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Uncle Luke: Justin Timberlake Sells Records the Right Way

It's a Trap! An 11-Part History of Trap Music, From DJ Screw to Gucci Mane to Flosstradamus

Trap music. It's superhuge right now with the cool kids and it's overrunning Soundcloud. Yet despite its growing popularity, a lot of people have one basic question ... What the fuck is trap? Because of recent EDM trends, many people would tell you it's the "new dubstep" or the "new moombahton." ... More >>

DJ Paris Hilton Slapped With Dis Track by Jane Bang: "Keep Sucking on That Afrojack D**k"

See also "Paris Hilton's DJ Debut Sucked Balls: An Extremely Detailed Breakdown." Everyone is jumping on the Paris Hilton hate train ever since she wrecked that bitch in Brazil. The latest hit comes from New York City's Jane Bang, who just released an electro dis track that calls the heiress out ... More >>

Adele Sucks Up Music Revenues, Industry Report "Least Negative" Results Since Bush Administration

​Just when you thought the bubble was 'bout to burst... Recent reports from The Music Industry have revealed that the world of aural entertainment is not only transitioning away from a free-falling-plummet to lightly-descending-tumble, but the music business be sticking around a little longer tha ... More >>

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Kid Sister at Grand Central February 4

Score Free Fra Nefarious Tune From New Album on Miami's So Sound Recordings

​Miami's So Sound Recordings was among Crossfade's Five Best Electronic Music Labels in 2011. But what we didn't point out about DJ-producer Jazzy Eyewear's beloved imprint was the eclecticism of its catalog. Sure, the label focuses on house and electronica. But there's also plenty of tradition ... More >>

Kid Sister's Gonna Kiss and Tell at Grand Central on February 4

​Ever since the internet turned every last drip-drop of intellectual property into the featured item at an ever-extending, all-you-can-download digital buffet, nobody's even sure if concepts like "underground" or "mainstream" exist anymore. But Chicago electro-hop diva Kid Sister straddles the li ... More >>

¡Mayday! Remixes the Black Keys, Add "Beard-a-Fied Guitar Solo" to "Sinister Kid"

​Earlier this week, the Black Keys dropped one of the best albums of 2011, El Camino. The record quickly skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes chart, slapping Michael Buble's Christmas record out of the top spot and triggering a Miami-based remix from one of New Times' favorite hip-hop acts. Ins ... More >>

Nadia G's Bitchin' Christmas (Video)

Nadia G. FacebookIt's Christmas Time...show me your ding dong!​Everyone loves to get into the act for Christmas.  For some reason, snowmen and brightly lit trees make everyone want to record a song. Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie among those who have felt the need to share the ... More >>

Daddy Yankee Does the "Lovumba" at 90 Degree in Miami on December 10

​It's been five full years since Time Magazine named Daddy Yankee to its list of the 100 most influential people on the planet. And using the mag's metaphor, the recording industry's registers were ringing like mad over reggaeton in 2006. "Yankee has sold 2 million copies of his album Barrio ... More >>

Steve Jobs' Top Ten Contributions to Music

​Steve Jobs, one of the greatest innovators of both the 20th and 21st Centuries is dead. But his name will ring out eternally through history. 'Cause damn, that motherfucker changed the world and shit.  iTunes is just one of many ingenious inventions to come out of the Apple camp. From apps t ... More >>

Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Five Other Actors Who Never Should've Recorded an Album

This dude sucks.​US Weekly is reporting that Team Edward is stabbing music in the heart and draining its blood. Evidently, PG-13 heartthrob and "accomplished blues guitarist" Robert Pattinson is in the midst of recording his first album. But the Twilight star isn't making a record for his teenag ... More >>

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MartyParty Talks Smoking Purple Pot, Making Purple Music, and Freaking Out on Fun

​For millennia, only a supersmall slice of the world's human population could legitimately claim to have rocked out to the color spectrum. Of course, we're talking about those special party people with the strange neurological condition known as synesthesia. And, uh, certain recreational weed smo ... More >>

Level From Alukard Talks Vigilante Justice, L.A., and Rock Of Ages

This is what happens at an Alukard show.​Just because Miami doesn't have any alternative music on the radio, it doesn't mean the city isn't producing radio-worthy rock. Alukard has been making the 305 headbang since forming in 2003. And now with its freshly digitized (iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby) se ... More >>

Fontainebleau's App: Download Quick and Win Free Hotel Stay

via Fontainebleau Miami BeachThe home screen of the Fontainebleau app.​Yesterday, Fontainebleau Miami Beach announced the launch of an iPhone and Android app, as well as a mobile site for most smartphones. In addition, the hotel will run a Facebook sweepstakes for those who download the free app. ... More >>

Electric Piquete's Self-Titled EP Is a Little Bit of Funk and a Whole Lotta Latin Jazz

​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

Prince Royce and His Pencil Mustache Swoon Into the BankUnited Center February 12

​For a certain kind of music snob, there's nothing more annoying than all that saccharine radio pop stuff called bachata. At best, it's elevator muzak. At worst, it sounds like a sad baby wailing over a karaoke tape full of stuttering guitar, bongo, and maracas. But there are millions of people ... More >>

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Five Dumb Halloween Apps

BrianBoyd via Flickr​From a $4.99 Mario Batali recipe app that'll inevitably result in a greasy screen, to the Hipstamatic indie-cam for a $1.99, the iTunes store offers thousands of apps to suit every demographic imaginable. And like a strip mall welcoming a temporary fly-by-night Hallo ... More >>

Lupe Fiasco Goes From Rap to Rock with New Band Japanese Cartoon, Paying Tribute to Joy Division

The cover art for Japanese Cartoon's In the Jaws of the Lords of Death​You probably know Wasalu Jaco best for all of his hip-hop collaborations. With Lupe Fiasco as his stage name, he's worked with the likes of Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Neptunes, and Pharrell Williams, Justice, and Rihanna. But now h ... More >>

Miami Heat's Carlos Arroyo Releases Reggaeton Single

​NBA players attempting to make a second career out of music aren't exactly anything new. It's been tried before--repeatedly--and often to catastrophic results. Consider San Antonio Spurs' 2009 second round draft pick DeJuan Blair's appearance on the P.O.P. (Chicken and Young Meez) track, "2 Hard ... More >>

Q&A With Rahsaan: From Rapping About Sneakers to His Own Sneaker Store

Photo by Anthony Anderson​Rahsaan "A Fly Guy" Alexander -- better known simply as Rahsaan -- must be one of Miami's hardest-working individuals.The MC released his new album, Georgetown, earlier this year (get it now on iTunes.) But overall, saying that Rahsaan is "driven" is a real unde ... More >>

Google TV Gives Apple TV a Run For its Money

​The wave of the TV watching future possibly came with the advent of TiVos and the ability to DVR your favorite shows, leaving you to come and go as you please. Or maybe it was through Hulu and YouTube, when television watching was transferred from the big screen to the computer screen. But now Go ... More >>

Cloud Music Storage Software Promises Access to Your Entire Music Library From Any Computer or Cell Phone

​In a perfect world, you'd be able to access your entire music library from any computer, iPhone, iPad or any other cellphone, sans USB. You wouldn't have to transfer files or carry around a portable hard drive. Finally, that world is here, but it's not perfect... yet. Let me introduce you to clo ... More >>

New Musical Missionary Label/Charity Expands, Releases New Podcast

​Back in January we announced the launch of the local Musical Missionary label with a debut record release by Austin-based producer Darren DuVall. The label has since continued to expand with a growing lineup of forward-thinking EDM artists. Musical Missionary itself continues to cultivate an unpr ... More >>

Moving Units: Radio-Active Records' Top 5 Releases for May 4-10

Flying Lotus: Possibly as bangin' as Sleigh Bells' new album, and actually available in brick and mortar stores​In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records  graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each ... More >>

305 Live: Local Hip-Hop News from Adela, Pitbull, DJ Khaled and more

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​-- DJ Khaled continues to ride the wave of success that his song "All I Do Is Win" has garnered. Since releasing the song, he's received tons of iTunes downloads for it. So I guess as a thank you of sorts, Khaled recruits pretty much all of the most relevant rappers of ... More >>

Remember Those Awesome Maarten Baas Clocks From Design Miami? Get One on Your iPhone

via Dezeen​At last year's Design Miami, we were absolutely taken with designer of the year Maarten Baas's awesome "Real Time" clock project. In one memorable installation, he had a person, stationed inside a cabinet, who manually painted in the numbers of a digital clocks as the time changed. ... More >>

Protoman Gets "86'd" Artistically on New EP, Which Is Out Today

​ On the cover of his 86'd EP, conscious South Florida's rapper Protoman sends a mixed message with several examples of vice giving us bedroom eyes from that big, red no-no circle. Come sit over here, Crown Royal.With Los Angeles producer Sebino providing the beat firepower, the EP digs into every ... More >>

iPad vs. Kindle: You Need Both

via CrunchGearThis week's Newsweek -- which should probably be titled "Suck-up-week" -- includes a front page pic of the iPad and a back page ad for the Amazon Kindle. The main article is a generally positive piece about the iPad and the geeks who love it.

WMC 2010 Thursday Day Recap: Kaskade Listening Party and Digweed Cruise

​Electronic music and its surrounding industry generally exists in a separate plane from the rest of the world's troubles. The music is, after all, most often about dancing and going out -- a form of escapism. And even if things are generally going to the shitter, people are still going to want to ... More >>

In Defense of Lyrikill's Viral Marketing Strategies

Before he was crashing live news coverage to get himself on TV, Lyrikill Dot Com already had a sophisticated viral marketing strategy in place. See the above video of the Lyrikill song "You Done Messed Up" intercut with celebrity gossip photos and titled "Chris Brown Beat Rihanna [Picture Rihanna ... More >>

Concert Review: Stonefox CD Release Party with Surfer Blood and Dead Rabbits, at Propaganda, July 30

photo by Ian WitlenStonefox ruled Propaganda.​To see a full slideshow of photos from the show, click here. Surfer Blood, Dead Rabbits, and StonefoxPropaganda, Lake WorthThursday, July 30, 2009Better Than: Another DJ dance night whereverThe Review:Last night at Propaganda marked the official album ... More >>

Book Review: Please Step Back by Ben Greenman

Melville House BooksI used to spend a lot of time and money purchasing slick vinyl re-issues of "forgotten" or "lost" eras in American music: albums with titles like New Orleans Funk, Vol. 1: The Original Sound of Funk, 1960-1975 and Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-1974 ... More >>

PG-13 Talks Panther God and the Future of Circuitree Records

Today, PG-13, aka Paul Gaeta, releases his second record into the wild: Panther God (click here for a preview). Really it should be his fourth , but between his 2007 debut, the humbly titled Seven Songs for my Friends and the beginning of God's creation some thieves broke into his apartment and sto ... More >>

The Conchords: The Geekiest Rock Stars Ever

Last Night: Flight of the ConchordsBetter Than: All the YouTube videos fit to click.By now, fans of HBO's off-kilter, musical comedy series Flight of the Conchords know that its number is up. The Conchords themselves, the duo of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, walking a nearly-flawless tightrope ... More >>

Honor Roll Music - Making The Music Business Make Dollars and Sense

You may have heard about Honor Roll Music in a recent New York Times article highlighting Miami's indie music culture, but probably not, Newspapers are stupid. They keep homeless people warm, cats shit on them all the time, they want you to read all about it, you're probably not even reading this a ... More >>

SP Global Radio on MiamiBeatz.com

SP Global Radio is a weekly show on www.miamibeatz.com hosted by local DJs JD and Rob Solomon. With over 40,000 iTunes podcast downloads per month worldwide, they are now hitting the airwaves with their eclectic mix of underground EDM. Tune in for their exclusive weekly broadcasts where you will he ... More >>

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