Even though there’s been an open, outstanding arrest warrant on his ass for the last six months, Maybach Music Group member Gunplay ain’t sweating the small shit. You know, like an armed robbery charge. In fact, seven hours ago, the swastika-tatted rapper, aspiring escort service entrepreneur, and self-described “Human L.A…
You keep running up that hill. And if you get to the end early enough, you might get to some free beer. But you’re definitely going to get an earful of sweet art-pop sounds and enough chill, lo-fi grooves to settle your rambling soul. Join Sweat Records during Art Basel…
Peaches is the professor of freaks. For the last 12 years, she’s been leading a master class in how to have the most insanely ass-blasting, titty-shaking, cock-rocking time while giving gender norms the stiff middle finger. In 2000, she introduced her musical instructional, Teaches of Peaches, and let the freaky…
What’s the quickest way to dump several million dollars into a local economy, create nearly 1,000 jobs, and generate upwards of $10 million in federal, state, and local taxes? Simple, gather a bunch of electronic dance music artists and drop them in the middle of Downtown Miami, then add 165,000…
Call them drug-addict miscreants. Call them exuberant idiots. Call them offensive, often incomprehensible animals with a penchant for the ridiculous and a taste for filth. There are a lot of hideous things that you could call Mogliarch the Travesty (government name Zac Negron) and the Weatherman (Sergio Mendez) of rap…
Are you club rats sick of the ’90s house revival yet? We didn’t think so. After all, nothing gets those fist-pumps and footwork going like some classic jacking house — it’s not even a guilty pleasure anymore. Just ask Belfast DJ-production duo Bicep. The pair got started spreading the love…
Besides “spaghetti and milk,” Justin Bieber didn’t give much of an explanation as to why he puked on stage last week during the first North American show of his Believe tour. He simply said that he’d try to get better for the following night’s show and inexplicably tweeted an emo-ish…
Temper Trap has such a “Sweet Disposition.” Casual music listeners probably only know snippets of that song from television ads for Chrysler and Diet Coke. Or TV dramas like One Tree Hill and 90210. Or the soundtrack to their spinning class. But an appearance in quirky 2009 rom-com (500) Days…
Andrew BirdWith Here We Go MagicFillmore Miami BeachMonday, October 8, 2012Better Than: Combing NPR’s All Songs Considered archives. Last night, the Fillmore Miami Beach was temporarily transformed back into the old Jackie Gleason Theater as incredibly skilled multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird brought his talents to South Beach…
EDM has America by the throat. But how did it get to be this way? Well, we can’t say definitively. Although, it kinda started with blogging hipsters in 2006. Hell, some of the DJs making waves on the scene today started out as bloggers, like Italian electro badass Congorock. He…
Real men love Jesus. Or so said the faded bumper sticker on the back of an F-150 that recently cut us off in traffic. We also learned that day that red, white, and blue “don’t run” and the United States can’t afford another four years with a “Liar-in-Chief” making all…
Sometimes it’s a good thing for a rapper to get caught in some crossfire. All that jazz about living what you rhyme and staying true to the streets and whatever. But is street cred ever worth more than $15,000? Jim Jones and his management team at 4th and Goal must…
Diego Garcia is a first-generation Latin kid who grew up in Florida. Now he’s touring the world’s stages and playing tiny desks for NPR. On Wednesday night, he’ll be at the Fillmore Miami Beach, opening up for Jovanotti. And he says that if the maladies of love have taught him…
Gotye is having a huge year. The Aussie singer, Wally De Backer, and his five-man band are riding the still-cresting wave of hit single “Somebody That I Used to Know,” which exhibits a stunning musicality and dedication to craft not often found on the Billboard Top 40. Last night, Gotye…
Hip-hop is a giant pissing contest set to music. But while diamond-plated rims and gold watches will always be rap music standard bearers, you rarely hear declarations of being tremendous in the most literal sense possible. Yes, many rappers are fat. However, only a certain subset of the hip-hop community…
Emetophiles (i.e vomit fetishists) are having the best month ever, and there are still 23 days left in October! Last week, Justin Bieber spewed chunks twice while on stage in Arizona during the kickoff to his Believe tour. And this weekend, Lady Gaga one-upped the Biebz by barfing thrice during…
This past weekend, English alt-rockers Muse had to step up and carry Saturday Night Live after guest host Daniel Craig made it abundantly clear during his monologue that comedy was foreign to him. Watching James Bond deliver punch lines was about as entertaining as a Schindler’s List viewing party at…
Wally De Backer, better known as Gotye, is seeing huge success with his most recent album Making Mirrors, especially hit single “Somebody That I Used To Know.” But that’s not quite the reaction he was expecting. In fact, De Backer wasn’t sure if he was creative enough when he wrote…
Public Image LTD Grand Central, Miami Friday, October 5, 2012 Better Than: Getting pooped on. The opportunity to see one of the originators of punk-rock iconoclasm perform in an intimate setting is a rare one indeed. However, Miami was treated to just such an experience on Friday night courtesy of…
Not too long ago, Wally “Gotye” De Backer was sitting in his room, playing with loops and samples, building melodies and a lyrical narrative about “broken relationships” and “confusion.” As of press time, the music video for “Somebody I Used To Know” on the official GotyeMusic YouTube channel has 329,598,389…
Gotye wants to know if you’ve seen the mashup he just made. It’s actually quite the inspiring piece of work. Dude took more than 130 of the countless “Somebody That I Used to Know” covers and parodies on YouTube, sampled them, cut them up, and blended them into a moving,…
Holy, Manhattan Project! Did you know we’re living on a post-apocalyptic island? It’s true. But on the upside, we just might get to spend the End of Days sharing a bunker with indie goddess and longtime SoFla resident Cat Power. In a new interview with Ocean Drive magazine, Power (née…
