Few people have perfected the art of the party like Julieanna Goddard, AKA YesJulz. The 25-year-old has already built a small empire on showing people a good time, and now is the self-proclaimed Director of Vibes at Yes Julz Agency, her own blossoming group of media-savvy women who dabble in everything…
At 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, January 29) tickets for the Modest Mouse’s July 8 concert at Bayfront Park go on sale. Yes, it is a co-headlining tour with Long Island emo rockers Brand New, but it still takes a moment to wrap my head around the fact that Modest…
Groove Cruise founder Jason Beukema took the mic for the morning announcements: “Good morning, Groove Cruisers! Today’s costume theme is pinup pool party and tonight is cartoon characters. We have deep house yoga today, we have a DJ soccer match — team Dada Life versus team Dash Berlin gets started…
The Mavericks have never been the kind of band that readily fits one simple and convenient niche. “We never got picked up by the mainstream country market,” singer/songwriter/guitarist Raul Malo told us in an interview last September. “Of course, you can argue that we never were part of it. The…
If chillwave is as dead as the blogosphere claims, someone forgot to tell Chrome Sparks. Born Jeremy Malvin, the Pittsburgh-bred and Brooklyn-based musician, best known for his viral hit “Marijuana,” will perform at Bardot as a three-piece band this Friday after opener Moon Diagrams. If it were possible to genetically…
These days, the mashing of hip-hop, pop, and the various forms of dance music seems pretty standard. But back in the early 2000s? Not so much. Perhaps that’s why when Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary formed Modeselektor and decided to take techno and breakbeat for a ride by incorporating hip-hop…
Ask the world to close its eyes and say the first thing that comes to mind when it thinks of Miami nightlife. Chances are you’ll get a lot of Scarface, boobs, EDM, bottle service, and the occasional naked, ketchup-covered woman twerking at a Johnny Rockets. All of these things are technically…
Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, and Zig Ziglar could have never foreseen that the most well known motivational speaker of the last fifty years hasn’t penned a single self-help book (although don’t rule out the possibility). In 2016, Snapchat brought to the forefront a man who’s become so popular for…
For months, Miami Beach has been locked in a contentious argument over Ocean Drive, with critics blasting sidewalk bars as sources of non-stop debauchery and crime. The City Commission even enacted a 2 a.m. ban on outdoor alcohol sales on Ocean Drive, with Mayor Philip Levine telling reporters, “We believe it’s…
In 1991, a naughty little rap tune crept onto pop radio and into the national consciousness. It asked one very important question: You down with O.P.P.? In the ensuing 25 years, fans of Naughty by Nature have answered in a number of ways, the most common being to throw hands…
Miami-based DJ and producer Michael Brun has become an international presence over the past five years via progressive house hits such as “See You Soon” and “Tongue Tied July.” But one particular spot on the globe still holds sway over his heart — his native Haiti. Though he’s long incorporated…
In a world where entertainment has become transient and the performer with the most outrageous outfit garners instant accolades, it’s sometimes difficult to get attention for music that really matters. So any event that celebrates “serious” music — jazz in this case — begs attention. Jazz’s roots reach back to…
“He was quiet.” Imagine that. Of all the words in all the land one could use to describe DJ Khaled, Gary Holzenthal chose “quiet.” It would have been less jarring to learn that his best friend was a llama. “We have had our fair share of characters, but as far…
I once thought that when I had kids, I would never let them watch TV. But, like many well intentioned bohemian dreams, reality put a dent in that ambition. Toddlers are like drunks in so many ways, but mostly in the amount of energy you have to put into keeping…
Perhaps you’ve been wondering why we haven’t really been covering DJ Khaled’s spectacular rise from zany hip-hop character to national icon. He’s a Miami-based artist. He’s ridiculous and fascinating. His story is important and hilarious and inspiring all at once. He meets all our criteria. Well, for the last…
Madonna has the unique distinction of creating both the best and worst musical moments of the last three decades. Let’s start with the good: “Like a Prayer.” It’s one of the greatest pop songs ever written, a saintly anthem that squeezes and releases at all the right moments like a…
Since Clarence Reid died last Sunday from liver cancer and organ failure, the Miami legend’s stage persona, Blowfly, has been eulogized in Rolling Stone and the New York Times. Celebrities from Ice-T to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea to Run the Jewel’s El-P have paid tribute to Reid on…
10. Spam Allstars. Performing on the Fountain Terrace. Saturday, January 30, 9 p.m. Hialeah Park Race Track, 2200 E. 4th Ave., Hialeah; 305-885-8000; hialeahpark.com. Admission is free. In case you were looking for a legit reason to hit up Hialeah’s best nightclubs, now is your shot. Turn up with Agua de Poço from the Spam Allstars as…
On June 26 and 27, the Cure will perform two back-to-back shows at Miami’s Bayfront Park. But chances are they won’t cover themselves in fake blood and take an evil doo-doo onstage. Luckily, there’s a brave soul out there who will. Miami’s Notorious Nastie, the Miami parody artist who brought…
Two years ago, an alien hopped into a spacecraft with his space babe and travelled from Miami to Austin in hopes of infecting the local scene with psychedelic sound waves. There, he merged with three like-minded beings and the rest, as they say, is history. Such is more or less…
“We wanted a Wynwood venue that offered something Latin, but funky, and not commercial,” explained Nicolas Hoyos of the inspiration behind the new bar he co-owns, El Patio Wynwood. “Once we found the spot in October, it all came together quickly. We wanted it to be like a patio at your…
Traced back to their forebears, Shannon and the Clams come from a wild ménage a trois of Nuggets garage, Bay Area punk, and ’50s pop groups. For a lesser band, that inspiration would have fizzled like a drink from the soda jerk — sweet and bubbly one moment, flat the…
