C-Ride is a Carol City rapper well known in Miami’s underground. You can hear his name ringing in the streets from Richmond Heights to County Line Road and past. He has a new album out called “The Arab Store” and it’s available as a free download through his website. The…
Thursday’s show at the Fillmore marks the Arctic Monkeys’ first performance in Miami Beach, but the Sheffield, England rockers already count a famous local resident as an unlikely fan: Diddy. About this time last year, the band was in New York, putting the finishing touches on some studio tracks with…
The five-piece local act Alukard reps Miami proudly, even dubbing its sound “305 rock,” but it doesn’t fit neatly into any of the city’s music sub-scenes. It’s too hip-hop for the punk and hardcore purists, too punk for the live hip-hop-heads, not hippie-ish enough for the fusion folks. And the…
Q American Barbeque is the latest venue in Jonathan Eismann’s growing empire of Design District restaurants. And though this one takes barbecue and nudges it upscale a smidge, the shabby-chic atmosphere is meant to make you sit, relax, and imbibe for a while. It especially gives Miami blues fans, who…
It has been 21 years since Fear Factory unleashed its racket, which has over time become a major influence on the landscape of American metal. It has also, in a bizarre manner, mirrored corporate America in the mentality that the band is first and foremost a business. While undergoing lineup…
FloorChurchill’s Pub, MiamiSaturday, March 27, 2010 As I live and breathe here in South Florida, I know a freaking thing or two: Floor is slow-thudding metal royalty. The kind that blue-blooded region rockers will sell their future babies for. And that’s a good thing. This reformation show (Floor parted ways in…
Naughty by NatureRevolution Live, Fort LauderdaleThursday, March 25, 2010Expecting spontaneous freestyles, special guests and tons of new material at a Naughty by Nature show? After a 15-year wait since my last opportunity to see the New Jersey rap act who got big via heavy MTV rotation of “O.P.P.” and “Hip…
Hialeah’s LMS is one of Miami’s most outspoken rappers. He’s been active in Miami’s hip-hop scene for a while now. From entering freestyle battles, to hosting and throwing events; LMS has worked through many years of paying his dues. This past December he released a street album/mixtape on New Era…
Major LazerUltra Music Festival at Bicentennial Park, MiamiSaturday, March 27, 2009Better than: Ninety-nine percent of the acts at Ultra.Making fun, party music is a difficult thing to do. No, seriously. You can either go the obviously route and create straight-up track about partying (i.e. most of LMFAO’s catalog), but where’s…
Click here to view photos from Day 1 at Ultra.Little Boots, Passion PitUltra Music Festival at Bicentennial Park, MiamiMarch 26, 2010Better than: Anything LMFAO brought to the stage.I’ll admit right off the bat, the only reason I attended the first day of Ultra Music Festival was because of Little Boots…
Were you one of the 75,000 ticket holders at ULTRA 2010 on Saturday? If so, then you may recognize the following clip from a major and influential electronic act. Correctly name the artist and DJ and you can win a random prize from Crossfade. Here’s the audio we recorded, good…
Rye Rye and KelisThe Sirius Satellite Belvedere Lounge at The W Hotel, Miami BeachMarch 26, 2010Better Than: Having to deal with the throngs.There’s always a lot of side action goin’ on at Winter Music Conference. Some of it is quasi-official; some of it isn’t even advertised. And some of it…
G. Love and Special Sauce with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Thursday, March 25, 2010 Culture Room, Fort LauderdaleThe Review:G. Love and his long-simmering Special Sauce flavored the sold-out Culture Room Thursday night with a signature blend of blues, funk, folk and hip-hop. Since the mid ’90s, they’ve been dishing…
Ever since Run-D.M.C. threw down rap verses on top of Joe Perry’s guitar riffs on its 1986 remake of Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way,” many bands have endeavored to mesh hip-hop lyricism with rock wallop. While that formula has proven fruitful in some instances — Beastie Boys, Rage Against the Machine…
Let the jockeying officially begin! After carefully considering more than 20 local acts in the running, New Times Broward-Palm Beach can announce the roster for this year’s Battle of the Bands. The show, judged by your loyal BPB Music Editor Reed Fischer and Revolution Live Marketing Manager/Talent Buyer Craig Hammon,…
It can be difficult to keep track of all the musical offspring of super-fertile reggae king Bob Marley. Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, and Damian have each carved out their unique notches in their reggae family tree. Julian, elder only to Damian, creates music true to the traditional roots reggae legacy of…
I had big hopes for yesterday evening, hoping to check out most of the downtown circuit. There was the Louie Vega WMC party at the Vagabond, the free Ed Banger party at Bar, the Smog vs. Basshead party at White Room, Steve Lawler’s Viva party on the Space terrace, and…
Afro KumbeTransit Lounge, MiamiandPalenke SoultribeBardot, MiamiThursday, March 25, 2010Better Than: Any of my wife’s early-morning suggestions to fill this line.The Review: You might be wondering if my covering two shows in one review is kosher. And strictly speaking, I can’t say for sure. But as I sit here bleary-eyed at…
Electronic music and its surrounding industry generally exists in a separate plane from the rest of the world’s troubles. The music is, after all, most often about dancing and going out — a form of escapism. And even if things are generally going to the shitter, people are still going…
Sure, we’re smack dab in the middle of WMC. Just yesterday morning, as some of us who had work or appointments chugged along in our cars, a line formed in front of Electric Pickle at 8 a.m. But there are other things going on in Miami this week, other scenes…
Nite Jewel, Tanlines, Million Young ft. Awesome New Republican, Palm Trees and Night WaveGrand Central, MiamiWednesday, March 24, 2010Better Than: Still sobbing over the fact Studio A is dead and gone …and actually a lot better than most of the shows that club put on in its final months.The Review:…
Here begins the short, sad tale of how I missed a Naughty by Nature concert almost a decade-and-a-half ago. I’ve saved a lot of stubs over the years, but very few unused tickets. One exception (see above) is for the July 17, 1995 Naughty by Nature show at First Avenue…
