Sade (Band)

Gunplay 101: The Human L.A. Riot's Nine Best Tracks

See also "The Quotable Gunplay: 'Hos,' 'Pills,' and the 'Gift and Curse of Being Under Rick Ross.'" Gunplay has been a known commodity on Miami's rap scene for years thanks to his association with Rick Ross and Maybach Music Group. But only recently have mainstream audiences started warming up to ... More >>

Sade at BankAtlantic Center July 15 and American Airlines Arena July 16

No Meat at Moz: What to Leave Home When Going to Other Concerts

We all know that meat is murder thanks to both the nature of what meat actually is (you know, dead animal flesh) and the vegetarian wails of sad pop king Morrissey. But now the quirky musical god has hit new levels of dietary restriction. As The Daily Mirror explains, "Stunned fans had their bags s ... More >>

Ten Songs Sexy Enough to Get a Lady Pregnant

Yes, those are tiny pregnant ladies in Barry White's hands.​When we set out to put this list together we thought, "Great, we're going to have a wide variety of songs!" That dream was shattered when we quickly realized white people don't know shit about bone jams. If the number of Wayans children ... More >>

Ultra Naté Interview, Part Two: Divadom, Hero Worship, and the Future

via ultranate.com​Earlier this week as she prepped for her Wednesday night appearance at the Clevelander's House You! party, Crossfade and fierce deep house diva Ultra Naté discussed Winter Music Conference and the ongoing evolution of house. And now she's back for another gig and another discuss ... More >>

Tech House Sensation Shonky Talks Math, Mind Expansion, and His New Label

Shonky​DJ-producer Olivier Ducreux (AKA Shonky) might have been the next great mathematical genius and invented the time machine or something. But instead, he followed his musical passion. Since landing on the EDM scene with a big bang in the late '00s, the Parisian prodigy has been blowing mind ... More >>

Common's Lecture on The Effects of Hip-Hop on Modern Society at FIU

Photo by Liana Lozada​ On Wednesday, February 9, FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus got a little taste of Chicago rapper and actor Common. The speaking engagement was titled "The Effects of Hip-Hop on Modern Society." But it took the form of a motivational speech on achieving individual greatness. Common ... More >>

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Lemonade at Electric Pickle December 11

Lemonade Talks Doom, Digital Sounds, Sade, and Dancing

Photo by Alyssa Robb.​A gothic metropolis in sunny California, San Francisco is a city suffering from a schizo split. It's bred hippies, Hells Angels, and the Zodiac Killer. And five years ago, old San Fran gave birth to a certain psych-pop trio called Lemonade that luxuriates in the idea of swi ... More >>

Soul en Espanol

Seven Questions with Alex Caso

The elusive Cookieheadz​ If you've been living in South Florida for the last fifteen years or so, chances are you've walked into a musical experience guided by Alex Caso. Young, handsome, full of energy and one of the most knowledgeable individuals when it comes to ALL types of music, Caso is a t ... More >>

Countdown to Sweatstock: Q&A With Sweat Records' Lolo Reskin, Part Three of Three

via sweatrecordsmiami.comVinyl bins inside the store.​In anticipation of Sweat Records' five-year anniversary party this Saturday, we sat down with Sweat head Lolo Reskin for a chat on the store's past, present and future. If you missed the first two parts yesterday, click here for part one, and h ... More >>

Q&A with Gadi Mizrahi (Wolf Lamb) Playing Electric Pickle on Friday

​Since alighting on Brooklyn's underground dance music scene with partner Zev Eisenberg in 2001, DJ/producer Gadi Mizrahi has emerged as one of the most influential tastemakers in the wider international network of EDM labels and collectives. As a DJ and co-owner of the Wolf Lamb imprint, he has ... More >>

Q&A with Cassy, Playing at the Electric Pickle on Saturday

​Despite the hordes of electronic dance music artists living and working out of Berlin -- natives and foreign transplants alike -- few embody the spirit and sound of Berlin's contemporary EDM scene as fully as DJ/producer Cassy. Born Catherine Britton in England to a Caribbean father and Austrian ... More >>

The Woman Whisperer

He said he could teach anyone to pick up a lady. So I put him to the test.

Viva Vita!

A welcome revival brings impeccable Mediterranean to the Beach.

Cedric the Entertainer

Selected to mix a coveted Yoshitoshi mix, DJ Cedric Gervais has placed himself, and his adopted city, at the center of the house music map

Blue Crush

An independent record store finds its own level

DJ Colette

Groovy Revelation

Feist

Let It Die Cherry Tree Records/Interscope

Free Trade

The cosmopolitan life of Bebel Gilberto knows no borders

Señor Coconut and his Orchestra

Fiesta Songs (Emperor Norton)

Field Marshall

Jamaican upstart loves the scent of that purple skunk

Paid the Cost

Hollywood "it" girl Roselyn Sánchez returns to her borinqueña roots

City Slackers

Poverty, dancehall, and sound systems in modern-day Kingston, Jamaica

Don’t Get Holidazed!

Holiday Gift Guide 2001

Opium Dream

A New Year's Reverie

Bold Soul Sisters

Les Nubians embrace the feminist mystique

Funky Tuna

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Home Grown

Spring's sprung, so it's time for our critics to reap and sow the good and not-so-good of local recordings

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