The end of the millennium has been pretty rough on the Carver Ranches-birthed R&B group Pretty Ricky. First, last year original Pleasure P quit the group to pursue a solo career. His single “Boyfriend #2” peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100 — a higher position than any…
¡Mayday! The Thinnest Line (Self-released)maydayonline.com This five-track EP is rife with sexy rhythm and blues, with elements of funky hip-hop and solid live instrumentation behind it. It gives an overall lounge feeling for the casual cool cat that dresses well and knows how to order a drink right. The collective…
Check out this new video from the Renegades of Noise. They are The Adjective Noun and Fuck w/ Audio performing together in what they call an “off the grid noise concert in the woods of Fort Lauderdale Broward County, Florida 0% carbon emissions / zero carbon footprint.”Warning, mute the audio…
So the ominous wording of the press release a few weeks ago wasn’t signaling the end of Live Nation’s Wednesday deals after all. This week, the boys and girls at America’s favorite ticket merchant are once again offering one price tickets for all shows at Cruzan Amphitheater. All day today,…
Almost right after this year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach — which everyone knows is largely about the satellite parties and concerts, anyways — comes a new shebang. The first annual Miami Music Festival is scheduled for December 10 to 12. Well, Basel goes from Dec. 3 to 6…
Ryan Smith a.k.a. Induce! and Sven Barth, collectively known as Casual Sax and the Saxual Revolution’s hotly, in some circles, anticipated full length album will finally be hitting record store shelves tomorrow morning! Ever since they dropped “Baby I’m Black (But Only from the waist down)” back in 2007, they…
Tons of people turned out for the Iggy X Sweat fundraiser for Sweat Records at the Awarehouse in Wynwood, Miami this past Saturday. As much as most people were probably hoping, Iggy didn’t perform, but he did hang out the whole time, grinning most of the time and eventually, of…
Local Emmy-winning TV news guy Jeff Lemlich is an avowed record collector, and author of the book Savage Lost: Florida Garage Bands, The 60’s and Beyond.In this video, watch him go through some of his collection of singles by old Florida bands. he talks about the history of the scene…
In the ongoing spirit of philanthropy that seems to have taken over Miami’s dance music scene (with recent charitable events like “The Vagabond for a Cause” with John Digweed and “Dance for a Cause” featuring Chris Fortier at Electric Pickle) Technique Miami presents “Get Funk’d Up” at Soho Studios on…
The second round of the Summer Spin Series (hosted by Gryphon Nightclub and New Times) went down August 21 with DJ Edgar G, DJ Mikey Shanley, and DJ Supersede squaring off in a house format competition for the second spot at the finals on October 16. DJ Edgar G started…
Ever wondered what Miles Davis might’ve sounded like if he’d hung out in Rio or spent time with his toes in the sand in La Habana? Well, you’re guess is as good as mine or anyone else’s, and since the man is dead, we’ll probably never know. But the Gecko…
There are plenty of shows to check out in Broward and Palm Beach this weekend, here are some of the highlights:Tonight, Propaganda in Lake Worth is hosting Vultures are Wolves, a down and dirty noise metal band, punk rockers UglyHarts, and TV Kills Kids.If synth pop is more your thing,…
Yesterday, rapper Pitbull won the keys to the City of Miami for his work “traveling the country and the world sharing a positive message of Miami,” according to one city commissioner. But for all of Mr. 305’s postive-image-spreadin’ “world-traveling,” it’s a trip he’s accused of not making that’s landed him…
Here’s a freestyle video from a South Florida based hip hop website called Tha Lot. It features a Hollywood artist/producer by the name of John Doe. He sniffs that Chris Farley and shouts out the PFB…
Friday, August 21*Lanzallamas Monofonica celebrates their third anniversary as a band tonight at Jazid in Miami Beach. This one should go late-night. Admission is free. Click here for full details. *Miami punk-type band Boy Prostitute plays at the Vagabond tonight. Admission is free before midnight; $5 after. Click here to…
To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. How great is it when you find yourself at a party or show that you didn’t expect, with BYOB policy and good music? Score! This past Saturday, while the hot ticket was Mos Def at the Adrienne Arsht Center,…
Two weeks ago, Crossfade video master Jacob Katel and I dropped in on the last day of the second annual P.A.T.H. hip-hop summer camp run by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. The week-long workshop was held down the street from the Miami New Times offices, at the Miami Light Project. was…
That’s right Mr. Egg Whites, a.k.a. Mr. 305 a.k.a. Pitbull, got the keys to this wonderful city yesterday. I just saw this in the Miami Herald and you know it’s true if it’s in the Herald. They are master fact checkers and all that. All I know is that LMFAO…
Mark Pollack, who is my former partner in crime in punk rock and HC shows, as well as a mainstay in the music scene, is putting on another excellent and free event for those in the Broward County area. It’s happening again at Cinema Paradiso on Sunday, August 30, and…
Summer Fest was an all-out megawatt concert scheduled for this Saturday at American Airlines Arena. The line-up was to feature some of the biggest names in pop, hip-hop, and R&B: Akon, Ne-Yo, Keri Hilson, and T-Pain, as well as locals like Flo Rida, Brisco, Black Dada, Wynter, and Casely.The show…
It seemed for a while that Miami could play host to multiple music festivals. But after the rapid demise of Bang! (we hardly knew ye) and the sudden cancellation of Langerado, it seems like nobody will be able to match the success of Ultra, so far the city’s only music…
Dreaming in StereoDreaming in Stereo (Van Gogh Records)If there’s one thing that’s evident from the outset about multi-instrumental wunderkind Fernando Perdono — aside from the already established fact that he’s one of South Florida’s most gifted songwriters and musicians — it’s that he’s obviously listened to a lot of classic…
