Fundraising Campaign for Blowfly’s Funeral Needs Your Donations

Since Clarence Reid died last Sunday from liver cancer and organ failure, the Miami legend’s stage persona, Blowfly, has been eulogized in Rolling Stone and the New York Times. Celebrities from Ice-T to the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea to Run the Jewel’s El-P have paid tribute to Reid on…

New Wynwood-Based Radio Station, Revolution, Plays EDM for True Fans

The Revolution might not be televised, but it is blasting nonstop through the airwaves, pumping an infectious and continuous beat from the northern Keys all the way to southern West Palm Beach. “A lot of stations have tried to bring EDM, or an electronic dance music format, to Miami, but…

Furious Leisure’s “Vape Life” Is Miami’s One and Only Ode to Vaping

For many health-conscious stoners, vape is life. So, it’s only fitting that Miami indie pop/hip-hop band, Furious Leisure, just dropped “Vape Life,” an ode to the healthier, less smokey version of marijuana consumption: the vaporizer. The video is stoner comedy meets educational film. Furious Leisure’s Bodizepha and Damian Major, accompanied…

Clarence Reid, AKA Blowfly, Dies of Liver Cancer UPDATED

It’s a sad day for Miami music. It’s a sad day for all music.  Yesterday afternoon on Blowfly’s Facebook page, a message was posted declaring Clarence Reid, also known by the stage name Blowfly, had entered hospice care after suffering organ failure as a result of terminal liver cancer.  Dear Blowfly…

Rapper Robb Bank$ Is a Phenomenon Among Millennial Hip-Hop Fans

Upstairs, in a dressing room backstage at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Robb Bank$ walks in small circles, winding himself up like a spring, mike in hand and awaiting his turn onstage. It’s about 9 p.m. Saturday, November 14, the last date of the 21-year-old rapper’s U.S. tour, an all-ages…

Rick Ross Is Offering $10,000 to the Best Instagram Twerker

Asses of America, stop what you’re doing and listen.  Rick Ross has offered up $10,000 to the best booty-shaking, ass-quaking, poop-making rear end on Instagram.  Carol City’s own is launching a marketing campaign for his new album that they won’t teach you in Intro to PR. Rozay took to Instagram last…

Drake Has Become the Unpredictable Lover He Sings About

Dear 6 God, Why have you forsaken us? You know us, the streets? The ones you said you could never ever let down? I know you left your condo last week. You were here in Miami celebrating New Year’s Eve at E11even just a short drive from where you used…

Miami’s Cécile McLorin Salvant Is Jazz’s Next Great Hope

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s voice is a bittersweet lullaby: haunting and sweet. The 25 year-old jazz singer is known for her theatrical vocal flair. At a recent performance at Midtown Miami’s Lagniappe, she gently coos, placating the audience into an intimate trance. As she flushes into the depths of her vocal…

SunGhosts Break Down New EP Track by Track

SunGhosts, our reigning readers’ choice for Miami’s best band, just put out a new four song EP, Parhelion. The title keeps with the Kendall band’s solar obsession. Parhelion is the scientific name for a rainbow halo phenomenon seen around the sun in case you were wondering. Recorded in both Davie…

The 15 Best Miami Songs of 2015

It’s easy to shove Miami music into a corner. Perhaps you think it’s all Latin rhythms or DJs in big, loud clubs. But the music in Miami, like the city itself, is stunningly diverse. With that in mind, we’ve rounded up the best songs Miami musicians have released this year…

New Miami Label Ear Problems Is All About the Cassette

For local artist Daniel Mendez, making music under the alias Triangles was simply not enough. In the DIY spirit of today’s culture, Mendez decided to take on the additional responsibility of forming his very own cassette-tape label called Ear Problems.  The label hopes to support local artists by giving them…

Buskerfest 2015 Aims to Bring the Music to You

Usually, one thing that most major cities with character have in common are street performers. However, busking seems to be something that has never really taken hold in Miami. Why not? There’s no shortage of musicians from all over the world living here. The weather is great. And there are…

The Ten Best Bands From Kendall

There’s a pocket of Miami’s music scene that is alive and kicking but usually flies under the radar, overshadowed by the loud and flashier parts of our city. Maybe it’s because many of the live shows are put on in backyards due to the lack of appropriate venues in the…

Oscar G Describes His First Trip to Cuba as a DJ

From scoring a dozen Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Songs chart to running his own underground house label, Murk Records, with fellow local Ralph Falcon for nearly 25 years, the 305’s Oscar G has accomplished a lot in his career. But it wasn’t until last month that…