When New Times last checked in with Miami's premier live hip-hop party, Mayday!, we were happy to see they had survived the wave of almost-hype in '06/'07 and were back to the grind. (Nutshell refresher: The group recorded a track with Cee-Lo and DJ Craze called "Groundhog Day," played a bunch of impressive shows, and got some blog love before label hang-ups caused things to sputter to a pause). In 2008, the band seriously retooled. Of course founders Bernbiz and Plex Luthor remained, but the t
From the moment local hip hop crew ¡Mayday! got their first DSL hookup, the self-described "sound bombers" have proven themselves to cunning manipulators of modern internet technology. Like a half-feral band of dystopian techno-guerillas, they've managed to sidestep the bombed-out remains of the post-Napster music industry -- YouTubing, MySpacing, and Twittering their way into the fame game. Way back in 2006, when the interweb was still in its adolescence, ¡Mayday! launched their first on
