Photo by Heather BooneLast year, we declared local singer/songwriter Rachel Goodrich “You’re New Favorite Singer,” then New York Times featured her prominently in a story about Miami’s emerging music scene. And now the Miami Herald reports that Goodrich will be going in the studio in July with L.A. songwriter and…
Carlos Ramos/Miami FeverDJ Tamara Sky is always in the spin cycle.To say Miami via Puerto Rico DJ Tamara Sky is gorgeous is sort of an understatement. I’ve been at plenty of parties around the city where she’s been like two feet away from me but never had the nerve to…
Ian WitlenJoaquin Phoenix, is that you?Freelance photographer Ian Witlen was shooting for us at the Crystal Method show at Revolution last night when he spotted what he says was Joaquin Phoenix in the crowd. From the photo it looks like a unshaven guy in a top hat, so we aren’t…
What happens why you forget a good friend’s birthday? Well, you perhaps try to avoid that person for a while until you can figure out how to make it up to them and then give them a kick-ass party insisting this was the plan all along. So perhaps this is…
We reported back in February that the creators of crobar were opening a new Fort Lauderdale club called Exit 66 (219 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-9981). Well if you are burning with anticipation, the wait is over as the nightclub finally opens this weekend. The place is…
Ben RowlandTheophilus London: 2009’s Kid Cudi?Just when I thought the hipster-hop genre was dead, in comes up-and-coming Brooklyn MC Theophilus London to save the day. London has been on the cusp of breaking it big for that last year or so and has received plenty of accolades from publications likes…
Talk about a T&A weekend! Exxxotica is in town and so is Aqua Girl, making this a great weekend to see plenty of lovely ladies around the beach. So get ready, because here is what you might want to check out this weekend:For seven days, 120 cars have travel 3,000…
JipsyWatch out for flying limbs.If you haven’t checked out, take a glimpse at the photo excerpts from the book Miami Graffiti by James and Karla Murray. In it the pair documents Miami’s street art scene gorgeously and in vivid colors. Last night, Buck 15 celebrated the book release by inviting…
Who are you Dopplereffekt?Miami rarely ever gets the honor of hosting rare, once-in-a-lifetime events. But next week, if you’re smart, you’ll be at White Room, Wednesday, May 13, to catch illusive Detroit techno outfit Dopplereffekt, who will be performing live as part of the Scion House Party event. Very little…
Casual Sax duo Induce and Sven Barth are back with a new video for “Klaus’ Disco Train,” which is sung by their German alter egos Klaus (Barth) and Ulrich (Induce). The video basically consist of a bunch of clip during Winter Music Conference that show the “German” duo crashing multiple…
Talk about your WTF moments: Miami DJ Danny Daze (Rokbar/Dirty Hairy) will be providing the tunes for Live with Regis & Kelly this week as they air live from the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. Their temporary relocation starts tomorrow and goes through Thursday.Unfortunately (or fortunately, for some), tickets are long…
Ian WitlenMoshing was alive and well at SunFest 2009.While it might not have the clout of other local musical festivals like Ultra or the temporarily (we hope) defunct Langerado, SunFest still keeps attracting South Floridians looking for a more family friendly event. That’s not to say SunFest doesn’t have an…
JipsyWe’re guessing someone really did become a woman at last night’s quince party at the Vagabond. Click here for the full slide show.What’s going on here? We know your standard quince is about a young girl turning into a woman, but we don’t think it suppose to be this literal…
Ian MeyerIf you missed Fool’s Gold co-founder, Nick Catchdubs, during Winter Music Conference, don’t make the same mistake twice. Not going to rehash too much on why Catchdubs holds a special place amongst many blog-house (electro-house/nu-rave/whathaveyou) fans, except that he is genius when in control of the decks.Contributor John Hood…
For more than a year, LMFAO (SMS shorthand for “laugh my fucking ass off”) has been bastardizing the hipster-hop genre with their single “I’m In Miami, Bitch!” off their 2008 Party Rock EP. At one point acts like Kid Sister, Spank Rock, Amanda Black and The Cool Kids seemed like…
We are finally back! We know, it’s been too long since our last post, but we had more important things on our agenda like WMC and a subsequent vacation. But now that we’re all settled in we are ready to get back to the nightlife grind.So here are the things…
Okay, I’ll admit: I like Louis — a lot. It completely goes everything I believe a nightclub should be (drinks are too expensive and the door policy is frustrating), but dammit it’s an awesome venue! It’s cavernous, the lighting is crazy and the bookings at times are unbelievable. I spent…
Ian WitlenPete Wentz of Fall Out Boy with his dick safely in his pants. Click here to view the full slide show.Pete Wentz and company thankfully kept their (by “their” we mean more specifically Pete Wentz) wangs in their pants (link is totes NSFW) at last night’s Fall Out Boy…
Logan FazioLegally we can’t say these people are high — high on life perhaps. Click here to view the full slide show.So why is 4/20 chosen as the day everyone feels the needs to get baked out of their minds? There are 364 other days in the year that we’re…
Remember record stores? They were the place you bought those plastic silvery things called CDs and also where you could pick up vinyl if you were trying to be über-authentic. Ah, yes the days before iTunes. But while Sam Goodys and FYEs might not be commonplace anymore, local records stores…
Last week, the nation was captivated by the unfolding story of the M/V Maersk Alabama and the Somali pirates that held the ship’s captain, Richard Phillips, hostage until the U.S. Navy took action four days later. It sounds like something straight out of a movie (come on: distant lands, pirates,…
JipsyThere is she, Ms. Gothic Beauty of… er, America? Our cameras stopped by Black Sheep Bar last night to check out The Mausoleum’s Gothic Beauty Pageant hosted by Notorious Nastie and Shelley Novak in an effort to crown a Ms. Mausoleum. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any swimsuit competition. Click here to…
