Matthew Dear returns to Miami Saturday, August 16, at Boutique. Avant-garde electropop artist/producer Matthew Dear, also known as Audion, returns to Miami next Saturday, August 16 at Boutique (NE 13th Street & First Court, Miami) — er, you know, Pawn Shop Lounge’s Boutique Room. I know! It’s still open! Who…
Earlier this week, we announced that Common and N.E.R.D. were slated to perform at the Fillmore Miami Beach on September 5th. As of today, that show is officially pushed back to October 10th. I’m sure it was a scheduling issue but there was no reason given for the show being…
Miami Gardens Mayor Shirley Gibson, Rick Ross, and State Representative Oscar Braynon II. To confirm our breaking news report (which we had up before any other news outlet in the country), the 2nd Annual Rick Ross Be Out Day was in fact interrupted and tainted by gunfire yesterday. By now,…
If you’re a lover of reggae music, you’ll be happy to know that local station WDJA-AM 1420 (Based out of Delray Beach, has recently switched it’s format to 95% Caribbean music. The station, which previously existed as a banking and financial talk radio is under new management and they’re giving…
In May, we posited that southern hip-hop and Fox News share much in common. Possessing both an anti-intellectual streak and a populist one, they’re beloved by red-staters and hated on by the coastal elites, be they liberals, hipsters, Ghostface or Nas. The piece concluded: If you’re still not convinced that…
If you’re planning to attend the Rock the Bells concert tomorrow and want to know who’s playing when, we’ve got you covered. The name that’s most noticeably missing from this list is Santogold. Honestly, she was probably the person that I’m most excited to see live. And I’m bummed that…
It’s no secret that Nas and Bill O’Reilly aren’t exactly best friends. O’Reilly has been slamming rappers for as long as I can remember on his overly popular televison show, the O’Reilly Factor and Nas is one of his biggest targets. Of course, Nas has taken a few lyrical jabs…
This just in: The Rock the Bells concert scheduled for this Saturday, August 2, has been moved from Bicentennial Park to Bayfront Park. They’re basically right next to each other so logistically, it doesn’t make much of a difference, but according to Angel Candelaria whose company, Contagious Musiq is one…
Dino Felipe No Fun Demo (No Fun) Hard-to-please, self-righteous Web site Pitchfork gave local musician Dino Felipe’s latest release No Fun Demo a 7.2 out of 10, which for Pitchfork is a-fucking-mazing. Reviewer Marc Masters calls Felipe’s latest effort “his poppiest [release] to date,” adding “Felipe rarely deviates from his…
Word around town is there was an accident at The Vagabond (30 NE 14th Street, Miami) last night. Various sources have told me someone got injured, and then this was posted at 5:56 a.m. by The Vagabond via MySpace: Hello friends, Last night, an unfortunate incident happened where a ceiling…
It looks like Miami’s favorite bachelor is trading in his players card for a wedding ring. According to a story in People magazine, as of this week, former 2 Live Crew frontman Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell married his 27-year-old sweetheart, Kristin Thompson and the couple are currently celebrating their honeymoon…
Walshy wants YOU to be there. I just got word that popular South Florida mixmaster DJ GQ is throwing the second installment of his infamous reggae party, JUICE this Friday in Oakland Park. I was at the last JUICE party and it was a riot. Girls galore, stiff drinks, and…
Take a look at this: Amazon.com is listing two original copies of the now out-of-print 1993 album Love Thirsty by local act Black Janet, each asking close to $80. It’s hard to say how many have actually sold at this price, but I could definitely see this relatively unknown disc…
Here’s an oh-that’s-too-bad item for obsessive watchers of the local indie rock scene. Another band bites the dust — this time, Call it Radar. You may remember the band as its first incarnation, Baby Calendar, who played around town a little more, and were popular with that whole Athens, Georgia-centric…
(Photo from ArtOfficial’s Myspace page) Amazing. Over 1000 bands nationally who competed in the Last Band Standing contest, judged by Perry Farrell, to play an opening slot at Lollapalooza. And among the five finalists is a band from Miami — ArtOfficial! What’s more, they’re the only hip-hop group in the…
The world’s favorite Miami R&B quartet, Pretty Ricky, just released a video for its latest single, “Knockin Boots ’08.” And again, we’re reassured that the boys are totally celibate virgins…. Kidding! This video is full of grade-A, Madonna-in-the-early-Nineties style beefcake (I guess they needed to save wardrobe budget money? hah)…
Going for the Haitian vote. Lord knows the Democrats are going to have to pull out all of the stops this November to take over the White House and this latest news might help them do it…or it could backfire. According to NME, part-time Miami resident Wyclef Jean along with…
So there’s been a local rumor existing for quite some time that famous Miami rapper Rick Ross used to work as a correctional officer before he started in the music industry. It’s something I never spent too much time thinking about, but also never doubted either. A man’s gotta eat,…
Here’s the latest variation in the ever-popular Guitar Hero competition circuit: a Hard-Rock-Cafe-sponsored bonanza focusing specifically on the game’s all-Aerosmith edition. The Guitar Hero: Aerosmith Rocks the Hard Rock national tour takes place in 15 different cities; next Monday, July 21 marks the Miami date. And while the Seminole Hard…
Ernest Barteldes Latin Alternative Music Conference, Day 4 Saturday, July 12,2008 Central Park Summerstage, New York With no more panel discussions to attend anymore, we headed out to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield during a mild Saturday afternoon for the final round of concerts for this edition of the LAMC. Like…
Ernest Barteldes Latin Alternative Music Conference, Day 3 Friday, July 11, 2008 Roosevelt Hotel & Prospect Park, New York On the second day of panels and networking at Midtown’s The Roosevelt Hotel, former producer Moses Avalon discussed the various pitfalls faced by young musicians in the dog-eat-dog world of show…
Ernest Barteldes Los Fancy Free perform at the Bowery Ballroom Thursday night during the Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York. Latin Alternative Music Conference, Day 2 Thursday, July 10, 2008 Roosevelt Hotel, S.O.B.s and Bowery Ballroom, New York On the second full day of the Latin Alternative Music Conference…
