Yes, there are more local band battles than you can shake a stick at, but the Fort Lauderdale-based Ghost of Gloria is poised, possibly, to win a big-deal national one. The Hard Rock chain has, over the past few months, sponsored its own “Ambassadors of Rock” series. Hard Rock Cafes…
This video is NSFW if you don’t want your colleagues thinking that you like to watch chihuahuas show off their stripper movies. Caution: this vid includes a red speedo, bird chest, and more tongue action than a Coldstone Creamery sees all year…
Want to see Matisyahu and Les Claypool for under $25 bucks? You can: The only catch to this deal is you’ve got to have at least three friends. Well technically they don’t have to be friends so much as they have a little cash to chip in for some cheap…
As I said last week, I don’t have anything against Brooke Hogan, and, frankly, as a fellow twentysomething female, I empathize with some of her foibles. But damn, the girl has got to get a new … aesthetic counselor. Hogan’s people have revealed an “exclusive first look” at her new…
Andrew Yeomanson a.k.a. DJ le Spam has one of the sickest vinyl collections in the swamp state. Anyone who has been to his record sales or has seen him digging in the crates, knows that the man is a walking, talking, scratching, selecting, cutting Florida-based wax Smithsonian. The scope is…
Quick reminder that the Best of Miami Readers’ Poll will be closing soon! If you haven’t had a chance yet, vote now. Our choices for this year’s winners are already in the books, so to speak, but there is still time for you, the reader, to tell us what you…
I was looking more closely at this Tron as Fuck event that is going down at the original Fat Cats next week. It’s the third in a series that apparently goes down the last Tuesday of every month and it looks like a pleasant cluster fuck of colliding styles and…
Slip N Slide Records announced earlier this week that the label had signed Jagged Edge, the Atlanta-based R&B group that clubgoers probably best remember for the 2001 hit “Where the Party At.” Of course at first glance, that’s a wise business decision for any independent label — Jagged Edge’s last…
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the PB County-based rockers the Pretty Faces. They play a blend of retro power pop not often heard in these parts (and thus, it’s no surprise they’ve shared the stage with my other new local faves Ex Norwegian). They’re hard-working, cheerful, and pretty…
It hasn’t even been a month that Scion’s House Party event brought Dopplereffekt, yet the youth-targeted car brand can’t seem to get enough of the Magic City. This time, the Scion A/V Tour celebrates the release of Scion CD Sample Vol. 25 Trouble & Bass, which features tracks by Drop…
It’s official: Poplife turns 10 next month. Last year, when we sat down and spoke with founders Aramis Lorie and Barbara Basti about the party turning 9, we thought that was a milestone, but 10 sounds so much more official, no? And to celebrate that achievement, the party is bringing…
Back in late April, Christopher Lopez wrote a 867-word article on Miami band Radioboxer. Someday they should make newspapers that come with speakers and lCD screens and the ability to hook up to the worldwide global information superhighway. Till then, you can just use your computer to check out the…
The Secondhand Outfit a.k.a. DJ Sensitive Side a.k.a. Jasper Delaini has been making steady waves on the underground side of the South Florida music scene through releases, parties, and performances. He’s making a few appearances in the next few weeks at some pretty cool jams in both Broward and Miami-Dade. …
Thanks to an infusion of younger blood (namely in the form of new and youthful producer Andrew Hevia), WLRN TV is getting on board the newfangled YouTube thing and putting some of its programming online. Yay. So if you missed its original air date earlier this week, check out this…
The highly-anticipated (read the comments, doubters) NKOTB cruise docked at the Port of Miami Monday morning and dumped a couple hundred disappointed fans onto our shores. Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, and 2100 of their biggest fans boarded the Carnival cruise ship Imagination under the…
It looks like Broward is getting another venue. Except this time, there seems to be a serious dedication to promoting local musicians and art! The IWAN concept production facility’s Grand Opening Gallery Event Showcase will take place June 6 with art by 15 artists such as Francesco LoCastro (who painted the entire front of the warehouse…
Since 2001, Oscar G has been Space’s resident DJ and the main reason why patrons still flock to the all-night 11th Street mainstay. Not to mention the fact that he’s done remixes for artists like Madonna and Pet Shop Boys and as one-half of Murk (the other half being Ralph…
Last year, we declared local singer/songwriter Rachel Goodrich “You’re New Favorite Singer,” then New York Times featured her prominently in a story about Miami’s emerging music scene. And now the Miami Herald reports that Goodrich will be going in the studio in July with L.A. songwriter and producer Greg Wells…
I mentioned here previously that out of the six artists chosen as finalists for the Florida Grammy Showcase in Orlando last Wednesday, five were from Miami. They were, to recap, Selena Serrano, Spinlight City, Tristan Clopet & the Juice, and finally local favorites Awesome New Republic and ArtOfficial. I said…
Here’s the official video for “Street Fighter Hood” by 4-3 Kingz. The song has a great hook that goes somethin like “Ayuken, Ayuken, Haduken, Haduken, A-tak, A-tak, A-tak tak tak round kick, A-tak tak tak round kick.” The song is great and the video is well produced so look out…
A week ago this past Saturday, Ferny Coipel, frontman of long-running local band Humbert, was in a serious accident while riding his scooter in Hialeah. Coipel was wearing no helmet when he collided head-on with a car, according to a close friend. As a result, he suffered head and neck…
I have an ashtray sitting on a boombox sitting on a milk crate sitting next to my computer chair. I tune the airwaves whenever I’m home cause I love radio, and I’m all over the dial with it. But I hate commercials, so I spend a lot of time on…
