Rick Ross Says He Avoids Signing Women to His Music Label
“I would end up fucking a female rapper and fucking the business up.”
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The ’90s Alt-Rockers of Garbage Are Still Grateful to Be Making Music
The mid-’90s was a period of transition for rock music. The grunge subgenre that exploded at the beginning of the decade was in decline after its reluctant leader, Kurt Cobain, died.
The Ten Best Ladies’ Nights in Miami
It’s not easy being a lady in this world, particularly given the current state of affairs. Sometimes you need a break — from the office, from the Man (and maybe your man) — God knows you’ve earned it. Luckily, many of your favorite Miami bars have ladies’ nights most days of the week, even Fridays. Here are the best ones.
Khalid’s Meteoric Rise Was Brought to You by Snapchat
Khalid knows you don’t need radio support when you have SoundCloud.
Kodak Black Scores MTV VMA Nomination for Best New Artist
Well, Kodak, it turns out they do like to see you winning. Pompano Beach rapper Kodak Black has been nominated for Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. He’s facing off against fellow MC Young M.A, R&B singers SZA and Khalid, and Miley Cyrus’ sister Noah for the coveted prize.
Churchill’s Is Becoming Miami’s Best Old-School Hip-Hop Hub
When you hear that Raekwon, a founding member of the legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan, is coming to Miami July 30, your first question will of course be “Where?” The city doesn’t have an enormous number of live music venues, but you’d probably guess quite a few sites before thinking of Churchill’s Pub.
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Playboi Carti, “Magnolia,” and Hip-Hop’s Problem With Women
How many hits does it take to make us overlook an artist’s dark side?
Prince Royce Returns to His Latin Roots: “Bachata Is Home”
Prince Royce returns with a Spanish-language bachata album featuring Shakira, Gente de Zona, Zendaya, and Chris Brown.
Music Is Alive and Well During the Summer in South Florida
Contrary to popular belief, South Florida’s music scene is alive and well in the summertime.
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Bachaco on Hard Rock Residency: “It Really Solidifies Our Work Out There”
Bachaco recently signed on for a residency at the Hard Rock Café at Bayside. The band will begin rocking the downtown Miami venue the first Wednesday of every month beginning September 6.
The Best Concerts in Miami This Week, July 24-30
In case you were unaware, bachata is back, and Prince Royce is giving it a pop twist. The Dominican-American Bronx native will stop by Bayfront Park Amphitheater this Sunday, July 30. He’s on tour in support of his fifth album, the appropriately titled Five. If you want to get a taste of another part of the world…
Comics Set the Foundation for DMC of Run-DMC
The way Darryl “DMC” McDaniels tells it, hip-hop wouldn’t exist without comic books. There sure as hell wouldn’t be any Run DMC, McDaniels’ legendary group that overcame numerous hurdles to bring rap into the mainstream. “I was a Catholic school kid in Queens who got straight As and wore…
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Top Musicians Teach Classical Guitar, Keep Kids Off the Street
Miami has both a burgeoning entertainment sector and serious social problems. Young Musicians Unite (YMU) is a nonprofit music program that hopes to use one to solve the other. YMU pairs at-risk adolescents from Overtown and Wynwood with professional musicians. “YMU provides consistency, leadership, and support for our students,” says…
Adam Matza’s Magic Ears Music Archives and Revitalizes Miami’s Music Past
Poet, journalist, musician, scenester — all that and more. Adam Matza has been a member of South Florida’s music scene in one shape or another for a handful of decades. Now he has a new gig: integral member of the tricounty noise music scene, as both host and performer. After…
Why Shawn Mendes and Other Web Stars Are the Future of Pop Music
Last September, precocious 18-year-old and Seventeen magazine cover boy Shawn Mendes sold out Madison Square Garden’s nearly 21,000 seats. This Wednesday, he will unleash his boyish charms and angsty, lovelorn pop hits on Miami. And though he hasn’t quite broken MSG numbers with this week’s concert at the American Airlines…
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Juke to Record a Live Album at the Wynwood Yard
It has been more than eight years since Eric Garcia’s anti-blues band Juke put together a recording its founder has felt proud to share. “I haven’t liked anything we recorded since the first album,” Garcia tells New Times. That record, Lungbutter – The Blues Basement Tapes, is the only album he believes captures the spirit of Juke, which in essence reflects Garcia’s love for blues music and his hatred for what it has become.
Miami’s Five Best New Music Venues
Our music scene has experienced a resurgence within the last year, with new venues quietly popping up around town. While some of our favorite places have been casualties of our ever-evolving music scene, most recently the legendary Jazid on South Beach, we hope these new spots will fill the crater-sized holes of the fallen.
Jason Isbell on Revealing the “White Man’s World” and Defending the Bible Belt
“I think probably what’s happened is that society has just sort of caught up to the things I’ve been complaining about for years,” Isbell says. “Had my last record come out now, I think people would feel the same way.”
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Cheap Miami’s Five-Year Anniversary Means Tapes, Record, CDs, and More
Five years ago, Lebron James and Dwyane Wade were still with the Miami Heat and we re-elected Barack Obama. In retrospect, it feels like a simpler, safer time to have been alive. But just because we’re in a social nosedive doesn’t mean 2012’s legacy doesn’t live on. Take Cheap Miami,…
DJ Oski on What It Takes to Organize Las Olas Music Festival
Oski Gonzalez is a man of many opinions. No topic gets him as fired up as what it takes to put on a music festival. The former booker at Tobacco Road, Gonzalez has put together bills for shows up and down South Florida for more than a dozen years. As…
A K-Pop Primer to Prepare You for G-Dragon’s Miami Show
On July 25, an international pop music mega-star will swoop down upon American Airlines Arena. He’s sold millions of albums and drawn countless screaming fans to his side, and it’s likely you’ve never even heard of him. His name is G-Dragon, and he’s the most popular singer in South Korea…
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House of Creatives Returns for a Second Year With Groundbreaker Passes in Tow
Following an exciting debut that brought some much-needed post-election salve to Miami vis-a-vis the Flaming Lips and Crystal Castles, House of Creatives Music Festival will be returning to Miami on November 11 and 12 for a second weekend of quality tunes and sand-seeped toes. Although the lineup for this year’s iteration…