The storied legacy of East Coast hardcore owes as much to its gritty, uncompromising sound as it does blood and broken bottles. And while NYC and Boston get the lions’ share of recognition, it’s well worth mentioning the trouble brewing further south as well. Maryland lies roughly halfway between Beantown and Gainesville, and much of [...]
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, or a band by its title. Colorful, genre-specific monikers like Pig Destroyer, Electric Wizard, and Satanic Warmaster make it easy enough for even an outside observer to get an idea of what kind of aural beatdown lies ahead, and we can comfortably add Miami’s gnarliest vice peddlers, Shitstorm, [...]
German philosopher Georg Hegel thought that poetry was art’s “highest phase,” just one tick above music. Despite (and partly because of) this and other lofty assertions, many people consider poetry inaccessible, insular, and the last thing on their mind when they think of entertainment. And you can’t really blame them. Many poets write with other [...]
Glitter freaks, leather-clad fops, half-naked gender benders, and normal-seeming nerds and geeks will all descend on Churchill’s Pub for this year’s International Noise Conference. This free four-day long “music” “festival” features over 130 acts that test the ears as much as the spirit, and is guaranteed to shatter egos and spur its fair share of [...]
“Rollicking adventure” is one of those ridiculous terms that no one actually says in normal conversation but which reviewers love to use (“madcap romp” and “laugh-out-loud hilarious” are some other favorites). I hate to use such a cliché when describing Dave Barry’s Insane City. However, that is the perfect way to describe the Pulitzer Prize-winning [...]
What do you see when you gaze into the rippling, babbling, lush-and-beefy orange pectoral muscles of Carlos Alvarez? Earlier this week, when Miami New Times broke the story of his participation (and victory!) in a bodybuilding competition last November, I was hypnotized by the former, infamously recalled mayor of Miami-Dade County and his Herculean torso. [...]
You already know about tonight’s release party for Strangeways’ latest, ’90s-themed edition. Designer and editor Luis Pinto’s zine, often distributed and promoted just like they were back in the day (flyers, word-of-mouth), deserves a party for every issue, and is hype enough to warrant it. But for this one in particular, we’ve got José Garza [...]
On Friday night an original and sublime occurrence transpired at the New World Center in Miami called “Yoga Night at the New World Symphony!” The inaugural event combined a 30-minute symphonic performance inside the concert hall with a one-hour yoga class outside on a grassy pavilion known as SoundScape Park. At 7 p.m., the Frank [...]
If there is anything M83 is good at — at least when listening to him (them) in my room — it’s encapsulating a feeling I know exists, that I know is tangible and real, but that I do not usually have access to unless I’m listening to them. A show at the Miami Beach Fillmore [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
