Dear 2010,I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot with you or anything, but…WHAT THE FUCK? Were the bleary-eyed shambles that I awoke in this morning really necessary? The spinning room was called for, the throbbing of my brain, which is now apparently three sizes too big for…
To read part one of the list, click here. Awesome New RepublicRational Geographic Vol. I, Rational Geographic Vol. II, Hearts (Honor Roll Music)anrmiami.comA year’s round-up of the best local albums, without an entry from Awesome New Republic, would be like a South Florida summer that is actually mild and pleasant. Unthinkable,…
Here’s the exact email we received from UB Tha UnderbossThe Hottest Label In The Game; MAYBACH MUSIC GROUP & Multi-Platinum DEF JAM Recording Artist “The Boss” RICK ROSS Introduce the newest branch of the label; MAYBACH MUSIC LATINO!!! Presenting MAYBACH RIDERS Volume 1featuring…
What other DJ can speak it into existence like Khaled does? Maybe none.For a guy whose job it is to play records, he makes it seem like the most important job on the planet, like the entire future of world civilization depends on it, like the very fabric of space…
Do you find yourself scrambling for something to do every year on New Years Eve? Are you one of those people calling around at the last moment, “Hey! Is so-and-so finally having a party?” and “Hey! So what are you finally doing?” Well, you could end up at a lame…
Broward County’s Macknifa$ent has just uploaded a new video where he raps his remix to Tupac’s song “Hit Em’ Up.”Macknifa$ent is from Ft. Lauderdale and represents Pairadice Music. You can hear more of his songs at myspace.com/macknifasent…
Here’s a brand new upload from Jodi Jo who apparently is from Chicago, but likes to tag his yotube uploads with “Miami.” Anyway, the strippers down here might like this song so here’s the video and some of the lyrics that were funny from Jodi Jo’s new song “Your Pussy…
Everyone knows that Spam Allstars are the shit. They are, without a doubt, one of Miami’s best homegrown acts. Stellar descargas spin out seemingly without end, a delectable torrent of Afro-Caribbean, Latin, funk, electronica and other treats all melded into one unified and supremely danceable groove. As a group, they’re…
Jay Z’s Empire State of Mind was an instant classic. It’s still on the radio, it still gets stuck in your head when you hear it, and it still appeals to everyone from farmers to lawyers to middle school nerds to prison bound thugs.But if it does one thing other…
Face it. You waited until the last minute to buy Christmas gifts. You could take the easy route and just get everyone gift cards, but a piece of plastic hardly says you put in any thought. That’s where everyone’s favorite local independent music store comes in. Tonight, Sweat Records is…
Paris-via-South Florida singer Uffie has been quiet for the last few years. However, late this year she finally released a video for her track “Pop The Glock” — almost 4 years after it was released. Ed Banger head honcho Pedro Winter, a.k.a. Busy P, explained that the odd move was…
Bueno mi gente, Noche Buena is upon us (or those of us who observe it). If you’re like my family, there’s either a large dead pork already chilling on your kitchen table right now, spread eagle on a tartara (large metal sheet pan), or there will be before the day’s…
Naughty By Nature, scheduled to perform at Revolution this past Saturday, had to postpone their show due to weather conditions in New York City. Reportedly the group’s flight out of La Guardia airport was among the thousands canceled due to the intense snow storm that blew across Washington D.C. and…
The Jacuzzi Boys With Boise Bob and His Backyard Band Radio-Active Records, Fort Lauderdale Friday, December 18, 2009Better Than: Being waist-deep in one of them hot tubs with water jets.The Review:The crowd came to Radio-Active Records this past Friday for the Jacuzzi Boys. But for those, like me, who showed…
Flow Official and ¡Mayday! team up for “Down This Road” in a new video to go with the song they put out together. This is just a preview though to let you know that it’s coming up.Go to Flow Official’s myspace, stream the “Down This Road” track and learn all…
How’s everybody enjoying this nice December weather? Really lets you feel like it’s the holiday season, doesn’t it? There are other things like that too. Like going to the mall and parking three miles from the stores, whereupon you can fight your way through the mobs looking for last minute…
Let’s just put this out there first: Lady Gaga is a hack who thinks she’s doing the world a favor by making an “artistic statement.” Sorry, her music and performances are about as artistic as something our 5-year-old niece drew. We’d just like her to admit she’s doing straight-up commercial…
Here’s video of The Sick Puppies playing their “Number one in the country right now!” song “You’re Going Down” live from Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach with clean audio and a raucous crowd of fans showing their suppoort.The Sick Puppies are originally from Sydney, but are now based in…
No women no cry might have been Bob Marley’s anthem but come February 28, 2010 “No Bougie’s, I’ll cry” is what regulars in the South Miami bar scene will be sniffling. That’s right, folks, South Miami’s chillest dive, Bougainvillea’s, will be shutting its doors for good leaving locals, UM students,…
All the best things in life are free. So wouldn’t it be nice if there were a free New Year’s Eve event to go to? Wait, there is! Thanks to Giant Step — the same people who brought Kid Sister to the Delano for Art Basel — Baltimore’s Rye Rye…
Is it Winter Music Conference yet? No? How odd. Because that seems to be the only time British electro-house duo Simian Mobile Disco ever make it down to Miami. Not that we are complaining. When we heard they were on the bill for Shore Club’s New Year’s Eve celebration we…
In this week’s issue, we previewed Rachel Goodrich’s appearance with Awesome New Republic at the Awarehouse on Saturday. Unfortunately — or fortunately, depending on what way you look at it — American Apparel will be hosting a rummage sale all weekend long at the Wynwood venue so the show has…
