As 305 maestro Pitbull boasts on “Welcome to Miami” (Dat Lil Chico’s edition of Jermaine Dupri’s infectious ATL anthem): “Y’all got Uncle Sam, we got Uncle Luke.” Mr. Worldwide is damn right. Ever since the early days of Luke’s booty bass, The Magic City has been an X-rated paradise full…
Ray LaMontagne dresses like a wilderness survival expert or Indiana Jones’ long lost brother and — taking into consideration his new record, Ouroboros, and the accompanying tour — his outfits are incredibly apt. His current show is a meticulously crafted, carefully designed journey through time and space, head and heart,…
Three years ago, Christian Cooley moved to Miami to open his own recording studio in the heart of Wynwood. “Before Miami, I was thinking to move to L.A.,” he remembers. He booked a plane ticket, landed, and shortly after, had an epiphany. “I realized they don’t need another producer.” Born…
Asked how his club has achieved the herculean task of keeping its doors open for 18 years in Miami, Luis Morera, Score’s co-owner, credits his club’s ability to play offense. “We keep evolving with what goes on in the culture.” Score, a gay nightclub, opened in 1998 on Lincoln Road as…
This Friday night will be a busy one in Miami, to say the least. There are a minimum of ten shows running all throughout the city at one point or another. However, the absolute can’t miss of the bunch is Heavy Drag at Gramps inside Shirley’s Theatre at 9 p.m…
This weekend, fight the Zika paranoia in Wynwood and head to the Electric Pickle to see the Brooklyn-based No Regular Play live this Saturday. Unless, well, you’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant. If that’s the case, sorry, but Wynwood for you. But for the rest of us non-fertile, healthy folks,…
“Okay, start asking so I can start answering.” El Chino DreadLion didn’t want to waste time when sat down earlier this week. Born Eduardo Rodriguez in Cuba, his artistic grooming is DJ booth to dance floor — and dressing room too. At the Escuelas Nacionales de Arte in Havana, Rodriguez studied…
Miami’s seasoned veterans and rising artists have been busy as hell this week. Wynwood native Thirstin Howl III paid homage to the late Sean Price alongside fellow OG spitters Sadat X and R.A. the Rugged Man. Meanwhile, Zoey Dollaz proves he does not give a shit about your furniture and…
At first glance, at least three quarters of the band Sunghosts — with their greasy long hair and Lennon-style glasses — do not appear to be the picture of ambition. But on the band’s long awaited, full-length self-titled debut, you can hear the hunger that’s made them a success of…
At 10:45 p.m, inside Churchill’s, a pulsing throng of sweaty punk kids are waiting anxiously for the most loved hardcore band to ever come out of Miami. It’s been five years since Poison The Well played in their hometown. And after selling out the show on a Wednesday night in…
Gregory Paulus and Nicholas DeBruyn, a duo better known as No Regular Play, first visited Cuba when they were high school students at Saint Paul Academy in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Their Spanish teacher, Rolando Castellano, took some students every year as part of a cultural exchange program. Paulus, a classically…
As the rap game continues to widen in Miami — showcasing a spectrum of new talent ranging from Robb Banks to Denzel Curry — one South Florida artist is banking on his unique style to make him stand out from the rest. Jeanomusic, or simply Jeano — a Haitian-born MC — found his…
South Florida has never been the warmest place for male singers. We may have had our fix from Pleasure P and Pretty Ricky, but lately, South Florida has suffered from a distinct lack of great voices and exclusive styles when it comes to the male R&B vocalist. But if ever…
This year has been an eventful one for Cog Nomen. The local duo released its latest EP, Twin Stars, in May, and alongside the EP came the debut of a music video for the single “Fear of Missing Out,” which saw the robot-voiced, electro-pop twosome join forces with the Third…
If Sanctified People Of Righteousness Truth and Soul sounds like the name of a ’60s Aquarian cult, that’s because the collective behind this budding Miami record label tends to wax mystical when it comes to music. “As musicians, it is our sanctified duty to share our souls in a manner…
“We want it to be for the freaks and for the people who want something off the beaten path,” Miami Music Club cofounder Rob Goyanes says. For the past few months, the Miami Music Club has partnered with the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) to do just that with a…
Life’s hard in between seasons of Game of Thrones. Luckily, South Florida fans of the show will have something to quench their thirst while we wait for our Sunday night programming to return to its former glory. A Game of Thrones concert will be touring the states, coming to 28…
A blown up poster of the Port of Miami album cover was wedged in the corner of Komodo’s top floor. Rick Ross, at our request, took a moment to glance back at it and reflect. There he was: somber, looking down at a shiny medallion with the words “Carol City Cartel” carved…
Catz ‘n Dogz have a message for their younger selves. “Don’t take all the drugs someone gives you at a party,” Wojciech Tarañczuk says. “That’s good advice,” Grzegorz Demiañczuk says, laughing. “I would say, pay less attention to what other people say,” he adds. “Don’t follow music trends.” Their advice…
This week, raspy-voiced New England troubadour Ray LaMontagne brings his considerable talents and summer Ouroboros tour to The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. Although on record, his music sometimes falls into muddled, hazy messes, LaMontagne’s live shows have a magical quality to them. Miami may just witness something…
When speaking to Malc Stewy, the hip-hop moniker of the Boynton Beach-raised Malcolm Stewart, he repeatedly takes the time to emphasize and underline the hard work that has not only defined his burgeoning career, but made it possible. Within 30 seconds of our conversation, he alludes to repeated and lengthy…
With the release of his latest mixtape, Starvation 5, under his belt, Ace Hood is aiming to focus on the next phase of his life and career. The Broward native has spent nearly a decade dropping off his revered mixtape series and a slew of radio smash hits, but now his…
