The path to enlightenment is treacherous and hard-fought. It’s lined with snakes and heads with two faces. The way is always darkest before the light, but for those who can face their demons and find honesty within themselves, the results outweigh the difficult means. For 21-year-old Odd Future rapper Earl…
A wild pack of wolves took over the Fillmore Miami Beach last night. They ran around the stage howling, ripping into each other and everything around them. Security didn’t know what to do. Or at least, that’s how things usually go at an Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All…
Some bitches are bad, but only one can be the baddest, and though many rappers claim Miami, there is only one woman who helped build the city’s rap-scene reputation, from the late ‘90s to today. Y’all should know by now, we’re talking about Trina, the Diamond Princess. “A lot has…
Ravers. Rockers. Hipsters. Punks. No matter what you consider yourself to be, we can all agree on one thing — music is the sweet nectar of life. And when you’ve got pretty good live shows to check out, life can’t get any sweeter. So brace yourself for a musical high…
The South African electronic dance music scene may not be as prominent as those of North America and Europe, but house music has certainly found a more than worthy representative in native son Culolethu Zulu. Back in 2008, the then-18-year-old production wunderkind would attend the Red Bull Music Academy held…
If you hadn’t heard of m.O.N.R.O.E., AKA Jordan Postrel, yet, it was only a matter of time, because this local Miami DJ-producer is blowing up in a big way this year. Auspicious collaborations with DV8 label boss Daniel Dubb put Postrel on the international tech-house radar in 2014. And most recently,…
Miami is about to get a visit from the first lady – of hip-hop, that is. Brooklyn’s mean queen MC Lyte was the first woman to put rap on wax and release a full-length LP. She came through the gate spitting thoughtful, direct messages about respecting yourself and the people…
There are certain things you just don’t do in Miami: Avoid parking and/or driving to the Beach at all costs. Never leave your laptop in your car. And never allow yourself to blow your entire paycheck on weekend party binges. But how exactly does one avoid bankruptcy while livin’ it…
Si, the Billboard Latin Music Awards are back. And for the 26th installment of the premios, Latin music’s biggest estrellas will bring their world-renowned talent, crazy stage antics, and fashionable (and at times questionable) style to the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables on April 30. Televised live across the globe…
Chris Alvy ranks among the most accomplished musicians South Florida has to offer. Born in Cuba, he’s been making music on his own and with others for the better part of the past twenty years, most recently with his band The Super Fuzz. The group – Alvy on vocals and…
A boat sailing to Salamanca, Spain, in 1549 met an unfavorable fate somewhere in the Florida Keys. On the wrecked vessel was thirteen year old Hernando De Escalante Fontaneda who was saved and then enslaved by the indigenous Calusa Indians. He spent 17 years traveling extensively around the state and observing…
It’s hard to be a band in Miami. In fact, in Miami, it’s hard to be anything other than a rapper or a hip-hop crew. Because that’s what this city caters to, at least for right now. These are the facts, the realities, so to speak, of living at the…
Sex is totally gross when you’re a kid, but porn is intriguing at any age. You never forget the first time you see a woman spread-eagle or some dude’s low-hanging fruit, especially if you’re five and stumble upon your dad’s dirty magazines while Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much”…
Trick Daddy is a lot of things to a lot of people, but when it comes to his food, he’s not exactly humble. “I’m the top chef,” he says. “I’m ranked number one in the city. I just taste everybody else food, and I know they ain’t on my level.”…
When it comes to concert venues and other showcases for live music, Miami-Dade and Broward are more or less on equal footing with one another. Each county has its share of clubs and venues. Each has world class arts centers, and each has mammoth arenas to host the biggest acts…
On Sunday, Carol City rapper, Lil Champ FWAY, headed to the stinky and smoky trade show known as Cannabis Cup in Denver, Colorado, to usher in the unofficial stoner holiday, 4/20. Before surrendering himself to the hazy interiors of Denver Mart, he took some time to talk with New Times…
The duo that performs as Clay Rendering are longtime partners Mike and Tara Connelly. The minimal, meditative metal riffage puts you in a state somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, a boundary often explored by the two artists in acts before: Mike played in Wolf Eyes, a group that helped push…
This year, Coachella explicitly denied totems entry into the festival. These celebrity faces and odd things attached to sticks are useful for helping keep groups of friends together in big crowds, and they’re especially ubiquitous at EDM events like Hard Summer, EDC and Ultra. The ban on totems, though, didn’t…
I’ll venture to say it. The band whose first single was “Bathroom Wall” (“I gooooot your number off the bathroom wall”)” is the greatest and most underrated band of the 1980s. Taime Downe, the lead singer and only remaining member of the original band, is more modest. “We were never…
Intrepid music fans willing to brave an absolutely scorching afternoon in the Little Haiti sun were treated to the sixth incarnation of Sweatstock, beloved local shop Sweat Records’ blowout in honor of its anniversary and Record Store Day. Celebrating ten years in the biz, this year’s offerings for the annual…
The Who Hits 50! With Special Guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts American Airlines Arena April 17, 2015 Better Than: Most bands of a similar stature (Hey, this is The Who, after all!) First things first: despite the hype and hoopla surrounding the fact that one of rock’s quintessential bands…
Derrick N. Ashong was living in Qatar when he first heard N.W.A. say, “Fuck tha police!” The political nature of gangsta rap set a fire in him that has yet to be put out. For the Ghana-born, Flatbush-raised MC, TV host, and band leader, hip-hop offers a crucial record of…
