On Wednesday, the Miami Herald reported that Luther Campbell had been taken to jail Tuesday night “for allegedly owing $10,223.36 in a child support case.” However, in an official statement yesterday, he claimed the money in question had nothing to do with the child support itself. He has fully admitted…
Call us nightlife anthropologists, because our assessment of downtown’s nightlife set being courted by glitzy South Beach continues to be reinforced. We wonder if we can present this as a thesis for our doctoral research?The ever-expanding Poplife, plus Overthrow (Alexis Mincolla and Sam Baum) and Vice Versa (Xavier Burt), have…
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Noise, art, sound, dissonance, resonance, bass, high shelf, low pass, amps, tables, hacked electronics, loops, synths, midi, speakers. Sound nerds of the world unite. The 20th edition of the Subtropics festival, breaking windows in the MIA since 1989, is upon us. Starting with an opening night reception on February 26th…
Now that Ultra’s lineup has finally been unveiled, it’s time to move on the what the local clubs will be putting on. There are certain things we are concerned about for this year’s Winter Music Conference: Are there going to be enough people in town this year to support all…
So in addition to yesterday’s news of the unexplainable choice of booking the Black Eyed Peas for next month’s Ultra Music Festival, the final phase of the lineup has been announced. Notable additions include Rinton, Rye Rye, Surkin, Para One and Shiny Toy Guns to Day 1, and MSTRKRFT, BT…
A heads up to the house and techno heads looking to console their Sunday blues or unrequited Valentine’s by keeping the party going past the usual Saturday cutoff point… Gooshie House has a sweet lineup for their House 101 jam at Black Sheep Bar this Sunday. Talented locals Stryke, DJ…
There are some things in this world better left unexplained, but this is definitely not one of them. It’s been confirmed that the Black Eyed Peas (yes, the very same ones that created the weapon of mass destruction called “My Humps”) are set to perform at Ultra Music Festival next…
Really, we don’t know why are shocked anymore. It’s getting obvious that clubs are grasping anything in order to stay afloat. But during our daily Pitchfork read, we stumbled upon the news that M.I.A./Santogold producer/DJ Diplo would be spinning at LIV alongside Dave 1 of Chromeo Wednesday, March 4.LIV is…
Look for a split seven-inch with Pink Reason from Miami’s garagey Electric Bunnies, forthcoming from Ohio’s Die Stasi label. Despite longtime creative contributor Eldys Diaz’s partial departure from the bunny-fold, Victor and company are soldiering on, supposedly with a new complete album in the works as well. Their side of…
The Scion A/V Tour is coming back to Miami for the millionth time March 8. This time its to celebrate the CD release Pioneer, a Scion A/V mix by French record label Kitsuné. The tour’s first stop is Miami at The Vagabond and will feature L.A. DJ duo Guns ‘n’…
Video Games and Hip Hop are worldwide phenomenon’s of the past 30 or so years. GamerTagRadio.com is bringing you both, free, in a big and underground way. Find out what Godfree and PeteRocc got in store for you……
If there is one guide to Winter Music Conference (other than our own, of course), it’s definitely The List. It’s the official guide to everything WMC, and while it’s obviously still incomplete, there are a lot of interesting events already listed.Most of the list so far compromises the downtown clubs,…
Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami’s hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here’s an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who’s Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it’s February and all…
Mike Banger subscribed to our You Tube channel. He’s a talented music dude. Here’s the interview.New Times: How’d you get your nameMike Banger: You may know the slang term “banger” when speaking of a hard track. Well, when I first began producing I made nothing but hard mean heavy colossal…
Locos Por Juana, considered by many to be Miami’s best Latin band, makes their way to La La Land today for a string of performances surrounding the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. Whether their getting the crowd going at one of the city’s many festivals or barring the entrance to Jazid…
The sudden closure of Circa 28 late last year came as a shock to us. However, after the bar parted ways with Sweat Records’ Lolo Reskin, Circa’s Saturday nights were never really the same. By the end, Safe promoter Diego Martinelli came in and booked acts like M.A.N.D.Y. to play,…
Forgive us Miami. For the past few days, a Rick Ross/50 Cent war of the words has been all over the internets and we’re just getting around to reporting on it. Blame it on the fact that a headline containing “Curtis Jackson” and “beef” made us think that it was…
The South Florida Music Scene blog is a digital archive of as much as you can humanly find of what has gone on down here. There are old flyers, articles, digitized records, videos, shit like that. Here’s how the “About Me” section of the blog reads.”This blog is meant to…
Launched in 2007, Leggo My Demo is a Miami Beach-based demo competition aiming to expose and promote distinguished new electronic music productions from around the world. Each month they select new demo submissions, providing winners with network exposure and a feature at their monthly events in Miami Beach. Leggo My…
If you haven’t heard already, two of the world’s greatest living blues guitarists descend on South Florida on February 9. The legendary BB King and Buddy Guy will be rocking the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The show is not sold out and the cheapest tickets available can be…
Those of you who missed the Music Musica Exhibit at the Miami Science Museum in early December will get another chance this week. The exhibit returns to give museum-goers a chance to learn about the impact of Latinos throughout the history of American popular music, and also to play with…
