As far as clever and attention-grabbing bar names go, you could certainly do much worse than Blind Pig. This evening will see the bar — named after one of the slang phrases used to describe illegal speakeasies during prohibition — opening its doors for the first time. Self-described as “Miami’s…
These days, you can forget commercial FM radio if you’re looking to feed your ears anything other than Top 40 fodder. You certainly won’t find much by way of indie or underground music on the local dial. And you most definitely won’t be hearing from the tragically untapped wealth of…
With almost 30 years under their turntable belts, Optimo’s JG Wilkes and JD Twitch make one of the most enduring partnerships in global dance music. It’s a partnership that has seen the esteemed Scotsmen evolve from hosts of a small local underground club night at the turn of the millennium…
Last time we checked on Cog Nomen, guitarist Buffalo Brown and drummer Ulysses Perez were campaigning to help raise funds for the release of their upcoming EP, Twin Stars. The Kickstarter campaign was also aiming to fund the production for the band’s music video for “Fear of Missing Out,” a project…
The Bristol-bred Eats Everything ain’t like most techno scenesters. “I just wear black t-shirts because they’re slimming,” the producer Dan Pearce, says. “Not because I want to be cool and techno. It makes me look a bit slimmer, and I need all the help I can get on that.” He’s…
Though the electro-pop trio Pompeya hail from Russia, they’re about to make Florida their home for much of the month of May, with half a dozen shows scheduled up and down the Sunshine State. According to Pompeya’s singer and guitarist Daniil Brod, though, there’s not a huge difference musically between Miami…
The origins of ladies night are unclear. Perhaps it was a tool used by men to attempt to lessen their guilt for denying women basic human rights and equality. Maybe it goes back even farther, and after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, she felt the…
This past March, the music critics over at the New York Times ran a piece titled “Why We’re Not Making Plans for Coachella and Bonnaroo.” In it, the authors raise several valid criticisms and concerns regarding the current state of American music festivals. Chief among the points discussed is the uncomfortably…
As III Points prepares to dive headfirst into its fourth year, it’s hard not to be impressed with the local festival’s progress. In its short existence, III Points has become the most exciting musical event in Florida, merging local and national talent with technology and art to create three days…
Catherine, Christina, Jodi, and Janelle Pyfrom want to become pop’s next big thing. But that’s not what makes them stand out. The four Miami sisters — who were born in Miami and raised in the Bahamas — are identical quadruplets. “At first, it was more for fun, but then Christina got the…
Talib Kweli has a simple description for his shows. “Good times all around,” the Brooklyn rapper says to expect. Kweli’s current tour, which had him in New Zealand when he spoke with New Times, will take the MC to Rec Room for a free show this Saturday. Kweli, who is…
Oftentimes, when we somehow stumble upon a veteran band for the first time, our first instinct is to snatch up the group’s greatest-hits compilation. For those unfamiliar with !!! (pronounced chk chk chk), a dance-punk outfit formed in Sacramento in 1996, don’t bother looking for any kind of best-of CD…
When one listens to German duo Satin Jacket’s debut album Panorama Pacifico, it sets a certain tone. We close our eyes and imagine a chic cocktail lounge on a far-off distant planet. It’s decorated with lights that seem to float and full of frail women dressed in shiny gowns. Sometimes…
Words are powerful. They can move nations, they can break hearts, and they can inspire the hopeless. They can also confuse the hell out of people when used improperly. And leading up to the Saturday night DMX show at House Nightclub, there was a bit of a brouhaha over who,…
Nikki Rodriguez finds it hard to believe June 8 will celebrate the sixth anniversary of Words & Wine Open Mic, a weekly gathering of poets, musicians, and comedians held every Wednesday night. “We started out in my living room on 27th and Biscayne,” she remembers. “Everyone would crowd in and…
Because hip-hop relies so heavily on words, rappers are always running their mouths. However, that doesn’t mean they always have something worth listening to. Plenty are just talking shit, boosting themselves up, and spouting a lot of hot air between occasionally hot beats. Talib Kweli, on the other hand, is…
There are two ways to know when a meme is officially dead: 1) Ellen DeGeneres does it on her show to a crowd full of confused moms, and 2) when the government gets involved. (Remember when Michelle Obama collectively embarrassed a nation with her take on Lil Jon’s “Turn Down…
If Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine ever decides to run for public office, her tendency to physically interact with large crowds is going to give her security team nightmares. Thursday night, the flame-haired songbird attempted to grab hold of almost every single person at the American Airlines Arena…
It might be a stretch to call Bruce Hornsby one of our homeboys. And yet, the fact that he graduated from the University of Miami School of Music in 1977, which in many ways provided his pathway to success, gives us something we can brag about, as well as further…
For musicians by musicians: This is essentially the motto of a humble Broward warehouse that is on the cusp of potentially becoming the next local spot for live music. The warehouse (4530 N Dixie Hwy., Oakland Park) was formed a few months ago out of the need for a more…
The name Ben Katzman, a Miami native currently living in Boston, will sound very familiar to many local bands, or anyone who’s frequented shows at Churchills over the last few years. These days, Katzman runs his own record label called BUFU Records and is currently on tour with his band…
The French didn’t invent disco, but they did help revitalize it. Daft Punk landed in the early 1990s with what can be called outer-space disco — an alien concoction of disparate sounds with filters and phasers galore. The Parisian duo is often credited as the chief necromancer behind disco’s resurrection…
