Really? Heathrow, WTF? Where are you getting these bookings? We aren’t worthy of your mercy. Let’s recap: Chromeo, Crookers, Switch in December, and now we find out, via MiamiNights, that MSTRKRFT is coming? Now, we’ve personally seen the Canadian duo spin a bajillion times (yes, bajillion is a number), but…
I’ve got a certain amount of love for Ace Hood. For starters, he’s the first rapper to go major out of Broward County in a long time, possibly ever. There’s been a few “could have been/should have been’s” out there, but nobody has made it stick to the degree that…
Earlier this week, we wrote how Opium Group’s newest lounge Louis is opening this weekend. Well according to our sources, it’s a maybe. Why? Not sure, but the anticipation is killing us. Work faster Opium Group! Still, there is plenty to check out this weekend and look for our special…
I just got off the phone with the folks at the Dive Bar in Fort Lauderdale and learned about an upcoming show that sounds enticing. Popular Puerto Rican rock band, Black Guayaba is going to be performing next Friday night here in South Florida, and they’ve got the eclectic Teri…
Tonight there’s a going to be a good set of music going on over at Atmosphere Lounge in Fort Lauderdale. Coral Springs-based folks singer Andrew Bayuk will be on hand singing songs of love, of protest, of peace, and of passion. He’s been grinding away in South Florida’s indie music…
Hyphy as a “movement,” per se, may have disappeared as quickly as the driver of a ghost-ridden whip. But in the fallout after the thiz high finally wore off, the Yay Area’s most talented bona fide MCs have survived. And the man to come out closest to the top so…
Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it’s all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. Here’s a new video for the…
John Hood Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: The Eagles after they slept with Leonard Cohen. This should really be called The Night Before Last Night seeing that ol’ Bright Eyes’ boy wonder played on Tuesday rather than Wednesday,…
You might have heard that Stones Throw Records biggest artist, Madlib, is headed to Miami to play a show in conjunction with Art Basel. A selective email blast went out about it last week, but eerily left out most of the details about when the show would be, where it…
Rachel Goodrich While seemingly the whole highbrow world descends on Miami Beach tonight for the official opening of Art Basel, across the causeway, the Vagabond kicks off the artsy extravaganza with a locals-centric fiesta. Okay, so Miami New Times is an official sponsor of the event, but it’s never a…
Dubbed “The Most Magnificent and Most Humble DJ on the Planet,” Self Born is a South Side Chicago slab-slinger who has been spinning South Beach since 2004. His coming-out? The Opium Garden birthday bash for Kid Capri. It was the kind of gig that gives a cat instant pedigree, and…
At the turn of the 21st Century, few people predicted the overwhelming influence that Canadians would have on music in the coming years. With apologies to The Arcade Fire, indie-rock supergroup Broken Social Scene is the leader of that movement. Composed of a revolving cast of 19 or so members…
Perhaps no other group in rap history defined the early-Nineties, golden-era style of hip-hop better than A Tribe Called Quest. The group put out two of the most seminal rap records of all time — Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders — which boast singles that still get spun on…
Like so many postgrunge outfits in the mid-Nineties, the Toadies were plucked prematurely from the garage by opportunist label scouts. The Texas-bred alt-rockers were soon shown the stars above with their monster debut, Rubberneck, and then quickly thrown to hell below. Though the bandmates were primed and hyped to no…
In a city where mainstream hip-hop culture rules the airways, the guys in Dangerflow are striving to create a different type of vibe. This new local six-piece specializes in fashioning soulful, dance-oriented hip-hop grooves mixed with a dash of old-school Seventies free funk. Think of them as the Roots meet…
At age 18, Randy Singer left his native Ohio in search of a full-time career as a performer. The first stop was New York University, where he earned a degree in music. Then came a stint of traveling through various countries, including Brazil and the Czech Republic, in order to…
How has T-Pain done it? He’s not attractive, his fashion sense leaves much to be desired (at least for those lacking Dr. Seuss/LSD fetishes), and his voice is nothing special without the benefit of the computer program Auto-Tune. And yet, considering his hip-hop and R&B radio dominance, critics can’t argue…
Michna’s meticulously prepared latest album, Magic Monday, is a weave of erratic sampled snippets, live instruments, and programmed beats folded into one continuous track list. The Secret Frequency Crew member and active New York DJ (alias: Egg Foo Young) is hardly green when it comes to set organization, and his…
Florida’s hip-hop notoriety is going from hot to scalding with the release of Jacksonville-based DJ Bigga Rankin’s latest mixtape, From Dade to Duval. It’s a part of Rankin’s longtime Real Nigga Radio series, where he takes urban artists and tries to break them into a larger market. Luckily for him,…
If you’ve never heard of I Set My Friends on Fire, it’s the same two Miami homeboys — Matt Mihana and Nabil Moo — who used to play around town as We Are the Cavalry. The music on their latest project still has plenty of teen appeal and encompasses everything…
Irreverent, impertinent, and unapologetic, the Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 has never been interested in abiding by the norm. And though they have parlayed their unique vision of hip-hop and reggaeton into critical acclaim and financial success, don’t hold your breath waiting to hear them on mainstream airwaves. Stepbrothers Residente…
Last night, South Florida’s fastest rising rap star, Ace Hood, had a CD signing at the Best Buy in Pembroke Pines. The event was well attended and a lot of people came out to support the young rapper as he continues to climb the ladder of fame. There weren’t a…
