The British have some funky ways. They call cookies “biscuits” and eat meat pies. They still sing “God Save the Queen” in 2015, when most people find themselves losing faith in both God and the queen. When a Brit gets “pissed,” he gets drunk, not angry, and he might ask…
Growing up, my family celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas. My father, a Jew, helped us light the Menorah. My mother, a catholic, decorated the Christmas tree. And me, a greedy little materialistic boy with a sweet tooth, ate cake and opened presents until I passed out upon on a pile…
This New Year’s Eve, you could do worse than your own private table on South Beach with four of your closest friends, two alcoholic bottles of your choice, and the best seat in the house to a midnight fireworks display. Actually, you could do a lot worse. Like, imagine no…
Matisyahu was as singular an artist as there’s ever been: a Hasidic Jew, long beard and forelocks included, unearthing the Judaic underpinnings of Rastafarian reggae and reconnecting them to his faith. But when Matisyahu the man (born Matthew Miller — he adopted the Hebrew moniker in 2001) broke away from…
Though it’s a country smaller than California, few places match Italy’s appreciation for the finer things in life. Nobody shells out the big bucks for luxurious North Korean leather, after all. Italians have an astute attention to detail and a brilliant eye for design. Sports cars from the small towns…
10. Red Nectar. Presented by Ladies Night. Wednesday, December 23, 10 p.m. Kill Your Idol, 222 Española Way, Miami Beach; 305-534-1009; facebook.com/killyouridolmiami. Admission is free. Ages 21 and up. From folding denim at American Apparel to shredding it at a club near you, Red Nectar is on top of its game. Although the two-year-old band…
If asked to name two formative musicians who’ve opened the floodgates for noise and experimental music today, you would be hard-pressed to come up with two better entries than Bill Orcutt and Chris Corsano. Free-form guitarist Orcutt brought his avant-garde din to the Magic City in the late ‘80s and…
Gavin Lynch – the electronic musician otherwise known as Matador – started young and started standard. After frequenting a number of local teen discos in his native Dundalk, Ireland, Lynch turned to his own turntables, began constructing a record collection, and commuting long distances (like over an hour to Dublin)…
He might be a man of few words when it comes to interviews — as we found out ahead of Friday’s Miami debut show at Bardot — but really, Galcher Lustwerk is the spoken word don of contemporary deep house. The laid-back, self-styled vocals he sprinkles over sultry stripped-down beats…
Ultra Music Festival has just dropped an early Christmas present for everyone — the phase one lineup, which includes a lot of familiar names with plenty of surprises spread throughout. Afrojack, Tiësto, Avicii, Carl Coz, Knife Party, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, and more are all returning, and the will make plenty…
The city of Hialeah is known for many things — its large Latin population, a rich history, and streets that are numbered seemingly without regard to the rest of Miami Dade County, making it easy to lose your way if you’re not a local. Now however, it has another attraction…
Pay better attention to your Classics professor, for the Greeks really knew how to create lasting myths and character types. Take Narcissus, the boy who loved himself. Strikingly handsome and thoroughly vain, Narcissus was lured to a still pool where he fell for his reflection. According to different tellings of…
“Hello from the other side.” Of the pond, that is. That’s how Adele greeted her 24.3 million Twitter followers this morning as the singer announced her first North American tour in five years. Back in late November, the singer revealed via a minute-and-20-second video that she was “of course coming…
10. Scraping Teeth with Bad Dream House, B.C., Michelle Forever, Randy Piro, and Smut. Wednesday, December 16, 9 p.m. Churchill’s Pub, 5501 NE 2nd Ave., Miami; 305-757-1807; churchillspub.com. Admission is free. Only “the worst band in America” will pay you to see their show. No, really. Miami’s Scraping Teeth was given the title by Spin…
What a time to be in Miami. New Year’s Eve in the Magic City is always a big deal, and this year is no different. Pitbull, Questlove, and the Weeknd are but a slice of the artists coming to town on December 31, but the biggest name on the 2016 marquee…
Oh, Cleveland. You may sometimes be derided as a desolate wasteland of snow and pale people, but you’ve given us some great things. You gave us LeBron (though you did eventually take him back). And you also helped grow Nine Inch Nails. But maybe best of all you birthed Bone…
“Ultra Music Festival” is a name you either love to hear or hate. Our music editor spent the better half of a weekend coming to terms with the event that all but overruns Miami every March. Others eagerly blow $300 on tickets plus a few bucks here and there for…
Psychomagic’s latest record came together fast — maybe too fast. “We only had three weeks to write the songs and three days to record it,” singer and guitarist Steven Fusco says. But they were able to pull it off. The album, Bad Ideas, mixes and matches garage rock with psychedelia…
The 2016 Virginia Key Grassroots Festival returns to South Florida for the fifth year in a row, and it once again promises a wide array of headlining artists, both local and national. Next year’s gathering will take place February 18 through the 21 in its familiar locale midway between Downtown…
Not familiar with grindcore? Here’s a brief definition from Fuck the Facts guitarist Topon Das: “It’s a frame of mind of really fast easily relatable musical expression.” He is quick to clarify, however, that his Canadian five-piece is not a textbook example of the musical genre. “I don’t think we’re…
Corey Jones called his older brother to let him know he’d be late. His SUV had broken down near the southbound I-95 exit ramp to PGA Boulevard. It was 2:52 a.m., and Corey had pulled onto the shoulder to wait for help. His older brother, Clinton Jr., would call back…
With two nights featuring over two dozen bands, 305 Fest aims to be a showcase for all that is punk and hardcore about South Florida. The night’s roster will include just about every face from the local scene you could imagine, as well as some out of town legends, like…
