Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr. pay tribute to their father’s music in Babalu at the Arsht Center
Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr. pay tribute to their father’s music in Babalu at the Arsht Center
Lucie and Desi Arnaz Jr. pay tribute to their father’s music in Babalu at the Arsht Center
Head Spins: DJ Manuvers
What do you get when the equally weirdness-loving Roofless Records and Laundry Room Squelchers team up? This Thursday marks the first such promotional collaboration, but apparently it yields an awesome night of lo-fi, scuzzy, and experimental sounds that marry old-school with new. Representing the old-school is L.A. underground legend Azalia…
Infamous Internet hooker-rapper Memphis Blac explains “Got Dat Work” video
Longtime Miami music fans approaching an impending “certain age” may forever speak wistfully about the early ’90s South Beach scene around the Stephen Talkhouse, and the local star it birthed: Nil Lara.Yes, it was a hallowed time, and Lara, the scene’s perceived saviour, almost broke it huge with his multiculti…
French DJ/producer Dyed Soundorom is one of the hottest properties of hip Parisian tech-house label Freak n’Chic, home to a slew of international favorites like Jamie Jones, Shonky, and Chris Carrier. Originally a club kid and promoter in the late-90s and early-’00s Parisian house music scene, Soundorom made a natural progression…
While the techno scene in Miami becomes increasingly robust, most of the major out-of-towners rolling through ply similarly minimal, relatively low-BPM styles. Still, an entire internationally growing subgenre has been largely ignored in the city, even during Winter Music Conference. So-called Schranz or hard techno hails from the same country –…
Lexus is hawking its new brand of hybrid cars July 20 at Grand Central with an event it dubs “The Darker Side of Green.” Scary, y’all! The debate will pit environmental journalist Amanda Little (the proponent) against professional cyclist Chris Horner (the skeptic). All these shenanigans will be moderated by,…
Music and politics seem to be meshing together a lot lately, and we’re not really sure why. The latest: Aretha Franklin has just announced that she’s going to team up with the former US Secretary of State to sing songs like “Natural Woman” and “Say a Little Prayer.”Taking place on…
UPDATE: Ultra’s organizers let us know about the fate of next year’s festival.UPDATE x2: Crystal Castles confirmed as part of the 2011 lineup.UPDATE x3: Ultra Music Festival will be taking place March 25 to 27, outside of the WMC dates.Monday, The Miami Herald reported that environmental cleanup of the contaminated…
“Totally Guitarded is a punk rock night at a cool Bar with cheap drinks. It’s the only punk night with all DJ’s, no bands.” That’s according to DJ G Or Die who later got so mad at us writing down everything he was saying that he called us stupid, accused…
Think Tank, a project of the Llamabeats and Parable MC, have a new video out for their song “Gun In My Hand” all shot in the City Of Miami in and around the Omni area of Biscayne and NE 2nd Ave South of 36th street. Recognize the landmarks, graffiti, pawn…
Remember that little beer joint that nabbed our award for Best Bottled Beer Selection just a few short weeks ago in this year’s Best of Miami? The DRB? Well, The Democratic Republic of Beer is proving us right this weekend by holding their own Downtown Summer Beer Luau. I know,…
Sam Sneak — or @SamSneaker for all the Twitter addicts out there — is already well-known offline for his nonstop work promoting Miami’s underground (and now, overground) rap artists. Mixtape aficionados probably recognize his trademark yell of “Sam Sneak!” over the countless street release he’s hosted and produced, and party-goers…
Simplicity rules. The Fest, an annual, well, fest in Gainesville, gets away with its bare-bones name because, well, it is THE fest in the Southeast. The yearly three-day shebang is the Sunshine State’s ultimate, temporary mecca for all that is sludgy and dirty in metal, hardcore, and punk. No, not the…
Voila, the magic of editing! Just as Weezy was going away to prison, Gucci Mane was preparing to be set free. Yet somehow the rappers with overlapping sentences have managed to (finally) release a new video for their collabo track “Steady Mobbin.” Yes, the song’s already dominated the summer airwaves…
Miami may not have completely shed its reputation as a party mecca, even for its full-time residents. But with cats like DJ Manuvers coming up and taking over, we might one day also be known for our work ethic.Of course you might expect some fast action from one whose name…
Fox’s Shuffle Tuesdays has long been provided a cool weeknight hangout spot for good tunes and cheap drinks southwest of I-95. Last month, though, came a special edition that gave the people what they really want — a night devoted entirely to the music of the Smiths! Okay, by “people,” that…
What do you get when the equally weirdness-loving Roofless Records and Laundry Room Squelchers team up? Thursday, July 8 marks the first such promotional collaboration, but apparently, it yields an awesome night of lo-fi, scuzzy, and experimental sounds that marry old-school with new. Representing the old-school (by now) is L.A. underground…
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd quietly announced his debut album, The Wild Trapeze, via his Facebook page only a month ago, and not much else has been said about it since.Today, it was officially released. His first solo album a music career spanning more than 15 years, Boyd describes his debut…
The Latin Alternative Music Conference, or LAMC, descends once again on the normally peaceful city of New York. Okay, it’s never peaceful, but from today through Saturday, at least one of the causes for all the ripples on the surface will come from the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference. For anyone…
Fresh off of the enormous success of Avatar, James Cameron’s latest 3D effort will include tons of live music as he teams up with Black Eyed Peas to make a not-yet-titled full-length tour film. We’re not kidding.Will.I.Am spilled all the deets in a recent interview with Vibe, where he said:”We…