In the Nicki Minaj vs. Lil Kim war, the Queen Bee hasn’t exactly been acting regal. As the younger femcee’s star has risen, Kim seems to be taking more and more potshots at Nicki. First, there was that incident in early June where she appeared onstage with a Nicki-style candy-colored wig,…
Raheem DeVaughn did not, in fact, win the award for Best Male R&B artist at the BET Awards last night. Also up for the nod was fellow soulful singer Maxwell — but in our heart of hearts, as much as we hoped, we knew neither would win. Each category always…
We were surprised, but excited to see a show announcement pop up in our inbox for a newish venue called the New Vintage Music Hall. For the downtown hipsters, this is not (that’s okay, there are a million shows coming up at Grand Central to keep them occupied.) This place is,…
Click here to view photos from Kid Sister at Grand Central.Kid Sister and MalucaGrand Central, MiamiSaturday, June 26, 2010Local DJ/producer Induce cause quit a stir last week when he was quoted saying, “Uhmmmmm. We have a music scene?” when referring to Miami’s local music scene. Commenters quickly pounced on him…
We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter — the real-time discussion and dissection of the county’s pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours “working.” (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselves to the…
This could possibly be the weirdest sex scandal ever released. As you may have heard, according to the Washington Post, a police report has just been found which lists Al Gore (yes, that Al Gore) as the suspect in a complaint reporting unwanted sexual contact.Apparently, the former Vice President of…
Rahsaan “A Fly Guy” Alexander — better known simply as Rahsaan — must be one of Miami’s hardest-working individuals.The MC released his new album, Georgetown, earlier this year (get it now on iTunes.) But overall, saying that Rahsaan is “driven” is a real understatement. When he’s not in the studio working on…
Have you checked out the Tuesday night party Jazz at Jazid? It’s a novel-again concept for the club, which began as a jazz-centric venue but in recent years has expanded its musical offerings far beyond those limits. Not that I’m complaining about the many frequent offerings of non-jazz jamming that…
Well, it happens every year and this year is no different. The official DJ of the Miami Heat, DJ Irie, kicks off his annual Irie Weekend festivities at LIV tonight. The event is slated to start at 11 p.m. and will feature DJ Irie himself and fellow Artist Related DJ Jessica…
Yes, feel old — it’s already been a whole year since Michael Jackson passed on to the great big Thriller cemetery in the sky. We’re a bit disappointed to see, however, that there aren’t too many official local events tonight at which you can celebrate MJ’s life in the way…
Miami New Times editor-in-chief Chuck Strouse has limited us to six F-words per post (what is he, the state police?), so we’d just like to say fuck communism, fuck Fidel, fuck censorship, fuck political repression, fuck the system, and fuck the tyranny of evil! Freedom of speech is awesome. Too bad…
New Times loves the Borscht Film Festival and all the slightly off-kilter players behind it. That’s why this year, the paper awarded Borscht Best Film Festival in our Best of Miami Issue. We also gave co-founder Lucas Leyva another nod for Best Local Music Video, for his surprising, Wynwood-centric clip…
Flamenco, as we all know, is the quintessential style from La Madre Patria (the Motherland), harking back to the Andalusian gypsies. Fittingly, the genre has its legends. Names of those past, like Lola Flores and El Camaron de La Isla (“the Shrimp of the Island,” no joke), pass with reverence…
Two words for ya: Cuban punks. All the anarchy and aggression of American punk, but with real consequences and none of the Hot Topic. That’s the gist of this week’s cover story, which chronicles the rise of punk in Cuba, and the two guys who are still trying to muscle…
DJ Induce is no stranger to the local music scene … in fact, he is the scene. Having started his burgeoning DJ career well over ten years ago, Induce (a.k.a. Ryan Smith) has DJed for anyone and everyone, in every night and day club, selecting records varied and vast, from…
And while we’ve blogged at large about saxophonist, composer, and arranger Felipe Lamoglia, I’m hard-pressed to think of a better venue for him to come into the fray and take charge of this resurgence. This Friday night, he’ll perform with his sextet and special guest Armando Gola (a Grammy nominee)…
Somehow, this gaffe by a one-time freestyle star went unnoticed for over a year until L.A.-based gossip site RadarOnline blew up her spot yesterday. Apparently Gioia Bruno, a singer in popular Miami synth-pop group Expose from 1986 to 1990, was arrested in Broward County in April 2009 for trafficking meth in…
A quick head’s up, to clear any confusion: turntablist wizard Cut Chemist will not perform at Shake at the Vagabond tonight, as New Times indicated this week in print. The show has been postponed at the last minute, but a new, rescheduled date of August 5 is firm, promoters say.Shake is…
Former drug dealer, Los Angeles-based Ricky “Freeway” Ross, has been threatening Miami rapper Rick Ross with a lawsuit for a while. But this past Friday his attorney, Melvin Sharpe Jr., finally filed the paperwork in the Los Angeles federal district court. Crossfade got its grubby paws on the full complaint, and…
The year was 1995. Doc Martens, babydoll dresses, and plaid were in, and grunge was the music flavor du jour. Then alternative rockers the Smashing Pumpkins released their double-dosc, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, which would top the Billboard charts and spawn one of their most popular songs to date,…
Memphis Blac (a.k.a Arapahoe) and her niece, Smokahontas Jones, are blazing up the viral charts with their song “Got Dat Work.” It’s a street hooker’s anthem empowering the women of the oldest profession and boasting a music video shot in Miami, Hialeah, and South Beach over Memorial Day Weekend.Miami’s own…
I think you know what time it is. It’s time for some funkedified cubaneo up in here. And I can pretty much guarantee you’re not going to find a higher concentration of said funky cubaneo in any other single place than you would at Transit Lounge this Friday night. The…
