With ten Latin Grammys and even a pair of standard gold-plated gramophophone statuettes stashed in the safe, it’s been a solid minute since Calle 13’s Residente and Visitante could be legitimately called underground guerilla rappers. They’re signed to Sony Music Latin. They’re on the cover of Rolling Stone Argentina. They’re…
Broken Water at Miami Chum Bucket April 9
The Lee Boys at the Stage April 8
Sluggo at Eve April 8
Mount Kimbie at Electric Pickle April 9
The Jerry Garcia Band Featuring Marvin Seals at Revolution April 10
Who’s ready to kick off those flip-flops, slurp back some piña coladas, and go disco dancing barefoot on the sands of Kokomo? The Beach Boys will be there. And Gloria Gaynor too. But, um, it’s also gonna cost you $325. C’mon, people. Don’t be so cynical. The big fat pricetag…
There are musical prodigies and there are musical prodigies. And then there’s Maya Jane Coles. In 2010, it was virtually impossible to hear a DJ set anywhere on the planet without hearing the luscious, seductive strains of “What They Say.” Breakout hit is a massive understatement — the track was…
When rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Garcia died in 1995, he left behind a biblical constellation of musical offspring. Of course, he’s best known as frontman of the Grateful Dead, a position he held for the band’s entire 30-year existence, starting in 1965. And rightfully, the band ended with his…
To succeed in a world where you’d need a calculator to count all the haters, you gotta have non-stop hustle. Start yourself on the path From the Bottom to the Top by downloading a free copy of the new mixtape-slash-street-guide by hustle consultant and Little Haiti rapper Ball Greezy. Alongside…
Back in January, we reported that recurring Crossfade character Black Bobby was going to take a break from hip-hop. Yeah, we didn’t think that would last either. Cutting an MC from a mic is like, well, cutting the average human being off from oxygen. Luckily, you can find much better…
Brooklyn producer Francis Harris is a philosophy PhD drop-out and former political activist/hardcore punk rocker who confessed to having originally hated dance music. At one point or another, he had a major change of heart and his shadowy electronic alter ego Adultnapper has emerged as one of the most acclaimed…
The Lee Boys is a world-famous family band of six Perrine natives who all went to Miami Killian Senior High School. It’s three brothers — rhythm guitar man Alvin, and singers Derrick and Keith — alongside three nephews — pedal steel guitar player Roosevelt Collier, bassist Alvin Cordy Jr., and…
Kool KeithWith Otto von Schirach, Juan Basshead, and othersEveSaturday, April 2, 2011Better Than: Staying home and crying over the demise of LCD SoundsystemThe downtown/midtown Miami corridor found itself in a pleasant hip-hop time-warp last night, with Too $hort playing an unexpected set at Bardot while Kool Keith headlined Eve downtown…
RadioboxerApril 01, 2011The StageBetter Than: Any of the many other times I’ve caught Radioboxer live. Radioboxer’s come a long way. Who’d have thought some three years ago that this ragtag pack of scamps out of Hialeah would grow and evolve like it has? Two albums under their belt now, a…
A celebrity is born every 60 seconds. At least these days, that’s the case. And the proverbial fifteen minutes of fame have been stretched to an eternity. Yet despite contentions to the contrary, few are real stars. And even among those who could be called natural-born entertainers, there aren’t many…
You don’t want to let former teen idol and current rage monster Chris Brown get too close to your abuelita. All it takes is one question about C. Breezy’s personal life and that 78-year-old bitch is getting smashed like the windows at Good Morning America. But you can trust local…
Local label Drugged Conscience hosts a super sparse (yet super tight) three-band showcase at Miami Chum Bucket next Saturday. And the guests of honor are Olympia, Washington’s Broken Water, a new-ish trio founded in 2008 that’s risen to the top of the Pacific Northwest’s most recent wave of post-punk. Despite…
See the cut for a list of all 16 U.S. dates added to Taylor Swift’s Speak Now World Tour. Taylor Swift is adorable. Like a cherry-cheeked, golden-fleeced little doll. Or your sweet, innocent baby sister. And honestly, you’d think her audience of millions was nothing other than pretty teenage girls…
With a veritable tsunami of unclassifiable dubby breakbeat flooding the international scene right now, it’s easy for music critics to lump the entire mishmash under the dubstep genre. But don’t even think about calling Mount Kimbie dubstep. Their sound has more in common with the musique concrète of early 20th…
House of Pain at LIV April 1
Bare Wires at Churchill’s Pub April 1
