corben wandered from his traditional muse, his hometown of Miami, to tell of the tribulations and literal trial of former NY nightclub king Peter Gatien. He was targeted by the feds and…
If you were a kid in the 1980s, Weird Al Yankovic was the funniest guy ever. “Fat” would come on as you snarfed cookies and soda, leaving a burning in your nose. To watch his knockoff of Michael Jackson’s hit “Bad” in 2011 isn’t the same exactly. But it’s still…
Surfer Blood is, like, superfamous. The West Palm foursome has been almost singlehandedly spreading South Florida’s indie rock message, playing every music festival imaginable, including SXSW, CMJ, and even ATP’s Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact, this crew may be the hottest white-boy thang to come out of SoFla since Vanilla…
