Heathrow Lounge Departs For Good

Remember Heathrow Lounge? No? Don’t worry, it was only a minor blip in South Beach’s nightlife scene. At one point it seemed like it could be the beach’s answer to a downtown rock club, then all of a sudden it got all these really undeserving high praises mostly due to…

Seven Questions with Alex Caso

If you’ve been living in South Florida for the last fifteen years or so, chances are you’ve walked into a musical experience guided by Alex Caso. Young, handsome, full of energy and one of the most knowledgeable individuals when it comes to ALL types of music, Caso is a true…

Benefit Art Event Tonight for Badly Injured Brew Urban Cafe Barista

A barista at Brew Urban Cafe’s Victoria Park location was struck by a moving vehicle over the weekend during the Broward County Critical Mass ride, according to several local sources. In a posting at South Florida Fixed, Crystal Ruiz-Mills is hospitalized with several broken bones in her back.A Paypal account…

Video: Pitbull “How Low Can You Go” Live In Stockholm

Pitbull has the crowd going crazy to his version of “How Low Can You Go” live in this performance footage from a May 4 show at Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden.Maybe it’s not until you see this that you realize how big Miami culture is on a global scale. Keep in…

Taking a Hard Hat Tour of Frank Gehry’s New World Symphony HQ

The story goes like this:A few of the principals behind Miami’s New World Symphony were sitting around discussing their dream of building a combination campus/concert hall that would be large enough to handle an ever-increasing crop of talent and bold enough to wow the world.At one point someone mentioned that…

Radar vs. Wolf Versus You at Sweat Records Saturday

A long time ago I came to the painful realization that my dreams and aspirations would go unfulfilled. Publishing a collection of original poetry titled “Fetch Me the Pliers” by downtown Kabul’s most exclusive post-Soviet literary house didn’t bring in the cash. So I did what many failed losers do…

Christian Rap vs. Devil-Core Live From Miami on YouTube

If Jesus and the Devil are arm wrestling, then Miami is the table their elbows are on. Let’s face it, this place is pretty fucked up. Us humans have done a swell job of transforming a river of grass into a den of iniquity. But despite all the evil that…

Top Five Cinco de Mayo Parties Today — With Music!

Cinco de Mayo has long been a night of drunken debauchery and Mexican sombreros. Here, then, our list of the top five spots with music to go to this May 5.-Liv’s weekly Dirty Hairy party turns Dirty Sanchez—no, not that way–tonight with DJs Ross One, Contra and Jessica Who. Party…

Cubo Kills A Record Exec In New Video

Watch out, Cubo’s comin’! You may have heard of the Pitbull affiliate in years past, but apparently he’s making a run for it now with a couple of new videos on the web and talk of a forthcoming album. The video above for his song “I made it” shows a…

Weird Wives is 3/5 of Surfer Blood, But Exponentially Noisier

What a wonderful morning to listen to the blistering thrash punk of Weird Wives. As confirmed by the Turbo Fruits, this West Palm Beach quartet has some familiar faces and an unmistakable afro in the mix. Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black, drummer/percussionist Marcos Marchesani, and a really fierce…

Video: Chris Carrabba Performs at Lynn University on Friday

Boca Raton native Chris Carrabba and his band, Dashboard Confessional, gave back to the community with two passionate concerts on Friday at Lynn University. Proceeds from the shows will benefit a memorial scholarship fund honoring students and faculty who were tragically killed in the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.The evening…