Like buddy James Zabiela, British super-DJ Nic Fanciulli was, from the beginning, something of an upstart wunderkind. Growing up in Kent, some 30 miles outside of London, Fanciulli was, by just age 16, DJing around town. And just four years later, he would launch the by-now-legendary ClubClass, a regular party…
Rick Ross Lands in a Helicopter from Halo Media Entertainment on Vimeo.In recent months, Halo Media has been capturing some of the most amazing, over-the-top moments in local celebrity and music news. They were on the scene last night at Rick Ross’ much-hyped Teflon Don release party at King of…
Broken beat may not be the newest electronic flavor of the month any more, but the individual members of that scene’s biggest collective name, London’s Bugz in the Attic Crew, have continued to put out quality choons. The brightest star to rise from that collective seems to be Daz-I-Kue, who’s…
Okay, we get it, Drake. You’re good looking. You give us those smoldering glances and tell us we’re the “best you ever had,” and we melt. But you may have pushed the wrong buttons, now. The singer’s caused riots, controversies, lawsuits with Playboy, and now well, he’s just plain old…
What’s up, fans of Jazid’s International Thursdays? The series that has brought you such jammy jams as the Brazilian Cabana Cachaca, Rockea en Español, Noche Argentino and Parranda Colombiana adds a new theme to the apparently ever-growing sampling of international Latin landscapes. This Thursday it will break out Reggae Latino…
As we type this, Rick Ross’ Teflon Don has only officially been available since whatever time your local music-selling store opened. The national press is already weighing in with reviews, though, and so far they’re pretty positive. (Most of the music-buying and downloading public will probably choose to decide for themselves,…
This past June, Miami New Times awarded John “Somejerk” Gregory our nod for Best New Electronica Artist. That was, perhaps, something of a misnomer — Somejerk’s been doing his thing on the scene for a minute, but the past year or so is when he’s finally gotten enough deserved credit. While…
Here’s another summer ticket deal from Live Nation. Starting at 12:01 a.m. tonight/tomorrow morning (technically Wednesday, July 21) and running until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night, you can score $10 tickets for a handful of South Florida shows. That includes all fees and taxes, no catch — and while a couple are…
Today is all about the @rickyrozay madness! Yes, it’s the much-anticipated official release day of Rick Ross’ new album, Teflon Don. He’s got a serious track record to live up to: All of his previous albums, 2006’s Port of Miami, 2008’s Trilla, and 2009’s Deeper Than Rap all entered the Soundscan…
Symmetry Live, with a Special Performance from Neon TreesThe W Hotel Poolside, Miami BeachSunday, July 18, 2010Better Than: Singing in the rain — literally.The Review:Crowds let loose at the W Hotel poolside on Sunday. Fueled by the free-flowing Grey Goose open bar, the eclectic bunch of beautiful people, trendsetters, swim-week…
You probably remember how much we love Major Lazer. After all, our very own Jose D. Duran gave us a visual primer on the duo and clued us in to the art of daggering before its local show this past May 15 at Grand Central. But now the twosome has slowed it…
Let’s rehash one of those classic nuggets of wisdom that’s cliche but oh so true: “Things aren’t always what they seem.” Take, for example, that recently released bomb Splice, which seemed on the surface like a modern sci-fi manned by a respectable cast, but was in fact just crap wrapped in…
Melding the skronk of the Cramps with the grim stylings of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Denmark’s Nekromantix have been swaying suggestible American kids into the dark and decadent waters of psychobilly since 2002 debut Night of the Loving Dead on Hellcat Records. Prior to that, the band had…
Wrekonize has had an incredible roller-coaster of a career over the last decade. His earliest claim to fame stemmed from appearances on the now-infamous MTV Battles, which then led to a multi-year stint with now-defunct Miami record label South Beat Records. During his time on South Beat, Wrekonize was able…
What would you call someone who recreates Sublime’s “Summertime” in lush, horn-laden jazz? What about someone who gives Outkasts epic hip hop-psychedelic slow jam “Spottieottiedopalicious” and gives it a facelift with an instrumental lounge vibe? Or someone who’s played with Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” like a kid building sculptures…
— Pitbull (pictured on the right with his artist Nayer) walked the red blue carpet and performed last night at the Premios Joventud that aired live from the BankUnited Center located at the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. He didn’t win any awards, but most of everybody who watched…
Synth geniuses Cut Copy have mastered an electropop sound we just always want to dance to. The Australian-born band has toured with Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and the great Daft Punk, and they’ve recently rejected offers to tour supporting artists like Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay. Their new…
Like buddy James Zabiela, British super DJ Nic Fanciulli was, from the upstart, something of an upstart wunderkind. Growing up in Kent, some 30 miles outside of London, Fanciulli was, by just age 16, DJing around town. And just four years later, he would launch the by-now legendary ClubClass, a…
As I’m sure you know by now from previous posts this week, last night was Premios Juventud and some of Latin music’s biggest names convened on the 305 to take part in the festivities. Sounds like a good time to hit afterparties, no? Well, that’s exactly what I did. In…
You’ve probably heard — no, you have heard — Katy Perry’s inescapable new collaboration with Snoop Dogg, the catchy, Dr. Luke-created “California Gurls.” And though Floridians can relate a lot to some of Perry’s lyrics about sunny weather and girls in bikinis, we can’t really call it our own personal…
Insomniac Events, organizer of the Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles, released a statement today saying all its future events would be strictly enforced as 18 and over.”Effective immediately, Insomniac has also established an ’18 and older’ policy for all of the company’s dance music festivals until such time as…
The video has been out for a bit, but just in case you haven’t noticed N.E.R.D.’s new video for their track “Hot-N-Fun” features a custom painted Rolls-Royce by local art collective FriendsWithYou. Pharrell Williams said to MTV, “We told them we wanted something that was psychedelic, something that paid homage…
