Funk music and a sweet, sticky spliff have been the perfect pair ever since James Brown and Bootsy Collins hotboxed a studio back in ’70. A couple of decades later, there was Dre, Snoop, and The Chronic. And this Friday, the marriage of music and marijuana will go next level…
The Axe and the Oak is rapidly becoming a musical entitiy of interest in South Florida with its excellent blend of American roots music, danceable gothic rockabilly, and indie rock knowhow. And after checking out the band’s latest offering, the Record Store Day 2010 EP, we recently had a chance…
Is the great Raekwon, an 11th degree Wu-Tang ninja of the 36 Chambers, not enough for all you limited-edition running shoe obsessives? Apparently not. I guess that’s why Sneaker Pimps just today announced that the Boss Ricky Ross will join the lyrically legendary Chef at the top of tomorrow night’s…
Since lighting up the international scene as one-half of production duo and eponymous label Wolf + Lamb, DJ-producer Gadi Mizrahi has emerged as one of the most influential tastemakers in EDM today. From their Brooklyn homebase to European dancefloors in London, Ibiza, and beyond, Wolf + Lamb have enjoyed major…
Carol City’s boy wonder, Rick Ross, has just announced plans to tour. The Blowin Money Fast tour will take Ross across the United States before heading abroad to England, Trinidad, Haiti, South Africa, Nigeria, and other far-flung places. The preliminary tour schedule was released earlier this week and many Miamians…
Hip-hop heads and lovers of live music alike, hold on to your f’n hats. Tomorrow’s Saturday night festivities at Transit Lounge are going to be bananas. But don’t take our word for it. Let ArtOfficial tell you.”This event in particular is gonna be bananas!” says bassist Rafy Valencia. “We’re flying…
Rick Diaz has counted Ryan Oh as his best pal “forever,” and as his right-hand man in local noise-pop weirdos hahahelp! for the past five years. So the soft-spoken Diaz probably deserves a hug these days. Ryan, who also plays around town as Flux Forces, has been M.I.A. in the M.I.A…
In addition to orchestrating alternative pop epics, Awesome New Republic also makes jokes, constantly reminding us that “we’re humans, not furniture.” And so, when we call ANR’s John Hancock, he immediately starts riffing. “You’re calling from Miami New Times? Miami’s home for information, culture, and events?” A few weeks ago, the band opened for…
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic ZerosBardot, MiamiWednesday, October 20, 2010 Better Than: A Ford Fiesta, NFL, and summertime True Blood promo featuring 30- to 60-second Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros teaser tracks. A few months ago, an NPR Music intern named Alex Soto had the good fortune of meeting…
Jay-Z is releasing pages of a book dissecting his rhymes through a global scavenger hunt powered by Bing, or something like that. So late night we went to an event at the Delano South Beach hoping to get a reaction to our revelation earlier this month that the Miami Police…
This has to be some kind of record. It’s October 21 and we already know at least one act confirmed to appear at Ultra Music Festival 2011. Today, Crystal Castles’ publicist sent out a press release confirming a North American spring tour which includes a March 26 stop at Ultra.The…
On May 25, 2009, French foursome Phoenix launched a midnight sneak attack on the American indie scene. Like the blue, red, and black bombs on the cover of its new album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the band came screaming from the sky, out of some unseen nowhere, and detonated in a…
Drop the Lime looking a little pensive. Maybe wondering, “Where did the bass go?”Brooklyn’s Luca Venezia, AKA Drop the Lime, needs to move to Miami already. He always seems to be here. We love him for it, though. He brings the dirty, funky bass like no other.To top it off,…
MGMT plays the Fillmore Miami Beach October 26
Fernando Perdomo and Dreaming in Stereo play Love Hate October 27
Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation play Bayfront Park Amphitheater October 26
Mermelada Bunch at La Covacha October 22
Young Jeezy at Mansion October 22
The buildup has been gradual. Actually, that’s an understatement. But now, after nearly two decades spent refining his take on techno house, first behind the decks and then behind the soundboard, Leeds DJ-producer Simon Baker is finally gearing up for the release of his debut artist effort on Ralph Lawson’s…
Pete Tong at Mansion October 27
Phoenix at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 27
Earlier this week, we previewed Simon Baker’s upcoming Saturday performance at newly renovated and reopened Space. The world-renowned British DJ-producer has been making waves in the international EDM scene since the early ’00s with releases on the esteemed 2020 Vision label and his own Infant Records. We caught up with Baker…
